NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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FLORIDA INTL
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 7-21
Power Rating: 68.972
Ranking: 254

0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
4-12 v #101-200
3-2 v #201-327

Home Ratings (4-10): 64.847 (283) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-5 v #101-200 3-2 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-7 64.815 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-3 69.268 Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 67.440

Away Ratings (2-11): 72.472 (211)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
2-7 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 1-7 75.964
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-4 72.628
Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 76.331

Neutral Ratings (1-0): 94.472 (5) 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 90.972 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 68.972 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 90.972

League Power Rankings (2-14): 68.018 (265)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
2-8 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 0-7 64.815
Away Ratings: 1-7 75.964
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 90.972
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 73.597

Non-League Power Ratings (5-7): 70.433 (236) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-4 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 4-3 69.268 Away Ratings: 1-4 72.628 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 68.972 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 68.972

Wins Power Rankings: 66.808 (265)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
4-12 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 4-10 61.917
Away Ratings: 2-11 71.589
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 97.808
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 68.448

Rankings: Points: 71.702 (227) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-6 v #51-100 4-13 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 4-10 68.577 Away Ratings: 2-11 74.007 Neutral Ratings: 1-0 91.702 League Power Rankings: 2-14 71.831 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-7 71.476 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 73.710

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 70.737 (228)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 0-4 67.440
Away Ratings: 1-4 76.331
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 90.972
League Power Rankings: 2-8 73.597
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 68.972

Home Advantage: -5.239 (316)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0387 (183)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1343 (169)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2478 (157)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3652 (152)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5324 (149)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8106 (152)

Upward Stability: 1.1363 (157)

Downward Stability: 0.8720 (285)

RPI
RPI: 0.4261 (272)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
4-9 v #101-200
3-6 v #201-327

RPI Home (4-10): 0.4192 (300) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 3-4 v #201-327

RPI Away (2-11): 0.4184 (239)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
0-5 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (1-0): 0.0 (306) 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 (2-14): 0.4111 (291)
0-0 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
1-4 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (5-7): 0.4448 (241) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 3-2 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4849 (181)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2002	Home	W 60-52	vs. #324 Morris Brown
11/24/2002	Home	W 65-55	vs. #168 Iona
11/30/2002	Away	W 68-65	vs. #152 Princeton
12/3/2002	Home	L 63-77	vs. #149 Geo Washington
12/6/2002	Home	L 48-61	vs. #42 Wisc Milwaukee
12/7/2002	Away	L 54-64	vs. #200 Samford
12/14/2002	Away	L 62-67	vs. #191 Massachusetts
12/18/2002	Away	L 57-72	vs. #67 DePaul
12/21/2002	Away	L 48-83	vs. #144 Washington
12/27/2002	Home	W 81-45	vs. #282 Radford
12/28/2002	Home	L 68-71	vs. #218 Duquesne
1/2/2003	Home	W 57-54	vs. #234 Canisius
1/5/2003	Home	L 91-94	vs. #244 North Texas
1/9/2003	Home	L 60-71	vs. #164 Denver
1/14/2003	Home	L 52-74	vs. #98 New Mexico St
1/18/2003	Away	L 51-64	vs. #72 Ul Lafayette
1/30/2003	Away	L 43-63	vs. #60 Western KY
2/1/2003	Away	L 58-60	vs. #143 Middle Tenn St
2/6/2003	Home	L 65-67	vs. #187 Arkansas St
2/8/2003	Home	L 45-46	vs. #153 Arkansas Lr
2/13/2003	Away	W 56-46	vs. #169 South Alabama
2/15/2003	Away	L 48-49	vs. #182 New Orleans
2/19/2003	Home	L 58-71	vs. #60 Western KY
2/22/2003	Home	L 70-80	vs. #143 Middle Tenn St
3/1/2003	Away	L 62-67	vs. #153 Arkansas Lr
3/3/2003	Away	L 65-85	vs. #187 Arkansas St
3/7/2003	Neut	W 62-45	vs. #182 New Orleans
3/8/2003	Away	L 60-71	vs. #60 Western KY

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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(Opp. Specific Rating)