NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 23-10
Power Rating: 88.474
Ranking: 16

3-4 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
8-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (14-2): 85.349 (44) 1-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 6-2 82.849 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-0 85.912 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 72.974

Away Ratings (5-6): 87.428 (17)
1-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 4-4 89.263
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 85.756
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 98.256

Neutral Ratings (4-2): 92.928 (9) 1-2 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 2-1 93.506 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 91.037 Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 92.334

League Power Rankings (12-7): 88.357 (17)
3-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 6-2 82.849
Away Ratings: 4-4 89.263
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 93.506
Last Ten Ratings: 4-3 93.037

Non-League Power Ratings (11-3): 88.724 (19) 0-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 8-0 85.912 Away Ratings: 1-2 85.756 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 91.037 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 91.037

Wins Power Rankings: 90.521 (17)
3-4 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
8-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 14-2 86.584
Away Ratings: 5-6 88.873
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 96.131
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 94.951

Rankings: Points: 86.105 (14) 3-4 v #1-25 4-1 v #26-50 7-4 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 14-2 83.597 Away Ratings: 5-6 86.082 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 88.910 League Power Rankings: 12-7 86.019 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-3 86.293 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 89.074

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 92.240 (9)
3-3 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 0-1 72.974
Away Ratings: 2-1 98.256
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 92.334
League Power Rankings: 4-3 93.037
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 91.037

Home Advantage: -0.062 (262)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1310 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3131 (8)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4582 (13)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5716 (20)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7015 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8918 (30)

Upward Stability: 1.2015 (99)

Downward Stability: 1.3777 (33)

RPI
RPI: 0.6034 (24)
5-4 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
6-3 v #51-100
7-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (14-2): 0.6096 (46) 1-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (5-6): 0.5413 (37)
3-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-2 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (4-2): 0.7002 (4) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (12-7): 0.5978 (26)
3-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
5-2 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (11-3): 0.6105 (27) 1-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5722 (24)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2002	Home	W 91-72	vs. #222 Quinnipiac
11/25/2002	Home	W 67-55	vs. #149 Geo Washington
12/1/2002	Away	W 76-70	vs. #109 Vanderbilt
12/3/2002	Home	W 116-78	vs. #304 Sacred Heart
12/7/2002	Home	W 97-85	vs. #176 Wagner
12/10/2002	Home	W 59-48	vs. #191 Massachusetts
12/21/2002	Home	W 117-67	vs. #229 NC Asheville
12/28/2002	Home	W 93-65	vs. #240 Central Conn
1/2/2003	Home	W 95-78	vs. #105 St Bonaventure
1/7/2003	Away	L 63-73	vs. #8 Oklahoma
1/11/2003	Home	W 83-80	vs. #122 Miami Fla
1/14/2003	Home	W 83-65	vs. #150 Virginia Tech
1/18/2003	Away	L 65-68	vs. #54 North Carolina
1/20/2003	Away	L 76-77	vs. #122 Miami Fla
1/25/2003	Home	W 74-65	vs. #65 Villanova
1/27/2003	Away	W 74-68	vs. #61 St Johns
2/1/2003	Home	L 71-95	vs. #41 Boston College
2/5/2003	Away	L 74-95	vs. #150 Virginia Tech
2/8/2003	Away	W 84-68	vs. #56 Providence
2/10/2003	Home	W 75-61	vs. #2 Syracuse
2/15/2003	Away	L 70-79	vs. #65 Villanova
2/19/2003	Home	W 87-70	vs. #108 Rutgers
2/22/2003	Home	W 77-69	vs. #61 St Johns
2/24/2003	Away	W 87-79	vs. #15 Notre Dame
3/2/2003	Away	L 67-71	vs. #4 Pittsburgh
3/5/2003	Home	L 70-76	vs. #56 Providence
3/8/2003	Away	W 91-54	vs. #41 Boston College
3/13/2003	Neut	W 83-70	vs. #46 Seton Hall
3/14/2003	Neut	W 80-67	vs. #2 Syracuse
3/15/2003	Neut	L 56-74	vs. #4 Pittsburgh
3/20/2003	Neut	W 58-53	vs. #32 BYU
3/22/2003	Neut	W 85-74	vs. #28 Stanford
3/28/2003	Neut	L 78-82	vs. #6 Texas

FUTURE GAMES

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