NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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STEPHEN AUSTIN
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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 19-8
Power Rating: 75.486
Ranking: 166

0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
17-5 v #201-327

Home Ratings (13-1): 78.798 (111) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 11-1 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 11-0 77.673 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 69.173 Last Ten Ratings: 6-0 76.548

Away Ratings (6-7): 73.697 (183)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
6-4 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 6-5 75.212
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 66.361
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 75.501

Neutral Ratings (0-0): 75.486 (152) 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 75.486 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 75.486 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 75.486

League Power Rankings (17-5): 76.861 (142)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
16-3 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 11-0 77.673
Away Ratings: 6-5 75.212
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 75.486
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 75.876

Non-League Power Ratings (2-3): 67.861 (261) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-2 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 2-1 69.173 Away Ratings: 0-2 66.361 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 75.486 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 75.486

Wins Power Rankings: 75.142 (169)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
17-5 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 13-1 79.642
Away Ratings: 6-7 73.072
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 75.142
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 74.962

Rankings: Points: 75.794 (158) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-3 v #101-200 16-4 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 13-1 77.591 Away Ratings: 6-7 74.634 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 75.794 League Power Rankings: 17-5 76.755 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-3 70.357 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 76.404

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 75.603 (159)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 6-0 76.548
Away Ratings: 1-3 75.501
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 75.486
League Power Rankings: 7-3 75.876
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 75.486

Home Advantage: 9.0580 (56)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0203 (295)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0664 (306)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1232 (308)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.1958 (304)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.3204 (300)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.6428 (296)

Upward Stability: 0.9193 (291)

Downward Stability: 1.1824 (142)

RPI
RPI: 0.5288 (103)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
13-2 v #201-327

RPI Home (13-1): 0.5766 (91) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-327

RPI Away (6-7): 0.4773 (123)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
6-2 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (0-0): 0.5288 (122) 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 (17-5): 0.5390 (90)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
15-2 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (2-3): 0.4882 (173) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-2 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4705 (231)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2002	Away	L 55-81	vs. #6 Texas
12/3/2002	Home	L 69-75	vs. #251 Centenary
12/7/2002	Away	L 75-80	vs. #274 Texas Southern
12/14/2002	Home	W 71-68	vs. #179 Oral Roberts
12/19/2002	Home	W 103-79	vs. #288 Jackson St
12/28/2002	Away	W 82-72	vs. #252 Ul Monroe
12/30/2002	Home	W 66-58	vs. #216 SW Texas St
1/4/2003	Home	W 79-69	vs. #212 McNeese St
1/9/2003	Away	W 66-39	vs. #320 Nicholls St
1/11/2003	Away	W 58-55	vs. #264 SE Louisiana
1/16/2003	Home	W 74-62	vs. #249 Lamar
1/18/2003	Home	W 77-70	vs. #138 Sam Houston
1/22/2003	Away	W 77-66	vs. #276 Tex San Antonio
1/25/2003	Home	W 76-62	vs. #203 Texas Arlington
2/1/2003	Away	W 71-59	vs. #305 Northwestern St
2/5/2003	Away	L 52-60	vs. #203 Texas Arlington
2/8/2003	Away	L 53-63	vs. #212 McNeese St
2/13/2003	Home	W 84-56	vs. #320 Nicholls St
2/15/2003	Home	W 67-51	vs. #264 SE Louisiana
2/20/2003	Away	W 77-73	vs. #249 Lamar
2/22/2003	Away	L 62-69	vs. #138 Sam Houston
2/27/2003	Home	W 76-45	vs. #276 Tex San Antonio
3/1/2003	Away	L 58-60	vs. #216 SW Texas St
3/5/2003	Home	W 66-58	vs. #252 Ul Monroe
3/7/2003	Home	W 75-63	vs. #305 Northwestern St
3/12/2003	Home	W 67-58	vs. #216 SW Texas St
3/14/2003	Away	L 66-69	vs. #138 Sam Houston

FUTURE GAMES

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