NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 11-16
Power Rating: 76.347
Ranking: 141

0-0 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
2-6 v #51-100
4-6 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (10-5): 79.599 (105) 0-0 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 2-3 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 4-3 77.480 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-2 81.515 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 79.043

Away Ratings (0-10): 67.754 (260)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-6 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 0-6 74.676
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-4 71.629
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 74.324

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 78.082 (123) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-1 80.504 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 78.785 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 80.504

League Power Rankings (4-10): 75.519 (152)
0-0 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 4-3 77.480
Away Ratings: 0-6 74.676
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 80.504
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 77.242

Non-League Power Ratings (7-6): 77.457 (126) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 1-3 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 6-2 81.515 Away Ratings: 0-4 71.629 Neutral Ratings: 1-0 78.785 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 76.347

Wins Power Rankings: 76.176 (145)
0-0 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
2-6 v #51-100
4-6 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 10-5 80.217
Away Ratings: 0-10 62.051
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 77.441
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 74.566

Rankings: Points: 76.767 (128) 0-0 v #1-25 1-4 v #26-50 2-7 v #51-100 4-5 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 10-5 78.773 Away Ratings: 0-10 72.181 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 79.017 League Power Rankings: 4-10 75.978 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-6 77.822 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 76.047

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 75.031 (157)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-2 79.043
Away Ratings: 0-5 74.324
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 80.504
League Power Rankings: 2-8 77.242
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 76.347

Home Advantage: 13.923 (10)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0568 (127)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1816 (115)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3202 (110)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4629 (99)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6303 (89)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8637 (76)

Upward Stability: 3.4173 (40)

Downward Stability: 2.8325 (205)

RPI
RPI: 0.5081 (129)
0-0 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
1-5 v #51-100
4-7 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (10-5): 0.5842 (77) 0-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (0-10): 0.3878 (280)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
0-3 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.5377 (106) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI League (4-10): 0.4847 (181)
0-2 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (7-6): 0.5323 (92) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 3-4 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5417 (66)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2003	Home	L 62-67	vs. #41 Southern Ill
11/25/2003	Home	W 84-42	vs. #306 Norfolk St
11/29/2003	Home	W 84-63	vs. #139 Middle Tenn St
12/3/2003	Away	L 67-80	vs. #91 Kansas St
12/6/2003	Home	W 92-76	vs. #57 Washington
12/9/2003	Away	L 55-80	vs. #101 California
12/13/2003	Neut	W 63-55	vs. #219 Montana St
12/17/2003	Home	W 109-56	vs. #282 Tennessee St
12/20/2003	Home	W 79-49	vs. #240 Winthrop
12/22/2003	Home	L 61-66	vs. #92 Creighton
1/3/2004	Home	W 61-59	vs. #56 Dayton
1/6/2004	Away	L 62-63	vs. #165 Denver
1/8/2004	Away	L 63-76	vs. #139 Middle Tenn St
1/12/2004	Home	W 82-77	vs. #132 New Mexico
1/17/2004	Away	L 49-60	vs. #47 Utah
1/24/2004	Home	L 62-76	vs. #84 Unlv
1/26/2004	Home	W 79-71	vs. #120 San Diego St
1/31/2004	Away	L 74-75	vs. #124 Colorado St
2/7/2004	Away	L 71-83	vs. #53 Air Force
2/9/2004	Away	L 75-87	vs. #132 New Mexico
2/14/2004	Home	L 53-67	vs. #38 BYU
2/16/2004	Home	W 74-65	vs. #47 Utah
2/21/2004	Away	L 66-74	vs. #120 San Diego St
2/23/2004	Away	L 80-95	vs. #84 Unlv
2/28/2004	Home	W 67-61	vs. #124 Colorado St
3/6/2004	Home	L 47-52	vs. #53 Air Force
3/11/2004	Neut	L 74-79	vs. #38 BYU

FUTURE GAMES

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