NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 19-9
Power Rating: 78.447
Ranking: 114

0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
7-5 v #101-200
12-1 v #201-327

Home Ratings (10-2): 76.010 (152) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 7-2 73.416 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-0 81.572 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 77.447

Away Ratings (8-5): 81.041 (80)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 6-3 78.431
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 83.197
Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 80.994

Neutral Ratings (1-2): 74.291 (165) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-1 75.478 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 69.947 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 75.478

League Power Rankings (14-6): 77.471 (135)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
5-5 v #101-200
9-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 7-2 73.416
Away Ratings: 6-3 78.431
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 75.478
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 78.806

Non-League Power Ratings (5-3): 81.978 (68) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 3-0 81.572 Away Ratings: 2-2 83.197 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 69.947 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 78.447

Wins Power Rankings: 79.291 (108)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
5-4 v #101-200
14-2 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 10-2 75.666
Away Ratings: 8-5 82.689
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 74.135
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 82.963

Rankings: Points: 77.336 (125) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 9-5 v #101-200 10-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 10-2 76.078 Away Ratings: 8-5 78.945 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 74.492 League Power Rankings: 14-6 76.691 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-3 79.758 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 78.820

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 81.150 (78)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
5-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 4-0 77.447
Away Ratings: 3-1 80.994
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 75.478
League Power Rankings: 8-2 78.806
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 78.447

Home Advantage: 0.1908 (257)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0357 (201)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1144 (208)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1997 (218)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3001 (215)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4519 (215)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7556 (209)

Upward Stability: 1.0395 (239)

Downward Stability: 1.2163 (114)

RPI
RPI: 0.5282 (104)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
14-2 v #201-327

RPI Home (10-2): 0.5329 (158) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 8-1 v #201-327

RPI Away (8-5): 0.5283 (50)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
3-2 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (1-2): 0.5075 (139) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (14-6): 0.5224 (120)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
11-2 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (5-3): 0.5435 (89) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4782 (205)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Away	L 65-87	vs. #8 Oklahoma
11/23/2002	Neut	L 62-73	vs. #76 Western Mich
11/30/2002	Away	W 74-69	vs. #145 Pepperdine
12/4/2002	Home	W 81-66	vs. #208 Loyola Marymnt
12/19/2002	Away	L 57-84	vs. #28 Stanford
12/22/2002	Away	W 62-50	vs. #156 St Marys CA
12/28/2002	Home	W 96-79	vs. #262 IPFW
12/30/2002	Home	W 87-70	vs. #285 Fla Atlantic
1/4/2003	Away	W 69-52	vs. #295 Long Beach St
1/8/2003	Away	L 65-66	vs. #237 CS Fullerton
1/11/2003	Away	W 81-77	vs. #278 UC Riverside
1/15/2003	Home	W 75-73	vs. #102 Utah St
1/18/2003	Home	W 58-45	vs. #214 Idaho
1/23/2003	Away	W 66-62	vs. #205 Pacific
1/25/2003	Away	L 63-69	vs. #198 CS Northridge
1/30/2003	Home	L 54-70	vs. #133 Santa Barbara
2/1/2003	Home	L 68-74	vs. #177 Cal Poly
2/5/2003	Home	W 78-61	vs. #278 UC Riverside
2/8/2003	Home	W 72-52	vs. #237 CS Fullerton
2/13/2003	Away	W 59-58	vs. #102 Utah St
2/15/2003	Away	W 65-52	vs. #214 Idaho
2/20/2003	Home	W 64-57	vs. #198 CS Northridge
2/22/2003	Home	W 78-73	vs. #205 Pacific
2/27/2003	Away	W 68-62	vs. #177 Cal Poly
3/1/2003	Away	L 51-67	vs. #133 Santa Barbara
3/8/2003	Home	W 95-60	vs. #295 Long Beach St
3/13/2003	Neut	W 70-64	vs. #198 CS Northridge
3/14/2003	Neut	L 55-62	vs. #102 Utah St

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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