NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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GEORGIA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 19-8
Power Rating: 89.360
Ranking: 12

3-4 v #1-25
8-1 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (12-1): 92.688 (10) 3-1 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 7-1 87.532 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-0 96.298 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 86.642

Away Ratings (5-6): 86.618 (22)
0-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 4-4 87.798
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 84.017
Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 88.267

Neutral Ratings (2-1): 91.423 (17) 0-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-0 89.360 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 90.548 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 89.360

League Power Rankings (11-5): 89.071 (14)
2-3 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 7-1 87.532
Away Ratings: 4-4 87.798
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 89.360
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 87.563

Non-League Power Ratings (8-3): 89.876 (12) 1-1 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 5-0 96.298 Away Ratings: 1-2 84.017 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 90.548 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 89.360

Wins Power Rankings: 91.720 (10)
3-4 v #1-25
8-1 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 12-1 96.470
Away Ratings: 5-6 88.274
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 94.282
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 92.985

Rankings: Points: 86.407 (13) 3-4 v #1-25 7-1 v #26-50 5-3 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 12-1 88.040 Away Ratings: 5-6 84.821 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 87.688 League Power Rankings: 11-5 85.954 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-3 87.267 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 85.735

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 89.782 (14)
0-2 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 4-1 86.642
Away Ratings: 3-2 88.267
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 89.360
League Power Rankings: 7-3 87.563
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 89.360

Home Advantage: 8.9972 (57)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1354 (4)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3288 (4)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.5010 (1)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6390 (1)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7765 (1)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9443 (1)

Upward Stability: 0.9590 (275)

Downward Stability: 1.2420 (96)

RPI
RPI: 0.6299 (9)
2-4 v #1-25
8-0 v #26-50
4-4 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (12-1): 0.6975 (1) 2-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (5-6): 0.5347 (46)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (2-1): 0.6853 (10) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (11-5): 0.6186 (14)
1-3 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (8-3): 0.6463 (9) 0-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.6053 (2)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/15/2002	Neut	L 71-77	vs. #6 Texas
11/23/2002	Home	W 87-71	vs. #155 Belmont
11/27/2002	Away	L 77-83	vs. #63 Georgia Tech
11/30/2002	Away	L 69-72	vs. #90 Minnesota
12/3/2002	Away	W 71-70	vs. #38 Colorado
12/7/2002	Neut	W 78-73	vs. #31 California
12/15/2002	Neut	W 95-83	vs. #40 Gonzaga
12/18/2002	Home	W 94-82	vs. #169 South Alabama
12/22/2002	Home	W 99-62	vs. #157 Appalachian St
12/28/2002	Home	W 89-69	vs. #42 Wisc Milwaukee
12/31/2002	Home	W 79-67	vs. #4 Pittsburgh
1/5/2003	Home	W 89-63	vs. #33 LSU
1/11/2003	Away	L 63-66	vs. #13 Florida
1/18/2003	Away	W 81-64	vs. #135 Arkansas
1/22/2003	Home	W 81-76	vs. #48 Tennessee
1/25/2003	Home	W 85-79	vs. #37 Auburn
1/29/2003	Away	L 91-94	vs. #109 Vanderbilt
2/1/2003	Home	W 67-63	vs. #19 Mississippi St
2/8/2003	Away	L 72-78	vs. #48 Tennessee
2/11/2003	Away	L 67-87	vs. #1 Kentucky
2/15/2003	Home	W 83-70	vs. #109 Vanderbilt
2/18/2003	Away	W 74-69	vs. #47 Alabama
2/22/2003	Home	W 79-66	vs. #86 South Carolina
2/26/2003	Away	W 89-82	vs. #82 Mississippi
3/2/2003	Home	L 66-74	vs. #1 Kentucky
3/4/2003	Home	W 82-81	vs. #13 Florida
3/9/2003	Away	W 60-55	vs. #86 South Carolina

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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(Opp. Specific Rating)