NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 25-7
Power Rating: 89.918
Ranking: 9

2-2 v #1-25
5-2 v #26-50
13-3 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (15-0): 96.918 (3) 2-0 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 7-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 8-0 91.153 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 93.668 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 91.356

Away Ratings (3-6): 84.684 (40)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 3-5 86.825
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 85.668
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 88.434

Neutral Ratings (7-1): 93.575 (7) 0-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 3-0 91.168 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-1 93.012 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 92.106

League Power Rankings (14-5): 89.426 (13)
1-1 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
10-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 8-0 91.153
Away Ratings: 3-5 86.825
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 91.168
Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 90.778

Non-League Power Ratings (11-2): 91.012 (9) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 7-0 93.668 Away Ratings: 0-1 85.668 Neutral Ratings: 4-1 93.012 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 90.325

Wins Power Rankings: 91.614 (11)
3-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
15-4 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 15-0 104.05
Away Ratings: 3-6 85.285
Neutral Ratings: 7-1 96.239
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 91.293

Rankings: Points: 87.883 (7) 2-3 v #1-25 7-1 v #26-50 11-3 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 15-0 91.274 Away Ratings: 3-6 84.492 Neutral Ratings: 7-1 90.102 League Power Rankings: 14-5 87.160 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-2 89.571 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 88.649

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 89.973 (13)
1-1 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-0 91.356
Away Ratings: 1-2 88.434
Neutral Ratings: 4-1 92.106
League Power Rankings: 6-1 90.778
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 90.325

Home Advantage: 12.007 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0963 (55)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2661 (44)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4306 (31)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5722 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7260 (9)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9008 (22)

Upward Stability: 1.0207 (246)

Downward Stability: 1.4332 (16)

RPI
RPI: 0.6242 (12)
2-2 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
14-4 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (15-0): 0.6883 (2) 2-0 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (3-6): 0.5145 (63)
0-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (7-1): 0.6252 (39) 2-0 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI League (14-5): 0.6230 (12)
4-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (11-2): 0.6251 (19) 0-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5719 (26)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2002	Home	W 101-53	vs. #318 Army
11/25/2002	Home	W 95-80	vs. #142 Davidson
11/30/2002	Neut	W 84-73	vs. #118 UCLA
12/3/2002	Neut	W 91-76	vs. #62 Ohio St
12/7/2002	Home	W 81-59	vs. #64 Michigan
12/17/2002	Neut	W 91-57	vs. #327 NO Carolina A&T
12/29/2002	Home	W 85-74	vs. #29 Dayton
1/2/2003	Home	W 86-58	vs. #129 Fairfield
1/5/2003	Away	W 89-71	vs. #97 Clemson
1/8/2003	Home	W 93-86	vs. #70 Georgetown
1/12/2003	Home	W 74-55	vs. #11 Wake Forest
1/15/2003	Home	W 104-93	vs. #78 Virginia
1/18/2003	Away	L 72-87	vs. #26 Maryland
1/22/2003	Away	L 71-80	vs. #49 North Carolina St
1/25/2003	Home	W 91-71	vs. #63 Georgia Tech
1/30/2003	Home	W 80-60	vs. #20 Butler
2/2/2003	Away	L 70-75	vs. #88 Florida St
2/5/2003	Home	W 83-74	vs. #54 North Carolina
2/9/2003	Home	W 65-55	vs. #97 Clemson
2/13/2003	Away	L 80-94	vs. #11 Wake Forest
2/15/2003	Away	W 78-59	vs. #78 Virginia
2/19/2003	Home	W 75-70	vs. #26 Maryland
2/22/2003	Home	W 79-68	vs. #49 North Carolina St
2/26/2003	Away	W 77-58	vs. #63 Georgia Tech
3/2/2003	Away	L 71-72	vs. #61 St Johns
3/6/2003	Home	W 72-56	vs. #88 Florida St
3/9/2003	Away	L 79-82	vs. #54 North Carolina
3/14/2003	Neut	W 83-76	vs. #78 Virginia
3/15/2003	Neut	W 75-63	vs. #54 North Carolina
3/16/2003	Neut	W 84-77	vs. #49 North Carolina St
3/22/2003	Neut	W 86-60	vs. #36 Central Mich
3/27/2003	Neut	L 65-69	vs. #5 Kansas

FUTURE GAMES

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