NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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GEORGIA TECH
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 14-14
Power Rating: 82.432
Ranking: 63

1-5 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
6-4 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (12-3): 85.917 (42) 1-2 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 6-2 85.042 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-1 86.557 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 81.526

Away Ratings (1-10): 78.870 (105)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 1-7 84.315
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-3 76.745
Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 84.729

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 78.182 (130) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-1 77.745 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 86.682 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 77.745

League Power Rankings (7-10): 82.749 (63)
0-4 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 6-2 85.042
Away Ratings: 1-7 84.315
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 77.745
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 82.862

Non-League Power Ratings (7-4): 81.511 (74) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 6-1 86.557 Away Ratings: 0-3 76.745 Neutral Ratings: 1-0 86.682 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 82.432

Wins Power Rankings: 82.675 (70)
1-5 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
7-6 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 12-3 86.917
Away Ratings: 1-10 77.425
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 77.425
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 80.745

Rankings: Points: 82.348 (48) 2-6 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 6-5 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 12-3 84.552 Away Ratings: 1-10 80.606 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 79.473 League Power Rankings: 7-10 82.669 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-4 81.380 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 81.395

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 80.901 (80)
1-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-2 81.526
Away Ratings: 1-4 84.729
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 77.745
League Power Rankings: 3-7 82.862
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 82.432

Home Advantage: 11.109 (25)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1100 (33)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2756 (36)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4287 (34)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5562 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6951 (34)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8700 (65)

Upward Stability: 1.2386 (62)

Downward Stability: 1.1552 (161)

RPI
RPI: 0.5449 (77)
1-5 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
6-6 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (12-3): 0.6075 (49) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 6-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (1-10): 0.4638 (149)
0-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.5216 (127) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (7-10): 0.5478 (76)
2-7 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (7-4): 0.5390 (94) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5599 (45)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2002	Home	W 113-75	vs. #319 Ark Pine Bluff
11/27/2002	Home	W 83-77	vs. #12 Georgia
12/1/2002	Home	W 75-53	vs. #294 Gardner-Webb
12/4/2002	Away	L 63-64	vs. #90 Minnesota
12/7/2002	Neut	W 67-53	vs. #197 Marist
12/15/2002	Home	L 69-70	vs. #48 Tennessee
12/17/2002	Home	W 88-66	vs. #69 Troy St
12/21/2002	Away	L 65-92	vs. #2 Syracuse
12/29/2002	Away	L 77-84	vs. #26 Maryland
1/2/2003	Away	L 66-80	vs. #119 Tulane
1/8/2003	Home	W 81-55	vs. #287 Cornell
1/11/2003	Home	W 85-61	vs. #49 North Carolina St
1/14/2003	Home	W 81-74	vs. #88 Florida St
1/19/2003	Away	L 66-73	vs. #11 Wake Forest
1/22/2003	Home	W 66-47	vs. #259 Elon
1/25/2003	Away	L 71-91	vs. #9 Duke
1/29/2003	Home	W 88-68	vs. #54 North Carolina
2/1/2003	Home	W 80-60	vs. #78 Virginia
2/5/2003	Away	L 67-69	vs. #97 Clemson
2/9/2003	Home	W 90-84	vs. #26 Maryland
2/12/2003	Away	L 57-63	vs. #49 North Carolina St
2/15/2003	Away	L 64-71	vs. #88 Florida St
2/20/2003	Home	L 67-75	vs. #11 Wake Forest
2/26/2003	Home	L 58-77	vs. #9 Duke
3/1/2003	Away	L 66-67	vs. #54 North Carolina
3/5/2003	Away	W 90-73	vs. #78 Virginia
3/8/2003	Home	W 66-56	vs. #97 Clemson
3/14/2003	Neut	L 65-71	vs. #49 North Carolina St

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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