NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 7-21
Power Rating: 72.334
Ranking: 206

1-4 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
0-11 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (7-9): 74.084 (180) 1-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-5 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 2-6 75.678 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-3 72.178 Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 75.771

Away Ratings (0-11): 66.896 (275)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 0-8 71.678
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-3 69.959
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 71.334

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 57.834 (292) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-1 57.834 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 72.334 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 57.834

League Power Rankings (2-15): 72.459 (201)
1-3 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
0-7 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-6 75.678
Away Ratings: 0-8 71.678
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 57.834
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 73.834

Non-League Power Ratings (5-6): 72.115 (211) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-4 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 5-3 72.178 Away Ratings: 0-3 69.959 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 72.334 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 72.334

Wins Power Rankings: 71.951 (203)
1-3 v #1-25
1-5 v #26-50
0-11 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 7-9 73.701
Away Ratings: 0-11 63.076
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 59.451
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 74.654

Rankings: Points: 72.768 (210) 1-4 v #1-25 1-4 v #26-50 0-11 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 7-9 74.424 Away Ratings: 0-11 69.080 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 55.768 League Power Rankings: 2-15 72.643 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-6 72.955 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 72.502

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 73.756 (185)
0-0 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-3 75.771
Away Ratings: 0-4 71.334
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 57.834
League Power Rankings: 2-8 73.834
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 72.334

Home Advantage: 11.899 (23)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0923 (61)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2542 (55)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4074 (47)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5344 (48)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6773 (51)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8730 (58)

Upward Stability: 0.9526 (279)

Downward Stability: 0.7358 (300)

RPI
RPI: 0.4750 (203)
1-3 v #1-25
1-5 v #26-50
0-8 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (7-9): 0.5129 (196) 1-3 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-327

RPI Away (0-11): 0.4220 (233)
0-0 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (304) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (2-15): 0.4601 (231)
0-1 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
1-7 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (5-6): 0.4963 (157) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5500 (55)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/18/2002	Away	L 55-85	vs. #54 North Carolina
11/23/2002	Away	L 37-62	vs. #51 Pennsylvania
12/1/2002	Home	L 68-84	vs. #175 Yale
12/3/2002	Away	L 70-79	vs. #97 Clemson
12/7/2002	Home	L 60-82	vs. #4 Pittsburgh
12/11/2002	Home	L 63-65	vs. #73 Temple
12/14/2002	Home	W 79-67	vs. #219 Northeastern
12/20/2002	Home	W 59-55	vs. #235 Bucknell
12/28/2002	Home	W 74-55	vs. #256 St Francis PA
1/2/2003	Home	W 76-59	vs. #286 Robert Morris
1/4/2003	Home	W 68-60	vs. #266 Buffalo
1/8/2003	Away	L 65-78	vs. #39 Indiana
1/11/2003	Away	L 53-66	vs. #64 Michigan
1/18/2003	Home	L 78-82	vs. #35 Purdue
1/22/2003	Away	L 36-70	vs. #23 Michigan St
1/25/2003	Home	L 63-75	vs. #10 Illinois
1/29/2003	Home	L 75-76	vs. #90 Minnesota
2/1/2003	Away	L 55-86	vs. #18 Wisconsin
2/5/2003	Home	L 55-75	vs. #84 Iowa
2/12/2003	Home	L 67-76	vs. #62 Ohio St
2/15/2003	Away	L 71-84	vs. #84 Iowa
2/19/2003	Home	W 58-57	vs. #18 Wisconsin
2/22/2003	Away	L 62-77	vs. #90 Minnesota
2/26/2003	Away	L 55-79	vs. #35 Purdue
3/1/2003	Away	L 79-85	vs. #159 Northwestern
3/5/2003	Home	L 62-78	vs. #64 Michigan
3/8/2003	Home	W 74-66	vs. #39 Indiana
3/13/2003	Neut	L 49-77	vs. #39 Indiana

FUTURE GAMES

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Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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