NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 11-18
Power Rating: 78.890
Ranking: 109

1-9 v #1-25
2-5 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (10-6): 79.070 (107) 1-3 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 3-5 76.867 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-1 83.578 Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 71.046

Away Ratings (0-11): 73.359 (189)
0-5 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 0-8 78.453
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-3 79.140
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 73.953

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 89.390 (31) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-1 88.828 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 78.890 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 88.828

League Power Rankings (4-14): 77.843 (130)
1-7 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-5 76.867
Away Ratings: 0-8 78.453
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 88.828
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 75.999

Non-League Power Ratings (7-4): 81.468 (75) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 7-1 83.578 Away Ratings: 0-3 79.140 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 78.890 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 78.890

Wins Power Rankings: 79.160 (111)
1-9 v #1-25
2-5 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 10-6 79.363
Away Ratings: 0-11 69.035
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 91.941
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 71.378

Rankings: Points: 78.621 (100) 1-9 v #1-25 2-3 v #26-50 1-5 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 10-6 78.652 Away Ratings: 0-11 75.792 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 86.246 League Power Rankings: 4-14 77.706 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-4 80.902 Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 75.081

Last Ten Ratings (1-9): 73.109 (192)
0-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 0-4 71.046
Away Ratings: 0-4 73.953
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 88.828
League Power Rankings: 1-9 75.999
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 78.890

Home Advantage: 7.2010 (86)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1553 (1)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3504 (1)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4958 (2)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6038 (5)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7258 (10)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8891 (33)

Upward Stability: 1.0583 (222)

Downward Stability: 0.9390 (262)

RPI
RPI: 0.5327 (94)
1-8 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
1-5 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (10-6): 0.5660 (108) 2-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (0-11): 0.4629 (152)
0-3 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.6512 (21) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (4-14): 0.5170 (130)
1-6 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (7-4): 0.5565 (69) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5839 (14)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Home	W 80-58	vs. #264 SE Louisiana
11/24/2002	Home	W 68-40	vs. #313 Alabama A&M
11/26/2002	Home	W 96-60	vs. #202 Geo Southern
12/1/2002	Home	L 70-76	vs. #16 Connecticut
12/4/2002	Home	W 86-75	vs. #121 East Tenn St
12/7/2002	Home	W 66-46	vs. #119 Tulane
12/9/2002	Away	L 56-73	vs. #39 Indiana
12/15/2002	Home	W 81-75	vs. #299 High Point
12/21/2002	Away	L 66-70	vs. #64 Michigan
12/30/2002	Away	L 63-76	vs. #15 Notre Dame
1/2/2003	Home	W 70-53	vs. #87 Coll Of Charltn
1/8/2003	Away	L 59-62	vs. #37 Auburn
1/11/2003	Home	W 70-69	vs. #47 Alabama
1/14/2003	Home	L 52-74	vs. #1 Kentucky
1/18/2003	Away	L 66-71	vs. #48 Tennessee
1/22/2003	Away	L 75-87	vs. #13 Florida
1/29/2003	Home	W 94-91	vs. #12 Georgia
2/1/2003	Home	W 76-68	vs. #82 Mississippi
2/5/2003	Away	L 60-82	vs. #19 Mississippi St
2/8/2003	Home	L 72-84	vs. #86 South Carolina
2/12/2003	Away	L 60-79	vs. #33 LSU
2/15/2003	Away	L 70-83	vs. #12 Georgia
2/22/2003	Home	L 74-77	vs. #13 Florida
2/26/2003	Home	L 50-60	vs. #135 Arkansas
3/1/2003	Away	L 64-76	vs. #86 South Carolina
3/5/2003	Away	L 44-106	vs. #1 Kentucky
3/8/2003	Home	L 65-70	vs. #48 Tennessee
3/13/2003	Neut	W 82-69	vs. #47 Alabama
3/14/2003	Neut	L 63-81	vs. #1 Kentucky

FUTURE GAMES

Date

Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

Opp. Rating

(Opp. Specific Rating)