NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 25-7
Power Rating: 89.027
Ranking: 14

3-3 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
9-3 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (16-2): 89.573 (21) 2-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 6-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 9-2 84.964 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 100.27 Last Ten Ratings: 5-1 84.964

Away Ratings (8-3): 90.667 (10)
1-0 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 5-3 88.698
Non-League Power Ratings: 3-0 95.714
Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 78.277

Neutral Ratings (1-2): 83.089 (81) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-0 89.027 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 85.464 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 86.370

League Power Rankings (14-5): 87.175 (24)
2-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
6-3 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 9-2 84.964
Away Ratings: 5-3 88.698
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 89.027
Last Ten Ratings: 5-3 83.308

Non-League Power Ratings (11-2): 92.464 (4) 1-1 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 7-0 100.27 Away Ratings: 3-0 95.714 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 85.464 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 86.370

Wins Power Rankings: 91.050 (15)
3-3 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
9-3 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 16-2 91.730
Away Ratings: 8-3 93.019
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 83.988
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 85.800

Rankings: Points: 86.583 (12) 3-2 v #1-25 3-3 v #26-50 8-2 v #51-100 8-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 16-2 86.693 Away Ratings: 8-3 87.888 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 82.521 League Power Rankings: 14-5 85.130 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-2 89.419 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 82.240

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 84.230 (54)
1-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 5-1 84.964
Away Ratings: 0-2 78.277
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 86.370
League Power Rankings: 5-3 83.308
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 86.370

Home Advantage: 4.4866 (148)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0887 (71)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2439 (67)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3970 (57)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5285 (55)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6859 (41)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8990 (26)

Upward Stability: 0.9964 (259)

Downward Stability: 1.4010 (24)

RPI
RPI: 0.6248 (11)
2-1 v #1-25
4-4 v #26-50
9-2 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (16-2): 0.6504 (13) 2-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (8-3): 0.5972 (12)
1-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (1-2): 0.5746 (76) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (14-5): 0.6057 (19)
1-1 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (11-2): 0.6523 (5) 1-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5727 (22)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2002	Home	W 65-47	vs. #162 Air Force
11/30/2002	Neut	L 84-86	vs. #35 Purdue
12/7/2002	Home	W 90-79	vs. #169 South Alabama
12/14/2002	Away	W 91-70	vs. #46 Seton Hall
12/17/2002	Home	W 104-63	vs. #269 Eastern KY
12/18/2002	Home	W 89-62	vs. #57 Manhattan
12/22/2002	Home	W 104-63	vs. #233 Furman
12/28/2002	Home	W 81-63	vs. #1 Kentucky
1/4/2003	Away	W 72-64	vs. #62 Ohio St
1/8/2003	Away	W 80-59	vs. #93 NC Charlotte
1/11/2003	Home	W 73-54	vs. #66 St Louis
1/16/2003	Away	W 87-70	vs. #165 East Carolina
1/18/2003	Home	W 87-74	vs. #183 TCU
1/22/2003	Home	W 71-43	vs. #67 DePaul
1/25/2003	Away	W 72-69	vs. #48 Tennessee
1/29/2003	Away	W 94-65	vs. #151 SO Mississippi
2/1/2003	Home	W 95-76	vs. #39 Indiana
2/5/2003	Home	W 77-71	vs. #52 Cincinnati
2/8/2003	Away	W 81-55	vs. #195 Houston
2/12/2003	Away	L 58-59	vs. #66 St Louis
2/15/2003	Away	W 73-70	vs. #7 Marquette
2/19/2003	Home	L 73-80	vs. #22 Memphis
2/22/2003	Away	L 80-101	vs. #52 Cincinnati
2/27/2003	Home	L 73-78	vs. #7 Marquette
3/1/2003	Home	W 82-76	vs. #165 East Carolina
3/5/2003	Away	L 76-79	vs. #67 DePaul
3/8/2003	Home	W 100-59	vs. #93 NC Charlotte
3/13/2003	Home	W 82-66	vs. #119 Tulane
3/14/2003	Home	W 78-75	vs. #22 Memphis
3/15/2003	Home	W 83-78	vs. #71 Uab
3/21/2003	Neut	W 86-64	vs. #85 Austin Peay
3/23/2003	Neut	L 71-79	vs. #20 Butler

FUTURE GAMES

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