NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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PURDUE
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 19-11
Power Rating: 85.341
Ranking: 35

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

Home Ratings (14-1): 91.294 (16) 3-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 7-1 87.981 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 96.591 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 82.341

Away Ratings (3-6): 81.294 (71)
0-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 3-5 81.200
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 77.091
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 81.934

Neutral Ratings (2-4): 83.997 (70) 1-2 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-2 78.778 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 87.153 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 86.263

League Power Rankings (10-8): 84.009 (49)
3-3 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 7-1 87.981
Away Ratings: 3-5 81.200
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 78.778
Last Ten Ratings: 3-5 81.380

Non-League Power Ratings (9-3): 88.544 (20) 1-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 7-0 96.591 Away Ratings: 0-1 77.091 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 87.153 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 90.341

Wins Power Rankings: 86.845 (36)
3-3 v #1-25
3-4 v #26-50
6-3 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 14-1 92.938
Away Ratings: 3-6 83.360
Neutral Ratings: 2-4 85.188
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 83.634

Rankings: Points: 83.444 (32) 4-5 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 6-3 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 14-1 88.936 Away Ratings: 3-6 78.819 Neutral Ratings: 2-4 82.710 League Power Rankings: 10-8 82.026 Non-League Power Ratings: 9-3 86.601 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 81.741

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 82.708 (67)
2-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-1 82.341
Away Ratings: 1-3 81.934
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 86.263
League Power Rankings: 3-5 81.380
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 90.341

Home Advantage: 12.875 (13)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1024 (45)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2760 (35)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4370 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5661 (23)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7148 (17)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9170 (4)

Upward Stability: 1.2648 (49)

Downward Stability: 1.3762 (36)

RPI
RPI: 0.5919 (31)
3-3 v #1-25
3-4 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (14-1): 0.6555 (9) 2-0 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (3-6): 0.5003 (83)
0-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (2-4): 0.5696 (81) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (10-8): 0.5604 (62)
1-1 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (9-3): 0.6382 (10) 1-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5781 (19)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Home	W 73-46	vs. #132 Miami Ohio
11/30/2002	Neut	W 86-84	vs. #14 Louisville
12/3/2002	Away	L 59-74	vs. #17 Xavier
12/6/2002	Home	W 85-56	vs. #143 Middle Tenn St
12/7/2002	Home	W 95-65	vs. #79 San Diego
12/14/2002	Neut	L 63-66	vs. #39 Indiana
12/18/2002	Home	W 78-61	vs. #155 Belmont
12/21/2002	Neut	L 53-70	vs. #34 Arizona St
12/28/2002	Home	W 87-55	vs. #94 Valparaiso
12/30/2002	Home	W 84-56	vs. #83 Colorado St
1/4/2003	Home	W 84-66	vs. #193 Montana
1/11/2003	Home	W 82-68	vs. #159 Northwestern
1/14/2003	Home	W 72-60	vs. #23 Michigan St
1/18/2003	Away	W 82-78	vs. #206 Penn St
1/22/2003	Away	L 62-75	vs. #10 Illinois
1/25/2003	Home	W 69-47	vs. #39 Indiana
1/29/2003	Home	W 70-65	vs. #62 Ohio St
2/1/2003	Away	W 80-77	vs. #84 Iowa
2/5/2003	Home	W 78-60	vs. #18 Wisconsin
2/8/2003	Away	L 68-90	vs. #90 Minnesota
2/12/2003	Away	L 67-78	vs. #159 Northwestern
2/15/2003	Home	W 70-61	vs. #10 Illinois
2/19/2003	Home	L 67-78	vs. #64 Michigan
2/22/2003	Away	L 44-52	vs. #62 Ohio St
2/26/2003	Home	W 79-55	vs. #206 Penn St
3/1/2003	Away	L 61-69	vs. #23 Michigan St
3/8/2003	Away	W 69-61	vs. #64 Michigan
3/14/2003	Neut	L 42-54	vs. #23 Michigan St
3/21/2003	Neut	W 80-56	vs. #33 LSU
3/23/2003	Neut	L 67-77	vs. #6 Texas

FUTURE GAMES

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Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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(Opp. Specific Rating)