NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 11-17
Power Rating: 71.282
Ranking: 220

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

Home Ratings (5-6): 68.688 (247) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-4 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 3-4 69.673 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 66.251 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 70.673

Away Ratings (5-11): 72.259 (214)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
3-4 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 2-6 71.954
Non-League Power Ratings: 3-5 71.704
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 69.438

Neutral Ratings (1-0): 90.532 (24) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-0 86.032 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 71.282 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 86.032

League Power Rankings (6-10): 71.485 (213)
0-0 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
3-6 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-4 69.673
Away Ratings: 2-6 71.954
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 86.032
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 72.141

Non-League Power Ratings (5-7): 70.931 (232) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 3-4 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 2-2 66.251 Away Ratings: 3-5 71.704 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 71.282 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 71.282

Wins Power Rankings: 71.059 (213)
0-1 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
5-7 v #101-200
6-5 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 5-6 67.403
Away Ratings: 5-11 72.848
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 95.559
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 70.763

Rankings: Points: 71.450 (232) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-4 v #51-100 5-7 v #101-200 6-5 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 5-6 70.106 Away Ratings: 5-11 71.513 Neutral Ratings: 1-0 86.200 League Power Rankings: 6-10 72.075 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-7 70.341 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 72.536

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 71.618 (214)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
3-2 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-2 70.673
Away Ratings: 0-4 69.438
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 86.032
League Power Rankings: 4-6 72.141
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 71.282

Home Advantage: -0.688 (272)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0374 (193)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1259 (185)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2251 (182)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3259 (185)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4847 (182)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7887 (168)

Upward Stability: 1.2838 (36)

Downward Stability: 1.1198 (185)

RPI
RPI: 0.4480 (253)
0-1 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
3-4 v #101-200
8-8 v #201-327

RPI Home (5-6): 0.4509 (280) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 3-3 v #201-327

RPI Away (5-11): 0.4379 (204)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
4-4 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (1-0): 0.0 (296) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI League (6-10): 0.4564 (239)
0-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
5-4 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (5-7): 0.4365 (252) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 4-3 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4664 (242)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/25/2002	Away	L 55-88	vs. #208 Loyola Marymnt
11/30/2002	Away	L 68-74	vs. #261 Southern Utah
12/2/2002	Away	L 60-98	vs. #21 Missouri
12/4/2002	Home	W 62-57	vs. #124 San Francisco
12/7/2002	Away	W 73-66	vs. #177 Cal Poly
12/10/2002	Home	W 72-70	vs. #277 San Jose St
12/14/2002	Home	L 49-62	vs. #128 Oregon St
12/21/2002	Home	L 54-62	vs. #237 CS Fullerton
12/27/2002	Away	L 62-81	vs. #214 Idaho
12/29/2002	Away	L 53-91	vs. #80 Fresno St
1/4/2003	Away	W 83-71	vs. #312 Lipscomb
1/7/2003	Away	L 52-65	vs. #279 Portland St
1/11/2003	Away	W 85-81	vs. #189 Northrn Arizona
1/14/2003	Away	W 84-80	vs. #245 Texas A&M-CC
1/18/2003	Away	L 41-75	vs. #117 Eastern Wash
1/23/2003	Home	L 62-67	vs. #180 Idaho St
1/25/2003	Home	L 53-65	vs. #50 Weber St
1/30/2003	Away	W 72-66	vs. #221 Montana St
2/1/2003	Away	L 59-66	vs. #193 Montana
2/8/2003	Home	L 45-63	vs. #189 Northrn Arizona
2/13/2003	Home	W 77-71	vs. #117 Eastern Wash
2/15/2003	Home	W 72-58	vs. #279 Portland St
2/20/2003	Away	L 65-88	vs. #50 Weber St
2/22/2003	Away	L 83-90	vs. #180 Idaho St
2/27/2003	Home	L 71-77	vs. #193 Montana
3/1/2003	Home	W 72-52	vs. #221 Montana St
3/8/2003	Neut	W 88-75	vs. #193 Montana
3/11/2003	Away	L 60-82	vs. #50 Weber St

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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