NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 17-14
Power Rating: 82.687
Ranking: 62

2-8 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (11-5): 80.624 (89) 0-3 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 4-4 79.546 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-1 81.593 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 77.093

Away Ratings (3-6): 82.593 (62)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 3-5 82.492
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 77.187
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 81.218

Neutral Ratings (3-3): 86.765 (49) 2-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 3-1 86.859 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 77.062 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 86.859

League Power Rankings (10-10): 83.093 (59)
2-5 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 4-4 79.546
Away Ratings: 3-5 82.492
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 86.859
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 82.218

Non-League Power Ratings (7-4): 81.203 (78) 0-3 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 7-1 81.593 Away Ratings: 0-1 77.187 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 77.062 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 82.687

Wins Power Rankings: 84.322 (55)
1-6 v #1-25
4-5 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 11-5 81.283
Away Ratings: 3-6 84.728
Neutral Ratings: 3-3 89.447
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 86.665

Rankings: Points: 80.501 (68) 2-8 v #1-25 3-3 v #26-50 3-3 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 11-5 79.579 Away Ratings: 3-6 80.079 Neutral Ratings: 3-3 82.954 League Power Rankings: 10-1080.732 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-4 79.689 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 80.814

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 84.195 (55)
1-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 1-2 77.093
Away Ratings: 2-1 81.218
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 86.859
League Power Rankings: 6-4 82.218
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 82.687

Home Advantage: 0.3189 (255)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1080 (35)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2784 (33)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4284 (35)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5528 (34)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6927 (36)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8729 (60)

Upward Stability: 1.3251 (26)

Downward Stability: 1.3042 (65)

RPI
RPI: 0.5665 (54)
1-6 v #1-25
4-5 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (11-5): 0.5816 (84) 1-2 v #1-25 3-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (3-6): 0.5135 (64)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (3-3): 0.6036 (52) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI League (10-10): 0.5614 (58)
0-2 v #1-25
2-5 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (7-4): 0.5748 (56) 0-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5725 (23)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/25/2002	Home	W 58-51	vs. #290 Coppin St
11/29/2002	Neut	L 48-54	vs. #47 Alabama
12/3/2002	Neut	L 76-91	vs. #9 Duke
12/7/2002	Home	W 71-64	vs. #112 Tennessee Tech
12/14/2002	Home	W 74-60	vs. #116 Morehead St
12/18/2002	Away	L 49-69	vs. #4 Pittsburgh
12/21/2002	Home	W 71-54	vs. #46 Seton Hall
12/23/2002	Home	W 96-80	vs. #282 Radford
12/28/2002	Home	W 94-73	vs. #326 Tennessee St
12/30/2002	Home	W 70-62	vs. #255 Hampton
1/4/2003	Home	L 64-72	vs. #14 Louisville
1/9/2003	Away	L 55-66	vs. #23 Michigan St
1/11/2003	Home	W 81-69	vs. #39 Indiana
1/15/2003	Home	L 50-61	vs. #64 Michigan
1/18/2003	Home	L 52-53	vs. #18 Wisconsin
1/21/2003	Away	L 51-69	vs. #39 Indiana
1/25/2003	Away	W 83-72	vs. #84 Iowa
1/29/2003	Away	L 65-70	vs. #35 Purdue
2/1/2003	Home	W 65-52	vs. #159 Northwestern
2/5/2003	Home	W 73-68	vs. #90 Minnesota
2/9/2003	Away	L 57-76	vs. #10 Illinois
2/12/2003	Away	W 76-67	vs. #206 Penn St
2/15/2003	Away	L 54-70	vs. #64 Michigan
2/22/2003	Home	W 52-44	vs. #35 Purdue
2/25/2003	Home	L 64-71	vs. #84 Iowa
3/5/2003	Away	W 52-48	vs. #159 Northwestern
3/8/2003	Home	L 58-72	vs. #23 Michigan St
3/13/2003	Neut	W 66-64	vs. #84 Iowa
3/14/2003	Neut	W 58-50	vs. #18 Wisconsin
3/15/2003	Neut	W 55-54	vs. #23 Michigan St
3/16/2003	Neut	L 59-72	vs. #10 Illinois

FUTURE GAMES

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