NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 25-6
Power Rating: 89.372
Ranking: 11

2-2 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
12-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (16-0): 94.966 (6) 1-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 7-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 8-0 90.154 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-0 88.247 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 86.810

Away Ratings (7-4): 90.255 (12)
1-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 5-3 87.568
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 92.747
Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 92.060

Neutral Ratings (2-2): 81.826 (97) 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 League Power Rankings: 1-1 83.247 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 80.279 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 81.904

League Power Rankings (14-4): 89.732 (10)
1-1 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
10-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 8-0 90.154
Away Ratings: 5-3 87.568
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 83.247
Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 87.958

Non-League Power Ratings (11-2): 88.435 (22) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 8-0 88.247 Away Ratings: 2-1 92.747 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 80.279 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 80.279

Wins Power Rankings: 91.997 (9)
2-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
14-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 16-0 101.87
Away Ratings: 7-4 93.388
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 82.779
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 90.716

Rankings: Points: 86.056 (15) 3-3 v #1-25 4-2 v #26-50 10-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 16-0 89.447 Away Ratings: 7-4 86.369 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 80.697 League Power Rankings: 14-4 86.423 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-2 85.119 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 84.962

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 88.208 (19)
0-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
6-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-0 86.810
Away Ratings: 3-0 92.060
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 81.904
League Power Rankings: 7-1 87.958
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 80.279

Home Advantage: 10.915 (28)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0962 (56)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2550 (54)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4029 (52)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5309 (53)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6807 (43)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8670 (69)

Upward Stability: 0.9506 (280)

Downward Stability: 1.2851 (74)

RPI
RPI: 0.6242 (13)
2-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
13-2 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (16-0): 0.6471 (16) 1-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 6-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (7-4): 0.6139 (5)
0-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (2-2): 0.5590 (90) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (14-4): 0.6341 (7)
4-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (11-2): 0.6100 (29) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5635 (38)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/27/2002	Home	W 73-61	vs. #175 Yale
12/1/2002	Home	W 83-76	vs. #73 Temple
12/4/2002	Away	W 90-80	vs. #18 Wisconsin
12/15/2002	Home	W 73-49	vs. #120 SMU
12/18/2002	Home	W 100-57	vs. #226 SO Carolina St
12/21/2002	Home	W 84-72	vs. #61 St Johns
12/28/2002	Home	W 104-64	vs. #327 NO Carolina A&T
12/30/2002	Home	W 96-54	vs. #317 Bethune Cookman
1/4/2003	Away	W 68-62	vs. #111 Richmond
1/7/2003	Home	W 98-56	vs. #259 Elon
1/12/2003	Away	L 55-74	vs. #9 Duke
1/15/2003	Home	W 81-72	vs. #26 Maryland
1/19/2003	Home	W 73-66	vs. #63 Georgia Tech
1/23/2003	Away	L 75-85	vs. #78 Virginia
1/26/2003	Home	W 71-60	vs. #88 Florida St
1/28/2003	Away	W 81-60	vs. #97 Clemson
2/2/2003	Away	W 79-75	vs. #54 North Carolina
2/6/2003	Home	W 73-58	vs. #49 North Carolina St
2/9/2003	Away	L 61-68	vs. #7 Marquette
2/13/2003	Home	W 94-80	vs. #9 Duke
2/17/2003	Away	L 67-90	vs. #26 Maryland
2/20/2003	Away	W 75-67	vs. #63 Georgia Tech
2/23/2003	Home	W 75-71	vs. #78 Virginia
2/26/2003	Away	W 60-56	vs. #88 Florida St
3/1/2003	Home	W 80-68	vs. #97 Clemson
3/5/2003	Home	W 75-60	vs. #54 North Carolina
3/8/2003	Away	W 78-72	vs. #49 North Carolina St
3/14/2003	Neut	W 69-61	vs. #88 Florida St
3/15/2003	Neut	L 83-87	vs. #49 North Carolina St
3/21/2003	Neut	W 76-73	vs. #121 East Tenn St
3/23/2003	Neut	L 62-68	vs. #37 Auburn

FUTURE GAMES

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