NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 16-14
Power Rating: 73.604
Ranking: 184

0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
14-6 v #201-327

Home Ratings (11-1): 78.729 (114) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 9-1 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 7-0 80.510 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-1 70.604 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 79.167

Away Ratings (3-13): 69.760 (244)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
3-5 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 2-6 73.073
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-7 73.073
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 75.948

Neutral Ratings (2-0): 87.604 (42) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 2-0 84.104 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 73.604 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 84.104

League Power Rankings (11-6): 75.128 (173)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
10-4 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 7-0 80.510
Away Ratings: 2-6 73.073
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 84.104
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 78.104

Non-League Power Ratings (5-8): 70.964 (231) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-3 v #101-200 4-2 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 4-1 70.604 Away Ratings: 1-7 73.073 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 73.604 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 73.604

Wins Power Rankings: 72.374 (198)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
14-6 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 11-1 79.530
Away Ratings: 3-13 67.124
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 90.374
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 75.952

Rankings: Points: 75.245 (172) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 1-4 v #101-200 14-6 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 11-1 77.612 Away Ratings: 3-13 73.065 Neutral Ratings: 2-0 86.120 League Power Rankings: 11-6 76.971 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-8 72.401 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 78.729

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 77.182 (127)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 4-0 79.167
Away Ratings: 1-3 75.948
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 84.104
League Power Rankings: 7-3 78.104
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 73.604

Home Advantage: 10.942 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0323 (221)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1025 (237)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1856 (237)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2683 (250)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.3916 (258)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.6841 (272)

Upward Stability: 1.0626 (217)

Downward Stability: 1.2028 (126)

RPI
RPI: 0.4917 (167)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-6 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
14-6 v #201-327

RPI Home (11-1): 0.5700 (100) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 8-1 v #201-327

RPI Away (3-13): 0.4259 (226)
0-0 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
3-5 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (2-0): 0.5590 (89) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI League (11-6): 0.5098 (141)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
8-2 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (5-8): 0.4705 (199) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-3 v #101-200 4-2 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4779 (206)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Away	L 57-72	vs. #21 Missouri
11/25/2002	Away	L 79-80	vs. #284 NC Greensboro
11/29/2002	Away	L 61-69	vs. #150 Virginia Tech
12/3/2002	Away	W 72-67	vs. #267 Liberty
12/6/2002	Home	W 73-49	vs. #282 Radford
12/9/2002	Home	W 61-58	vs. #292 Howard
12/20/2002	Away	L 65-68	vs. #87 Coll Of Charltn
12/22/2002	Away	L 57-68	vs. #129 Fairfield
12/28/2002	Home	W 76-51	vs. #259 Elon
12/30/2002	Away	L 55-69	vs. #176 Wagner
1/2/2003	Home	W 81-75	vs. #149 Geo Washington
1/4/2003	Home	L 54-64	vs. #256 St Francis PA
1/8/2003	Away	L 55-66	vs. #51 Pennsylvania
1/11/2003	Away	L 52-63	vs. #235 Bucknell
1/15/2003	Home	W 70-53	vs. #289 Navy
1/18/2003	Away	L 54-57	vs. #232 Lehigh
1/24/2003	Home	W 58-55	vs. #241 Colgate
1/26/2003	Home	W 72-49	vs. #68 Holy Cross
1/31/2003	Away	L 66-67	vs. #258 Lafayette
2/2/2003	Away	W 79-64	vs. #318 Army
2/8/2003	Home	W 70-56	vs. #235 Bucknell
2/12/2003	Away	W 64-61	vs. #289 Navy
2/15/2003	Home	W 69-59	vs. #232 Lehigh
2/21/2003	Away	L 66-68	vs. #68 Holy Cross
2/23/2003	Away	L 59-60	vs. #241 Colgate
2/27/2003	Home	W 77-43	vs. #318 Army
3/1/2003	Home	W 79-62	vs. #258 Lafayette
3/8/2003	Neut	W 72-57	vs. #289 Navy
3/9/2003	Neut	W 74-55	vs. #258 Lafayette
3/14/2003	Away	L 64-72	vs. #68 Holy Cross

FUTURE GAMES

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