NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RUTGERS
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 12-16
Power Rating: 78.927
Ranking: 108

2-5 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
2-7 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (10-6): 78.857 (109) 2-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 4-4 80.795 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-2 73.349 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 81.130

Away Ratings (2-10): 79.037 (103)
0-4 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 0-8 78.084
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 85.115
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 79.490

Neutral Ratings (0-0): 78.927 (125) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-0 78.927 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 78.927 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 78.927

League Power Rankings (4-12): 79.130 (107)
2-5 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-5 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 4-4 80.795
Away Ratings: 0-8 78.084
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 78.927
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 80.646

Non-League Power Ratings (8-4): 78.490 (114) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 6-2 73.349 Away Ratings: 2-2 85.115 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 78.927 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 78.927

Wins Power Rankings: 79.459 (107)
2-5 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
2-7 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 10-6 79.248
Away Ratings: 2-10 79.849
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 79.459
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 80.802

Rankings: Points: 78.353 (102) 2-5 v #1-25 1-3 v #26-50 2-7 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 10-6 78.322 Away Ratings: 2-10 78.408 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 78.353 League Power Rankings: 4-12 78.384 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-4 78.291 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 79.080

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 80.052 (91)
1-5 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-2 81.130
Away Ratings: 0-5 79.490
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 78.927
League Power Rankings: 3-7 80.646
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 78.927

Home Advantage: 3.7768 (166)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1339 (5)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3076 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4474 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5560 (31)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6787 (47)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8469 (102)

Upward Stability: 1.0176 (247)

Downward Stability: 0.8883 (281)

RPI
RPI: 0.5188 (126)
2-5 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (10-6): 0.5390 (144) 1-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 5-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (2-10): 0.4917 (95)
0-4 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (0-0): 0.5188 (129) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (4-12): 0.5257 (114)
1-5 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (8-4): 0.5084 (137) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5489 (57)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/18/2002	Home	W 60-36	vs. #323 Columbia
11/20/2002	Away	L 67-71	vs. #54 North Carolina
11/24/2002	Away	W 59-53	vs. #73 Temple
12/2/2002	Home	W 75-56	vs. #160 Marshall
12/8/2002	Away	L 70-82	vs. #37 Auburn
12/11/2002	Home	W 94-83	vs. #296 Fordham
12/14/2002	Away	W 76-70	vs. #152 Princeton
12/21/2002	Home	L 57-61	vs. #78 Virginia
12/23/2002	Home	W 68-48	vs. #324 Morris Brown
12/28/2002	Home	W 54-41	vs. #263 Delaware St
12/30/2002	Home	W 66-57	vs. #239 Prairie View
1/4/2003	Home	L 75-83	vs. #170 La Salle
1/12/2003	Home	L 63-70	vs. #4 Pittsburgh
1/14/2003	Away	L 57-68	vs. #15 Notre Dame
1/18/2003	Home	L 89-110	vs. #65 Villanova
1/20/2003	Away	L 66-76	vs. #70 Georgetown
1/26/2003	Away	L 75-86	vs. #91 West Virginia
1/29/2003	Home	W 68-65	vs. #2 Syracuse
2/2/2003	Away	L 53-58	vs. #46 Seton Hall
2/8/2003	Home	W 75-72	vs. #41 Boston College
2/11/2003	Home	W 66-59	vs. #70 Georgetown
2/15/2003	Home	L 46-52	vs. #91 West Virginia
2/19/2003	Away	L 70-87	vs. #16 Connecticut
2/22/2003	Away	L 65-86	vs. #4 Pittsburgh
2/25/2003	Home	L 52-62	vs. #46 Seton Hall
3/1/2003	Home	W 95-82	vs. #15 Notre Dame
3/6/2003	Away	L 59-75	vs. #61 St Johns
3/9/2003	Away	L 74-83	vs. #2 Syracuse

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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