NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 23-10
Power Rating: 82.907
Ranking: 58

0-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
7-3 v #51-100
10-3 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-327

Home Ratings (14-3): 82.813 (66) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 5-1 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 11-1 82.548 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-2 78.688 Last Ten Ratings: 6-0 85.376

Away Ratings (6-6): 81.094 (78)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 4-5 80.469
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 85.251
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 85.501

Neutral Ratings (3-1): 89.298 (32) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-0 82.907 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 90.813 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 91.032

League Power Rankings (15-6): 81.735 (70)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 11-1 82.548
Away Ratings: 4-5 80.469
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 82.907
Last Ten Ratings: 7-0 86.626

Non-League Power Ratings (8-4): 85.141 (45) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 3-2 78.688 Away Ratings: 2-1 85.251 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 90.813 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 88.157

Wins Power Rankings: 83.719 (60)
1-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
14-3 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 14-3 83.376
Away Ratings: 6-6 81.938
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 90.657
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 90.438

Rankings: Points: 81.995 (53) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 6-2 v #51-100 11-4 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 14-3 81.823 Away Ratings: 6-6 80.327 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 88.339 League Power Rankings: 15-6 80.944 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-4 83.878 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 85.799

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 88.360 (18)
0-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 6-0 85.376
Away Ratings: 1-1 85.501
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 91.032
League Power Rankings: 7-0 86.626
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 88.157

Home Advantage: 3.6244 (170)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0483 (147)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1548 (134)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2726 (130)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3879 (134)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5458 (139)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8086 (153)

Upward Stability: 1.1752 (120)

Downward Stability: 1.3871 (29)

RPI
RPI: 0.5653 (56)
1-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
8-2 v #51-100
9-4 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-327

RPI Home (14-3): 0.5941 (66) 0-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (6-6): 0.5034 (77)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
1-2 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (3-1): 0.6281 (36) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI League (15-6): 0.5503 (74)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
6-3 v #101-200
5-2 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (8-4): 0.5918 (42) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5214 (97)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2002	Neut	W 71-61	vs. #98 New Mexico St
11/24/2002	Neut	W 80-50	vs. #309 TX Pan American
11/30/2002	Away	W 61-60	vs. #135 Arkansas
12/4/2002	Home	W 80-69	vs. #113 Wichita St
12/11/2002	Home	L 80-89	vs. #5 Kansas
12/14/2002	Away	W 62-46	vs. #106 SW Missouri St
12/19/2002	Home	W 90-80	vs. #179 Oral Roberts
12/23/2002	Home	W 78-65	vs. #183 TCU
12/28/2002	Home	L 63-67	vs. #84 Iowa
1/1/2003	Away	L 65-74	vs. #80 Fresno St
1/4/2003	Home	W 63-60	vs. #95 Nevada
1/11/2003	Away	W 94-77	vs. #103 Rice
1/16/2003	Away	W 79-65	vs. #297 Texas El Paso
1/18/2003	Away	L 74-78	vs. #185 Boise St
1/23/2003	Home	W 68-61	vs. #178 Louisiana Tech
1/25/2003	Home	L 84-86	vs. #120 SMU
1/30/2003	Away	L 57-58	vs. #277 San Jose St
2/1/2003	Away	L 67-73	vs. #100 Hawaii
2/8/2003	Home	W 79-56	vs. #103 Rice
2/10/2003	Away	L 82-93	vs. #178 Louisiana Tech
2/13/2003	Home	W 71-55	vs. #185 Boise St
2/15/2003	Home	W 81-58	vs. #297 Texas El Paso
2/19/2003	Away	W 77-70	vs. #120 SMU
2/22/2003	Away	L 60-69	vs. #40 Gonzaga
2/27/2003	Home	W 76-51	vs. #100 Hawaii
3/1/2003	Home	W 74-53	vs. #277 San Jose St
3/5/2003	Home	W 62-59	vs. #80 Fresno St
3/8/2003	Away	W 79-73	vs. #95 Nevada
3/13/2003	Home	W 81-47	vs. #297 Texas El Paso
3/14/2003	Home	W 66-56	vs. #100 Hawaii
3/15/2003	Home	W 75-64	vs. #95 Nevada
3/20/2003	Neut	W 84-71	vs. #29 Dayton
3/22/2003	Neut	L 60-61	vs. #18 Wisconsin

FUTURE GAMES

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