NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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NORTH CAROLINA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 17-15
Power Rating: 83.244
Ranking: 54

3-6 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
6-3 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (11-4): 83.595 (55) 2-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 5-3 79.744 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-1 84.962 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 82.056

Away Ratings (3-9): 80.150 (85)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 1-7 80.853
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 83.369
Last Ten Ratings: 0-3 77.650

Neutral Ratings (3-2): 88.681 (36) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-1 88.306 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 89.306 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 88.306

League Power Rankings (7-11): 81.540 (73)
1-4 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 5-3 79.744
Away Ratings: 1-7 80.853
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 88.306
Last Ten Ratings: 4-5 82.790

Non-League Power Ratings (10-4): 86.759 (32) 2-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-2 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 6-1 84.962 Away Ratings: 2-2 83.369 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 89.306 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 83.244

Wins Power Rankings: 84.624 (53)
3-6 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
6-5 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 11-4 85.499
Away Ratings: 3-9 80.656
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 90.343
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 84.710

Rankings: Points: 81.535 (58) 4-8 v #1-25 2-3 v #26-50 5-3 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 11-4 80.855 Away Ratings: 3-9 79.972 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 86.691 League Power Rankings: 7-11 80.246 Non-League Power Ratings: 10-4 83.972 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 81.589

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 83.330 (61)
2-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 4-1 82.056
Away Ratings: 0-3 77.650
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 88.306
League Power Rankings: 4-5 82.790
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 83.244

Home Advantage: 4.8926 (134)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1216 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3117 (9)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4726 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5958 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7343 (4)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9047 (16)

Upward Stability: 1.4270 (2)

Downward Stability: 1.3091 (63)

RPI
RPI: 0.5691 (51)
4-6 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
5-4 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (11-4): 0.6046 (52) 1-2 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (3-9): 0.4899 (98)
1-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (3-2): 0.6517 (20) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (7-11): 0.5462 (79)
2-8 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (10-4): 0.5964 (39) 2-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 4-2 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5818 (15)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/18/2002	Home	W 85-55	vs. #206 Penn St
11/20/2002	Home	W 71-67	vs. #108 Rutgers
11/24/2002	Away	W 67-59	vs. #199 Old Dominion
11/27/2002	Neut	W 67-56	vs. #5 Kansas
11/29/2002	Neut	W 74-57	vs. #28 Stanford
12/3/2002	Away	L 65-92	vs. #10 Illinois
12/7/2002	Home	L 81-98	vs. #1 Kentucky
12/19/2002	Home	W 80-54	vs. #161 Vermont
12/22/2002	Away	W 69-48	vs. #88 Florida St
12/27/2002	Neut	L 56-65	vs. #168 Iona
12/28/2002	Away	W 63-59	vs. #61 St Johns
1/4/2003	Away	L 61-64	vs. #122 Miami Fla
1/8/2003	Home	W 79-64	vs. #142 Davidson
1/11/2003	Away	L 72-79	vs. #78 Virginia
1/14/2003	Home	W 68-66	vs. #97 Clemson
1/18/2003	Home	W 68-65	vs. #16 Connecticut
1/22/2003	Home	L 66-81	vs. #26 Maryland
1/26/2003	Away	L 77-86	vs. #49 North Carolina St
1/29/2003	Away	L 68-88	vs. #63 Georgia Tech
2/2/2003	Home	L 75-79	vs. #11 Wake Forest
2/5/2003	Away	L 74-83	vs. #9 Duke
2/8/2003	Home	W 61-60	vs. #88 Florida St
2/12/2003	Home	W 81-67	vs. #78 Virginia
2/15/2003	Away	L 77-80	vs. #97 Clemson
2/18/2003	Home	W 93-57	vs. #327 NO Carolina A&T
2/22/2003	Away	L 56-96	vs. #26 Maryland
2/25/2003	Home	L 67-75	vs. #49 North Carolina St
3/1/2003	Home	W 67-66	vs. #63 Georgia Tech
3/5/2003	Away	L 60-75	vs. #11 Wake Forest
3/9/2003	Home	W 82-79	vs. #9 Duke
3/14/2003	Neut	W 84-72	vs. #26 Maryland
3/15/2003	Neut	L 63-75	vs. #9 Duke

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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