NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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MISSISSIPPI
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 14-15
Power Rating: 80.632
Ranking: 82

0-7 v #1-25
2-5 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
6-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (10-6): 79.530 (99) 0-3 v #1-25 1-3 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 2-6 80.007 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-0 84.319 Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 74.475

Away Ratings (3-8): 81.241 (72)
0-3 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 2-6 83.319
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 80.632
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 82.975

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 83.444 (77) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-1 82.882 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 80.632 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 82.882

League Power Rankings (5-13): 79.944 (98)
0-6 v #1-25
2-5 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-6 80.007
Away Ratings: 2-6 83.319
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 82.882
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 79.944

Non-League Power Ratings (9-2): 83.257 (54) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 8-0 84.319 Away Ratings: 1-2 80.632 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 80.632 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 80.632

Wins Power Rankings: 80.725 (89)
0-7 v #1-25
2-5 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
5-2 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 10-6 78.952
Away Ratings: 3-8 81.858
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 84.757
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 78.850

Rankings: Points: 80.776 (65) 0-7 v #1-25 2-4 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 10-6 80.409 Away Ratings: 3-8 80.948 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 81.932 League Power Rankings: 5-13 80.436 Non-League Power Ratings: 9-2 82.089 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 78.557

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 78.616 (108)
0-3 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 0-4 74.475
Away Ratings: 1-3 82.975
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 82.882
League Power Rankings: 2-8 79.944
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 80.632

Home Advantage: 1.9066 (212)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1006 (48)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2683 (43)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4119 (45)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5371 (46)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6716 (56)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8560 (94)

Upward Stability: 1.2310 (71)

Downward Stability: 1.1117 (188)

RPI
RPI: 0.5275 (105)
0-3 v #1-25
2-8 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (10-6): 0.5549 (122) 1-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-3 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (3-8): 0.4852 (106)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.5390 (109) 0-1 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 (5-13): 0.5035 (149)
0-3 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
4-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (9-2): 0.5644 (61) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5425 (65)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/24/2002	Away	L 58-65	vs. #165 East Carolina
11/27/2002	Home	W 74-58	vs. #281 Alabama St
11/30/2002	Away	W 56-49	vs. #154 George Mason
12/4/2002	Home	W 74-46	vs. #85 Austin Peay
12/14/2002	Home	W 82-68	vs. #140 VA Commonwealth
12/17/2002	Home	W 80-57	vs. #252 Ul Monroe
12/19/2002	Away	L 51-58	vs. #22 Memphis
12/21/2002	Home	W 63-52	vs. #320 Nicholls St
12/23/2002	Home	W 87-69	vs. #163 Evansville
12/28/2002	Home	W 71-38	vs. #319 Ark Pine Bluff
12/31/2002	Home	W 57-49	vs. #200 Samford
1/8/2003	Away	L 49-55	vs. #86 South Carolina
1/11/2003	Home	L 64-66	vs. #48 Tennessee
1/18/2003	Away	W 67-57	vs. #33 LSU
1/21/2003	Home	W 76-57	vs. #47 Alabama
1/25/2003	Home	W 73-54	vs. #135 Arkansas
1/29/2003	Home	L 57-58	vs. #19 Mississippi St
2/1/2003	Away	L 68-76	vs. #109 Vanderbilt
2/5/2003	Away	L 71-77	vs. #37 Auburn
2/8/2003	Home	L 62-80	vs. #1 Kentucky
2/12/2003	Away	L 55-74	vs. #13 Florida
2/15/2003	Away	L 64-68	vs. #19 Mississippi St
2/22/2003	Home	L 75-80	vs. #37 Auburn
2/26/2003	Home	L 82-89	vs. #12 Georgia
3/2/2003	Away	L 63-86	vs. #47 Alabama
3/5/2003	Home	L 64-77	vs. #33 LSU
3/8/2003	Away	W 64-54	vs. #135 Arkansas
3/13/2003	Neut	W 62-56	vs. #86 South Carolina
3/14/2003	Neut	L 64-73	vs. #19 Mississippi St

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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