NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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WISC MILWAUKEE
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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 23-8
Power Rating: 84.986
Ranking: 42

2-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
13-2 v #201-327

Home Ratings (12-0): 91.892 (13) 2-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 10-0 86.954 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-0 78.236 Last Ten Ratings: 5-0 86.611

Away Ratings (9-6): 83.767 (48)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 5-3 83.236
Non-League Power Ratings: 4-3 83.673
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 89.517

Neutral Ratings (2-2): 74.611 (160) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-0 84.986 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 77.642 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 87.736

League Power Rankings (15-3): 87.243 (23)
2-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 10-0 86.954
Away Ratings: 5-3 83.236
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 84.986
Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 88.704

Non-League Power Ratings (8-5): 80.939 (81) 0-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 2-0 78.236 Away Ratings: 4-3 83.673 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 77.642 Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 87.236

Wins Power Rankings: 87.083 (35)
2-4 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
13-2 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 12-0 101.08
Away Ratings: 9-6 85.388
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 72.333
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 88.740

Rankings: Points: 82.532 (44) 0-3 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 6-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 13-2 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 12-0 85.048 Away Ratings: 9-6 81.947 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 77.751 League Power Rankings: 15-3 83.728 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-5 80.423 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 85.564

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 87.220 (29)
1-1 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 5-0 86.611
Away Ratings: 2-2 89.517
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 87.736
League Power Rankings: 7-1 88.704
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 87.236

Home Advantage: 14.009 (9)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0692 (91)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1945 (96)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3118 (107)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4205 (115)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5657 (125)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8293 (124)

Upward Stability: 0.9450 (282)

Downward Stability: 1.1288 (179)

RPI
RPI: 0.5742 (46)
0-3 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
13-2 v #201-327

RPI Home (12-0): 0.6649 (6) 0-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (9-6): 0.5327 (47)
0-0 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (2-2): 0.4629 (180) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (15-3): 0.6028 (22)
0-0 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (8-5): 0.5360 (99) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5183 (103)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2002	Away	L 72-83	vs. #18 Wisconsin
11/26/2002	Home	W 77-75	vs. #265 Miss Valley St
11/28/2002	Neut	L 75-89	vs. #246 SE Missouri St
11/30/2002	Neut	W 71-59	vs. #250 Indiana St
12/1/2002	Neut	W 79-63	vs. #228 Maine
12/6/2002	Away	W 61-48	vs. #254 Florida Intl
12/7/2002	Away	W 86-77	vs. #106 SW Missouri St
12/11/2002	Home	W 75-61	vs. #94 Valparaiso
12/14/2002	Away	W 83-75	vs. #265 Miss Valley St
12/21/2002	Home	W 100-80	vs. #125 Loyola Chi
12/28/2002	Away	L 69-89	vs. #12 Georgia
1/2/2003	Away	W 73-72	vs. #81 Detroit
1/4/2003	Away	W 70-58	vs. #238 Cleveland St
1/9/2003	Away	L 92-102	vs. #53 Illinois Chi
1/11/2003	Home	W 74-56	vs. #243 Youngstown St
1/14/2003	Away	W 81-73	vs. #310 Chicago St
1/18/2003	Away	L 68-79	vs. #215 Wisc Green Bay
1/23/2003	Home	W 69-65	vs. #20 Butler
1/25/2003	Home	W 74-59	vs. #211 Wright St
2/1/2003	Away	W 92-91	vs. #125 Loyola Chi
2/6/2003	Home	W 61-50	vs. #81 Detroit
2/8/2003	Home	W 86-69	vs. #238 Cleveland St
2/10/2003	Home	W 78-54	vs. #215 Wisc Green Bay
2/13/2003	Home	W 81-78	vs. #53 Illinois Chi
2/15/2003	Away	W 86-61	vs. #243 Youngstown St
2/22/2003	Away	L 64-66	vs. #43 Southern Ill
2/27/2003	Away	W 98-65	vs. #211 Wright St
3/1/2003	Away	L 74-76	vs. #20 Butler
3/8/2003	Home	W 75-73	vs. #53 Illinois Chi
3/11/2003	Home	W 69-52	vs. #20 Butler
3/20/2003	Neut	L 69-70	vs. #15 Notre Dame

FUTURE GAMES

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