NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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BUCKNELL
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 13-15
Power Rating: 70.174
Ranking: 235

0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
11-7 v #201-327

Home Ratings (6-4): 67.893 (258) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-3 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 4-3 68.908 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 67.174 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 65.455

Away Ratings (4-9): 70.018 (242)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
4-4 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 3-4 70.877
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-5 69.924
Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 69.862

Neutral Ratings (3-2): 75.362 (155) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-1 71.612 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 75.487 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 71.612

League Power Rankings (8-8): 70.338 (236)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
7-4 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 4-3 68.908
Away Ratings: 3-4 70.877
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 71.612
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 68.846

Non-League Power Ratings (5-7): 69.846 (241) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 4-3 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 2-1 67.174 Away Ratings: 1-5 69.924 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 75.487 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 70.174

Wins Power Rankings: 68.990 (238)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
11-7 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 6-4 65.334
Away Ratings: 4-9 69.162
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 76.397
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 68.912

Rankings: Points: 71.639 (229) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 11-7 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 6-4 70.975 Away Ratings: 4-9 71.240 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 73.951 League Power Rankings: 8-8 71.604 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-7 71.709 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 69.983

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 69.416 (242)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
4-2 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 1-2 65.455
Away Ratings: 2-3 69.862
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 71.612
League Power Rankings: 4-6 68.846
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 70.174

Home Advantage: 0.3471 (254)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0305 (235)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0992 (243)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1751 (256)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2579 (257)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.3913 (259)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.6846 (271)

Upward Stability: 1.1164 (178)

Downward Stability: 1.1261 (180)

RPI
RPI: 0.4583 (234)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
11-7 v #201-327

RPI Home (6-4): 0.4841 (243) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 5-2 v #201-327

RPI Away (4-9): 0.4127 (253)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
3-5 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (3-2): 0.5259 (123) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI League (8-8): 0.4778 (199)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
6-3 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (5-7): 0.4332 (255) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 4-3 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4563 (259)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Away	L 42-73	vs. #15 Notre Dame
11/26/2002	Away	W 56-53	vs. #307 Albany NY
11/29/2002	Neut	W 61-47	vs. #323 Columbia
11/30/2002	Away	L 77-80	vs. #149 Geo Washington
12/3/2002	Home	L 67-71	vs. #234 Canisius
12/7/2002	Home	W 57-54	vs. #256 St Francis PA
12/20/2002	Away	L 55-59	vs. #206 Penn St
12/27/2002	Away	L 52-79	vs. #34 Arizona St
12/28/2002	Neut	W 67-60	vs. #133 Santa Barbara
1/4/2003	Neut	L 52-63	vs. #146 Niagara
1/7/2003	Home	W 66-53	vs. #286 Robert Morris
1/11/2003	Home	W 63-52	vs. #184 American
1/15/2003	Home	L 56-60	vs. #232 Lehigh
1/18/2003	Away	L 53-66	vs. #289 Navy
1/21/2003	Away	L 60-64	vs. #287 Cornell
1/24/2003	Home	W 53-38	vs. #318 Army
1/26/2003	Home	W 68-48	vs. #258 Lafayette
1/31/2003	Away	W 62-42	vs. #241 Colgate
2/2/2003	Away	L 47-69	vs. #68 Holy Cross
2/8/2003	Away	L 56-70	vs. #184 American
2/11/2003	Away	L 49-61	vs. #232 Lehigh
2/14/2003	Home	W 59-41	vs. #289 Navy
2/21/2003	Away	W 70-53	vs. #258 Lafayette
2/23/2003	Away	W 66-65	vs. #318 Army
2/28/2003	Home	L 43-54	vs. #68 Holy Cross
3/2/2003	Home	L 56-64	vs. #241 Colgate
3/8/2003	Neut	W 52-47	vs. #232 Lehigh
3/9/2003	Neut	L 50-75	vs. #68 Holy Cross

FUTURE GAMES

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