NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 20-12
Power Rating: 85.008
Ranking: 38

4-6 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (14-1): 94.258 (8) 4-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 8-0 92.680 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-1 89.102 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 95.133

Away Ratings (3-9): 79.250 (99)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 1-7 81.742
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 78.321
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 84.383

Neutral Ratings (3-2): 83.492 (75) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-1 79.227 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 83.039 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 77.758

League Power Rankings (10-8): 85.809 (39)
4-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 8-0 92.680
Away Ratings: 1-7 81.742
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 79.227
Last Ten Ratings: 6-3 86.164

Non-League Power Ratings (10-4): 83.602 (53) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 6-1 89.102 Away Ratings: 2-2 78.321 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 83.039 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 72.008

Wins Power Rankings: 86.551 (40)
4-5 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
5-4 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 14-1 97.363
Away Ratings: 3-9 79.863
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 85.832
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 87.699

Rankings: Points: 83.151 (36) 4-6 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 8-3 v #51-100 4-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 14-1 90.385 Away Ratings: 3-9 78.893 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 80.494 League Power Rankings: 10-8 83.744 Non-League Power Ratings: 10-4 82.088 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 83.338

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 85.774 (39)
0-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 4-0 95.133
Away Ratings: 1-2 84.383
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 77.758
League Power Rankings: 6-3 86.164
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 72.008

Home Advantage: 17.716 (1)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1071 (36)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2748 (38)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4255 (37)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5562 (28)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7006 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8884 (35)

Upward Stability: 1.2879 (34)

Downward Stability: 1.4473 (13)

RPI
RPI: 0.5728 (49)
4-5 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
6-3 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (14-1): 0.6421 (22) 3-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (3-9): 0.4770 (124)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (3-2): 0.5933 (61) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI League (10-8): 0.5823 (42)
4-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (10-4): 0.5600 (65) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5554 (50)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Home	W 97-69	vs. #177 Cal Poly
11/24/2002	Home	W 107-74	vs. #302 Stetson
11/27/2002	Away	L 71-75	vs. #98 New Mexico St
12/3/2002	Home	L 70-71	vs. #12 Georgia
12/7/2002	Away	W 62-59	vs. #268 Mo Kansas City
12/11/2002	Home	W 80-61	vs. #310 Chicago St
12/21/2002	Away	L 61-80	vs. #103 Rice
12/23/2002	Home	W 87-71	vs. #244 North Texas
12/27/2002	Neut	W 75-56	vs. #72 Ul Lafayette
12/28/2002	Away	W 76-74	vs. #93 NC Charlotte
12/29/2002	Neut	W 76-72	vs. #125 Loyola Chi
1/4/2003	Home	W 80-57	vs. #51 Pennsylvania
1/7/2003	Home	W 93-72	vs. #83 Colorado St
1/11/2003	Away	L 54-69	vs. #8 Oklahoma
1/15/2003	Home	W 69-63	vs. #101 Kansas St
1/18/2003	Away	L 77-80	vs. #139 Nebraska
1/22/2003	Home	W 60-59	vs. #5 Kansas
1/29/2003	Away	L 56-66	vs. #45 Texas Tech
2/1/2003	Away	L 70-73	vs. #21 Missouri
2/4/2003	Home	W 93-80	vs. #6 Texas
2/8/2003	Home	W 84-69	vs. #75 Iowa St
2/11/2003	Away	L 54-62	vs. #101 Kansas St
2/15/2003	Home	W 98-83	vs. #89 Texas A&M
2/19/2003	Away	L 87-94	vs. #5 Kansas
2/22/2003	Home	W 89-68	vs. #21 Missouri
2/25/2003	Away	L 55-81	vs. #75 Iowa St
3/1/2003	Away	W 72-59	vs. #99 Baylor
3/5/2003	Home	W 68-56	vs. #24 Oklahoma St
3/8/2003	Home	W 84-69	vs. #139 Nebraska
3/13/2003	Neut	W 77-76	vs. #101 Kansas St
3/14/2003	Neut	L 59-74	vs. #8 Oklahoma
3/21/2003	Neut	L 64-79	vs. #23 Michigan St

FUTURE GAMES

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