NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 20-8
Power Rating: 80.737
Ranking: 80

0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
9-2 v #101-200
8-1 v #201-327

Home Ratings (14-1): 82.206 (75) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 8-1 78.768 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-0 77.799 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 78.737

Away Ratings (6-7): 79.760 (89)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 5-4 78.503
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-3 82.393
Last Ten Ratings: 3-4 79.487

Neutral Ratings (0-0): 80.737 (109) 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 80.737 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 80.737 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 80.737

League Power Rankings (13-5): 80.682 (80)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
6-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 8-1 78.768
Away Ratings: 5-4 78.503
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 80.737
Last Ten Ratings: 5-4 78.112

Non-League Power Ratings (7-3): 80.878 (84) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 6-0 77.799 Away Ratings: 1-3 82.393 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 80.737 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 89.674

Wins Power Rankings: 82.221 (76)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
10-3 v #101-200
8-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 14-1 84.503
Away Ratings: 6-7 81.034
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 82.221
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 78.268

Rankings: Points: 78.799 (98) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 11-3 v #101-200 7-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 14-1 79.362 Away Ratings: 6-7 78.346 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 78.799 League Power Rankings: 13-5 78.432 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-3 79.846 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 78.784

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 78.432 (111)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-1 78.737
Away Ratings: 3-4 79.487
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 80.737
League Power Rankings: 5-4 78.112
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 89.674

Home Advantage: 6.4018 (105)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0463 (155)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1461 (145)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2521 (151)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3609 (157)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5130 (159)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7990 (162)

Upward Stability: 0.9809 (269)

Downward Stability: 1.1349 (171)

RPI
RPI: 0.5507 (68)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-4 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
8-1 v #201-327

RPI Home (14-1): 0.5974 (60) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (6-7): 0.4967 (91)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
2-2 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (0-0): 0.5507 (96) 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 (13-5): 0.5511 (73)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (7-3): 0.5502 (78) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4962 (153)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/29/2002	Home	W 65-53	vs. #180 Idaho St
11/30/2002	Home	W 67-65	vs. #156 St Marys CA
12/4/2002	Home	W 70-55	vs. #210 Santa Clara
12/7/2002	Away	W 74-71	vs. #124 San Francisco
12/11/2002	Home	W 80-60	vs. #205 Pacific
12/15/2002	Away	L 61-71	vs. #24 Oklahoma St
12/20/2002	Home	W 70-69	vs. #251 Centenary
12/23/2002	Away	L 66-69	vs. #207 Washington St
12/29/2002	Home	W 91-53	vs. #220 Sacramento St
1/1/2003	Home	W 74-65	vs. #58 Tulsa
1/4/2003	Home	W 71-70	vs. #103 Rice
1/9/2003	Home	W 61-54	vs. #185 Boise St
1/11/2003	Home	W 84-58	vs. #297 Texas El Paso
1/13/2003	Away	L 77-88	vs. #100 Hawaii
1/16/2003	Away	W 75-73	vs. #120 SMU
1/18/2003	Away	W 61-60	vs. #178 Louisiana Tech
1/23/2003	Home	W 56-55	vs. #100 Hawaii
1/25/2003	Home	W 59-48	vs. #277 San Jose St
2/1/2003	Away	L 79-92	vs. #95 Nevada
2/6/2003	Away	W 76-63	vs. #297 Texas El Paso
2/8/2003	Away	W 59-52	vs. #185 Boise St
2/13/2003	Home	L 77-80	vs. #178 Louisiana Tech
2/15/2003	Home	W 76-56	vs. #120 SMU
2/19/2003	Away	W 74-70	vs. #277 San Jose St
2/22/2003	Away	L 66-67	vs. #25 Creighton
3/1/2003	Home	W 107-99	vs. #95 Nevada
3/5/2003	Away	L 59-62	vs. #58 Tulsa
3/8/2003	Away	L 71-92	vs. #103 Rice

FUTURE GAMES

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