NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-4
Power Rating: 83.694
Ranking: 59

0-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
12-1 v #101-200
10-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (14-1): 83.662 (61) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 9-0 83.389 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-1 78.561 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 75.733

Away Ratings (10-2): 86.256 (33)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 8-1 83.604
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 81.865
Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 84.131

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 65.506 (255) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-1 72.850 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 83.694 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 72.850

League Power Rankings (17-2): 84.928 (51)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 9-0 83.389
Away Ratings: 8-1 83.604
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 72.850
Last Ten Ratings: 7-2 81.072

Non-League Power Ratings (7-2): 81.225 (72) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 5-1 78.561 Away Ratings: 2-1 81.865 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 83.694 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 67.006

Wins Power Rankings: 85.606 (59)
0-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
11-1 v #101-200
11-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 14-1 85.492
Away Ratings: 10-2 89.598
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 56.106
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 80.145

Rankings: Points: 81.317 (62) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 12-1 v #101-200 10-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 14-1 81.352 Away Ratings: 10-2 82.309 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 73.285 League Power Rankings: 17-2 82.342 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-2 79.090 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 79.074

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 79.694 (100)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-1 75.733
Away Ratings: 4-1 84.131
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 72.850
League Power Rankings: 7-2 81.072
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 67.006

Home Advantage: 2.8012 (192)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0246 (270)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0977 (242)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1874 (239)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2879 (231)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4532 (211)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7787 (184)

Upward Stability: 1.9113 (316)

Downward Stability: 2.7777 (215)

RPI
RPI: 0.5761 (49)
0-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
10-1 v #101-200
12-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (14-1): 0.5983 (53) 1-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (10-2): 0.5679 (22)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (271) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (17-2): 0.5742 (53)
0-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
10-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (7-2): 0.5811 (46) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4825 (183)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/25/2003	Away	W 66-60	vs. #179 Weber St
11/29/2003	Home	W 89-84	vs. #197 Illinois St
12/3/2003	Away	L 45-56	vs. #47 Utah
12/13/2003	Away	W 73-62	vs. #233 Idaho St
12/18/2003	Home	W 67-42	vs. #286 Jackson St
12/23/2003	Home	W 76-74	vs. #38 BYU
12/29/2003	Home	W 74-48	vs. #130 San Francisco
12/30/2003	Home	W 73-57	vs. #186 New Mexico St
1/3/2004	Home	W 69-56	vs. #161 Idaho
1/8/2004	Away	W 74-67	vs. #146 UC Santa Barbara
1/10/2004	Away	W 69-63	vs. #207 Cal Poly
1/15/2004	Home	W 66-51	vs. #63 Pacific
1/17/2004	Home	W 83-57	vs. #170 CS Northridge
1/22/2004	Away	W 57-49	vs. #210 CS Fullerton
1/24/2004	Away	W 62-58	vs. #200 UC Riverside
1/29/2004	Home	W 57-48	vs. #209 UC Irvine
1/31/2004	Home	W 84-46	vs. #281 Long Beach St
2/5/2004	Home	W 57-43	vs. #207 Cal Poly
2/7/2004	Home	W 63-54	vs. #146 UC Santa Barbara
2/12/2004	Away	W 69-47	vs. #170 CS Northridge
2/14/2004	Away	L 60-64	vs. #63 Pacific
2/19/2004	Home	W 77-72	vs. #200 UC Riverside
2/21/2004	Home	W 87-61	vs. #210 CS Fullerton
2/26/2004	Away	W 67-47	vs. #281 Long Beach St
2/28/2004	Away	W 59-56	vs. #209 UC Irvine
3/5/2004	Away	W 64-60	vs. #161 Idaho
3/12/2004	Neut	L 62-63	vs. #170 CS Northridge
3/17/2004	Home	L 74-85	vs. #78 Hawaii

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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