NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 7-21
Power Rating: 62.835
Ranking: 307

0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-6 v #101-200
7-13 v #201-327

Home Ratings (5-9): 62.038 (306) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 5-7 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 2-6 61.616 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-3 62.054 Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 60.366

Away Ratings (2-11): 64.976 (289)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
2-6 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 1-7 65.757
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-4 68.397
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 68.272

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 53.835 (308) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-1 56.835 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 62.835 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 56.835

League Power Rankings (3-14): 61.851 (308)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
3-9 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-6 61.616
Away Ratings: 1-7 65.757
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 56.835
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 62.983

Non-League Power Ratings (4-7): 64.265 (294) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 4-4 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 3-3 62.054 Away Ratings: 1-4 68.397 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 62.835 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 62.835

Wins Power Rankings: 60.753 (304)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-6 v #101-200
7-13 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 5-9 59.792
Away Ratings: 2-11 63.393
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 50.753
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 60.237

Rankings: Points: 65.280 (309) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-8 v #101-200 7-11 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 5-9 64.538 Away Ratings: 2-11 67.155 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 56.780 League Power Rankings: 3-14 64.718 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-7 66.077 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 64.718

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 62.304 (304)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
2-5 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 1-4 60.366
Away Ratings: 1-3 68.272
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 56.835
League Power Rankings: 2-8 62.983
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 62.835

Home Advantage: 1.8147 (215)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0361 (199)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0961 (249)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1607 (267)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2392 (270)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.3708 (272)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.6830 (273)

Upward Stability: 1.1550 (138)

Downward Stability: 0.8826 (283)

RPI
RPI: 0.4116 (294)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-9 v #101-200
7-10 v #201-327

RPI Home (5-9): 0.4210 (299) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-6 v #101-200 5-3 v #201-327

RPI Away (2-11): 0.4018 (268)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
2-6 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (314) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (3-14): 0.3893 (305)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-7 v #101-200
3-5 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (4-7): 0.4448 (242) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 4-3 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4655 (244)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Away	L 75-79	vs. #130 Siena
11/26/2002	Home	L 53-56	vs. #235 Bucknell
11/30/2002	Away	L 55-90	vs. #15 Notre Dame
12/9/2002	Away	W 47-43	vs. #318 Army
12/11/2002	Home	L 62-78	vs. #283 Liu Brooklyn
12/21/2002	Home	W 69-67	vs. #286 Robert Morris
12/23/2002	Home	L 65-78	vs. #222 Quinnipiac
12/28/2002	Away	L 79-109	vs. #2 Syracuse
12/30/2002	Away	L 75-83	vs. #258 Lafayette
1/2/2003	Home	W 61-54	vs. #241 Colgate
1/4/2003	Away	L 71-90	vs. #228 Maine
1/8/2003	Home	L 63-66	vs. #141 Boston U
1/11/2003	Home	W 61-58	vs. #308 New Hampshire
1/15/2003	Home	L 53-63	vs. #161 Vermont
1/19/2003	Away	L 87-92	vs. #272 Stony Brook
1/21/2003	Away	L 59-86	vs. #213 Binghamton
1/25/2003	Home	W 85-84	vs. #293 Dartmouth
1/29/2003	Away	L 68-80	vs. #209 Hartford
2/2/2003	Home	L 80-89	vs. #219 Northeastern
2/5/2003	Away	L 50-78	vs. #141 Boston U
2/8/2003	Home	L 71-82	vs. #228 Maine
2/14/2003	Home	W 82-74	vs. #272 Stony Brook
2/16/2003	Away	W 87-79	vs. #308 New Hampshire
2/20/2003	Home	L 59-76	vs. #213 Binghamton
2/22/2003	Home	L 53-67	vs. #209 Hartford
2/26/2003	Away	L 54-69	vs. #219 Northeastern
3/2/2003	Away	L 60-69	vs. #161 Vermont
3/9/2003	Neut	L 62-81	vs. #161 Vermont

FUTURE GAMES

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