NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 20-10
Power Rating: 79.794
Ranking: 94

0-3 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
8-3 v #101-200
10-1 v #201-327

Home Ratings (12-1): 83.653 (54) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 6-1 76.388 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-0 88.231 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 80.919

Away Ratings (6-7): 78.559 (110)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 6-1 78.966
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-6 69.794
Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 76.403

Neutral Ratings (2-2): 75.919 (149) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 2-1 77.638 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 86.731 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 77.638

League Power Rankings (14-3): 78.927 (111)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
5-2 v #101-200
9-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 6-1 76.388
Away Ratings: 6-1 78.966
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 77.638
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 77.536

Non-League Power Ratings (6-7): 81.028 (80) 0-3 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 6-0 88.231 Away Ratings: 0-6 69.794 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 86.731 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 79.794

Wins Power Rankings: 80.298 (96)
0-3 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
7-3 v #101-200
11-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 12-1 84.438
Away Ratings: 6-7 80.071
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 73.048
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 78.235

Rankings: Points: 79.141 (89) 0-3 v #1-25 1-3 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 8-3 v #101-200 10-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 12-1 82.563 Away Ratings: 6-7 76.641 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 79.923 League Power Rankings: 14-3 78.774 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-7 79.688 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 78.407

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 78.341 (112)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-0 80.919
Away Ratings: 4-1 76.403
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 77.638
League Power Rankings: 8-2 77.536
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 79.794

Home Advantage: 9.6715 (44)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0546 (119)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1467 (144)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2351 (170)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3225 (189)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4539 (212)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7325 (227)

Upward Stability: 0.8844 (302)

Downward Stability: 1.0877 (202)

RPI
RPI: 0.5319 (97)
0-3 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
7-3 v #101-200
11-1 v #201-327

RPI Home (12-1): 0.5858 (74) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-327

RPI Away (6-7): 0.4991 (84)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (2-2): 0.4625 (181) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI League (14-3): 0.5220 (121)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
10-2 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (6-7): 0.5481 (80) 0-5 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4870 (175)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/24/2002	Away	L 66-81	vs. #2 Syracuse
11/26/2002	Home	W 81-56	vs. #250 Indiana St
11/30/2002	Home	W 78-67	vs. #104 Northern Ill
12/2/2002	Away	L 50-76	vs. #52 Cincinnati
12/7/2002	Away	L 62-80	vs. #125 Loyola Chi
12/11/2002	Away	L 61-75	vs. #42 Wisc Milwaukee
12/14/2002	Home	W 87-79	vs. #200 Samford
12/20/2002	Home	W 83-65	vs. #155 Belmont
12/23/2002	Home	W 65-51	vs. #36 Central Mich
12/28/2002	Away	L 55-87	vs. #35 Purdue
12/30/2002	Away	L 47-65	vs. #21 Missouri
1/4/2003	Neut	L 53-55	vs. #15 Notre Dame
1/11/2003	Home	W 74-57	vs. #301 Western Ill
1/16/2003	Home	W 74-44	vs. #261 Southern Utah
1/18/2003	Home	W 80-48	vs. #310 Chicago St
1/23/2003	Away	W 72-62	vs. #148 Iupui
1/25/2003	Away	W 72-70	vs. #192 Oakland
1/30/2003	Home	W 84-71	vs. #179 Oral Roberts
2/1/2003	Home	L 68-71	vs. #268 Mo Kansas City
2/4/2003	Home	W 73-59	vs. #93 NC Charlotte
2/8/2003	Away	W 74-62	vs. #301 Western Ill
2/13/2003	Away	W 81-70	vs. #310 Chicago St
2/15/2003	Away	W 69-61	vs. #261 Southern Utah
2/20/2003	Home	W 81-65	vs. #192 Oakland
2/22/2003	Home	W 77-71	vs. #148 Iupui
2/27/2003	Away	W 75-63	vs. #268 Mo Kansas City
3/1/2003	Away	L 75-89	vs. #179 Oral Roberts
3/9/2003	Neut	W 82-62	vs. #310 Chicago St
3/10/2003	Neut	W 71-50	vs. #268 Mo Kansas City
3/11/2003	Neut	L 64-66	vs. #148 Iupui

FUTURE GAMES

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