NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-6
Power Rating: 86.449
Ranking: 29

1-3 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
10-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (17-1): 88.902 (25) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 10-1 84.035 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 86.637 Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 85.199

Away Ratings (7-4): 86.246 (26)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 6-1 87.527
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-3 77.355
Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 92.449

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 65.449 (246) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-0 86.449 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 69.949 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 69.949

League Power Rankings (16-2): 89.066 (15)
0-2 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 10-1 84.035
Away Ratings: 6-1 87.527
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 86.449
Last Ten Ratings: 8-1 86.918

Non-League Power Ratings (8-4): 82.855 (59) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 7-0 86.637 Away Ratings: 1-3 77.355 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 69.949 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 69.949

Wins Power Rankings: 89.160 (22)
1-3 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
9-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 17-1 92.785
Away Ratings: 7-4 89.066
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 61.160
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 88.551

Rankings: Points: 83.119 (38) 3-3 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 14-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 17-1 84.557 Away Ratings: 7-4 82.807 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 68.994 League Power Rankings: 16-2 84.764 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-4 80.564 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 83.932

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 86.543 (32)
1-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 6-1 85.199
Away Ratings: 2-0 92.449
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 69.949
League Power Rankings: 8-1 86.918
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 69.949

Home Advantage: 8.3458 (64)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0655 (99)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1933 (100)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3243 (96)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4549 (90)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6174 (91)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8593 (83)

Upward Stability: 0.9097 (294)

Downward Stability: 1.2740 (79)

RPI
RPI: 0.6128 (16)
1-3 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
8-2 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (17-1): 0.6521 (11) 2-0 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 6-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (7-4): 0.5616 (24)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (264) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (16-2): 0.6233 (11)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (8-4): 0.5981 (38) 2-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5504 (54)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/24/2002	Home	W 65-38	vs. #263 Delaware St
11/27/2002	Home	W 64-59	vs. #163 Evansville
11/30/2002	Home	W 75-69	vs. #52 Cincinnati
12/4/2002	Away	L 63-78	vs. #132 Miami Ohio
12/7/2002	Home	W 59-48	vs. #55 NC Wilmington
12/14/2002	Away	L 55-63	vs. #66 St Louis
12/17/2002	Home	W 80-65	vs. #147 Ball St
12/20/2002	Away	W 71-67	vs. #199 Old Dominion
12/22/2002	Home	W 80-78	vs. #65 Villanova
12/29/2002	Away	L 74-85	vs. #9 Duke
1/4/2003	Home	W 92-85	vs. #7 Marquette
1/8/2003	Home	W 76-72	vs. #170 La Salle
1/11/2003	Home	W 77-72	vs. #218 Duquesne
1/15/2003	Home	W 66-53	vs. #111 Richmond
1/18/2003	Away	W 71-61	vs. #149 Geo Washington
1/25/2003	Away	W 57-49	vs. #73 Temple
1/29/2003	Home	W 83-55	vs. #191 Massachusetts
2/1/2003	Away	W 75-70	vs. #170 La Salle
2/5/2003	Away	W 76-75	vs. #218 Duquesne
2/8/2003	Away	L 77-85	vs. #17 Xavier
2/12/2003	Home	W 87-68	vs. #149 Geo Washington
2/15/2003	Home	W 66-56	vs. #27 St Josephs
2/19/2003	Away	W 70-63	vs. #111 Richmond
2/22/2003	Home	L 72-73	vs. #17 Xavier
2/26/2003	Away	W 82-70	vs. #96 Rhode Island
3/1/2003	Home	W 69-64	vs. #296 Fordham
3/13/2003	Home	W 74-57	vs. #96 Rhode Island
3/14/2003	Home	W 76-73	vs. #27 St Josephs
3/15/2003	Home	W 79-72	vs. #73 Temple
3/20/2003	Neut	L 71-84	vs. #58 Tulsa

FUTURE GAMES

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