NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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LSU
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-11
Power Rating: 85.389
Ranking: 33

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

Home Ratings (16-2): 87.358 (35) 2-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 6-2 84.608 Non-League Power Ratings: 10-0 87.983 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 90.577

Away Ratings (2-6): 84.780 (38)
0-3 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 2-6 87.007
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 85.389
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 96.264

Neutral Ratings (3-3): 83.436 (78) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 2-1 87.436 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 78.796 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 83.530

League Power Rankings (10-9): 85.850 (37)
2-5 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 6-2 84.608
Away Ratings: 2-6 87.007
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 87.436
Last Ten Ratings: 7-2 90.921

Non-League Power Ratings (11-2): 83.921 (52) 1-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 10-0 87.983 Away Ratings: 0-0 85.389 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 78.796 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 61.889

Wins Power Rankings: 86.503 (41)
3-5 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 16-2 88.987
Away Ratings: 2-6 85.315
Neutral Ratings: 3-3 84.753
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 91.714

Rankings: Points: 84.120 (26) 3-5 v #1-25 2-3 v #26-50 4-2 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 16-2 85.214 Away Ratings: 2-6 84.526 Neutral Ratings: 3-3 81.854 League Power Rankings: 10-9 84.667 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-2 82.456 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 86.612

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 89.452 (15)
0-1 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-0 90.577
Away Ratings: 2-1 96.264
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 83.530
League Power Rankings: 7-2 90.921
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 61.889

Home Advantage: 7.1105 (89)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1045 (40)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2570 (53)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3928 (61)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5049 (68)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6401 (74)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8517 (97)

Upward Stability: 1.1734 (122)

Downward Stability: 1.2525 (90)

RPI
RPI: 0.5742 (45)
2-3 v #1-25
3-5 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
7-2 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (16-2): 0.6104 (44) 2-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (2-6): 0.5098 (70)
0-1 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (3-3): 0.5488 (99) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (10-9): 0.5657 (53)
1-3 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
6-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (11-2): 0.5850 (46) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5469 (59)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Home	W 68-24	vs. #320 Nicholls St
11/24/2002	Home	W 71-62	vs. #169 South Alabama
11/30/2002	Neut	L 77-79	vs. #89 Texas A&M
12/3/2002	Home	W 65-44	vs. #263 Delaware St
12/7/2002	Home	W 93-72	vs. #212 McNeese St
12/14/2002	Home	W 95-60	vs. #245 Texas A&M-CC
12/17/2002	Home	W 75-49	vs. #239 Prairie View
12/21/2002	Home	W 66-65	vs. #3 Arizona
12/28/2002	Neut	W 74-62	vs. #119 Tulane
12/30/2002	Home	W 69-57	vs. #182 New Orleans
1/5/2003	Away	L 63-89	vs. #12 Georgia
1/8/2003	Home	W 80-51	vs. #195 Houston
1/11/2003	Home	W 85-72	vs. #19 Mississippi St
1/15/2003	Home	W 112-65	vs. #251 Centenary
1/18/2003	Home	L 57-67	vs. #82 Mississippi
1/22/2003	Away	L 65-73	vs. #135 Arkansas
1/25/2003	Away	L 64-67	vs. #19 Mississippi St
1/28/2003	Home	L 53-70	vs. #13 Florida
2/1/2003	Away	L 66-75	vs. #47 Alabama
2/5/2003	Home	W 71-58	vs. #86 South Carolina
2/8/2003	Away	L 54-56	vs. #37 Auburn
2/12/2003	Home	W 79-60	vs. #109 Vanderbilt
2/15/2003	Away	L 57-68	vs. #1 Kentucky
2/22/2003	Home	W 75-56	vs. #135 Arkansas
2/26/2003	Home	W 94-63	vs. #37 Auburn
3/1/2003	Away	W 88-67	vs. #48 Tennessee
3/5/2003	Away	W 77-64	vs. #82 Mississippi
3/8/2003	Home	W 66-62	vs. #47 Alabama
3/13/2003	Neut	W 85-56	vs. #135 Arkansas
3/14/2003	Neut	W 65-61	vs. #13 Florida
3/15/2003	Neut	L 61-76	vs. #19 Mississippi St
3/21/2003	Neut	L 56-80	vs. #35 Purdue

FUTURE GAMES

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