NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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MERCER
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 22-6
Power Rating: 78.828
Ranking: 110

0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
17-1 v #201-327

Home Ratings (10-2): 75.945 (153) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 7-2 74.219 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-0 70.266 Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 72.078

Away Ratings (11-4): 80.516 (82)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
9-1 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 7-1 80.391
Non-League Power Ratings: 4-3 75.562
Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 84.266

Neutral Ratings (1-0): 90.328 (25) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-0 86.328 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 78.828 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 86.328

League Power Rankings (15-3): 80.000 (97)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
10-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 7-2 74.219
Away Ratings: 7-1 80.391
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 86.328
Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 77.430

Non-League Power Ratings (7-3): 75.797 (157) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 7-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 3-0 70.266 Away Ratings: 4-3 75.562 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 78.828 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 63.953

Wins Power Rankings: 80.363 (95)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
17-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 10-2 76.738
Away Ratings: 11-4 82.465
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 93.863
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 82.848

Rankings: Points: 76.922 (134) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 4-2 v #101-200 17-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 10-2 74.828 Away Ratings: 11-4 78.133 Neutral Ratings: 1-0 87.172 League Power Rankings: 15-3 77.766 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-3 74.641 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 77.062

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 80.203 (89)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 6-1 72.078
Away Ratings: 2-0 84.266
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 86.328
League Power Rankings: 7-1 77.430
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-0 63.953

Home Advantage: -1.227 (279)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0173 (303)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0694 (300)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1399 (291)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2179 (290)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.3445 (286)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.6507 (288)

Upward Stability: 0.7864 (317)

Downward Stability: 1.0516 (217)

RPI
RPI: 0.5288 (102)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
17-1 v #201-327

RPI Home (10-2): 0.5616 (115) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-327

RPI Away (11-4): 0.4974 (89)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
9-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (1-0): 0.0 (271) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI League (15-3): 0.5649 (54)
0-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (7-3): 0.4639 (213) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4432 (298)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2002	Away	W 79-67	vs. #259 Elon
11/27/2002	Away	L 47-83	vs. #88 Florida St
11/29/2002	Away	L 60-91	vs. #75 Iowa St
12/5/2002	Home	W 80-72	vs. #202 Geo Southern
12/10/2002	Away	W 89-67	vs. #324 Morris Brown
12/19/2002	Away	L 74-86	vs. #236 Harvard
1/2/2003	Away	W 84-66	vs. #325 Savannah St
1/4/2003	Away	W 86-72	vs. #302 Stetson
1/6/2003	Away	W 71-68	vs. #231 Jacksonville
1/11/2003	Home	W 86-79	vs. #285 Fla Atlantic
1/13/2003	Home	W 85-63	vs. #136 Central Florida
1/17/2003	Away	L 61-89	vs. #69 Troy St
1/20/2003	Away	W 86-62	vs. #229 NC Asheville
1/23/2003	Away	W 74-68	vs. #200 Samford
1/27/2003	Home	L 67-69	vs. #155 Belmont
1/30/2003	Away	W 77-62	vs. #314 Campbell
2/1/2003	Away	W 76-64	vs. #294 Gardner-Webb
2/6/2003	Home	W 84-78	vs. #173 Jacksonville St
2/8/2003	Home	W 88-80	vs. #227 Georgia St
2/13/2003	Home	W 90-83	vs. #324 Morris Brown
2/15/2003	Home	W 83-80	vs. #69 Troy St
2/17/2003	Home	W 97-72	vs. #325 Savannah St
2/20/2003	Away	W 87-72	vs. #285 Fla Atlantic
2/22/2003	Away	W 69-66	vs. #136 Central Florida
2/27/2003	Home	W 73-63	vs. #231 Jacksonville
3/1/2003	Home	W 101-84	vs. #302 Stetson
3/6/2003	Neut	W 73-57	vs. #231 Jacksonville
3/7/2003	Home	L 59-79	vs. #136 Central Florida

FUTURE GAMES

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Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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