NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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TEXAS TECH
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 19-13
Power Rating: 84.647
Ranking: 45

2-8 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
8-4 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (10-4): 83.288 (58) 0-4 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 4-4 82.397 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-0 84.084 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 79.397

Away Ratings (6-6): 85.459 (32)
1-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 2-6 84.327
Non-League Power Ratings: 4-0 94.584
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 86.397

Neutral Ratings (3-3): 85.288 (61) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 2-1 90.116 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 82.459 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 87.881

League Power Rankings (8-11): 83.889 (51)
2-8 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 4-4 82.397
Away Ratings: 2-6 84.327
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 90.116
Last Ten Ratings: 4-4 85.506

Non-League Power Ratings (11-2): 86.397 (34) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 4-2 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 6-0 84.084 Away Ratings: 4-0 94.584 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 82.459 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 84.553

Wins Power Rankings: 85.954 (47)
2-8 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
7-4 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 10-4 84.297
Away Ratings: 6-6 86.961
Neutral Ratings: 3-3 86.579
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 86.891

Rankings: Points: 83.129 (37) 2-8 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 5-4 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 10-4 81.864 Away Ratings: 6-6 83.934 Neutral Ratings: 3-3 83.770 League Power Rankings: 8-11 82.407 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-2 84.848 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 83.090

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 85.170 (44)
1-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 1-2 79.397
Away Ratings: 1-1 86.397
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 87.881
League Power Rankings: 4-4 85.506
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 84.553

Home Advantage: 1.8419 (214)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1153 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2948 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4458 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5769 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7195 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9049 (15)

Upward Stability: 1.3496 (19)

Downward Stability: 1.4821 (7)

RPI
RPI: 0.5736 (48)
2-8 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
8-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (10-4): 0.6000 (58) 1-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (6-6): 0.5355 (44)
1-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (3-3): 0.5866 (67) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI League (8-11): 0.5667 (52)
2-8 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (11-2): 0.5815 (49) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5668 (35)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Home	W 85-76	vs. #55 NC Wilmington
11/26/2002	Home	W 77-59	vs. #120 SMU
11/30/2002	Away	W 83-60	vs. #297 Texas El Paso
12/3/2002	Away	W 84-66	vs. #183 TCU
12/7/2002	Home	W 107-35	vs. #320 Nicholls St
12/14/2002	Neut	L 62-67	vs. #77 Wyoming
12/18/2002	Home	W 98-71	vs. #188 New Mexico
12/21/2002	Home	W 85-84	vs. #98 New Mexico St
12/28/2002	Away	W 99-89	vs. #90 Minnesota
1/1/2003	Home	W 62-48	vs. #195 Houston
1/6/2003	Away	W 75-63	vs. #107 San Diego St
1/11/2003	Away	L 44-68	vs. #101 Kansas St
1/18/2003	Home	W 80-64	vs. #99 Baylor
1/20/2003	Away	L 64-69	vs. #8 Oklahoma
1/26/2003	Home	L 70-79	vs. #24 Oklahoma St
1/29/2003	Home	W 66-56	vs. #38 Colorado
2/1/2003	Away	L 59-64	vs. #89 Texas A&M
2/5/2003	Home	W 75-49	vs. #139 Nebraska
2/9/2003	Away	L 73-82	vs. #21 Missouri
2/12/2003	Away	W 88-73	vs. #75 Iowa St
2/15/2003	Home	L 58-63	vs. #8 Oklahoma
2/17/2003	Away	L 65-77	vs. #6 Texas
2/22/2003	Home	W 70-69	vs. #89 Texas A&M
2/24/2003	Away	W 62-57	vs. #24 Oklahoma St
3/1/2003	Home	L 71-76	vs. #6 Texas
3/3/2003	Home	L 56-65	vs. #5 Kansas
3/8/2003	Away	L 68-74	vs. #99 Baylor
3/13/2003	Neut	W 68-65	vs. #99 Baylor
3/14/2003	Neut	W 92-81	vs. #6 Texas
3/15/2003	Neut	L 60-67	vs. #8 Oklahoma
4/1/2003	Neut	L 63-64	vs. #61 St Johns
4/3/2003	Neut	W 71-61	vs. #90 Minnesota

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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