NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-10
Power Rating: 86.916
Ranking: 24

4-5 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
6-3 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (13-2): 87.228 (36) 3-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 6-2 86.103 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 85.916 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 82.603

Away Ratings (5-5): 87.002 (20)
0-3 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 4-4 86.931
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 84.135
Last Ten Ratings: 0-3 77.853

Neutral Ratings (3-3): 86.416 (53) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-1 85.166 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-2 87.697 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 87.385

League Power Rankings (10-7): 86.654 (29)
3-4 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 6-2 86.103
Away Ratings: 4-4 86.931
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 85.166
Last Ten Ratings: 2-6 82.072

Non-League Power Ratings (11-3): 87.400 (28) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 7-0 85.916 Away Ratings: 1-1 84.135 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 87.697 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 89.041

Wins Power Rankings: 88.953 (25)
3-5 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
6-3 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 13-2 88.797
Away Ratings: 5-5 89.711
Neutral Ratings: 3-3 88.047
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 82.125

Rankings: Points: 84.437 (24) 4-5 v #1-25 2-3 v #26-50 6-0 v #51-100 6-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 13-2 85.180 Away Ratings: 5-5 83.695 Neutral Ratings: 3-3 84.484 League Power Rankings: 10-7 84.250 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-3 84.765 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 81.555

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 81.806 (74)
1-3 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-2 82.603
Away Ratings: 0-3 77.853
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 87.385
League Power Rankings: 2-6 82.072
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 89.041

Home Advantage: 4.4027 (152)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1266 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3035 (14)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4532 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5743 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7087 (20)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8917 (31)

Upward Stability: 1.1682 (124)

Downward Stability: 1.3267 (55)

RPI
RPI: 0.6112 (18)
4-5 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (13-2): 0.6224 (36) 3-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (5-5): 0.5793 (17)
0-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (3-3): 0.6365 (33) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (10-7): 0.6042 (21)
3-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (11-3): 0.6191 (22) 0-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5891 (8)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Home	W 68-59	vs. #175 Yale
11/29/2002	Neut	L 58-66	vs. #87 Coll Of Charltn
11/30/2002	Neut	W 64-61	vs. #23 Michigan St
12/5/2002	Home	W 65-52	vs. #209 Hartford
12/8/2002	Home	W 77-51	vs. #305 Northwestern St
12/15/2002	Home	W 71-61	vs. #80 Fresno St
12/18/2002	Home	W 85-61	vs. #268 Mo Kansas City
12/21/2002	Away	W 68-58	vs. #113 Wichita St
12/30/2002	Home	W 71-45	vs. #135 Arkansas
1/4/2003	Neut	W 78-65	vs. #32 BYU
1/8/2003	Home	W 91-58	vs. #245 Texas A&M-CC
1/11/2003	Away	W 93-76	vs. #89 Texas A&M
1/13/2003	Home	W 48-46	vs. #8 Oklahoma
1/18/2003	Home	W 76-56	vs. #21 Missouri
1/21/2003	Away	W 67-64	vs. #99 Baylor
1/26/2003	Away	W 79-70	vs. #45 Texas Tech
1/29/2003	Home	W 68-55	vs. #75 Iowa St
2/1/2003	Away	L 65-78	vs. #6 Texas
2/5/2003	Home	W 63-55	vs. #101 Kansas St
2/9/2003	Away	L 50-61	vs. #52 Cincinnati
2/12/2003	Away	W 77-70	vs. #139 Nebraska
2/15/2003	Home	L 72-74	vs. #99 Baylor
2/19/2003	Away	L 48-64	vs. #8 Oklahoma
2/22/2003	Home	W 82-77	vs. #6 Texas
2/24/2003	Home	L 57-62	vs. #45 Texas Tech
3/1/2003	Away	L 61-79	vs. #5 Kansas
3/5/2003	Away	L 56-68	vs. #38 Colorado
3/8/2003	Home	W 77-52	vs. #89 Texas A&M
3/14/2003	Neut	L 58-60	vs. #21 Missouri
3/21/2003	Neut	W 77-63	vs. #51 Pennsylvania
3/23/2003	Neut	L 56-68	vs. #2 Syracuse

FUTURE GAMES

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