NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 25-7
Power Rating: 90.806
Ranking: 12

2-3 v #1-25
5-2 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (15-0): 98.353 (1) 1-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 8-0 97.040 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 89.978 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 101.05

Away Ratings (5-6): 86.564 (32)
0-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 4-4 86.712
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 85.650
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 89.939

Neutral Ratings (5-1): 94.900 (6) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 3-0 94.587 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 92.806 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 93.634

League Power Rankings (15-4): 91.306 (11)
2-1 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 8-0 97.040
Away Ratings: 4-4 86.712
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 94.587
Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 92.189

Non-League Power Ratings (10-3): 89.720 (17) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 7-0 89.978 Away Ratings: 1-2 85.650 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 92.806 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 92.744

Wins Power Rankings: 93.552 (14)
2-4 v #1-25
5-1 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 15-0 105.36
Away Ratings: 5-6 89.083
Neutral Ratings: 5-1 98.669
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 96.997

Rankings: Points: 87.691 (12) 2-3 v #1-25 5-2 v #26-50 9-2 v #51-100 8-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 15-0 93.246 Away Ratings: 5-6 83.915 Neutral Ratings: 5-1 90.613 League Power Rankings: 15-4 87.855 Non-League Power Ratings: 10-3 87.371 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 89.617

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 93.572 (9)
1-2 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-0 101.05
Away Ratings: 2-1 89.939
Neutral Ratings: 4-1 93.634
League Power Rankings: 7-1 92.189
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 92.744

Home Advantage: 12.645 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1111 (43)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2873 (35)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4390 (35)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5637 (31)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7114 (25)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9089 (15)

Upward Stability: 2.6099 (260)

Downward Stability: 3.4329 (73)

RPI
RPI: 0.6270 (13)
2-4 v #1-25
5-1 v #26-50
6-0 v #51-100
10-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (15-0): 0.6692 (2) 2-0 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (5-6): 0.5510 (40)
0-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (5-1): 0.6606 (17) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (15-4): 0.6304 (11)
2-1 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (10-3): 0.6222 (20) 0-3 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5757 (26)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Away	W 64-53	vs. #122 Pennsylvania
11/25/2003	Home	W 81-47	vs. #297 Eastern Ill
11/29/2003	Home	W 55-43	vs. #60 Rutgers
12/2/2003	Away	L 67-73	vs. #17 Maryland
12/6/2003	Home	W 68-42	vs. #104 Detroit
12/10/2003	Home	W 73-57	vs. #136 Wisc Green Bay
12/13/2003	Home	W 89-71	vs. #83 Wisc Milwaukee
12/20/2003	Home	W 63-59	vs. #80 Marquette
12/27/2003	Neut	W 71-48	vs. #212 Ohio
12/30/2003	Away	L 56-71	vs. #28 Alabama
1/3/2004	Home	W 75-49	vs. #117 Coll Of Charltn
1/6/2004	Home	W 79-45	vs. #81 Indiana
1/10/2004	Home	W 77-64	vs. #36 Michigan St
1/14/2004	Away	L 51-53	vs. #79 Purdue
1/21/2004	Home	W 74-63	vs. #43 Michigan
1/24/2004	Home	W 76-56	vs. #16 Illinois
1/28/2004	Away	W 69-57	vs. #112 Ohio St
2/4/2004	Home	W 80-66	vs. #134 Minnesota
2/7/2004	Away	L 51-69	vs. #93 Northwestern
2/11/2004	Away	W 54-52	vs. #66 Iowa
2/14/2004	Home	W 78-48	vs. #112 Ohio St
2/18/2004	Away	L 57-65	vs. #16 Illinois
2/22/2004	Away	L 59-71	vs. #43 Michigan
2/25/2004	Home	W 68-45	vs. #174 Penn St
2/29/2004	Home	W 82-46	vs. #79 Purdue
3/2/2004	Away	W 68-64	vs. #36 Michigan St
3/6/2004	Away	W 70-52	vs. #81 Indiana
3/12/2004	Neut	W 66-52	vs. #134 Minnesota
3/13/2004	Neut	W 68-66	vs. #36 Michigan St
3/14/2004	Neut	W 70-53	vs. #16 Illinois
3/19/2004	Neut	W 76-64	vs. #46 Richmond
3/21/2004	Neut	L 55-59	vs. #5 Pittsburgh

FUTURE GAMES

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