NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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WESTERN KY
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 23-9
Power Rating: 82.738
Ranking: 60

0-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
13-3 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-327

Home Ratings (15-0): 87.800 (33) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 10-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 10-0 83.535 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-0 81.082 Last Ten Ratings: 7-0 83.019

Away Ratings (5-7): 79.246 (100)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 5-2 83.300
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-5 68.894
Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 87.800

Neutral Ratings (3-2): 85.613 (57) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-0 82.738 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-2 87.222 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 84.363

League Power Rankings (15-2): 85.847 (38)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
9-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 10-0 83.535
Away Ratings: 5-2 83.300
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 82.738
Last Ten Ratings: 8-0 85.753

Non-League Power Ratings (8-7): 79.339 (103) 0-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 4-2 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 5-0 81.082 Away Ratings: 0-5 68.894 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 87.222 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 81.175

Wins Power Rankings: 83.828 (59)
0-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
14-4 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 15-0 93.015
Away Ratings: 5-7 80.023
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 86.640
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 90.453

Rankings: Points: 81.439 (59) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 13-4 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 15-0 84.033 Away Ratings: 5-7 78.509 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 84.736 League Power Rankings: 15-2 83.470 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-7 79.119 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 84.392

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 87.613 (25)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 7-0 83.019
Away Ratings: 2-0 87.800
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 84.363
League Power Rankings: 8-0 85.753
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 81.175

Home Advantage: 10.638 (33)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0508 (133)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1471 (143)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2538 (147)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3595 (159)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5106 (160)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8057 (156)

Upward Stability: 1.0157 (249)

Downward Stability: 1.2376 (99)

RPI
RPI: 0.5627 (58)
0-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
12-5 v #101-200
9-1 v #201-327

RPI Home (15-0): 0.6199 (37) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (5-7): 0.4868 (103)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
3-2 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (3-2): 0.5753 (73) 1-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI League (15-2): 0.5918 (29)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (8-7): 0.5318 (103) 1-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-3 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5107 (122)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2002	Away	L 68-107	vs. #3 Arizona
11/26/2002	Home	W 80-73	vs. #140 VA Commonwealth
12/1/2002	Neut	W 89-70	vs. #37 Auburn
12/3/2002	Away	L 76-81	vs. #163 Evansville
12/7/2002	Away	L 72-83	vs. #123 Murray St
12/15/2002	Home	W 63-43	vs. #217 Illinois St
12/18/2002	Home	W 64-54	vs. #151 SO Mississippi
12/20/2002	Home	W 80-45	vs. #256 St Francis PA
12/23/2002	Away	L 57-70	vs. #205 Pacific
12/28/2002	Neut	W 63-56	vs. #310 Chicago St
12/29/2002	Neut	L 60-63	vs. #20 Butler
12/30/2002	Neut	W 74-51	vs. #112 Tennessee Tech
1/4/2003	Away	L 65-69	vs. #143 Middle Tenn St
1/9/2003	Away	W 74-66	vs. #153 Arkansas Lr
1/11/2003	Away	W 77-69	vs. #187 Arkansas St
1/16/2003	Home	W 78-59	vs. #182 New Orleans
1/18/2003	Home	W 85-69	vs. #169 South Alabama
1/25/2003	Away	L 82-92	vs. #98 New Mexico St
1/30/2003	Home	W 63-43	vs. #254 Florida Intl
2/1/2003	Away	L 65-86	vs. #81 Detroit
2/5/2003	Home	W 81-77	vs. #164 Denver
2/8/2003	Away	W 85-70	vs. #244 North Texas
2/13/2003	Home	W 70-51	vs. #153 Arkansas Lr
2/15/2003	Home	W 69-63	vs. #187 Arkansas St
2/19/2003	Away	W 71-58	vs. #254 Florida Intl
2/22/2003	Home	W 84-79	vs. #147 Ball St
2/26/2003	Away	W 69-66	vs. #72 Ul Lafayette
3/1/2003	Home	W 89-75	vs. #143 Middle Tenn St
3/8/2003	Home	W 71-60	vs. #254 Florida Intl
3/10/2003	Home	W 78-59	vs. #98 New Mexico St
3/11/2003	Home	W 64-52	vs. #143 Middle Tenn St
3/20/2003	Neut	L 60-65	vs. #10 Illinois

FUTURE GAMES

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