NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 17-12
Power Rating: 84.583
Ranking: 46

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

Home Ratings (13-3): 86.044 (41) 2-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 7-1 87.317 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-2 78.114 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 86.520

Away Ratings (3-7): 83.864 (45)
0-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-4 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 3-5 85.973
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 72.833
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 86.223

Neutral Ratings (1-2): 81.958 (95) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-1 83.708 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 74.583 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 83.708

League Power Rankings (11-7): 87.286 (22)
2-5 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 7-1 87.317
Away Ratings: 3-5 85.973
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 83.708
Last Ten Ratings: 6-3 85.833

Non-League Power Ratings (6-5): 76.864 (137) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 6-2 78.114 Away Ratings: 0-2 72.833 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 74.583 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 82.333

Wins Power Rankings: 86.388 (44)
2-7 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
5-5 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 13-3 88.309
Away Ratings: 3-7 85.638
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 82.763
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 90.223

Rankings: Points: 82.415 (45) 2-7 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 7-5 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 13-3 83.196 Away Ratings: 3-7 81.891 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 81.196 League Power Rankings: 11-7 84.407 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-5 77.040 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 84.384

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 87.614 (24)
1-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 4-0 86.520
Away Ratings: 2-2 86.223
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 83.708
League Power Rankings: 6-3 85.833
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 82.333

Home Advantage: 6.5760 (99)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1242 (14)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2938 (23)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4409 (23)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5544 (32)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6891 (38)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8819 (46)

Upward Stability: 1.1747 (121)

Downward Stability: 1.1521 (164)

RPI
RPI: 0.5814 (39)
2-7 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-5 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (13-3): 0.6266 (30) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (3-7): 0.5220 (55)
0-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (1-2): 0.5367 (114) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (11-7): 0.6024 (24)
1-3 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (6-5): 0.5471 (82) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5798 (17)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2002	Home	W 77-51	vs. #124 San Francisco
11/30/2002	Neut	L 61-78	vs. #6 Texas
12/2/2002	Home	W 84-76	vs. #253 St Francis NY
12/12/2002	Home	W 67-57	vs. #230 Monmouth NJ
12/14/2002	Home	L 70-91	vs. #14 Louisville
12/21/2002	Away	L 54-71	vs. #62 Ohio St
12/28/2002	Away	L 41-52	vs. #67 DePaul
12/31/2002	Home	W 71-48	vs. #272 Stony Brook
1/2/2003	Home	W 75-60	vs. #223 Rider
1/4/2003	Away	L 66-74	vs. #61 St Johns
1/8/2003	Home	L 66-70	vs. #2 Syracuse
1/12/2003	Away	L 64-74	vs. #15 Notre Dame
1/14/2003	Home	W 68-54	vs. #70 Georgetown
1/18/2003	Home	W 76-53	vs. #122 Miami Fla
1/22/2003	Away	L 65-83	vs. #2 Syracuse
1/27/2003	Home	L 70-74	vs. #57 Manhattan
1/29/2003	Away	W 93-82	vs. #70 Georgetown
2/2/2003	Home	W 58-53	vs. #108 Rutgers
2/5/2003	Home	W 78-72	vs. #15 Notre Dame
2/9/2003	Home	W 97-80	vs. #247 St Peters
2/15/2003	Home	W 73-61	vs. #4 Pittsburgh
2/22/2003	Away	W 68-64	vs. #91 West Virginia
2/25/2003	Away	W 62-52	vs. #108 Rutgers
2/27/2003	Home	W 57-56	vs. #65 Villanova
3/1/2003	Home	W 56-53	vs. #91 West Virginia
3/5/2003	Away	L 54-86	vs. #4 Pittsburgh
3/8/2003	Away	L 61-64	vs. #56 Providence
3/12/2003	Neut	W 67-52	vs. #122 Miami Fla
3/13/2003	Neut	L 70-83	vs. #16 Connecticut

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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