NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 11-18
Power Rating: 76.909
Ranking: 139

0-9 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
4-3 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (9-6): 79.331 (101) 0-5 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 3-5 78.738 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-1 78.347 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 79.784

Away Ratings (0-10): 67.909 (264)
0-3 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 0-8 70.409
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 77.284
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 70.784

Neutral Ratings (2-2): 77.269 (137) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-1 78.159 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 77.284 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 78.159

League Power Rankings (3-14): 75.659 (164)
0-8 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-5 78.738
Away Ratings: 0-8 70.409
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 78.159
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 77.120

Non-League Power Ratings (8-4): 78.855 (109) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 6-1 78.347 Away Ratings: 0-2 77.284 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 77.284 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 76.909

Wins Power Rankings: 77.359 (135)
0-9 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
4-3 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 9-6 80.101
Away Ratings: 0-10 63.734
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 77.296
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 77.249

Rankings: Points: 76.355 (147) 0-8 v #1-25 1-4 v #26-50 3-3 v #51-100 3-3 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 9-6 78.253 Away Ratings: 0-10 70.167 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 77.198 League Power Rankings: 3-14 75.331 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-4 77.902 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 75.823

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 76.589 (145)
0-2 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-2 79.784
Away Ratings: 0-5 70.784
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 78.159
League Power Rankings: 2-8 77.120
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 76.909

Home Advantage: 12.704 (16)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1121 (30)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2830 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4306 (30)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5532 (33)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6919 (37)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8796 (51)

Upward Stability: 1.1385 (153)

Downward Stability: 0.9880 (244)

RPI
RPI: 0.5133 (132)
0-9 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
4-4 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (9-6): 0.5659 (109) 1-3 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (0-10): 0.4338 (214)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (2-2): 0.5138 (132) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI League (3-14): 0.4916 (169)
0-8 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (8-4): 0.5422 (90) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5580 (49)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2002	Neut	W 68-45	vs. #251 Centenary
11/24/2002	Neut	L 65-73	vs. #147 Ball St
12/1/2002	Home	W 69-53	vs. #276 Tex San Antonio
12/5/2002	Away	L 60-65	vs. #115 South Florida
12/8/2002	Home	W 80-60	vs. #90 Minnesota
12/14/2002	Home	W 63-46	vs. #262 IPFW
12/21/2002	Home	L 73-81	vs. #25 Creighton
12/27/2002	Neut	W 60-57	vs. #133 Santa Barbara
12/28/2002	Away	L 63-75	vs. #34 Arizona St
12/31/2002	Home	W 63-60	vs. #117 Eastern Wash
1/4/2003	Home	W 79-75	vs. #164 Denver
1/7/2003	Home	W 70-60	vs. #312 Lipscomb
1/11/2003	Away	L 59-92	vs. #5 Kansas
1/15/2003	Home	L 52-53	vs. #89 Texas A&M
1/18/2003	Home	W 80-77	vs. #38 Colorado
1/22/2003	Away	L 53-77	vs. #101 Kansas St
1/25/2003	Away	L 61-71	vs. #75 Iowa St
1/29/2003	Home	L 56-63	vs. #21 Missouri
2/1/2003	Home	L 51-81	vs. #5 Kansas
2/5/2003	Away	L 49-75	vs. #45 Texas Tech
2/12/2003	Home	L 70-77	vs. #24 Oklahoma St
2/15/2003	Home	L 63-75	vs. #6 Texas
2/18/2003	Away	L 50-67	vs. #21 Missouri
2/22/2003	Away	L 64-78	vs. #99 Baylor
2/25/2003	Home	W 68-61	vs. #101 Kansas St
3/1/2003	Home	W 69-63	vs. #75 Iowa St
3/4/2003	Away	L 51-76	vs. #8 Oklahoma
3/8/2003	Away	L 69-84	vs. #38 Colorado
3/13/2003	Neut	L 61-70	vs. #21 Missouri

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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