NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 2-26
Power Rating: 64.640
Ranking: 296

0-1 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-8 v #51-100
1-12 v #101-200
1-2 v #201-327

Home Ratings (1-13): 62.874 (299) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-5 v #51-100 1-5 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-7 67.437 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-6 63.828 Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 61.890

Away Ratings (1-13): 67.265 (270)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-7 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 0-9 68.984
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-4 71.890
Last Ten Ratings: 0-6 69.234

Neutral Ratings (0-0): 64.640 (254) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-0 64.640 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 64.640 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 64.640

League Power Rankings (1-16): 64.507 (293)
0-1 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
1-7 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 1-7 67.437
Away Ratings: 0-9 68.984
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 64.640
Last Ten Ratings: 0-10 65.765

Non-League Power Ratings (1-10): 64.859 (288) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-4 v #51-100 0-5 v #101-200 1-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 0-6 63.828 Away Ratings: 1-4 71.890 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 64.640 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 64.640

Wins Power Rankings: 61.804 (299)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-8 v #51-100
1-12 v #101-200
1-2 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 1-13 59.460
Away Ratings: 1-13 65.742
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 61.804
Last Ten Ratings: 0-10 52.054

Rankings: Points: 67.843 (289) 0-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-8 v #51-100 1-13 v #101-200 1-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 1-13 66.812 Away Ratings: 1-13 69.249 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 67.843 League Power Rankings: 1-16 68.187 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-10 67.234 Last Ten Ratings: 0-10 66.171

Last Ten Ratings (0-10): 60.421 (311)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-6 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 0-4 61.890
Away Ratings: 0-6 69.234
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 64.640
League Power Rankings: 0-10 65.765
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 64.640

Home Advantage: -0.434 (268)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0583 (114)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1860 (107)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3197 (100)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4546 (92)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6354 (76)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8877 (37)

Upward Stability: 0.7556 (320)

Downward Stability: 0.4475 (323)

RPI
RPI: 0.4138 (289)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-10 v #51-100
0-9 v #101-200
2-3 v #201-327

RPI Home (1-13): 0.4394 (289) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-6 v #51-100 0-4 v #101-200 1-1 v #201-327

RPI Away (1-13): 0.3882 (284)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-6 v #101-200
0-2 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (0-0): 0.4138 (218) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (1-16): 0.4010 (299)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-6 v #101-200
1-4 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (1-10): 0.4335 (254) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-5 v #101-200 1-1 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5279 (83)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Away	W 79-76	vs. #257 William & Mary
11/25/2002	Home	L 51-70	vs. #76 Western Mich
11/27/2002	Home	L 69-78	vs. #130 Siena
11/30/2002	Away	L 75-99	vs. #219 Northeastern
12/3/2002	Home	L 57-85	vs. #57 Manhattan
12/7/2002	Away	L 58-81	vs. #61 St Johns
12/11/2002	Away	L 83-94	vs. #108 Rutgers
12/22/2002	Away	L 60-62	vs. #159 Northwestern
12/28/2002	Home	L 83-91	vs. #129 Fairfield
12/31/2002	Home	L 54-87	vs. #68 Holy Cross
1/2/2003	Home	L 64-67	vs. #168 Iona
1/5/2003	Home	W 80-67	vs. #191 Massachusetts
1/11/2003	Away	L 63-75	vs. #96 Rhode Island
1/16/2003	Home	L 70-76	vs. #105 St Bonaventure
1/18/2003	Away	L 51-82	vs. #73 Temple
1/22/2003	Away	L 46-79	vs. #27 St Josephs
1/25/2003	Home	L 61-75	vs. #17 Xavier
1/29/2003	Home	L 68-76	vs. #96 Rhode Island
2/1/2003	Away	L 66-76	vs. #191 Massachusetts
2/5/2003	Away	L 61-74	vs. #170 La Salle
2/8/2003	Home	L 64-82	vs. #27 St Josephs
2/15/2003	Home	L 65-74	vs. #218 Duquesne
2/19/2003	Away	L 65-83	vs. #105 St Bonaventure
2/23/2003	Home	L 77-99	vs. #73 Temple
3/1/2003	Away	L 64-69	vs. #29 Dayton
3/5/2003	Home	L 53-60	vs. #111 Richmond
3/8/2003	Away	L 61-77	vs. #149 Geo Washington
3/10/2003	Away	L 62-74	vs. #170 La Salle

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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