NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 22-13
Power Rating: 87.132
Ranking: 23

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

Home Ratings (14-2): 88.194 (29) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 8-0 89.053 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-2 83.147 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 90.194

Away Ratings (3-6): 85.507 (31)
1-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 2-6 84.803
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 103.50
Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 100.63

Neutral Ratings (5-5): 87.725 (41) 1-3 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-1 87.632 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-4 89.139 Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 90.928

League Power Rankings (11-7): 86.600 (30)
1-2 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
4-4 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 8-0 89.053
Away Ratings: 2-6 84.803
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 87.632
Last Ten Ratings: 5-1 90.725

Non-League Power Ratings (11-6): 87.866 (25) 2-4 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 6-2 83.147 Away Ratings: 1-0 103.50 Neutral Ratings: 4-4 89.139 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 92.163

Wins Power Rankings: 88.712 (27)
3-6 v #1-25
6-1 v #26-50
5-5 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 14-2 90.102
Away Ratings: 3-6 87.415
Neutral Ratings: 5-5 88.891
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 94.719

Rankings: Points: 85.264 (20) 4-6 v #1-25 5-1 v #26-50 5-5 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 14-2 85.600 Away Ratings: 3-6 83.382 Neutral Ratings: 5-5 86.553 League Power Rankings: 11-7 84.483 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-6 86.249 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 89.342

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 92.335 (8)
1-1 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-0 90.194
Away Ratings: 1-0 100.63
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 90.928
League Power Rankings: 5-1 90.725
Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 92.163

Home Advantage: 5.4762 (124)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1232 (17)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3070 (12)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4651 (9)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5866 (10)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7217 (13)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9137 (8)

Upward Stability: 1.4238 (4)

Downward Stability: 1.5836 (1)

RPI
RPI: 0.5984 (27)
3-6 v #1-25
6-1 v #26-50
4-4 v #51-100
6-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (14-2): 0.6264 (31) 2-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (3-6): 0.5518 (30)
1-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (5-5): 0.5948 (59) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI League (11-7): 0.5911 (30)
1-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
7-3 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (11-6): 0.6058 (30) 1-4 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5883 (9)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Home	W 66-52	vs. #229 NC Asheville
11/28/2002	Neut	W 80-60	vs. #193 Montana
11/29/2002	Neut	L 73-81	vs. #65 Villanova
11/30/2002	Neut	L 61-64	vs. #24 Oklahoma St
12/4/2002	Home	W 82-75	vs. #78 Virginia
12/8/2002	Home	W 79-47	vs. #238 Cleveland St
12/14/2002	Away	W 71-67	vs. #1 Kentucky
12/17/2002	Home	W 80-54	vs. #125 Loyola Chi
12/21/2002	Home	W 65-56	vs. #115 South Florida
12/28/2002	Home	W 76-52	vs. #173 Jacksonville St
12/30/2002	Home	L 76-81	vs. #137 Toledo
1/4/2003	Neut	L 58-60	vs. #8 Oklahoma
1/9/2003	Home	W 66-55	vs. #62 Ohio St
1/11/2003	Away	L 64-68	vs. #84 Iowa
1/14/2003	Away	L 60-72	vs. #35 Purdue
1/18/2003	Away	L 69-77	vs. #90 Minnesota
1/22/2003	Home	W 70-36	vs. #206 Penn St
1/26/2003	Away	L 58-60	vs. #64 Michigan
1/28/2003	Home	W 61-54	vs. #39 Indiana
2/2/2003	Home	W 68-65	vs. #10 Illinois
2/8/2003	Away	W 67-62	vs. #39 Indiana
2/11/2003	Away	L 53-64	vs. #18 Wisconsin
2/15/2003	Home	W 64-51	vs. #159 Northwestern
2/18/2003	Away	L 40-70	vs. #10 Illinois
2/23/2003	Home	L 75-76	vs. #2 Syracuse
2/26/2003	Home	W 71-61	vs. #90 Minnesota
3/1/2003	Home	W 69-61	vs. #35 Purdue
3/5/2003	Home	W 82-54	vs. #84 Iowa
3/8/2003	Away	W 72-58	vs. #62 Ohio St
3/14/2003	Neut	W 54-42	vs. #35 Purdue
3/15/2003	Neut	L 54-55	vs. #62 Ohio St
3/21/2003	Neut	W 79-64	vs. #38 Colorado
3/23/2003	Neut	W 68-46	vs. #13 Florida
3/28/2003	Neut	W 60-58	vs. #26 Maryland
3/30/2003	Neut	L 76-85	vs. #6 Texas

FUTURE GAMES

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