NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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MARQUETTE
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 27-6
Power Rating: 91.467
Ranking: 7

6-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
11-1 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (15-1): 90.404 (19) 2-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 7-1 86.608 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-0 90.998 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 88.467

Away Ratings (7-3): 91.170 (9)
1-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 7-1 91.389
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 80.092
Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 95.529

Neutral Ratings (5-2): 92.561 (10) 3-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-1 74.467 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-1 93.311 Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 90.311

League Power Rankings (14-3): 89.740 (9)
1-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
9-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 7-1 86.608
Away Ratings: 7-1 91.389
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 74.467
Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 87.217

Non-League Power Ratings (13-3): 93.201 (3) 5-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 8-0 90.998 Away Ratings: 0-2 80.092 Neutral Ratings: 5-1 93.311 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 93.264

Wins Power Rankings: 94.818 (6)
6-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
11-1 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 15-1 92.787
Away Ratings: 7-3 94.647
Neutral Ratings: 5-2 96.162
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 97.818

Rankings: Points: 87.264 (8) 6-3 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 9-1 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 15-1 87.201 Away Ratings: 7-3 86.897 Neutral Ratings: 5-2 87.779 League Power Rankings: 14-3 86.522 Non-League Power Ratings: 13-3 88.115 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 88.498

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 93.701 (5)
2-1 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-0 88.467
Away Ratings: 2-0 95.529
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 90.311
League Power Rankings: 4-1 87.217
Non-League Power Ratings: 4-1 93.264

Home Advantage: 2.6182 (194)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1138 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2860 (28)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4304 (33)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5523 (35)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6937 (35)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8812 (48)

Upward Stability: 0.9681 (272)

Downward Stability: 1.2234 (107)

RPI
RPI: 0.6441 (7)
6-4 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
9-1 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (15-1): 0.6460 (18) 3-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (7-3): 0.6071 (9)
1-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (5-2): 0.6928 (7) 2-0 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (14-3): 0.6272 (8)
1-1 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (13-3): 0.6621 (3) 3-2 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5861 (11)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/15/2002	Neut	W 73-61	vs. #65 Villanova
11/22/2002	Home	W 64-46	vs. #290 Coppin St
11/23/2002	Home	W 80-68	vs. #276 Tex San Antonio
11/26/2002	Home	W 97-74	vs. #171 Eastern Ill
12/2/2002	Away	L 71-92	vs. #15 Notre Dame
12/7/2002	Home	W 101-78	vs. #157 Appalachian St
12/14/2002	Home	W 63-54	vs. #18 Wisconsin
12/21/2002	Home	W 89-57	vs. #259 Elon
12/28/2002	Home	W 105-74	vs. #298 Grambling
12/30/2002	Away	L 70-73	vs. #165 East Carolina
1/4/2003	Away	L 85-92	vs. #29 Dayton
1/7/2003	Away	W 60-54	vs. #66 St Louis
1/11/2003	Home	W 96-63	vs. #115 South Florida
1/14/2003	Away	W 85-73	vs. #119 Tulane
1/18/2003	Away	W 67-64	vs. #93 NC Charlotte
1/25/2003	Home	W 72-51	vs. #67 DePaul
1/29/2003	Home	W 80-48	vs. #165 East Carolina
2/1/2003	Away	W 82-76	vs. #52 Cincinnati
2/5/2003	Home	W 68-64	vs. #66 St Louis
2/9/2003	Home	W 68-61	vs. #11 Wake Forest
2/12/2003	Away	W 73-60	vs. #67 DePaul
2/15/2003	Home	L 70-73	vs. #14 Louisville
2/20/2003	Home	W 75-67	vs. #93 NC Charlotte
2/22/2003	Away	W 79-68	vs. #183 TCU
2/27/2003	Away	W 78-73	vs. #14 Louisville
3/1/2003	Home	W 98-87	vs. #71 Uab
3/8/2003	Home	W 70-61	vs. #52 Cincinnati
3/13/2003	Neut	L 76-83	vs. #71 Uab
3/20/2003	Neut	W 72-68	vs. #68 Holy Cross
3/22/2003	Neut	W 101-92	vs. #21 Missouri
3/27/2003	Neut	W 77-74	vs. #4 Pittsburgh
3/29/2003	Neut	W 83-69	vs. #1 Kentucky
4/5/2003	Neut	L 61-94	vs. #5 Kansas

FUTURE GAMES

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Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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(Opp. Specific Rating)