NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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VIRGINIA TECH
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 15-14
Power Rating: 80.352
Ranking: 94

1-5 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
3-4 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (11-4): 79.810 (101) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 5-3 79.102 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-1 73.820 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 80.000

Away Ratings (3-8): 80.769 (88)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 2-6 82.273
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 76.570
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 80.484

Neutral Ratings (1-2): 81.039 (92) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 1-1 85.086 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 70.539 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 85.086

League Power Rankings (8-10): 82.560 (77)
1-5 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 5-3 79.102
Away Ratings: 2-6 82.273
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 85.086
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 81.252

Non-League Power Ratings (7-4): 73.953 (178) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 6-1 73.820 Away Ratings: 1-2 76.570 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 70.539 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 80.352

Wins Power Rankings: 82.533 (82)
1-5 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
2-4 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 11-4 81.682
Away Ratings: 3-8 83.232
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 83.252
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 87.779

Rankings: Points: 77.908 (107) 1-4 v #1-25 0-4 v #26-50 4-2 v #51-100 3-4 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 11-4 77.584 Away Ratings: 3-8 78.146 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 78.502 League Power Rankings: 8-10 79.004 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-4 75.174 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 79.369

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 83.988 (61)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 4-0 80.000
Away Ratings: 1-3 80.484
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 85.086
League Power Rankings: 6-4 81.252
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 80.352

Home Advantage: 2.7821 (193)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1196 (31)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2823 (40)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4089 (50)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5146 (58)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6368 (81)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8284 (118)

Upward Stability: 2.7882 (226)

Downward Stability: 2.6117 (244)

RPI
RPI: 0.5286 (100)
1-5 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (11-4): 0.5494 (134) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-326

RPI Away (3-8): 0.4975 (97)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (1-2): 0.5362 (108) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (8-10): 0.5616 (69)
1-6 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (7-4): 0.4739 (198) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5324 (80)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2003	Home	W 79-49	vs. #292 New Hampshire
11/25/2003	Home	W 61-59	vs. #222 Westrn Carolina
11/28/2003	Away	L 65-80	vs. #40 Virginia
12/1/2003	Home	W 76-66	vs. #305 Morgan St
12/4/2003	Home	L 92-94	vs. #109 Old Dominion
12/6/2003	Away	L 57-62	vs. #112 Ohio St
12/10/2003	Home	W 80-56	vs. #314 VMI
12/13/2003	Home	W 73-60	vs. #285 Radford
12/20/2003	Away	W 74-67	vs. #277 Towson
12/23/2003	Home	W 80-54	vs. #266 William & Mary
12/27/2003	Neut	L 67-74	vs. #121 East Carolina
1/6/2004	Away	L 59-78	vs. #5 Pittsburgh
1/14/2004	Away	W 69-67	vs. #70 West Virginia
1/17/2004	Home	L 59-65	vs. #119 Miami Fla
1/20/2004	Home	L 63-74	vs. #37 Notre Dame
1/24/2004	Away	L 76-83	vs. #30 Seton Hall
1/28/2004	Home	L 60-96	vs. #3 Connecticut
1/31/2004	Away	L 64-76	vs. #18 Syracuse
2/4/2004	Home	W 69-57	vs. #23 Providence
2/11/2004	Home	W 80-65	vs. #126 Georgetown
2/15/2004	Away	L 52-85	vs. #60 Rutgers
2/18/2004	Away	L 68-80	vs. #58 Villanova
2/21/2004	Home	W 54-53	vs. #196 St Johns
2/25/2004	Away	L 48-56	vs. #25 Boston College
2/28/2004	Home	W 53-49	vs. #70 West Virginia
3/3/2004	Home	W 71-70	vs. #60 Rutgers
3/6/2004	Away	W 60-55	vs. #126 Georgetown
3/10/2004	Neut	W 61-58	vs. #60 Rutgers
3/11/2004	Neut	L 61-74	vs. #5 Pittsburgh

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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