NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 10-17
Power Rating: 73.281
Ranking: 190

0-2 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
5-6 v #101-200
5-4 v #201-327

Home Ratings (7-4): 75.492 (157) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 6-3 73.546 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 74.531 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 78.374

Away Ratings (3-12): 72.656 (205)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-5 v #101-200
1-3 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 1-8 74.460
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-4 75.624
Last Ten Ratings: 2-4 79.656

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 60.656 (278) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-1 68.031 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 73.281 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 68.031

League Power Rankings (7-12): 72.789 (194)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
3-5 v #101-200
4-3 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 6-3 73.546
Away Ratings: 1-8 74.460
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 68.031
Last Ten Ratings: 4-5 76.953

Non-League Power Ratings (3-5): 74.874 (168) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 1-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 1-1 74.531 Away Ratings: 2-4 75.624 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 73.281 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 83.406

Wins Power Rankings: 72.660 (192)
0-2 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
5-6 v #101-200
5-4 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 7-4 76.019
Away Ratings: 3-12 71.589
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 50.660
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 77.253

Rankings: Points: 74.107 (188) 0-0 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 0-6 v #51-100 5-4 v #101-200 5-4 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 7-4 74.560 Away Ratings: 3-12 74.255 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 69.357 League Power Rankings: 7-12 73.822 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-5 74.982 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 77.623

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 77.359 (126)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-0 78.374
Away Ratings: 2-4 79.656
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 68.031
League Power Rankings: 4-5 76.953
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 83.406

Home Advantage: 7.5424 (79)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0493 (138)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1574 (130)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2695 (133)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3870 (135)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5483 (136)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8281 (125)

Upward Stability: 1.2028 (98)

Downward Stability: 1.0775 (206)

RPI
RPI: 0.4534 (245)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
4-7 v #101-200
6-4 v #201-327

RPI Home (7-4): 0.5279 (170) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (3-12): 0.4139 (249)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
1-4 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (308) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (7-12): 0.4545 (242)
0-0 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
5-4 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (3-5): 0.4507 (235) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4811 (192)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Away	W 77-71	vs. #193 Montana
11/30/2002	Away	L 58-69	vs. #130 Siena
12/4/2002	Home	L 52-65	vs. #25 Creighton
12/10/2002	Away	L 54-63	vs. #84 Iowa
12/14/2002	Away	L 53-75	vs. #30 Utah
12/21/2002	Away	L 63-67	vs. #310 Chicago St
12/23/2002	Home	W 81-67	vs. #215 Wisc Green Bay
12/29/2002	Home	L 64-71	vs. #75 Iowa St
1/4/2003	Away	L 55-79	vs. #113 Wichita St
1/7/2003	Home	W 66-64	vs. #217 Illinois St
1/12/2003	Away	L 73-75	vs. #225 Drake
1/16/2003	Home	W 74-61	vs. #250 Indiana St
1/18/2003	Away	L 56-71	vs. #174 Bradley
1/22/2003	Home	L 78-88	vs. #43 Southern Ill
1/25/2003	Home	L 53-70	vs. #106 SW Missouri St
1/29/2003	Away	L 71-76	vs. #217 Illinois St
2/1/2003	Home	W 63-61	vs. #163 Evansville
2/4/2003	Away	L 75-84	vs. #25 Creighton
2/8/2003	Home	W 80-72	vs. #113 Wichita St
2/13/2003	Away	L 61-72	vs. #43 Southern Ill
2/16/2003	Away	L 63-83	vs. #163 Evansville
2/19/2003	Home	W 84-80	vs. #174 Bradley
2/22/2003	Away	W 76-71	vs. #178 Louisiana Tech
2/26/2003	Away	W 59-39	vs. #250 Indiana St
3/1/2003	Home	W 59-48	vs. #225 Drake
3/3/2003	Away	L 51-52	vs. #106 SW Missouri St
3/7/2003	Neut	L 60-61	vs. #250 Indiana St

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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