NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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WEBER ST
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 13-14
Power Rating: 73.371
Ranking: 179

0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-4 v #101-200
10-5 v #201-326

Home Ratings (6-5): 70.715 (221) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 4-2 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 4-3 70.051 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 72.574 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 70.473

Away Ratings (5-8): 75.090 (154)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
4-3 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 4-5 74.895
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-3 78.902
Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 75.199

Neutral Ratings (2-1): 74.887 (152) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-0 73.371 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 74.027 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 73.371

League Power Rankings (8-8): 72.746 (190)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
6-5 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 4-3 70.051
Away Ratings: 4-5 74.895
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 73.371
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 73.059

Non-League Power Ratings (5-6): 75.070 (164) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 2-2 72.574 Away Ratings: 1-3 78.902 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 74.027 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 73.371

Wins Power Rankings: 72.752 (179)
0-0 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-4 v #101-200
10-5 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 6-5 69.283
Away Ratings: 5-8 74.945
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 75.158
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 72.193

Rankings: Points: 74.100 (175) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 3-4 v #101-200 10-5 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 6-5 72.189 Away Ratings: 5-8 75.447 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 74.615 League Power Rankings: 8-8 73.791 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-6 74.818 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 73.795

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 72.922 (186)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
3-2 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-2 70.473
Away Ratings: 2-3 75.199
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 73.371
League Power Rankings: 5-5 73.059
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 73.371

Home Advantage: -0.538 (260)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0321 (232)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1107 (226)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1981 (223)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2990 (219)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4502 (214)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7654 (197)

Upward Stability: 3.1462 (122)

Downward Stability: 3.1353 (138)

RPI
RPI: 0.4797 (183)
0-0 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
11-6 v #201-326

RPI Home (6-5): 0.5028 (212) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 5-3 v #201-326

RPI Away (5-8): 0.4530 (159)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
4-3 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (2-1): 0.5091 (138) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI League (8-8): 0.4543 (222)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
7-6 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (5-6): 0.5170 (118) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4791 (194)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/25/2003	Home	L 60-66	vs. #59 Utah St
12/2/2003	Away	W 82-68	vs. #243 Southern Utah
12/5/2003	Neut	W 74-63	vs. #265 SW Texas St
12/6/2003	Away	L 74-79	vs. #107 SW Missouri St
12/13/2003	Away	L 62-74	vs. #24 Nevada
12/16/2003	Home	W 58-51	vs. #164 Portland
12/20/2003	Away	L 65-86	vs. #38 BYU
12/22/2003	Home	W 69-67	vs. #240 Winthrop
12/29/2003	Neut	L 59-79	vs. #76 Troy St
12/30/2003	Neut	W 83-51	vs. #315 Savannah St
1/3/2004	Home	L 60-70	vs. #47 Utah
1/10/2004	Away	L 74-75	vs. #233 Idaho St
1/15/2004	Away	L 48-61	vs. #219 Montana St
1/17/2004	Away	W 74-61	vs. #246 Montana
1/22/2004	Home	L 67-73	vs. #198 Northrn Arizona
1/24/2004	Home	W 65-54	vs. #215 Sacramento St
1/29/2004	Away	W 68-63	vs. #232 Portland St
1/31/2004	Away	L 67-73	vs. #138 Eastern Wash
2/7/2004	Home	L 75-81	vs. #233 Idaho St
2/12/2004	Home	L 55-58	vs. #246 Montana
2/14/2004	Home	W 76-59	vs. #219 Montana St
2/19/2004	Away	L 61-64	vs. #215 Sacramento St
2/21/2004	Away	W 73-70	vs. #198 Northrn Arizona
2/26/2004	Home	W 81-78	vs. #138 Eastern Wash
2/28/2004	Home	W 71-57	vs. #232 Portland St
3/6/2004	Away	W 68-62	vs. #215 Sacramento St
3/9/2004	Away	L 53-72	vs. #138 Eastern Wash

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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