NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-12
Power Rating: 85.095
Ranking: 37

1-7 v #1-25
4-3 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (13-4): 82.064 (77) 0-2 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 5-3 81.048 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-1 82.064 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 83.908

Away Ratings (3-5): 84.697 (39)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 3-5 84.298
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 85.095
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 81.595

Neutral Ratings (5-3): 89.767 (29) 1-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-1 88.595 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-2 88.720 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 90.970

League Power Rankings (9-9): 83.896 (50)
0-6 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 5-3 81.048
Away Ratings: 3-5 84.298
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 88.595
Last Ten Ratings: 3-4 84.322

Non-League Power Ratings (12-3): 87.673 (27) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 8-1 82.064 Away Ratings: 0-0 85.095 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 88.720 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 92.127

Wins Power Rankings: 86.769 (37)
1-7 v #1-25
4-3 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 13-4 82.425
Away Ratings: 3-5 86.691
Neutral Ratings: 5-3 92.832
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 89.691

Rankings: Points: 83.017 (40) 2-7 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 6-3 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 13-4 81.451 Away Ratings: 3-5 82.361 Neutral Ratings: 5-3 85.900 League Power Rankings: 9-9 81.982 Non-League Power Ratings: 12-3 85.056 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 84.728

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 87.439 (27)
1-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 1-1 83.908
Away Ratings: 1-2 81.595
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 90.970
League Power Rankings: 3-4 84.322
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 92.127

Home Advantage: -1.211 (278)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1249 (13)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2955 (20)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4378 (25)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5583 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6952 (33)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8939 (28)

Upward Stability: 1.2726 (48)

Downward Stability: 1.3978 (26)

RPI
RPI: 0.5933 (29)
1-5 v #1-25
3-4 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (13-4): 0.5843 (79) 1-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-3 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (3-5): 0.5355 (43)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (5-3): 0.6691 (15) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (9-9): 0.5678 (51)
0-4 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (12-3): 0.6227 (20) 1-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5789 (18)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Home	W 81-63	vs. #201 Wofford
11/26/2002	Home	W 100-71	vs. #227 Georgia St
12/1/2002	Neut	L 70-89	vs. #60 Western KY
12/2/2002	Home	W 77-47	vs. #264 SE Louisiana
12/4/2002	Home	W 85-65	vs. #226 SO Carolina St
12/8/2002	Home	W 82-70	vs. #108 Rutgers
12/14/2002	Home	W 72-53	vs. #123 Murray St
12/17/2002	Home	L 54-72	vs. #76 Western Mich
12/21/2002	Neut	W 63-58	vs. #164 Denver
12/22/2002	Neut	W 94-66	vs. #69 Troy St
12/30/2002	Home	W 92-46	vs. #151 SO Mississippi
1/2/2003	Home	W 90-65	vs. #244 North Texas
1/8/2003	Home	W 62-59	vs. #109 Vanderbilt
1/11/2003	Away	W 52-37	vs. #135 Arkansas
1/15/2003	Away	W 67-60	vs. #86 South Carolina
1/18/2003	Home	W 77-68	vs. #47 Alabama
1/22/2003	Away	L 51-67	vs. #1 Kentucky
1/25/2003	Away	L 79-85	vs. #12 Georgia
2/1/2003	Home	L 57-60	vs. #48 Tennessee
2/5/2003	Home	W 77-71	vs. #82 Mississippi
2/8/2003	Home	W 56-54	vs. #33 LSU
2/15/2003	Away	L 68-84	vs. #47 Alabama
2/19/2003	Home	L 46-63	vs. #19 Mississippi St
2/22/2003	Away	W 80-75	vs. #82 Mississippi
2/26/2003	Away	L 63-94	vs. #33 LSU
3/1/2003	Home	L 70-73	vs. #13 Florida
3/5/2003	Home	W 69-54	vs. #135 Arkansas
3/8/2003	Away	L 45-67	vs. #19 Mississippi St
3/14/2003	Neut	W 66-53	vs. #48 Tennessee
3/15/2003	Neut	L 58-78	vs. #1 Kentucky
3/21/2003	Neut	W 65-63	vs. #27 St Josephs
3/23/2003	Neut	W 68-62	vs. #11 Wake Forest
3/28/2003	Neut	L 78-79	vs. #2 Syracuse

FUTURE GAMES

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