NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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KANSAS
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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 28-8
Power Rating: 92.444
Ranking: 5

7-5 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
8-1 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (13-1): 92.959 (9) 3-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 8-0 92.569 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-1 87.256 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 92.444

Away Ratings (7-2): 94.990 (3)
1-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 6-2 94.772
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 95.944
Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 96.819

Neutral Ratings (8-5): 90.748 (22) 3-3 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-1 86.850 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-4 91.272 Last Ten Ratings: 6-2 93.326

League Power Rankings (15-3): 93.600 (3)
4-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 8-0 92.569
Away Ratings: 6-2 94.772
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 86.850
Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 91.787

Non-League Power Ratings (13-5): 91.428 (8) 3-3 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 5-1 87.256 Away Ratings: 1-0 95.944 Neutral Ratings: 7-4 91.272 Last Ten Ratings: 5-1 95.147

Wins Power Rankings: 95.063 (5)
7-5 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
8-1 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 13-1 95.891
Away Ratings: 7-2 97.594
Neutral Ratings: 8-5 93.227
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 99.360

Rankings: Points: 89.258 (4) 7-5 v #1-25 4-2 v #26-50 9-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 13-1 89.281 Away Ratings: 7-2 92.039 Neutral Ratings: 8-5 87.664 League Power Rankings: 15-3 90.539 Non-League Power Ratings: 13-5 88.078 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 90.727

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 95.545 (4)
3-1 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 0-0 92.444
Away Ratings: 2-0 96.819
Neutral Ratings: 6-2 93.326
League Power Rankings: 3-1 91.787
Non-League Power Ratings: 5-1 95.147

Home Advantage: 4.4319 (150)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1301 (8)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3298 (3)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4922 (3)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6211 (2)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7577 (2)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9251 (2)

Upward Stability: 1.1239 (169)

Downward Stability: 1.5640 (2)

RPI
RPI: 0.6513 (4)
7-5 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
8-1 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (13-1): 0.6699 (4) 3-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (7-2): 0.6368 (3)
0-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (8-5): 0.6417 (26) 2-2 v #1-25 3-2 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (15-3): 0.6531 (4)
4-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (13-5): 0.6500 (6) 4-2 v #1-25 3-3 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.6092 (1)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2002	Home	W 81-57	vs. #68 Holy Cross
11/22/2002	Home	W 105-66	vs. #284 NC Greensboro
11/27/2002	Neut	L 56-67	vs. #54 North Carolina
11/29/2002	Neut	L 73-83	vs. #13 Florida
12/7/2002	Neut	L 78-84	vs. #44 Oregon
12/11/2002	Away	W 89-80	vs. #58 Tulsa
12/21/2002	Home	W 87-70	vs. #118 UCLA
12/28/2002	Neut	W 80-67	vs. #31 California
1/2/2003	Home	W 102-50	vs. #229 NC Asheville
1/4/2003	Neut	W 100-46	vs. #268 Mo Kansas City
1/6/2003	Away	W 83-54	vs. #75 Iowa St
1/11/2003	Home	W 92-59	vs. #139 Nebraska
1/15/2003	Home	W 98-70	vs. #77 Wyoming
1/18/2003	Home	W 81-64	vs. #101 Kansas St
1/22/2003	Away	L 59-60	vs. #38 Colorado
1/25/2003	Home	L 74-91	vs. #3 Arizona
1/27/2003	Home	W 90-87	vs. #6 Texas
2/1/2003	Away	W 81-51	vs. #139 Nebraska
2/3/2003	Home	W 76-70	vs. #21 Missouri
2/8/2003	Away	W 82-64	vs. #101 Kansas St
2/11/2003	Away	W 79-58	vs. #99 Baylor
2/16/2003	Home	W 70-51	vs. #75 Iowa St
2/19/2003	Home	W 94-87	vs. #38 Colorado
2/23/2003	Away	L 70-77	vs. #8 Oklahoma
2/26/2003	Home	W 85-45	vs. #89 Texas A&M
3/1/2003	Home	W 79-61	vs. #24 Oklahoma St
3/3/2003	Away	W 65-56	vs. #45 Texas Tech
3/9/2003	Away	W 79-74	vs. #21 Missouri
3/14/2003	Neut	W 89-74	vs. #75 Iowa St
3/15/2003	Neut	L 63-68	vs. #21 Missouri
3/20/2003	Neut	W 64-61	vs. #102 Utah St
3/22/2003	Neut	W 108-76	vs. #34 Arizona St
3/27/2003	Neut	W 69-65	vs. #9 Duke
3/29/2003	Neut	W 78-75	vs. #3 Arizona
4/5/2003	Neut	W 94-61	vs. #7 Marquette
4/7/2003	Neut	L 78-81	vs. #2 Syracuse

FUTURE GAMES

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