NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-11
Power Rating: 87.198
Ranking: 21

4-8 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (14-1): 91.041 (17) 2-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 7-1 87.244 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 94.885 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 89.760

Away Ratings (3-7): 82.869 (57)
0-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 2-6 81.987
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 90.448
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 80.479

Neutral Ratings (4-3): 88.932 (34) 2-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 3-1 91.104 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 82.041 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 89.541

League Power Rankings (12-8): 86.944 (26)
3-5 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 7-1 87.244
Away Ratings: 2-6 81.987
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 91.104
Last Ten Ratings: 5-4 87.268

Non-League Power Ratings (9-3): 87.963 (24) 1-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 7-0 94.885 Away Ratings: 1-1 90.448 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 82.041 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 82.448

Wins Power Rankings: 89.440 (20)
4-8 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 14-1 93.862
Away Ratings: 3-7 84.502
Neutral Ratings: 4-3 91.862
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 89.463

Rankings: Points: 84.434 (25) 4-8 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 6-2 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 14-1 87.559 Away Ratings: 3-7 81.075 Neutral Ratings: 4-3 85.160 League Power Rankings: 12-8 84.008 Non-League Power Ratings: 9-3 85.575 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 84.403

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 87.198 (30)
2-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 1-1 89.760
Away Ratings: 1-2 80.479
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 89.541
League Power Rankings: 5-4 87.268
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 82.448

Home Advantage: 9.6320 (45)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1387 (3)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3286 (5)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4774 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5974 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7334 (5)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9147 (7)

Upward Stability: 1.2788 (43)

Downward Stability: 1.3775 (34)

RPI
RPI: 0.6109 (19)
3-8 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (14-1): 0.6601 (8) 2-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (3-7): 0.5236 (53)
0-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (4-3): 0.6288 (35) 0-3 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (12-8): 0.6018 (25)
3-5 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (9-3): 0.6252 (18) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5958 (6)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Home	W 72-57	vs. #184 American
11/30/2002	Home	W 81-46	vs. #85 Austin Peay
12/2/2002	Home	W 98-60	vs. #220 Sacramento St
12/7/2002	Neut	W 78-72	vs. #92 USC
12/9/2002	Home	W 88-67	vs. #215 Wisc Green Bay
12/14/2002	Home	W 93-78	vs. #22 Memphis
12/21/2002	Neut	L 70-85	vs. #10 Illinois
12/30/2002	Home	W 65-47	vs. #94 Valparaiso
1/4/2003	Away	W 88-82	vs. #84 Iowa
1/7/2003	Home	W 88-58	vs. #251 Centenary
1/11/2003	Home	W 77-69	vs. #99 Baylor
1/13/2003	Away	L 69-76	vs. #2 Syracuse
1/18/2003	Away	L 56-76	vs. #24 Oklahoma St
1/21/2003	Home	W 64-59	vs. #75 Iowa St
1/25/2003	Away	L 55-76	vs. #6 Texas
1/29/2003	Away	W 63-56	vs. #139 Nebraska
2/1/2003	Home	W 73-70	vs. #38 Colorado
2/3/2003	Away	L 70-76	vs. #5 Kansas
2/9/2003	Home	W 82-73	vs. #45 Texas Tech
2/12/2003	Away	L 71-73	vs. #89 Texas A&M
2/15/2003	Home	W 71-63	vs. #101 Kansas St
2/18/2003	Home	W 67-50	vs. #139 Nebraska
2/22/2003	Away	L 68-89	vs. #38 Colorado
2/26/2003	Home	W 67-52	vs. #8 Oklahoma
3/1/2003	Away	W 77-70	vs. #101 Kansas St
3/5/2003	Away	L 55-71	vs. #75 Iowa St
3/9/2003	Home	L 74-79	vs. #5 Kansas
3/13/2003	Neut	W 70-61	vs. #139 Nebraska
3/14/2003	Neut	W 60-58	vs. #24 Oklahoma St
3/15/2003	Neut	W 68-63	vs. #5 Kansas
3/16/2003	Neut	L 47-49	vs. #8 Oklahoma
3/22/2003	Neut	L 92-101	vs. #7 Marquette

FUTURE GAMES

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