NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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INDIANA ST
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 7-24
Power Rating: 69.034
Ranking: 250

0-4 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
3-12 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-327

Home Ratings (5-9): 68.761 (246) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-4 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 2-7 65.612 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-2 76.471 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 60.503

Away Ratings (0-12): 62.440 (306)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-7 v #101-200
0-2 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 0-9 67.534
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-3 66.784
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 69.221

Neutral Ratings (2-3): 76.784 (140) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-1 80.034 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 76.753 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 80.034

League Power Rankings (3-17): 66.534 (279)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-9 v #101-200
1-3 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-7 65.612
Away Ratings: 0-9 67.534
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 80.034
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 67.237

Non-League Power Ratings (4-7): 74.284 (179) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 1-3 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 3-2 76.471 Away Ratings: 0-3 66.784 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 76.753 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 69.034

Wins Power Rankings: 67.968 (251)
0-4 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-12 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 5-9 67.843
Away Ratings: 0-12 56.593
Neutral Ratings: 2-3 76.343
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 65.374

Rankings: Points: 70.378 (247) 0-0 v #1-25 0-5 v #26-50 1-6 v #51-100 3-10 v #101-200 3-3 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 5-9 69.675 Away Ratings: 0-12 66.721 Neutral Ratings: 2-3 77.550 League Power Rankings: 3-17 68.620 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-7 74.104 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 68.151

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 66.690 (272)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-5 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 1-3 60.503
Away Ratings: 0-4 69.221
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 80.034
League Power Rankings: 2-8 67.237
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 69.034

Home Advantage: 6.0580 (115)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0516 (128)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1660 (124)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2905 (120)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4180 (118)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5852 (112)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8563 (93)

Upward Stability: 1.2370 (63)

Downward Stability: 0.9295 (268)

RPI
RPI: 0.4421 (261)
0-3 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-10 v #101-200
4-5 v #201-327

RPI Home (5-9): 0.4777 (250) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 1-4 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-327

RPI Away (0-12): 0.3709 (303)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
0-4 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (2-3): 0.5123 (135) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI League (3-17): 0.4088 (295)
0-0 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
3-6 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (4-7): 0.5009 (147) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-5 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5142 (115)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Home	W 63-56	vs. #243 Youngstown St
11/26/2002	Away	L 56-81	vs. #94 Valparaiso
11/29/2002	Neut	W 68-55	vs. #246 SE Missouri St
11/30/2002	Neut	L 59-71	vs. #42 Wisc Milwaukee
12/1/2002	Neut	L 49-50	vs. #136 Central Florida
12/5/2002	Home	L 45-65	vs. #20 Butler
12/7/2002	Home	W 63-57	vs. #171 Eastern Ill
12/14/2002	Away	L 68-76	vs. #147 Ball St
12/19/2002	Away	L 39-85	vs. #123 Murray St
12/23/2002	Home	W 73-54	vs. #53 Illinois Chi
12/30/2002	Home	L 57-69	vs. #77 Wyoming
1/4/2003	Home	W 86-60	vs. #163 Evansville
1/7/2003	Away	L 55-71	vs. #113 Wichita St
1/11/2003	Home	L 61-69	vs. #43 Southern Ill
1/16/2003	Away	L 61-74	vs. #190 Northern Iowa
1/18/2003	Away	L 54-68	vs. #225 Drake
1/22/2003	Home	L 45-63	vs. #174 Bradley
1/25/2003	Away	L 48-60	vs. #43 Southern Ill
1/29/2003	Home	L 46-74	vs. #25 Creighton
2/1/2003	Home	L 44-48	vs. #106 SW Missouri St
2/5/2003	Away	L 51-63	vs. #174 Bradley
2/8/2003	Away	L 52-60	vs. #217 Illinois St
2/12/2003	Home	W 63-62	vs. #225 Drake
2/15/2003	Away	L 51-65	vs. #106 SW Missouri St
2/19/2003	Away	L 54-77	vs. #25 Creighton
2/22/2003	Home	L 63-72	vs. #113 Wichita St
2/26/2003	Home	L 39-59	vs. #190 Northern Iowa
3/1/2003	Home	L 50-80	vs. #217 Illinois St
3/3/2003	Away	L 69-77	vs. #163 Evansville
3/7/2003	Neut	W 61-60	vs. #190 Northern Iowa
3/8/2003	Neut	L 56-57	vs. #25 Creighton

FUTURE GAMES

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