NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 11-15
Power Rating: 69.796
Ranking: 231

0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-7 v #101-200
10-4 v #201-326

Home Ratings (6-4): 69.495 (230) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-3 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 5-2 69.179 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 66.140 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 68.984

Away Ratings (3-10): 68.058 (255)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 2-5 67.515
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-5 74.148
Last Ten Ratings: 2-4 67.960

Neutral Ratings (2-1): 80.077 (103) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-0 69.796 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 76.968 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 69.796

League Power Rankings (7-7): 68.444 (243)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
6-4 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 5-2 69.179
Away Ratings: 2-5 67.515
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 69.796
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 68.308

Non-League Power Ratings (4-8): 72.093 (204) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-4 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 1-2 66.140 Away Ratings: 1-5 74.148 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 76.968 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 69.796

Wins Power Rankings: 68.284 (238)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-7 v #101-200
10-4 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 6-4 68.081
Away Ratings: 3-10 65.777
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 82.534
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 67.015

Rankings: Points: 71.568 (226) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 0-6 v #101-200 10-4 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 6-4 70.962 Away Ratings: 3-10 70.919 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 77.333 League Power Rankings: 7-7 70.825 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-8 72.778 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 71.251

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 68.972 (238)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
6-2 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 4-0 68.984
Away Ratings: 2-4 67.960
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 69.796
League Power Rankings: 6-4 68.308
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 69.796

Home Advantage: 2.9827 (187)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0492 (154)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1272 (181)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2063 (215)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2902 (229)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4177 (242)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.6921 (250)

Upward Stability: 2.6942 (248)

Downward Stability: 2.4317 (270)

RPI
RPI: 0.4631 (213)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-6 v #101-200
10-4 v #201-326

RPI Home (6-4): 0.4898 (228) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-3 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-326

RPI Away (3-10): 0.4227 (224)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
3-2 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (2-1): 0.5486 (93) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI League (7-7): 0.4331 (260)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
6-2 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (4-8): 0.4991 (155) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4764 (202)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2003	Away	L 60-70	vs. #3 Connecticut
11/22/2003	Neut	W 75-60	vs. #216 Eastern Mich
11/23/2003	Neut	W 70-65	vs. #256 Coast Carolina
11/26/2003	Away	W 63-62	vs. #245 Bucknell
11/29/2003	Neut	L 61-86	vs. #13 Wake Forest
12/4/2003	Home	W 73-59	vs. #279 Sacred Heart
12/7/2003	Home	L 57-71	vs. #116 Fairfield
12/11/2003	Away	L 78-80	vs. #151 St Peters
12/20/2003	Home	L 62-79	vs. #105 Niagara
12/30/2003	Away	L 48-59	vs. #34 South Carolina
1/3/2004	Away	L 73-84	vs. #190 American
1/7/2004	Away	L 59-73	vs. #86 Rhode Island
1/16/2004	Home	L 75-85	vs. #208 Brown
1/23/2004	Away	L 65-77	vs. #208 Brown
1/30/2004	Home	W 54-52	vs. #122 Pennsylvania
1/31/2004	Home	L 47-49	vs. #113 Princeton
2/6/2004	Home	W 63-58	vs. #278 Columbia
2/7/2004	Home	W 67-48	vs. #263 Cornell
2/13/2004	Away	W 78-40	vs. #324 Dartmouth
2/14/2004	Away	L 71-78	vs. #310 Harvard
2/20/2004	Away	L 58-70	vs. #113 Princeton
2/21/2004	Away	L 61-69	vs. #122 Pennsylvania
2/27/2004	Home	W 80-62	vs. #310 Harvard
2/28/2004	Home	W 58-54	vs. #324 Dartmouth
3/5/2004	Away	W 64-61	vs. #263 Cornell
3/6/2004	Away	L 79-88	vs. #278 Columbia

FUTURE GAMES

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