NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-13
Power Rating: 85.005
Ranking: 39

1-8 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
9-2 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-327

Home Ratings (11-1): 88.755 (26) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 6-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 7-1 84.865 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-0 91.880 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 79.818

Away Ratings (2-9): 77.427 (131)
0-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 1-7 77.568
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 82.911
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 80.443

Neutral Ratings (8-3): 89.458 (30) 0-3 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 3-1 89.083 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-2 87.083 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 87.224

League Power Rankings (11-9): 83.318 (55)
1-5 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 7-1 84.865
Away Ratings: 1-7 77.568
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 89.083
Last Ten Ratings: 5-3 83.669

Non-League Power Ratings (10-4): 88.005 (23) 0-3 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 4-0 91.880 Away Ratings: 1-2 82.911 Neutral Ratings: 5-2 87.083 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 84.786

Wins Power Rankings: 86.738 (38)
1-6 v #1-25
5-3 v #26-50
8-2 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 11-1 91.113
Away Ratings: 2-9 77.941
Neutral Ratings: 8-3 92.144
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 86.886

Rankings: Points: 82.808 (42) 2-8 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 10-2 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 11-1 85.495 Away Ratings: 2-9 77.113 Neutral Ratings: 8-3 86.003 League Power Rankings: 11-9 81.609 Non-League Power Ratings: 10-4 84.878 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 82.480

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 84.951 (46)
0-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-0 79.818
Away Ratings: 1-2 80.443
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 87.224
League Power Rankings: 5-3 83.669
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 84.786

Home Advantage: 9.2689 (52)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1174 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2996 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4512 (16)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5778 (14)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7263 (8)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9187 (3)

Upward Stability: 1.3933 (9)

Downward Stability: 1.5117 (4)

RPI
RPI: 0.5782 (41)
1-6 v #1-25
4-3 v #26-50
8-2 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-327

RPI Home (11-1): 0.6272 (29) 1-0 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (2-9): 0.4637 (150)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (8-3): 0.6388 (30) 0-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI League (11-9): 0.5551 (70)
1-2 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (10-4): 0.6101 (28) 1-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 6-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5650 (37)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/25/2002	Neut	W 84-71	vs. #191 Massachusetts
11/26/2002	Neut	W 76-75	vs. #40 Gonzaga
11/27/2002	Neut	W 70-63	vs. #78 Virginia
12/1/2002	Home	W 84-58	vs. #244 North Texas
12/3/2002	Neut	W 80-74	vs. #26 Maryland
12/7/2002	Home	W 91-62	vs. #53 Illinois Chi
12/9/2002	Home	W 73-56	vs. #109 Vanderbilt
12/14/2002	Neut	W 66-63	vs. #35 Purdue
12/21/2002	Neut	L 64-70	vs. #1 Kentucky
12/28/2002	Away	L 64-71	vs. #73 Temple
12/31/2002	Away	W 76-62	vs. #147 Ball St
1/4/2003	Home	W 70-60	vs. #93 NC Charlotte
1/8/2003	Home	W 78-65	vs. #206 Penn St
1/11/2003	Away	L 69-81	vs. #62 Ohio St
1/15/2003	Home	W 71-57	vs. #159 Northwestern
1/18/2003	Home	W 74-66	vs. #10 Illinois
1/21/2003	Home	W 69-51	vs. #62 Ohio St
1/25/2003	Away	L 47-69	vs. #35 Purdue
1/28/2003	Away	L 54-61	vs. #23 Michigan St
2/1/2003	Away	L 76-95	vs. #14 Louisville
2/5/2003	Away	L 61-74	vs. #159 Northwestern
2/8/2003	Home	L 62-67	vs. #23 Michigan St
2/12/2003	Home	W 63-49	vs. #64 Michigan
2/15/2003	Away	L 59-71	vs. #18 Wisconsin
2/19/2003	Away	W 79-63	vs. #84 Iowa
2/25/2003	Away	L 54-80	vs. #10 Illinois
3/1/2003	Home	W 91-88	vs. #84 Iowa
3/4/2003	Home	W 74-70	vs. #90 Minnesota
3/8/2003	Away	L 66-74	vs. #206 Penn St
3/13/2003	Neut	W 77-49	vs. #206 Penn St
3/14/2003	Neut	W 63-56	vs. #64 Michigan
3/15/2003	Neut	L 72-73	vs. #10 Illinois
3/21/2003	Neut	W 67-62	vs. #47 Alabama
3/23/2003	Neut	L 52-74	vs. #4 Pittsburgh

FUTURE GAMES

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Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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(Opp. Specific Rating)