NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 14-16
Power Rating: 77.522
Ranking: 131

0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
3-4 v #51-100
8-9 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (8-4): 75.905 (154) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-4 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 5-4 73.577 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-0 77.272 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 77.787

Away Ratings (5-10): 78.354 (113)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
4-5 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 4-6 78.709
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-4 75.772
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 80.866

Neutral Ratings (1-2): 80.334 (114) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-1 81.459 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 87.647 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 81.459

League Power Rankings (10-11): 77.002 (141)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
6-8 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 5-4 73.577
Away Ratings: 4-6 78.709
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 81.459
Last Ten Ratings: 5-4 79.702

Non-League Power Ratings (4-5): 79.350 (102) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 3-0 77.272 Away Ratings: 1-4 75.772 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 87.647 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 83.022

Wins Power Rankings: 78.395 (122)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
3-4 v #51-100
8-9 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 8-4 76.371
Away Ratings: 5-10 79.715
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 80.332
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 81.442

Rankings: Points: 76.405 (143) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 4-4 v #51-100 7-9 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 8-4 74.959 Away Ratings: 5-10 76.780 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 80.592 League Power Rankings: 10-1176.342 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-5 76.623 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 79.092

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 80.381 (87)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
5-4 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-1 77.787
Away Ratings: 2-2 80.866
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 81.459
League Power Rankings: 5-4 79.702
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 83.022

Home Advantage: 1.1772 (231)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0647 (103)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1897 (104)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3155 (103)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4458 (99)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6163 (92)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8651 (73)

Upward Stability: 1.4600 (1)

Downward Stability: 1.3628 (40)

RPI
RPI: 0.5067 (140)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
3-4 v #51-100
8-8 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-327

RPI Home (8-4): 0.5298 (167) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 4-2 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-327

RPI Away (5-10): 0.4785 (117)
0-0 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (1-2): 0.5535 (93) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI League (10-11): 0.4936 (166)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
7-5 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (4-5): 0.5372 (98) 0-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5200 (100)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/30/2002	Away	L 68-91	vs. #56 Providence
12/2/2002	Away	W 75-71	vs. #134 Brown
12/7/2002	Away	L 71-78	vs. #137 Toledo
12/10/2002	Away	L 65-73	vs. #67 DePaul
12/13/2002	Away	L 57-78	vs. #141 Boston U
12/20/2002	Home	W 54-52	vs. #289 Navy
12/23/2002	Away	L 51-75	vs. #18 Wisconsin
12/31/2002	Home	W 104-101	vs. #105 St Bonaventure
1/4/2003	Neut	L 75-83	vs. #1 Kentucky
1/8/2003	Home	W 112-104	vs. #167 Akron
1/11/2003	Away	L 84-87	vs. #36 Central Mich
1/15/2003	Home	L 61-68	vs. #104 Northern Ill
1/18/2003	Home	L 65-77	vs. #132 Miami Ohio
1/21/2003	Away	W 72-66	vs. #266 Buffalo
1/28/2003	Home	L 60-66	vs. #158 Bowling Green
2/1/2003	Away	W 87-85	vs. #160 Marshall
2/6/2003	Away	L 68-82	vs. #147 Ball St
2/8/2003	Home	W 61-49	vs. #266 Buffalo
2/11/2003	Away	L 53-80	vs. #104 Northern Ill
2/15/2003	Home	W 74-71	vs. #74 Kent
2/19/2003	Home	L 73-76	vs. #172 Eastern Mich
2/22/2003	Home	W 79-72	vs. #76 Western Mich
2/23/2003	Away	L 82-84	vs. #167 Akron
2/26/2003	Home	W 78-72	vs. #78 Virginia
3/1/2003	Home	W 70-65	vs. #160 Marshall
3/5/2003	Away	W 64-56	vs. #132 Miami Ohio
3/8/2003	Away	L 62-73	vs. #74 Kent
3/10/2003	Away	W 79-77	vs. #167 Akron
3/13/2003	Neut	W 65-55	vs. #132 Miami Ohio
3/14/2003	Neut	L 70-73	vs. #74 Kent

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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