NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 23-7
Power Rating: 86.487
Ranking: 27

0-1 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
11-1 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-327

Home Ratings (11-1): 86.394 (39) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 7-1 84.472 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-0 84.925 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 82.987

Away Ratings (8-5): 86.089 (28)
0-0 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 4-4 84.675
Non-League Power Ratings: 4-1 88.987
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 82.925

Neutral Ratings (4-1): 87.769 (39) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 2-0 95.737 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 87.644 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 86.800

League Power Rankings (13-5): 84.925 (44)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 7-1 84.472
Away Ratings: 4-4 84.675
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 95.737
Last Ten Ratings: 6-3 84.347

Non-League Power Ratings (10-2): 88.972 (18) 0-0 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 1-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 4-0 84.925 Away Ratings: 4-1 88.987 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 87.644 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 83.112

Wins Power Rankings: 87.749 (31)
0-3 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
10-1 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 11-1 87.655
Away Ratings: 8-5 87.819
Neutral Ratings: 4-1 87.655
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 84.093

Rankings: Points: 85.073 (22) 0-1 v #1-25 2-3 v #26-50 7-0 v #51-100 11-3 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 11-1 84.667 Away Ratings: 8-5 84.245 Neutral Ratings: 4-1 88.573 League Power Rankings: 13-5 84.089 Non-League Power Ratings: 10-2 86.628 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 82.761

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 83.495 (60)
1-1 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-1 82.987
Away Ratings: 1-2 82.925
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 86.800
League Power Rankings: 6-3 84.347
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 83.112

Home Advantage: 3.7946 (165)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0651 (101)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1956 (94)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3265 (93)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4464 (98)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6081 (99)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8599 (81)

Upward Stability: 0.9641 (273)

Downward Stability: 1.2039 (125)

RPI
RPI: 0.5869 (34)
0-3 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
8-1 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-327

RPI Home (11-1): 0.6142 (40) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (8-5): 0.5555 (27)
1-2 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (4-1): 0.6026 (54) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI League (13-5): 0.5557 (69)
0-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (10-2): 0.6332 (13) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 5-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5270 (85)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2002	Away	W 85-58	vs. #41 Boston College
11/26/2002	Away	W 70-63	vs. #234 Canisius
12/1/2002	Home	W 63-47	vs. #199 Old Dominion
12/5/2002	Home	W 71-49	vs. #141 Boston U
12/7/2002	Neut	W 50-37	vs. #126 Drexel
12/9/2002	Home	W 77-59	vs. #181 Delaware
12/21/2002	Home	W 65-62	vs. #67 DePaul
12/28/2002	Away	L 50-62	vs. #205 Pacific
12/31/2002	Away	W 79-78	vs. #40 Gonzaga
1/5/2003	Home	W 76-56	vs. #218 Duquesne
1/8/2003	Away	W 75-58	vs. #105 St Bonaventure
1/11/2003	Home	W 76-47	vs. #191 Massachusetts
1/14/2003	Away	W 65-55	vs. #73 Temple
1/19/2003	Away	L 57-58	vs. #96 Rhode Island
1/22/2003	Home	W 79-46	vs. #296 Fordham
1/25/2003	Away	W 66-48	vs. #51 Pennsylvania
1/29/2003	Away	L 68-74	vs. #149 Geo Washington
2/1/2003	Home	W 69-53	vs. #96 Rhode Island
2/3/2003	Neut	W 92-75	vs. #65 Villanova
2/8/2003	Away	W 82-64	vs. #296 Fordham
2/13/2003	Home	W 78-59	vs. #73 Temple
2/15/2003	Away	L 56-66	vs. #29 Dayton
2/22/2003	Home	W 76-72	vs. #105 St Bonaventure
2/24/2003	Neut	W 75-53	vs. #170 La Salle
3/1/2003	Home	W 75-59	vs. #111 Richmond
3/5/2003	Home	L 80-88	vs. #17 Xavier
3/8/2003	Away	W 52-49	vs. #191 Massachusetts
3/13/2003	Neut	W 68-48	vs. #170 La Salle
3/14/2003	Away	L 73-76	vs. #29 Dayton
3/21/2003	Neut	L 63-65	vs. #37 Auburn

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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