NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 27-7
Power Rating: 90.971
Ranking: 8

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

Home Ratings (15-1): 92.315 (12) 3-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 7-1 89.971 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-0 91.534 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 85.409

Away Ratings (5-3): 90.182 (13)
0-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 5-3 89.143
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 90.971
Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 89.096

Neutral Ratings (7-3): 90.815 (21) 3-2 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 3-0 92.471 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-3 87.549 Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 91.440

League Power Rankings (15-4): 91.803 (5)
3-4 v #1-25
5-0 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 7-1 89.971
Away Ratings: 5-3 89.143
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 92.471
Last Ten Ratings: 5-1 89.596

Non-League Power Ratings (12-3): 89.315 (15) 3-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 8-0 91.534 Away Ratings: 0-0 90.971 Neutral Ratings: 4-3 87.549 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 90.721

Wins Power Rankings: 94.030 (8)
5-6 v #1-25
7-1 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 15-1 94.811
Away Ratings: 5-3 93.241
Neutral Ratings: 7-3 94.319
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 95.795

Rankings: Points: 87.200 (9) 5-6 v #1-25 7-1 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 15-1 89.090 Away Ratings: 5-3 86.504 Neutral Ratings: 7-3 86.403 League Power Rankings: 15-4 87.809 Non-League Power Ratings: 12-3 86.043 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 87.293

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 92.010 (10)
1-2 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 1-1 85.409
Away Ratings: 1-0 89.096
Neutral Ratings: 6-1 91.440
League Power Rankings: 5-1 89.596
Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 90.721

Home Advantage: 5.7377 (119)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1157 (25)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2955 (21)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4589 (12)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5818 (12)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7085 (21)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8970 (27)

Upward Stability: 1.0563 (223)

Downward Stability: 1.4841 (6)

RPI
RPI: 0.6516 (3)
4-5 v #1-25
8-2 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (15-1): 0.6699 (5) 2-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (5-3): 0.6012 (11)
0-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (7-3): 0.6624 (17) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (15-4): 0.6554 (3)
3-4 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (12-3): 0.6469 (8) 0-3 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.6042 (3)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/14/2002	Neut	L 62-68	vs. #47 Alabama
11/22/2002	Home	W 87-65	vs. #114 UC Irvine
11/23/2002	Home	W 82-63	vs. #152 Princeton
11/30/2002	Home	W 75-63	vs. #239 Prairie View
12/7/2002	Home	W 92-52	vs. #209 Hartford
12/14/2002	Home	W 69-47	vs. #290 Coppin St
12/21/2002	Home	W 89-62	vs. #227 Georgia St
12/28/2002	Neut	L 45-54	vs. #19 Mississippi St
12/30/2002	Home	W 100-64	vs. #229 NC Asheville
1/4/2003	Neut	W 60-58	vs. #23 Michigan St
1/7/2003	Home	W 73-63	vs. #16 Connecticut
1/11/2003	Home	W 69-54	vs. #38 Colorado
1/13/2003	Away	L 46-48	vs. #24 Oklahoma St
1/18/2003	Away	W 70-60	vs. #75 Iowa St
1/20/2003	Home	W 69-64	vs. #45 Texas Tech
1/25/2003	Away	W 67-54	vs. #99 Baylor
1/28/2003	Home	W 75-68	vs. #89 Texas A&M
2/1/2003	Away	W 91-89	vs. #101 Kansas St
2/8/2003	Home	W 91-42	vs. #99 Baylor
2/10/2003	Away	L 61-67	vs. #6 Texas
2/15/2003	Away	W 63-58	vs. #45 Texas Tech
2/19/2003	Home	W 64-48	vs. #24 Oklahoma St
2/23/2003	Home	W 77-70	vs. #5 Kansas
2/26/2003	Away	L 52-67	vs. #21 Missouri
3/1/2003	Away	W 69-64	vs. #89 Texas A&M
3/4/2003	Home	W 76-51	vs. #139 Nebraska
3/8/2003	Home	L 71-76	vs. #6 Texas
3/14/2003	Neut	W 74-59	vs. #38 Colorado
3/15/2003	Neut	W 67-60	vs. #45 Texas Tech
3/16/2003	Neut	W 49-47	vs. #21 Missouri
3/20/2003	Neut	W 71-54	vs. #226 SO Carolina St
3/22/2003	Neut	W 74-65	vs. #31 California
3/28/2003	Neut	W 65-54	vs. #20 Butler
3/30/2003	Neut	L 47-63	vs. #2 Syracuse

FUTURE GAMES

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