NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 23-10
Power Rating: 88.362
Ranking: 22

3-3 v #1-25
5-5 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (15-2): 89.717 (22) 1-1 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 6-2 88.428 Non-League Power Ratings: 9-0 91.456 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 83.331

Away Ratings (4-6): 84.862 (41)
0-1 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 2-6 83.909
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-0 100.61
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 85.846

Neutral Ratings (4-2): 91.577 (16) 2-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 2-1 88.018 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 90.893 Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 89.510

League Power Rankings (10-9): 86.528 (36)
2-2 v #1-25
3-5 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 6-2 88.428
Away Ratings: 2-6 83.909
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 88.018
Last Ten Ratings: 4-3 86.143

Non-League Power Ratings (13-1): 94.518 (6) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 9-0 91.456 Away Ratings: 2-0 100.61 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 90.893 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 90.893

Wins Power Rankings: 91.245 (23)
4-3 v #1-25
5-5 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 15-2 92.065
Away Ratings: 4-6 87.202
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 95.877
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 92.303

Rankings: Points: 85.153 (25) 3-3 v #1-25 4-4 v #26-50 5-3 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 15-2 87.110 Away Ratings: 4-6 82.571 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 86.250 League Power Rankings: 10-9 83.641 Non-League Power Ratings: 13-1 89.532 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 84.579

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 88.790 (25)
1-2 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 1-1 83.331
Away Ratings: 1-1 85.846
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 89.510
League Power Rankings: 4-3 86.143
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 90.893

Home Advantage: 6.1362 (104)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1295 (23)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3181 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4675 (21)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5898 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7189 (20)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8874 (40)

Upward Stability: 3.3496 (58)

Downward Stability: 3.7539 (20)

RPI
RPI: 0.6097 (24)
5-5 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (15-2): 0.6283 (22) 1-0 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (4-6): 0.5343 (53)
0-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (4-2): 0.6813 (9) 1-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI League (10-9): 0.5920 (34)
3-4 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (13-1): 0.6317 (13) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5806 (19)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Away	W 74-59	vs. #99 Belmont
11/24/2003	Home	W 73-60	vs. #81 Indiana
11/29/2003	Home	W 94-60	vs. #267 Tenn Martin
12/3/2003	Home	W 86-68	vs. #128 Iupui
12/6/2003	Home	W 83-63	vs. #43 Michigan
12/10/2003	Home	W 85-64	vs. #282 Tennessee St
12/13/2003	Home	W 98-79	vs. #237 Tennessee Tech
12/20/2003	Home	W 90-59	vs. #272 Wofford
12/22/2003	Home	W 63-48	vs. #238 Appalachian St
12/30/2003	Home	W 85-59	vs. #226 Lehigh
1/3/2004	Away	W 95-60	vs. #135 TCU
1/7/2004	Home	W 59-53	vs. #85 Auburn
1/10/2004	Away	L 63-75	vs. #8 Kentucky
1/14/2004	Away	L 66-76	vs. #73 Tennessee
1/17/2004	Home	W 86-72	vs. #26 Florida
1/24/2004	Away	L 62-70	vs. #103 Arkansas
1/28/2004	Home	L 55-57	vs. #34 South Carolina
1/31/2004	Home	W 66-60	vs. #8 Kentucky
2/7/2004	Away	L 71-81	vs. #26 Florida
2/11/2004	Home	W 61-39	vs. #50 Georgia
2/14/2004	Away	L 75-82	vs. #34 South Carolina
2/18/2004	Away	W 70-67	vs. #28 Alabama
2/21/2004	Home	W 74-54	vs. #55 LSU
2/25/2004	Away	W 77-65	vs. #102 Mississippi
2/28/2004	Home	L 69-72	vs. #10 Mississippi St
3/3/2004	Home	W 61-58	vs. #73 Tennessee
3/6/2004	Away	L 61-71	vs. #50 Georgia
3/11/2004	Neut	W 70-50	vs. #102 Mississippi
3/12/2004	Neut	W 74-70	vs. #10 Mississippi St
3/13/2004	Neut	L 69-91	vs. #26 Florida
3/19/2004	Neut	W 71-58	vs. #44 Western Mich
3/21/2004	Neut	W 75-73	vs. #11 North Carolina St
3/25/2004	Neut	L 53-73	vs. #3 Connecticut

FUTURE GAMES

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Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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(Opp. Specific Rating)