NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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UCLA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 10-19
Power Rating: 78.239
Ranking: 118

1-4 v #1-25
1-8 v #26-50
1-5 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (5-10): 72.974 (196) 0-1 v #1-25 1-3 v #26-50 0-4 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 3-6 75.794 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-4 72.036 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 80.677

Away Ratings (4-7): 83.255 (54)
0-2 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 3-6 82.927
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 85.396
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 78.896

Neutral Ratings (1-2): 87.427 (45) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-1 92.271 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 78.989 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 92.271

League Power Rankings (7-13): 79.759 (100)
1-2 v #1-25
1-8 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-6 75.794
Away Ratings: 3-6 82.927
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 92.271
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 82.786

Non-League Power Ratings (3-6): 73.771 (187) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 2-4 72.036 Away Ratings: 1-1 85.396 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 78.989 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 78.239

Wins Power Rankings: 78.220 (124)
1-4 v #1-25
1-8 v #26-50
1-5 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 5-10 71.610
Away Ratings: 4-7 85.025
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 88.439
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 85.915

Rankings: Points: 78.335 (103) 1-4 v #1-25 1-8 v #26-50 1-5 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 5-10 74.624 Away Ratings: 4-7 81.273 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 86.616 League Power Rankings: 7-13 79.405 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-6 75.179 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 80.944

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 83.755 (58)
1-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-1 80.677
Away Ratings: 1-3 78.896
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 92.271
League Power Rankings: 5-5 82.786
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 78.239

Home Advantage: -7.218 (326)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1236 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2994 (16)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4424 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5663 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7067 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9003 (24)

Upward Stability: 1.2431 (58)

Downward Stability: 1.0694 (209)

RPI
RPI: 0.5074 (138)
1-6 v #1-25
1-6 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-327

RPI Home (5-10): 0.4759 (253) 1-1 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-4 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-327

RPI Away (4-7): 0.5214 (56)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (1-2): 0.6124 (47) 0-0 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (7-13): 0.5192 (127)
1-2 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (3-6): 0.4813 (181) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5616 (42)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/26/2002	Home	L 81-86	vs. #79 San Diego
11/30/2002	Neut	L 73-84	vs. #9 Duke
12/8/2002	Home	W 81-58	vs. #295 Long Beach St
12/14/2002	Home	W 105-67	vs. #196 Portland
12/17/2002	Home	L 63-67	vs. #189 Northrn Arizona
12/21/2002	Away	L 70-87	vs. #5 Kansas
12/28/2002	Home	L 76-81	vs. #64 Michigan
1/2/2003	Away	W 77-67	vs. #144 Washington
1/4/2003	Away	W 98-83	vs. #207 Washington St
1/8/2003	Home	L 75-80	vs. #92 USC
1/11/2003	Home	L 65-80	vs. #61 St Johns
1/16/2003	Home	L 64-75	vs. #34 Arizona St
1/18/2003	Home	L 52-87	vs. #3 Arizona
1/23/2003	Away	L 51-52	vs. #28 Stanford
1/25/2003	Away	L 69-80	vs. #31 California
1/30/2003	Home	L 91-96	vs. #44 Oregon
2/1/2003	Home	L 79-83	vs. #128 Oregon St
2/5/2003	Away	L 85-86	vs. #92 USC
2/8/2003	Away	W 71-70	vs. #70 Georgetown
2/13/2003	Away	L 70-106	vs. #3 Arizona
2/15/2003	Away	L 69-85	vs. #34 Arizona St
2/20/2003	Home	W 76-75	vs. #31 California
2/22/2003	Home	L 84-93	vs. #28 Stanford
2/27/2003	Away	W 69-66	vs. #128 Oregon St
3/1/2003	Away	L 48-79	vs. #44 Oregon
3/6/2003	Home	W 86-71	vs. #207 Washington St
3/8/2003	Home	W 83-72	vs. #144 Washington
3/13/2003	Neut	W 96-89	vs. #3 Arizona
3/14/2003	Neut	L 74-75	vs. #44 Oregon

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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