NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-8
Power Rating: 88.069
Ranking: 18

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

Home Ratings (16-1): 92.537 (11) 2-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 8-0 91.209 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-1 87.912 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 90.412

Away Ratings (6-5): 86.662 (21)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 4-4 85.991
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 91.819
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 86.319

Neutral Ratings (2-2): 84.944 (67) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-1 74.694 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 87.647 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 84.178

League Power Rankings (12-5): 87.155 (25)
2-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 8-0 91.209
Away Ratings: 4-4 85.991
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 74.694
Last Ten Ratings: 5-2 85.787

Non-League Power Ratings (12-3): 89.803 (13) 0-3 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 8-1 87.912 Away Ratings: 2-1 91.819 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 87.647 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 87.647

Wins Power Rankings: 90.084 (19)
1-4 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
9-2 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 16-1 95.225
Away Ratings: 6-5 88.514
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 87.334
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 90.014

Rankings: Points: 85.506 (18) 2-4 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 10-2 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 16-1 89.022 Away Ratings: 6-5 84.561 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 81.850 League Power Rankings: 12-5 84.905 Non-League Power Ratings: 12-3 86.569 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 84.420

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 87.600 (26)
2-1 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-0 90.412
Away Ratings: 2-1 86.319
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 84.178
League Power Rankings: 5-2 85.787
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 87.647

Home Advantage: 10.289 (36)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0959 (58)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2480 (63)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3925 (62)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5223 (60)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6707 (58)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8710 (63)

Upward Stability: 0.9814 (268)

Downward Stability: 1.3469 (46)

RPI
RPI: 0.6082 (21)
1-4 v #1-25
5-1 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-327

RPI Home (16-1): 0.6417 (23) 2-1 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (6-5): 0.5455 (34)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (2-2): 0.6376 (31) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (12-5): 0.5902 (32)
1-1 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (12-3): 0.6283 (16) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5610 (43)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/15/2002	Home	W 81-55	vs. #117 Eastern Wash
11/16/2002	Home	W 84-56	vs. #104 Northern Ill
11/23/2002	Home	W 83-72	vs. #42 Wisc Milwaukee
11/30/2002	Away	W 69-52	vs. #215 Wisc Green Bay
12/4/2002	Home	L 80-90	vs. #11 Wake Forest
12/7/2002	Home	W 91-74	vs. #59 Unlv
12/11/2002	Home	W 85-36	vs. #308 New Hampshire
12/14/2002	Away	L 54-63	vs. #7 Marquette
12/21/2002	Home	W 81-58	vs. #274 Texas Southern
12/23/2002	Home	W 75-51	vs. #131 Ohio
1/2/2003	Away	W 80-67	vs. #73 Temple
1/4/2003	Home	W 73-45	vs. #310 Chicago St
1/8/2003	Away	L 65-66	vs. #64 Michigan
1/11/2003	Away	L 63-69	vs. #10 Illinois
1/15/2003	Home	W 66-50	vs. #90 Minnesota
1/18/2003	Away	W 53-52	vs. #62 Ohio St
1/22/2003	Home	W 74-61	vs. #84 Iowa
1/29/2003	Home	W 69-50	vs. #159 Northwestern
2/1/2003	Home	W 86-55	vs. #206 Penn St
2/5/2003	Away	L 60-78	vs. #35 Purdue
2/8/2003	Away	W 74-59	vs. #159 Northwestern
2/11/2003	Home	W 64-53	vs. #23 Michigan St
2/15/2003	Home	W 71-59	vs. #39 Indiana
2/19/2003	Away	L 57-58	vs. #206 Penn St
2/22/2003	Away	W 61-53	vs. #84 Iowa
2/26/2003	Home	W 73-42	vs. #64 Michigan
3/2/2003	Away	W 69-61	vs. #90 Minnesota
3/5/2003	Home	W 60-59	vs. #10 Illinois
3/14/2003	Neut	L 50-58	vs. #62 Ohio St
3/20/2003	Neut	W 81-74	vs. #50 Weber St
3/22/2003	Neut	W 61-60	vs. #58 Tulsa
3/27/2003	Neut	L 57-63	vs. #1 Kentucky

FUTURE GAMES

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