NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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CREIGHTON
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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 29-5
Power Rating: 86.719
Ranking: 25

1-1 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
13-2 v #101-200
11-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (17-0): 90.531 (18) 0-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 9-0 85.813 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-0 84.844 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 83.406

Away Ratings (7-4): 84.000 (44)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 6-3 83.399
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 89.656
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 82.156

Neutral Ratings (5-1): 87.844 (38) 1-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 3-0 83.906 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 86.469 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 82.641

League Power Rankings (18-3): 86.188 (34)
0-0 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
9-2 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 9-0 85.813
Away Ratings: 6-3 83.399
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 83.906
Last Ten Ratings: 6-2 83.719

Non-League Power Ratings (11-2): 87.719 (26) 1-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 8-0 84.844 Away Ratings: 1-1 89.656 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 86.469 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 78.438

Wins Power Rankings: 89.039 (24)
1-1 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
13-2 v #101-200
11-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 17-0 97.727
Away Ratings: 7-4 84.961
Neutral Ratings: 5-1 91.602
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 86.688

Rankings: Points: 83.965 (27) 1-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 5-1 v #51-100 12-2 v #101-200 10-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 17-0 85.856 Away Ratings: 7-4 83.090 Neutral Ratings: 5-1 83.059 League Power Rankings: 18-3 83.461 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-2 84.965 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 81.012

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 84.156 (56)
0-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-0 83.406
Away Ratings: 1-2 82.156
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 82.641
League Power Rankings: 6-2 83.719
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 78.438

Home Advantage: 9.1311 (55)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0453 (158)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1457 (147)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2552 (146)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3686 (148)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5276 (151)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8160 (147)

Upward Stability: 0.8431 (309)

Downward Stability: 1.1879 (138)

RPI
RPI: 0.6018 (25)
2-1 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
12-2 v #101-200
12-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (17-0): 0.6276 (28) 2-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (7-4): 0.5301 (49)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (5-1): 0.6586 (19) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (18-3): 0.5833 (39)
0-0 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
10-1 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (11-2): 0.6318 (14) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5181 (104)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2002	Home	W 106-50	vs. #203 Texas Arlington
11/18/2002	Home	W 82-57	vs. #233 Furman
11/25/2002	Neut	W 99-52	vs. #148 Iupui
11/26/2002	Neut	W 80-75	vs. #15 Notre Dame
12/4/2002	Away	W 65-52	vs. #190 Northern Iowa
12/7/2002	Home	W 74-64	vs. #32 BYU
12/14/2002	Home	W 101-72	vs. #112 Tennessee Tech
12/16/2002	Home	W 68-48	vs. #263 Delaware St
12/21/2002	Away	W 81-73	vs. #139 Nebraska
12/29/2002	Home	W 93-70	vs. #246 SE Missouri St
12/31/2002	Away	L 73-75	vs. #17 Xavier
1/5/2003	Home	W 84-63	vs. #225 Drake
1/8/2003	Away	W 65-58	vs. #174 Bradley
1/11/2003	Away	W 76-57	vs. #217 Illinois St
1/15/2003	Home	W 93-56	vs. #163 Evansville
1/18/2003	Home	W 85-76	vs. #43 Southern Ill
1/20/2003	Home	W 95-82	vs. #217 Illinois St
1/23/2003	Away	L 66-74	vs. #163 Evansville
1/26/2003	Home	W 89-79	vs. #183 TCU
1/29/2003	Away	W 74-46	vs. #250 Indiana St
2/1/2003	Away	W 88-68	vs. #225 Drake
2/4/2003	Home	W 84-75	vs. #190 Northern Iowa
2/8/2003	Home	W 88-65	vs. #174 Bradley
2/12/2003	Home	W 70-67	vs. #106 SW Missouri St
2/15/2003	Away	L 74-80	vs. #113 Wichita St
2/19/2003	Home	W 77-54	vs. #250 Indiana St
2/22/2003	Home	W 67-66	vs. #80 Fresno St
2/26/2003	Away	W 63-58	vs. #106 SW Missouri St
3/1/2003	Away	L 62-70	vs. #43 Southern Ill
3/3/2003	Home	W 86-60	vs. #113 Wichita St
3/8/2003	Neut	W 57-56	vs. #250 Indiana St
3/9/2003	Neut	W 70-69	vs. #113 Wichita St
3/10/2003	Neut	W 80-56	vs. #43 Southern Ill
3/20/2003	Neut	L 73-79	vs. #36 Central Mich

FUTURE GAMES

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