NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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ILLINOIS CHI
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-8
Power Rating: 83.310
Ranking: 53

0-2 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
11-1 v #201-327

Home Ratings (11-2): 82.568 (69) 0-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 6-2 79.419 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-0 84.060 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 84.435

Away Ratings (9-6): 83.575 (50)
0-1 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 6-3 84.169
Non-League Power Ratings: 3-3 80.716
Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 84.372

Neutral Ratings (1-0): 92.310 (12) 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 League Power Rankings: 1-0 89.810 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 83.310 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 89.810

League Power Rankings (13-5): 83.607 (53)
0-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
9-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 6-2 79.419
Away Ratings: 6-3 84.169
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 89.810
Last Ten Ratings: 5-3 84.716

Non-League Power Ratings (8-3): 82.763 (60) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 5-0 84.060 Away Ratings: 3-3 80.716 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 83.310 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 83.810

Wins Power Rankings: 85.036 (49)
0-2 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
12-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 11-2 83.974
Away Ratings: 9-6 85.482
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 94.036
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 85.880

Rankings: Points: 81.228 (60) 0-0 v #1-25 1-5 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 11-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 11-2 80.704 Away Ratings: 9-6 81.306 Neutral Ratings: 1-0 90.728 League Power Rankings: 13-5 81.411 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-3 80.884 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 83.025

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 84.482 (50)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 4-0 84.435
Away Ratings: 2-3 84.372
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 89.810
League Power Rankings: 5-3 84.716
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-0 83.810

Home Advantage: 2.4027 (206)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0539 (122)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1646 (125)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2773 (127)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3893 (132)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5403 (145)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8224 (134)

Upward Stability: 0.9237 (289)

Downward Stability: 1.1370 (169)

RPI
RPI: 0.5477 (73)
0-0 v #1-25
2-5 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
7-2 v #101-200
12-1 v #201-327

RPI Home (11-2): 0.5863 (72) 2-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (9-6): 0.5165 (62)
0-0 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
5-2 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (1-0): 0.0 (266) 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 (13-5): 0.5539 (71)
1-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
9-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (8-3): 0.5376 (96) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4889 (169)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Away	L 68-73	vs. #163 Evansville
11/24/2002	Home	W 91-78	vs. #171 Eastern Ill
11/30/2002	Away	W 78-65	vs. #217 Illinois St
12/7/2002	Away	L 62-91	vs. #39 Indiana
12/14/2002	Home	W 73-71	vs. #43 Southern Ill
12/16/2002	Home	W 73-45	vs. #200 Samford
12/19/2002	Away	W 70-53	vs. #159 Northwestern
12/21/2002	Away	W 78-71	vs. #215 Wisc Green Bay
12/23/2002	Away	L 54-73	vs. #250 Indiana St
12/28/2002	Away	W 77-45	vs. #104 Northern Ill
1/4/2003	Home	L 65-68	vs. #20 Butler
1/9/2003	Home	W 102-92	vs. #42 Wisc Milwaukee
1/16/2003	Home	W 69-63	vs. #238 Cleveland St
1/18/2003	Away	W 77-74	vs. #81 Detroit
1/22/2003	Home	W 81-77	vs. #125 Loyola Chi
1/25/2003	Away	W 78-76	vs. #243 Youngstown St
1/27/2003	Home	L 73-80	vs. #81 Detroit
1/29/2003	Away	W 89-76	vs. #211 Wright St
2/1/2003	Home	W 81-68	vs. #215 Wisc Green Bay
2/5/2003	Home	W 77-62	vs. #211 Wright St
2/8/2003	Away	L 47-61	vs. #20 Butler
2/13/2003	Away	L 78-81	vs. #42 Wisc Milwaukee
2/15/2003	Home	W 86-64	vs. #262 IPFW
2/20/2003	Away	W 87-74	vs. #238 Cleveland St
2/22/2003	Home	W 83-72	vs. #158 Bowling Green
2/27/2003	Away	W 66-65	vs. #125 Loyola Chi
3/1/2003	Home	W 73-47	vs. #243 Youngstown St
3/7/2003	Neut	W 79-59	vs. #243 Youngstown St
3/8/2003	Away	L 73-75	vs. #42 Wisc Milwaukee

FUTURE GAMES

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