NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 26-6
Power Rating: 87.515
Ranking: 20

2-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
11-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (11-0): 89.859 (20) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 8-0 83.171 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-0 87.390 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 83.734

Away Ratings (10-5): 84.835 (37)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 6-3 82.921
Non-League Power Ratings: 4-2 85.796
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 78.359

Neutral Ratings (5-1): 91.155 (19) 2-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-0 83.640 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-1 88.499 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 88.187

League Power Rankings (15-3): 86.241 (33)
0-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 8-0 83.171
Away Ratings: 6-3 82.921
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 83.640
Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 81.546

Non-League Power Ratings (11-3): 89.116 (16) 2-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 3-0 87.390 Away Ratings: 4-2 85.796 Neutral Ratings: 4-1 88.499 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 89.093

Wins Power Rankings: 90.671 (16)
2-2 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
11-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 11-0 97.734
Away Ratings: 10-5 86.929
Neutral Ratings: 5-1 95.546
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 92.405

Rankings: Points: 83.689 (29) 2-2 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 7-0 v #51-100 5-2 v #101-200 11-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 11-0 84.251 Away Ratings: 10-5 82.368 Neutral Ratings: 5-1 85.782 League Power Rankings: 15-3 82.282 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-3 85.704 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 83.290

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 88.390 (17)
0-1 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-0 83.734
Away Ratings: 2-1 78.359
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 88.187
League Power Rankings: 6-1 81.546
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 89.093

Home Advantage: 7.1741 (87)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0762 (83)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2148 (82)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3446 (83)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4636 (86)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6130 (97)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8567 (92)

Upward Stability: 0.9969 (258)

Downward Stability: 1.2196 (110)

RPI
RPI: 0.5945 (28)
1-2 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
11-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (11-0): 0.6238 (35) 1-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (10-5): 0.5425 (36)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (5-1): 0.6713 (14) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI League (15-3): 0.5911 (31)
1-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (11-3): 0.5993 (37) 2-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5219 (94)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Away	W 69-53	vs. #262 IPFW
11/30/2002	Home	W 71-45	vs. #147 Ball St
12/5/2002	Away	W 65-45	vs. #250 Indiana St
12/7/2002	Away	W 77-64	vs. #163 Evansville
12/10/2002	Home	W 75-70	vs. #174 Bradley
12/14/2002	Away	W 59-42	vs. #132 Miami Ohio
12/21/2002	Home	W 68-46	vs. #66 St Louis
12/28/2002	Neut	W 67-48	vs. #309 TX Pan American
12/29/2002	Neut	W 63-60	vs. #60 Western KY
12/30/2002	Away	L 78-81	vs. #100 Hawaii
1/4/2003	Away	W 68-65	vs. #53 Illinois Chi
1/9/2003	Home	W 81-74	vs. #125 Loyola Chi
1/11/2003	Home	W 76-68	vs. #81 Detroit
1/16/2003	Away	W 81-70	vs. #211 Wright St
1/18/2003	Home	W 64-60	vs. #243 Youngstown St
1/23/2003	Away	L 65-69	vs. #42 Wisc Milwaukee
1/25/2003	Away	W 68-53	vs. #215 Wisc Green Bay
1/30/2003	Away	L 60-80	vs. #9 Duke
2/1/2003	Home	W 73-57	vs. #238 Cleveland St
2/8/2003	Home	W 61-47	vs. #53 Illinois Chi
2/13/2003	Away	L 63-73	vs. #125 Loyola Chi
2/15/2003	Away	W 66-63	vs. #81 Detroit
2/20/2003	Home	W 79-64	vs. #211 Wright St
2/22/2003	Away	W 69-60	vs. #243 Youngstown St
2/24/2003	Away	W 79-75	vs. #238 Cleveland St
2/27/2003	Home	W 58-37	vs. #215 Wisc Green Bay
3/1/2003	Home	W 76-74	vs. #42 Wisc Milwaukee
3/8/2003	Neut	W 58-55	vs. #81 Detroit
3/11/2003	Away	L 52-69	vs. #42 Wisc Milwaukee
3/21/2003	Neut	W 47-46	vs. #19 Mississippi St
3/23/2003	Neut	W 79-71	vs. #14 Louisville
3/28/2003	Neut	L 54-65	vs. #8 Oklahoma

FUTURE GAMES

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