NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 13-16
Power Rating: 79.853
Ranking: 93

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

Home Ratings (11-4): 82.893 (63) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 6-2 82.494 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-2 80.557 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 83.041

Away Ratings (2-11): 77.494 (128)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 2-6 82.838
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-5 74.135
Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 80.275

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 56.353 (300) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-1 57.853 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 79.853 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 57.853

League Power Rankings (8-9): 81.459 (75)
0-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-4 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 6-2 82.494
Away Ratings: 2-6 82.838
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 57.853
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 79.885

Non-League Power Ratings (5-7): 77.299 (129) 0-0 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 5-2 80.557 Away Ratings: 0-5 74.135 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 79.853 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 79.853

Wins Power Rankings: 80.488 (92)
0-4 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
5-6 v #51-100
6-4 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 11-4 84.105
Away Ratings: 2-11 77.332
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 55.488
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 82.527

Rankings: Points: 79.125 (90) 0-4 v #1-25 1-3 v #26-50 6-5 v #51-100 4-4 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 11-4 81.117 Away Ratings: 2-11 78.031 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 56.625 League Power Rankings: 8-9 80.125 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-7 77.562 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 78.750

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 80.900 (81)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 4-0 83.041
Away Ratings: 1-4 80.275
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 57.853
League Power Rankings: 5-5 79.885
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 79.853

Home Advantage: 10.864 (31)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0919 (62)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2490 (61)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4009 (55)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5386 (43)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6977 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9042 (18)

Upward Stability: 1.3601 (18)

Downward Stability: 1.2587 (87)

RPI
RPI: 0.5319 (96)
0-4 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
4-6 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (11-4): 0.5946 (64) 2-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (2-11): 0.4674 (139)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (282) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (8-9): 0.5498 (75)
0-4 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (5-7): 0.5069 (142) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 3-3 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5598 (46)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Home	W 89-61	vs. #295 Long Beach St
11/25/2002	Away	L 100-103	vs. #157 Appalachian St
11/30/2002	Away	L 60-64	vs. #111 Richmond
12/4/2002	Home	W 91-80	vs. #73 Temple
12/7/2002	Away	L 56-75	vs. #142 Davidson
12/15/2002	Home	W 69-64	vs. #122 Miami Fla
12/18/2002	Home	W 80-67	vs. #43 Southern Ill
12/27/2002	Home	W 82-69	vs. #125 Loyola Chi
12/28/2002	Home	L 74-76	vs. #38 Colorado
12/29/2002	Home	L 47-68	vs. #72 Ul Lafayette
1/4/2003	Away	L 60-70	vs. #39 Indiana
1/8/2003	Home	L 59-80	vs. #14 Louisville
1/11/2003	Home	W 83-62	vs. #165 East Carolina
1/14/2003	Away	W 78-58	vs. #71 Uab
1/18/2003	Home	L 64-67	vs. #7 Marquette
1/25/2003	Away	L 79-83	vs. #52 Cincinnati
1/29/2003	Home	W 62-55	vs. #66 St Louis
2/1/2003	Away	L 64-67	vs. #115 South Florida
2/4/2003	Away	L 59-73	vs. #94 Valparaiso
2/8/2003	Away	L 64-72	vs. #67 DePaul
2/12/2003	Home	W 59-55	vs. #195 Houston
2/15/2003	Home	W 74-64	vs. #52 Cincinnati
2/20/2003	Away	L 67-75	vs. #7 Marquette
2/22/2003	Away	W 71-66	vs. #165 East Carolina
2/26/2003	Home	W 77-68	vs. #151 SO Mississippi
3/1/2003	Home	W 58-50	vs. #67 DePaul
3/5/2003	Away	L 39-50	vs. #66 St Louis
3/8/2003	Away	L 59-100	vs. #14 Louisville
3/12/2003	Neut	L 61-85	vs. #71 Uab

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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