NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-10
Power Rating: 88.724
Ranking: 15

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

Home Ratings (14-2): 89.247 (23) 2-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 6-2 85.583 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-0 98.474 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 82.942

Away Ratings (4-6): 86.380 (24)
0-3 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 4-5 86.489
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 84.474
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 83.567

Neutral Ratings (6-2): 91.505 (16) 2-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-0 88.724 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-2 89.036 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 88.521

League Power Rankings (10-7): 86.712 (28)
1-4 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 6-2 85.583
Away Ratings: 4-5 86.489
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 88.724
Last Ten Ratings: 3-4 83.357

Non-League Power Ratings (14-3): 92.107 (5) 3-3 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 8-0 98.474 Away Ratings: 0-1 84.474 Neutral Ratings: 6-2 89.036 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 88.521

Wins Power Rankings: 91.316 (14)
4-7 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 14-2 91.394
Away Ratings: 4-6 88.542
Neutral Ratings: 6-2 95.347
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 87.480

Rankings: Points: 85.548 (17) 5-6 v #1-25 3-2 v #26-50 8-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 14-2 86.610 Away Ratings: 4-6 83.923 Neutral Ratings: 6-2 86.548 League Power Rankings: 10-7 84.169 Non-League Power Ratings: 14-3 87.759 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 82.821

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 85.380 (43)
1-3 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 1-2 82.942
Away Ratings: 2-2 83.567
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 88.521
League Power Rankings: 3-4 83.357
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 88.521

Home Advantage: 4.5459 (143)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1487 (2)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3366 (2)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4919 (4)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6057 (4)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7318 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9072 (12)

Upward Stability: 1.2287 (76)

Downward Stability: 1.4524 (11)

RPI
RPI: 0.6281 (10)
4-7 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (14-2): 0.6366 (26) 2-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (4-6): 0.5621 (21)
1-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (6-2): 0.6928 (6) 1-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (10-7): 0.5944 (27)
2-4 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (14-3): 0.6611 (4) 2-3 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.6023 (4)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2002	Home	W 76-48	vs. #155 Belmont
11/18/2002	Home	W 89-45	vs. #148 Iupui
11/22/2002	Home	W 73-42	vs. #235 Bucknell
11/25/2002	Neut	W 75-50	vs. #233 Furman
11/26/2002	Neut	L 75-80	vs. #25 Creighton
11/30/2002	Home	W 90-55	vs. #307 Albany NY
12/2/2002	Home	W 92-71	vs. #7 Marquette
12/7/2002	Neut	W 79-67	vs. #26 Maryland
12/8/2002	Neut	W 98-92	vs. #6 Texas
12/14/2002	Home	W 102-71	vs. #67 DePaul
12/22/2002	Home	W 93-75	vs. #234 Canisius
12/30/2002	Home	W 76-63	vs. #109 Vanderbilt
1/4/2003	Neut	W 55-53	vs. #94 Valparaiso
1/6/2003	Away	L 55-72	vs. #4 Pittsburgh
1/12/2003	Home	W 74-64	vs. #46 Seton Hall
1/14/2003	Home	W 68-57	vs. #108 Rutgers
1/18/2003	Away	L 73-88	vs. #1 Kentucky
1/21/2003	Away	W 71-65	vs. #56 Providence
1/25/2003	Away	W 101-96	vs. #41 Boston College
1/29/2003	Home	W 88-69	vs. #91 West Virginia
2/1/2003	Home	W 93-92	vs. #70 Georgetown
2/5/2003	Away	L 72-78	vs. #46 Seton Hall
2/9/2003	Home	W 66-64	vs. #4 Pittsburgh
2/15/2003	Away	L 80-82	vs. #2 Syracuse
2/18/2003	Away	W 56-55	vs. #91 West Virginia
2/22/2003	Home	W 98-76	vs. #150 Virginia Tech
2/24/2003	Home	L 79-87	vs. #16 Connecticut
3/1/2003	Away	L 82-95	vs. #108 Rutgers
3/4/2003	Home	L 88-92	vs. #2 Syracuse
3/8/2003	Away	W 86-80	vs. #70 Georgetown
3/12/2003	Away	L 80-83	vs. #61 St Johns
3/20/2003	Neut	W 70-69	vs. #42 Wisc Milwaukee
3/22/2003	Neut	W 68-60	vs. #10 Illinois
3/27/2003	Neut	L 71-88	vs. #3 Arizona

FUTURE GAMES

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