NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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SOUTH CAROLINA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 12-16
Power Rating: 80.300
Ranking: 86

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

Home Ratings (11-4): 83.323 (57) 0-3 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 4-4 81.987 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 85.612 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 85.315

Away Ratings (1-11): 77.065 (136)
0-4 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 1-7 82.003
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-4 73.862
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 81.893

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 68.175 (218) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-1 74.675 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 80.300 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 74.675

League Power Rankings (5-12): 80.011 (95)
0-7 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 4-4 81.987
Away Ratings: 1-7 82.003
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 74.675
Last Ten Ratings: 4-5 81.893

Non-League Power Ratings (7-4): 80.925 (82) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-3 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 7-0 85.612 Away Ratings: 0-4 73.862 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 80.300 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 92.550

Wins Power Rankings: 80.694 (90)
0-7 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
3-5 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 11-4 84.038
Away Ratings: 1-11 77.272
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 61.194
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 83.054

Rankings: Points: 79.901 (77) 0-7 v #1-25 0-4 v #26-50 6-5 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 11-4 82.284 Away Ratings: 1-11 77.183 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 74.776 League Power Rankings: 5-12 79.975 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-4 79.737 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 81.401

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 82.292 (71)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 4-1 85.315
Away Ratings: 1-3 81.893
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 74.675
League Power Rankings: 4-5 81.893
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 92.550

Home Advantage: 10.898 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1292 (9)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3098 (10)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4596 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5781 (13)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7133 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9004 (23)

Upward Stability: 1.1497 (143)

Downward Stability: 1.0462 (225)

RPI
RPI: 0.5362 (90)
0-6 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
4-5 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (11-4): 0.6003 (56) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (1-11): 0.4699 (135)
0-2 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (280) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (5-12): 0.5241 (117)
0-6 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (7-4): 0.5535 (74) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 3-3 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5721 (25)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/24/2002	Home	W 71-66	vs. #121 East Tenn St
11/29/2002	Home	W 82-65	vs. #226 SO Carolina St
11/30/2002	Home	W 71-56	vs. #157 Appalachian St
12/2/2002	Home	W 66-47	vs. #73 Temple
12/5/2002	Away	L 59-67	vs. #70 Georgetown
12/8/2002	Away	L 64-76	vs. #49 North Carolina St
12/16/2002	Home	W 70-59	vs. #201 Wofford
12/19/2002	Away	L 63-77	vs. #77 Wyoming
12/22/2002	Away	L 67-81	vs. #83 Colorado St
1/2/2003	Home	W 66-50	vs. #303 The Citadel
1/8/2003	Home	W 55-49	vs. #82 Mississippi
1/11/2003	Away	L 55-62	vs. #1 Kentucky
1/15/2003	Home	L 60-67	vs. #37 Auburn
1/18/2003	Home	L 75-77	vs. #13 Florida
1/22/2003	Away	L 48-64	vs. #19 Mississippi St
1/29/2003	Away	L 56-60	vs. #48 Tennessee
2/1/2003	Home	L 69-87	vs. #1 Kentucky
2/5/2003	Away	L 58-71	vs. #33 LSU
2/8/2003	Away	W 84-72	vs. #109 Vanderbilt
2/12/2003	Home	W 76-59	vs. #97 Clemson
2/15/2003	Home	W 72-65	vs. #135 Arkansas
2/19/2003	Home	W 77-63	vs. #48 Tennessee
2/22/2003	Away	L 66-79	vs. #12 Georgia
2/25/2003	Away	L 63-96	vs. #13 Florida
3/1/2003	Home	W 76-64	vs. #109 Vanderbilt
3/5/2003	Away	L 59-82	vs. #47 Alabama
3/9/2003	Home	L 55-60	vs. #12 Georgia
3/13/2003	Neut	L 56-62	vs. #82 Mississippi

FUTURE GAMES

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