NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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NC ASHEVILLE
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 14-17
Power Rating: 70.592
Ranking: 229

0-5 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-5 v #101-200
12-5 v #201-327

Home Ratings (10-2): 71.873 (207) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 9-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 8-1 69.482 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 64.592 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 67.545

Away Ratings (2-14): 67.272 (269)
0-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
2-5 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 2-7 69.139
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-7 71.092
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 68.842

Neutral Ratings (2-1): 79.248 (121) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-0 74.592 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 74.279 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 74.467

League Power Rankings (11-8): 70.662 (228)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
9-5 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 8-1 69.482
Away Ratings: 2-7 69.139
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 74.592
Last Ten Ratings: 4-4 69.295

Non-League Power Ratings (3-9): 70.279 (239) 0-5 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 2-1 64.592 Away Ratings: 0-7 71.092 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 74.279 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 74.279

Wins Power Rankings: 71.141 (212)
0-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
2-4 v #101-200
12-5 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 10-2 73.328
Away Ratings: 2-14 66.406
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 83.641
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 71.461

Rankings: Points: 69.705 (262) 0-5 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 14-8 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 10-2 69.689 Away Ratings: 2-14 68.533 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 74.111 League Power Rankings: 11-8 69.783 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-9 69.424 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 69.900

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 70.881 (227)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
3-2 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-1 67.545
Away Ratings: 1-3 68.842
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 74.467
League Power Rankings: 4-4 69.295
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 74.279

Home Advantage: 6.6670 (97)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0624 (106)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1538 (136)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2311 (177)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3072 (209)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4270 (237)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7140 (243)

Upward Stability: 1.2557 (51)

Downward Stability: 1.2399 (98)

RPI
RPI: 0.4912 (168)
0-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-5 v #101-200
12-5 v #201-327

RPI Home (10-2): 0.5428 (136) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 9-1 v #201-327

RPI Away (2-14): 0.4278 (224)
0-2 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
1-4 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (2-1): 0.6258 (38) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI League (11-8): 0.4880 (172)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
9-5 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (3-9): 0.4996 (149) 0-3 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5044 (132)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Away	L 52-66	vs. #23 Michigan St
11/24/2002	Away	L 81-87	vs. #90 Minnesota
12/2/2002	Home	W 77-72	vs. #273 Westrn Carolina
12/7/2002	Away	L 69-87	vs. #121 East Tenn St
12/14/2002	Home	W 99-89	vs. #314 Campbell
12/21/2002	Away	L 67-117	vs. #16 Connecticut
12/22/2002	Away	L 53-84	vs. #68 Holy Cross
12/30/2002	Away	L 64-100	vs. #8 Oklahoma
1/2/2003	Away	L 50-102	vs. #5 Kansas
1/5/2003	Home	W 81-80	vs. #267 Liberty
1/8/2003	Home	W 71-58	vs. #242 Charleston Sou
1/11/2003	Away	L 68-74	vs. #282 Radford
1/15/2003	Away	L 71-88	vs. #194 Birmingham Southern
1/20/2003	Home	L 62-86	vs. #110 Mercer
1/25/2003	Away	L 62-65	vs. #186 Winthrop
1/27/2003	Away	W 64-60	vs. #299 High Point
1/30/2003	Home	W 80-76	vs. #248 Coast Carolina
2/1/2003	Home	W 93-87	vs. #259 Elon
2/5/2003	Home	W 78-76	vs. #299 High Point
2/8/2003	Home	W 82-68	vs. #194 Birmingham Southern
2/10/2003	Away	L 72-73	vs. #267 Liberty
2/13/2003	Home	W 75-68	vs. #282 Radford
2/19/2003	Away	L 72-75	vs. #259 Elon
2/22/2003	Away	L 55-68	vs. #248 Coast Carolina
2/24/2003	Away	L 68-76	vs. #242 Charleston Sou
3/1/2003	Home	L 65-76	vs. #186 Winthrop
3/4/2003	Away	W 68-66	vs. #259 Elon
3/7/2003	Neut	W 81-80	vs. #186 Winthrop
3/8/2003	Home	W 85-71	vs. #282 Radford
3/18/2003	Neut	W 92-84	vs. #274 Texas Southern
3/21/2003	Neut	L 61-82	vs. #6 Texas

FUTURE GAMES

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Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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(Opp. Specific Rating)