NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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TEXAS
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 26-7
Power Rating: 91.628
Ranking: 6

7-5 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (14-0): 96.534 (4) 3-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 8-0 94.878 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-0 81.753 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 91.003

Away Ratings (5-4): 91.464 (8)
1-3 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 5-3 91.081
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 94.503
Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 97.284

Neutral Ratings (7-3): 89.909 (28) 3-2 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-1 73.628 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-2 90.917 Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 88.425

League Power Rankings (13-4): 91.597 (6)
4-2 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 8-0 94.878
Away Ratings: 5-3 91.081
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 73.628
Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 89.894

Non-League Power Ratings (13-3): 91.675 (6) 3-3 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 6-0 81.753 Away Ratings: 0-1 94.503 Neutral Ratings: 7-2 90.917 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 91.456

Wins Power Rankings: 94.640 (7)
6-5 v #1-25
5-2 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 14-0 104.64
Away Ratings: 5-4 94.273
Neutral Ratings: 7-3 92.671
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 96.976

Rankings: Points: 88.007 (6) 7-5 v #1-25 4-2 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 8-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 14-0 90.632 Away Ratings: 5-4 88.194 Neutral Ratings: 7-3 86.421 League Power Rankings: 13-4 88.343 Non-League Power Ratings: 13-3 87.562 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 88.163

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 92.956 (6)
3-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-0 91.003
Away Ratings: 2-0 97.284
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 88.425
League Power Rankings: 4-1 89.894
Non-League Power Ratings: 4-1 91.456

Home Advantage: 9.8450 (41)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1316 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3137 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4648 (10)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5830 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7140 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9034 (20)

Upward Stability: 0.9955 (260)

Downward Stability: 1.3301 (51)

RPI
RPI: 0.6470 (6)
6-5 v #1-25
5-2 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
11-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (14-0): 0.6756 (3) 2-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (5-4): 0.6083 (8)
1-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (7-3): 0.6417 (27) 2-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (13-4): 0.6456 (5)
4-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (13-3): 0.6483 (7) 2-3 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.6001 (5)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/15/2002	Neut	W 77-71	vs. #12 Georgia
11/23/2002	Home	W 81-55	vs. #166 Stephen Austin
11/27/2002	Home	W 76-45	vs. #203 Texas Arlington
11/30/2002	Neut	W 78-61	vs. #46 Seton Hall
12/7/2002	Neut	W 100-92	vs. #149 Geo Washington
12/8/2002	Neut	L 92-98	vs. #15 Notre Dame
12/15/2002	Away	L 70-73	vs. #3 Arizona
12/19/2002	Home	W 97-59	vs. #212 McNeese St
12/22/2002	Home	W 57-54	vs. #152 Princeton
12/30/2002	Home	W 58-50	vs. #178 Louisiana Tech
1/5/2003	Home	W 80-64	vs. #291 Mt St Marys
1/11/2003	Home	W 70-50	vs. #75 Iowa St
1/15/2003	Away	W 82-71	vs. #99 Baylor
1/18/2003	Home	W 89-61	vs. #89 Texas A&M
1/25/2003	Home	W 76-55	vs. #21 Missouri
1/27/2003	Away	L 87-90	vs. #5 Kansas
2/1/2003	Home	W 78-65	vs. #24 Oklahoma St
2/4/2003	Away	L 80-93	vs. #38 Colorado
2/8/2003	Away	W 95-87	vs. #89 Texas A&M
2/10/2003	Home	W 67-61	vs. #8 Oklahoma
2/15/2003	Away	W 75-63	vs. #139 Nebraska
2/17/2003	Home	W 77-65	vs. #45 Texas Tech
2/22/2003	Away	L 77-82	vs. #24 Oklahoma St
2/26/2003	Home	W 82-64	vs. #99 Baylor
3/1/2003	Away	W 76-71	vs. #45 Texas Tech
3/4/2003	Home	W 74-60	vs. #101 Kansas St
3/8/2003	Away	W 76-71	vs. #8 Oklahoma
3/14/2003	Neut	L 81-92	vs. #45 Texas Tech
3/21/2003	Neut	W 82-61	vs. #229 NC Asheville
3/23/2003	Neut	W 77-67	vs. #35 Purdue
3/28/2003	Neut	W 82-78	vs. #16 Connecticut
3/30/2003	Neut	W 85-76	vs. #23 Michigan St
4/5/2003	Neut	L 84-95	vs. #2 Syracuse

FUTURE GAMES

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