NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 28-5
Power Rating: 93.180
Ranking: 4

4-4 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
9-0 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (16-0): 97.805 (2) 3-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 8-0 92.383 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-0 93.055 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 92.555

Away Ratings (7-4): 90.430 (11)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 5-3 90.665
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 90.305
Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 89.743

Neutral Ratings (5-1): 95.024 (2) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 3-0 97.930 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 92.868 Last Ten Ratings: 5-1 95.102

League Power Rankings (16-3): 94.180 (2)
4-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
7-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 8-0 92.383
Away Ratings: 5-3 90.665
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 97.930
Last Ten Ratings: 7-0 93.883

Non-League Power Ratings (12-2): 90.930 (10) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 8-0 93.055 Away Ratings: 2-1 90.305 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 92.868 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 92.868

Wins Power Rankings: 95.907 (4)
4-4 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
9-0 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 16-0 106.90
Away Ratings: 7-4 92.594
Neutral Ratings: 5-1 97.063
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 98.844

Rankings: Points: 89.954 (3) 4-4 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 8-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 16-0 91.219 Away Ratings: 7-4 87.954 Neutral Ratings: 5-1 92.704 League Power Rankings: 16-3 90.188 Non-League Power Ratings: 12-2 89.376 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 91.610

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 95.633 (3)
4-1 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-0 92.555
Away Ratings: 2-0 89.743
Neutral Ratings: 5-1 95.102
League Power Rankings: 7-0 93.883
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 92.868

Home Advantage: 9.7101 (43)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1080 (34)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2725 (40)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4197 (39)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5414 (41)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6778 (50)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8629 (75)

Upward Stability: 0.7790 (318)

Downward Stability: 1.1330 (172)

RPI
RPI: 0.6333 (8)
4-4 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
8-0 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (16-0): 0.6468 (17) 1-0 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (7-4): 0.5812 (16)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (5-1): 0.6929 (5) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI League (16-3): 0.6612 (2)
2-2 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (12-2): 0.5955 (40) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5616 (41)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2002	Home	W 82-67	vs. #218 Duquesne
11/27/2002	Home	W 69-46	vs. #256 St Francis PA
11/30/2002	Home	W 89-49	vs. #319 Ark Pine Bluff
12/3/2002	Home	W 96-51	vs. #300 Norfolk St
12/7/2002	Away	W 82-60	vs. #206 Penn St
12/14/2002	Home	W 89-55	vs. #264 SE Louisiana
12/18/2002	Home	W 69-49	vs. #62 Ohio St
12/21/2002	Away	W 87-71	vs. #96 Rhode Island
12/28/2002	Home	W 65-41	vs. #154 George Mason
12/31/2002	Away	L 67-79	vs. #12 Georgia
1/4/2003	Home	W 85-49	vs. #286 Robert Morris
1/6/2003	Home	W 72-55	vs. #15 Notre Dame
1/12/2003	Away	W 70-63	vs. #108 Rutgers
1/14/2003	Away	W 80-61	vs. #91 West Virginia
1/18/2003	Home	W 73-60	vs. #2 Syracuse
1/25/2003	Home	W 65-64	vs. #70 Georgetown
2/1/2003	Away	L 65-67	vs. #2 Syracuse
2/4/2003	Home	W 68-61	vs. #56 Providence
2/9/2003	Away	L 64-66	vs. #15 Notre Dame
2/12/2003	Home	W 82-46	vs. #91 West Virginia
2/15/2003	Away	L 61-73	vs. #46 Seton Hall
2/18/2003	Away	W 82-67	vs. #70 Georgetown
2/22/2003	Home	W 86-65	vs. #108 Rutgers
2/26/2003	Away	W 75-62	vs. #150 Virginia Tech
3/2/2003	Home	W 71-67	vs. #16 Connecticut
3/5/2003	Home	W 86-54	vs. #46 Seton Hall
3/9/2003	Away	W 56-54	vs. #65 Villanova
3/13/2003	Neut	W 67-59	vs. #56 Providence
3/14/2003	Neut	W 61-48	vs. #41 Boston College
3/15/2003	Neut	W 74-56	vs. #16 Connecticut
3/21/2003	Neut	W 87-61	vs. #176 Wagner
3/23/2003	Neut	W 74-52	vs. #39 Indiana
3/27/2003	Neut	L 74-77	vs. #7 Marquette

FUTURE GAMES

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