NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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THE CITADEL
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 4-20
Power Rating: 63.403
Ranking: 303

0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-7 v #101-200
4-9 v #201-327

Home Ratings (3-8): 62.106 (305) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 3-6 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 2-6 65.145 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 61.434 Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 65.059

Away Ratings (1-11): 66.872 (277)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
1-3 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 1-7 69.997
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-4 66.778
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 66.340

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 60.653 (279) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-1 66.028 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 63.403 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 66.028

League Power Rankings (3-14): 64.192 (297)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-6 v #101-200
3-6 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-6 65.145
Away Ratings: 1-7 69.997
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 66.028
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 65.442

Non-League Power Ratings (1-6): 60.684 (311) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 1-3 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 1-2 61.434 Away Ratings: 0-4 66.778 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 63.403 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 63.403

Wins Power Rankings: 60.415 (306)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-10 v #101-200
3-6 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-8 58.743
Away Ratings: 1-11 65.758
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 54.915
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 56.321

Rankings: Points: 66.895 (296) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-11 v #101-200 4-7 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 3-8 66.223 Away Ratings: 1-11 68.418 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 65.270 League Power Rankings: 3-14 67.551 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-6 64.676 Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 66.692

Last Ten Ratings (1-9): 61.356 (308)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
0-5 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 1-4 65.059
Away Ratings: 0-4 66.340
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 66.028
League Power Rankings: 1-9 65.442
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 63.403

Home Advantage: -0.330 (265)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0335 (211)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1151 (205)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2097 (203)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3165 (199)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4668 (199)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7513 (210)

Upward Stability: 0.8763 (303)

Downward Stability: 0.6463 (315)

RPI
RPI: 0.4013 (300)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-8 v #101-200
4-8 v #201-327

RPI Home (3-8): 0.3983 (312) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 3-5 v #201-327

RPI Away (1-11): 0.4044 (265)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
1-2 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (312) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (3-14): 0.4051 (298)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
3-6 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (1-6): 0.3925 (301) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 1-3 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4796 (199)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/25/2002	Away	L 51-57	vs. #289 Navy
11/27/2002	Away	L 49-97	vs. #26 Maryland
12/2/2002	Home	L 56-68	vs. #242 Charleston Sou
12/5/2002	Home	W 82-67	vs. #299 High Point
12/21/2002	Home	L 66-78	vs. #226 SO Carolina St
12/30/2002	Away	L 55-64	vs. #136 Central Florida
1/2/2003	Away	L 50-66	vs. #86 South Carolina
1/5/2003	Away	L 72-86	vs. #142 Davidson
1/11/2003	Away	L 81-87	vs. #121 East Tenn St
1/13/2003	Home	L 54-69	vs. #201 Wofford
1/18/2003	Home	W 83-69	vs. #273 Westrn Carolina
1/21/2003	Away	W 67-66	vs. #202 Geo Southern
1/25/2003	Home	L 44-58	vs. #87 Coll Of Charltn
1/27/2003	Away	L 64-79	vs. #127 Chattanooga
2/1/2003	Away	L 65-75	vs. #157 Appalachian St
2/3/2003	Home	W 69-55	vs. #233 Furman
2/8/2003	Home	L 67-74	vs. #127 Chattanooga
2/10/2003	Away	L 75-84	vs. #87 Coll Of Charltn
2/15/2003	Home	L 66-67	vs. #284 NC Greensboro
2/17/2003	Away	L 60-77	vs. #233 Furman
2/22/2003	Home	L 63-64	vs. #202 Geo Southern
2/24/2003	Home	L 49-58	vs. #270 VMI
3/1/2003	Away	L 63-75	vs. #201 Wofford
3/5/2003	Neut	L 63-73	vs. #157 Appalachian St

FUTURE GAMES

Date

Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

Opp. Rating

(Opp. Specific Rating)