NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 14-14
Power Rating: 77.819
Ranking: 124

0-0 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
6-2 v #101-200
7-2 v #201-327

Home Ratings (8-5): 76.179 (148) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 4-3 74.491 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-2 80.069 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 74.444

Away Ratings (5-9): 78.601 (109)
0-0 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
2-2 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 5-3 81.882
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-6 69.944
Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 82.546

Neutral Ratings (1-0): 90.569 (23) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-0 86.319 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 77.819 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 86.319

League Power Rankings (10-6): 79.937 (99)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 4-3 74.491
Away Ratings: 5-3 81.882
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 86.319
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 80.609

Non-League Power Ratings (4-8): 74.054 (184) 0-0 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 2-2 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 4-2 80.069 Away Ratings: 0-6 69.944 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 77.819 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 77.819

Wins Power Rankings: 78.171 (125)
0-0 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
6-3 v #101-200
7-2 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 8-5 75.452
Away Ratings: 5-9 79.780
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 94.671
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 83.718

Rankings: Points: 77.441 (122) 0-0 v #1-25 1-4 v #26-50 0-6 v #51-100 4-3 v #101-200 9-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 8-5 77.034 Away Ratings: 5-9 77.276 Neutral Ratings: 1-0 86.941 League Power Rankings: 10-6 78.573 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-8 75.441 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 79.878

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 82.054 (73)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-1 74.444
Away Ratings: 4-2 82.546
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 86.319
League Power Rankings: 7-3 80.609
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 77.819

Home Advantage: 0.7367 (243)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0509 (132)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1639 (127)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2850 (124)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4047 (124)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5709 (121)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8393 (113)

Upward Stability: 1.1928 (107)

Downward Stability: 1.2632 (83)

RPI
RPI: 0.5102 (134)
1-0 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
9-2 v #201-327

RPI Home (8-5): 0.5417 (139) 1-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-327

RPI Away (5-9): 0.4757 (127)
0-0 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
1-2 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (1-0): 0.0 (276) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (10-6): 0.5387 (91)
0-0 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (4-8): 0.4746 (191) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5136 (116)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2002	Away	L 51-77	vs. #46 Seton Hall
11/26/2002	Home	L 61-64	vs. #95 Nevada
11/30/2002	Away	L 47-70	vs. #133 Santa Barbara
12/2/2002	Home	W 82-71	vs. #316 Southern
12/4/2002	Away	L 57-62	vs. #220 Sacramento St
12/7/2002	Home	L 71-74	vs. #80 Fresno St
12/14/2002	Away	L 59-75	vs. #205 Pacific
12/23/2002	Home	W 84-72	vs. #32 BYU
12/28/2002	Home	W 75-61	vs. #237 CS Fullerton
12/30/2002	Away	L 70-77	vs. #31 California
1/2/2003	Away	L 64-74	vs. #64 Michigan
1/4/2003	Home	W 81-52	vs. #134 Brown
1/11/2003	Home	L 62-68	vs. #156 St Marys CA
1/17/2003	Home	W 73-59	vs. #196 Portland
1/19/2003	Home	L 56-66	vs. #40 Gonzaga
1/22/2003	Away	W 55-52	vs. #210 Santa Clara
1/25/2003	Away	L 69-74	vs. #79 San Diego
1/31/2003	Home	W 87-77	vs. #145 Pepperdine
2/1/2003	Home	W 91-73	vs. #208 Loyola Marymnt
2/8/2003	Away	W 68-67	vs. #156 St Marys CA
2/13/2003	Away	W 72-55	vs. #196 Portland
2/15/2003	Away	L 71-82	vs. #40 Gonzaga
2/21/2003	Home	W 78-65	vs. #210 Santa Clara
2/22/2003	Home	L 63-81	vs. #79 San Diego
2/28/2003	Away	W 75-69	vs. #208 Loyola Marymnt
3/1/2003	Away	W 90-82	vs. #145 Pepperdine
3/8/2003	Neut	W 70-56	vs. #208 Loyola Marymnt
3/9/2003	Away	L 63-72	vs. #79 San Diego

FUTURE GAMES

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