NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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USC
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 13-17
Power Rating: 79.980
Ranking: 92

0-3 v #1-25
4-7 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
3-5 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (8-6): 76.839 (137) 0-1 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 4-5 77.558 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-1 76.167 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 75.323

Away Ratings (3-9): 79.925 (87)
0-1 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 2-7 80.534
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 84.917
Last Ten Ratings: 0-3 78.730

Neutral Ratings (2-2): 86.901 (48) 0-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 2-1 88.230 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 81.230 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 88.230

League Power Rankings (8-13): 80.007 (96)
0-2 v #1-25
4-7 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-4 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 4-5 77.558
Away Ratings: 2-7 80.534
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 88.230
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 81.433

Non-League Power Ratings (5-4): 79.886 (96) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 4-1 76.167 Away Ratings: 1-2 84.917 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 81.230 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 79.980

Wins Power Rankings: 80.380 (94)
0-3 v #1-25
4-7 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
3-5 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 8-6 76.458
Away Ratings: 3-9 80.263
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 88.927
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 78.739

Rankings: Points: 79.607 (83) 0-3 v #1-25 4-7 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 3-6 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 8-6 77.208 Away Ratings: 3-9 79.872 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 84.403 League Power Rankings: 8-13 79.470 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-4 80.075 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 79.646

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 79.136 (101)
0-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 1-3 75.323
Away Ratings: 0-3 78.730
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 88.230
League Power Rankings: 3-7 81.433
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 79.980

Home Advantage: -0.873 (275)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1040 (41)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2686 (42)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4212 (38)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5508 (37)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6878 (39)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8823 (45)

Upward Stability: 1.3620 (17)

Downward Stability: 1.1550 (162)

RPI
RPI: 0.5201 (119)
1-5 v #1-25
4-5 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-5 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (8-6): 0.5254 (172) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-327

RPI Away (3-9): 0.4818 (112)
1-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-5 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (2-2): 0.6158 (43) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (8-13): 0.5214 (122)
0-2 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
2-4 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (5-4): 0.5156 (127) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5491 (56)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Home	W 81-67	vs. #278 UC Riverside
11/26/2002	Away	L 71-73	vs. #96 Rhode Island
11/30/2002	Home	W 93-54	vs. #324 Morris Brown
12/3/2002	Away	L 53-69	vs. #133 Santa Barbara
12/7/2002	Neut	L 72-78	vs. #21 Missouri
12/11/2002	Home	W 78-63	vs. #237 CS Fullerton
12/21/2002	Home	W 89-63	vs. #170 La Salle
1/2/2003	Away	W 97-90	vs. #207 Washington St
1/4/2003	Away	L 72-76	vs. #144 Washington
1/8/2003	Away	W 80-75	vs. #118 UCLA
1/11/2003	Home	L 61-99	vs. #51 Pennsylvania
1/16/2003	Home	L 72-81	vs. #3 Arizona
1/18/2003	Home	W 76-74	vs. #34 Arizona St
1/23/2003	Away	L 68-73	vs. #31 California
1/25/2003	Away	L 72-80	vs. #28 Stanford
1/30/2003	Home	L 74-83	vs. #128 Oregon St
2/2/2003	Home	W 91-76	vs. #44 Oregon
2/5/2003	Home	W 86-85	vs. #118 UCLA
2/9/2003	Away	W 98-73	vs. #59 Unlv
2/13/2003	Away	L 78-108	vs. #34 Arizona St
2/15/2003	Away	L 59-86	vs. #3 Arizona
2/20/2003	Home	L 67-73	vs. #28 Stanford
2/22/2003	Home	L 82-84	vs. #31 California
2/27/2003	Away	L 66-79	vs. #44 Oregon
3/1/2003	Away	L 60-61	vs. #128 Oregon St
3/6/2003	Home	L 89-95	vs. #144 Washington
3/8/2003	Home	W 86-68	vs. #207 Washington St
3/13/2003	Neut	W 79-74	vs. #28 Stanford
3/14/2003	Neut	W 79-62	vs. #31 California
3/15/2003	Neut	L 66-74	vs. #44 Oregon

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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