NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 18-13
Power Rating: 83.735
Ranking: 49

2-4 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
10-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (13-3): 84.743 (48) 1-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 6-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 6-2 85.563 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-1 81.173 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 81.391

Away Ratings (3-7): 81.719 (70)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 3-5 84.501
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 64.735
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 88.704

Neutral Ratings (2-3): 85.219 (63) 1-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 2-1 88.688 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 81.204 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 87.266

League Power Rankings (11-8): 86.270 (32)
2-4 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
9-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 6-2 85.563
Away Ratings: 3-5 84.501
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 88.688
Last Ten Ratings: 5-4 86.266

Non-League Power Ratings (7-5): 76.719 (141) 0-0 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 7-1 81.173 Away Ratings: 0-2 64.735 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 81.204 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 83.923

Wins Power Rankings: 84.880 (52)
2-4 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
10-3 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 13-3 85.239
Away Ratings: 3-7 83.505
Neutral Ratings: 2-3 86.551
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 87.231

Rankings: Points: 82.405 (46) 2-6 v #1-25 2-4 v #26-50 8-2 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 13-3 83.991 Away Ratings: 3-7 79.702 Neutral Ratings: 2-3 83.702 League Power Rankings: 11-8 84.167 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-5 77.772 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 84.069

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 85.759 (40)
1-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 1-2 81.391
Away Ratings: 2-1 88.704
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 87.266
League Power Rankings: 5-4 86.266
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 83.923

Home Advantage: 5.8132 (118)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1038 (42)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2749 (37)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4317 (28)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5570 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6954 (32)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8723 (61)

Upward Stability: 1.3890 (10)

Downward Stability: 1.3520 (43)

RPI
RPI: 0.5637 (57)
2-4 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
8-3 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-327

RPI Home (13-3): 0.5956 (63) 1-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (3-7): 0.4973 (90)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (2-3): 0.5911 (65) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (11-8): 0.6028 (23)
2-6 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (7-5): 0.5018 (146) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5581 (48)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Home	W 84-60	vs. #291 Mt St Marys
11/30/2002	Home	W 58-37	vs. #290 Coppin St
12/4/2002	Home	W 74-49	vs. #159 Northwestern
12/8/2002	Home	W 76-64	vs. #86 South Carolina
12/14/2002	Home	W 101-63	vs. #327 NO Carolina A&T
12/17/2002	Neut	L 60-69	vs. #40 Gonzaga
12/21/2002	Home	W 104-65	vs. #260 Fair Dickinson
12/29/2002	Home	W 86-71	vs. #201 Wofford
1/2/2003	Away	L 56-68	vs. #191 Massachusetts
1/5/2003	Home	W 75-63	vs. #78 Virginia
1/11/2003	Away	L 61-85	vs. #63 Georgia Tech
1/16/2003	Home	L 81-93	vs. #41 Boston College
1/18/2003	Away	W 70-63	vs. #88 Florida St
1/22/2003	Home	W 80-71	vs. #9 Duke
1/26/2003	Home	W 86-77	vs. #54 North Carolina
1/30/2003	Away	L 60-75	vs. #26 Maryland
2/2/2003	Home	W 78-56	vs. #97 Clemson
2/6/2003	Away	L 58-73	vs. #11 Wake Forest
2/9/2003	Away	L 58-61	vs. #78 Virginia
2/12/2003	Home	W 63-57	vs. #63 Georgia Tech
2/15/2003	Away	L 54-76	vs. #73 Temple
2/18/2003	Home	W 71-60	vs. #88 Florida St
2/22/2003	Away	L 68-79	vs. #9 Duke
2/25/2003	Away	W 75-67	vs. #54 North Carolina
3/2/2003	Home	L 65-68	vs. #26 Maryland
3/5/2003	Away	W 63-60	vs. #97 Clemson
3/8/2003	Home	L 72-78	vs. #11 Wake Forest
3/14/2003	Neut	W 71-65	vs. #63 Georgia Tech
3/15/2003	Neut	W 87-83	vs. #11 Wake Forest
3/16/2003	Neut	L 77-84	vs. #9 Duke
3/20/2003	Neut	L 74-76	vs. #31 California

FUTURE GAMES

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