NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 18-13
Power Rating: 82.695
Ranking: 61

2-4 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
3-5 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (10-8): 77.874 (125) 2-1 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 0-4 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 4-6 76.413 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-2 79.741 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 81.288

Away Ratings (6-5): 87.695 (16)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 4-4 86.585
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 90.007
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 86.570

Neutral Ratings (2-0): 92.507 (11) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-0 84.757 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 85.632 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 85.288

League Power Rankings (9-10): 81.562 (72)
1-3 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 4-6 76.413
Away Ratings: 4-4 86.585
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 84.757
Last Ten Ratings: 4-4 82.452

Non-League Power Ratings (9-3): 85.476 (40) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 6-2 79.741 Away Ratings: 2-1 90.007 Neutral Ratings: 1-0 85.632 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 86.320

Wins Power Rankings: 84.058 (58)
2-4 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
3-5 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 10-8 78.050
Away Ratings: 6-5 89.792
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 102.18
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 88.058

Rankings: Points: 80.974 (63) 2-4 v #1-25 2-3 v #26-50 5-5 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 10-8 77.528 Away Ratings: 6-5 85.278 Neutral Ratings: 2-0 84.349 League Power Rankings: 9-10 80.239 Non-League Power Ratings: 9-3 82.755 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 82.255

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 85.554 (41)
1-4 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-2 81.288
Away Ratings: 1-2 86.570
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 85.288
League Power Rankings: 4-4 82.452
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-0 86.320

Home Advantage: -6.604 (325)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0979 (51)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2527 (56)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4016 (54)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5374 (44)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6865 (40)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8834 (40)

Upward Stability: 1.3938 (8)

Downward Stability: 1.4700 (8)

RPI
RPI: 0.5543 (66)
2-4 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
4-5 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (10-8): 0.5357 (152) 1-0 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 4-3 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-327

RPI Away (6-5): 0.5608 (25)
0-3 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (2-0): 0.6855 (9) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (9-10): 0.5325 (104)
1-1 v #1-25
1-5 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (9-3): 0.5877 (43) 1-0 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5456 (61)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/26/2002	Home	W 68-57	vs. #272 Stony Brook
11/30/2002	Away	W 81-68	vs. #129 Fairfield
12/7/2002	Home	W 81-58	vs. #296 Fordham
12/11/2002	Home	W 80-58	vs. #253 St Francis NY
12/14/2002	Home	W 84-59	vs. #271 Hofstra
12/21/2002	Away	L 72-84	vs. #11 Wake Forest
12/27/2002	Home	L 65-72	vs. #57 Manhattan
12/28/2002	Home	L 59-63	vs. #54 North Carolina
1/2/2003	Home	W 78-68	vs. #146 Niagara
1/4/2003	Home	W 74-66	vs. #46 Seton Hall
1/8/2003	Away	L 71-75	vs. #56 Providence
1/11/2003	Away	W 80-65	vs. #118 UCLA
1/15/2003	Home	L 73-82	vs. #65 Villanova
1/18/2003	Away	W 77-72	vs. #70 Georgetown
1/25/2003	Away	W 62-59	vs. #150 Virginia Tech
1/27/2003	Home	L 68-74	vs. #16 Connecticut
2/2/2003	Home	W 77-74	vs. #122 Miami Fla
2/5/2003	Away	L 82-84	vs. #41 Boston College
2/8/2003	Home	L 54-71	vs. #150 Virginia Tech
2/11/2003	Away	W 52-50	vs. #65 Villanova
2/15/2003	Home	L 59-69	vs. #56 Providence
2/18/2003	Away	L 60-66	vs. #2 Syracuse
2/22/2003	Away	L 69-77	vs. #16 Connecticut
2/26/2003	Home	L 63-81	vs. #41 Boston College
3/2/2003	Home	W 72-71	vs. #9 Duke
3/6/2003	Home	W 75-59	vs. #108 Rutgers
3/8/2003	Away	W 76-73	vs. #122 Miami Fla
3/12/2003	Home	W 83-80	vs. #15 Notre Dame
3/13/2003	Home	L 75-82	vs. #41 Boston College
4/1/2003	Neut	W 64-63	vs. #45 Texas Tech
4/3/2003	Neut	W 70-67	vs. #70 Georgetown

FUTURE GAMES

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