NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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TENNESSEE
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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 17-11
Power Rating: 84.072
Ranking: 48

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

Home Ratings (11-4): 84.174 (51) 3-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 5-3 83.603 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-1 82.728 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 83.838

Away Ratings (5-6): 85.361 (33)
0-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 4-4 85.728
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 80.884
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 83.838

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 71.322 (194) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-1 72.072 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 66.947 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 72.072

League Power Rankings (9-8): 84.951 (43)
3-4 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 5-3 83.603
Away Ratings: 4-4 85.728
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 72.072
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 83.009

Non-League Power Ratings (8-3): 81.400 (76) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 6-1 82.728 Away Ratings: 1-2 80.884 Neutral Ratings: 1-0 66.947 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 84.072

Wins Power Rankings: 85.763 (48)
3-5 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 11-4 85.177
Away Ratings: 5-6 87.701
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 72.326
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 85.115

Rankings: Points: 81.953 (54) 3-5 v #1-25 2-3 v #26-50 4-3 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 11-4 82.781 Away Ratings: 5-6 82.515 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 70.390 League Power Rankings: 9-8 82.500 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-3 80.390 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 81.742

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 83.666 (59)
1-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-2 83.838
Away Ratings: 2-2 83.838
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 72.072
League Power Rankings: 5-5 83.009
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 84.072

Home Advantage: 4.9288 (132)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1183 (20)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2808 (31)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4311 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5562 (30)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6837 (42)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8761 (54)

Upward Stability: 1.1651 (130)

Downward Stability: 1.1906 (136)

RPI
RPI: 0.5606 (61)
2-5 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (11-4): 0.5911 (69) 1-3 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (5-6): 0.5371 (41)
0-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.4603 (184) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI League (9-8): 0.5859 (36)
2-4 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
5-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (8-3): 0.5208 (120) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5451 (62)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Neut	W 71-69	vs. #294 Gardner-Webb
11/25/2002	Home	W 88-56	vs. #270 VMI
12/4/2002	Away	L 66-83	vs. #89 Texas A&M
12/15/2002	Away	W 70-69	vs. #63 Georgia Tech
12/17/2002	Home	W 63-49	vs. #242 Charleston Sou
12/21/2002	Away	L 62-65	vs. #91 West Virginia
12/23/2002	Home	W 79-61	vs. #273 Westrn Carolina
12/30/2002	Home	W 77-50	vs. #204 Tenn Martin
1/4/2003	Home	W 71-64	vs. #188 New Mexico
1/8/2003	Home	L 71-74	vs. #1 Kentucky
1/11/2003	Away	W 66-64	vs. #82 Mississippi
1/15/2003	Away	L 64-77	vs. #13 Florida
1/18/2003	Home	W 71-66	vs. #109 Vanderbilt
1/22/2003	Away	L 76-81	vs. #12 Georgia
1/25/2003	Home	L 69-72	vs. #14 Louisville
1/29/2003	Home	W 60-56	vs. #86 South Carolina
2/1/2003	Away	W 60-57	vs. #37 Auburn
2/5/2003	Home	W 71-45	vs. #191 Massachusetts
2/8/2003	Home	W 78-72	vs. #12 Georgia
2/12/2003	Away	W 70-62	vs. #135 Arkansas
2/15/2003	Home	W 66-59	vs. #13 Florida
2/19/2003	Away	L 63-77	vs. #86 South Carolina
2/22/2003	Home	L 71-76	vs. #47 Alabama
2/26/2003	Away	L 68-80	vs. #1 Kentucky
3/1/2003	Home	L 67-88	vs. #33 LSU
3/5/2003	Home	W 59-49	vs. #19 Mississippi St
3/8/2003	Away	W 70-65	vs. #109 Vanderbilt
3/14/2003	Neut	L 53-66	vs. #37 Auburn

FUTURE GAMES

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