NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 26-6
Power Rating: 88.097
Ranking: 17

1-1 v #1-25
4-3 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
11-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (14-1): 88.238 (28) 1-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 7-1 84.097 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 88.316 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 82.472

Away Ratings (10-2): 92.652 (5)
0-0 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 8-0 91.535
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 88.035
Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 91.441

Neutral Ratings (2-3): 80.816 (107) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 1-1 78.504 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 82.910 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 81.316

League Power Rankings (16-2): 89.543 (11)
0-0 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 7-1 84.097
Away Ratings: 8-0 91.535
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 78.504
Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 85.644

Non-League Power Ratings (10-4): 86.597 (33) 1-1 v #1-25 1-3 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 7-0 88.316 Away Ratings: 2-2 88.035 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 82.910 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 84.035

Wins Power Rankings: 90.449 (18)
3-1 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
11-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 14-1 90.621
Away Ratings: 10-2 96.449
Neutral Ratings: 2-3 81.793
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 91.433

Rankings: Points: 85.234 (21) 1-2 v #1-25 5-2 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 13-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 14-1 85.359 Away Ratings: 10-2 88.180 Neutral Ratings: 2-3 79.734 League Power Rankings: 16-2 85.711 Non-League Power Ratings: 10-4 84.640 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 83.937

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 88.082 (21)
1-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-0 82.472
Away Ratings: 4-0 91.441
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 81.316
League Power Rankings: 7-1 85.644
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 84.035

Home Advantage: 3.0235 (179)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0662 (97)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1985 (90)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3290 (92)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4546 (94)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6150 (93)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8601 (80)

Upward Stability: 0.9162 (292)

Downward Stability: 1.2107 (117)

RPI
RPI: 0.6093 (20)
3-1 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (14-1): 0.6306 (27) 2-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (10-2): 0.6105 (7)
1-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (2-3): 0.5417 (106) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (16-2): 0.6072 (17)
2-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (10-4): 0.6127 (25) 3-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5415 (67)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/18/2002	Home	W 87-48	vs. #247 St Peters
11/20/2002	Away	L 62-63	vs. #28 Stanford
11/24/2002	Home	W 93-64	vs. #275 Florida A&M
12/3/2002	Home	W 74-59	vs. #35 Purdue
12/7/2002	Away	W 50-44	vs. #52 Cincinnati
12/9/2002	Home	W 68-58	vs. #132 Miami Ohio
12/14/2002	Neut	L 61-71	vs. #19 Mississippi St
12/20/2002	Home	W 87-58	vs. #147 Ball St
12/23/2002	Away	W 96-88	vs. #130 Siena
12/28/2002	Home	W 84-60	vs. #269 Eastern KY
12/31/2002	Home	W 75-73	vs. #25 Creighton
1/4/2003	Away	L 58-65	vs. #47 Alabama
1/7/2003	Home	L 59-67	vs. #111 Richmond
1/11/2003	Home	W 99-83	vs. #105 St Bonaventure
1/14/2003	Home	W 80-47	vs. #170 La Salle
1/18/2003	Away	W 86-73	vs. #191 Massachusetts
1/21/2003	Home	W 93-58	vs. #218 Duquesne
1/25/2003	Away	W 75-61	vs. #296 Fordham
2/1/2003	Away	W 66-52	vs. #111 Richmond
2/4/2003	Away	W 80-68	vs. #149 Geo Washington
2/8/2003	Home	W 85-77	vs. #29 Dayton
2/15/2003	Home	W 93-70	vs. #96 Rhode Island
2/19/2003	Away	W 93-71	vs. #170 La Salle
2/22/2003	Away	W 73-72	vs. #29 Dayton
2/26/2003	Away	W 80-78	vs. #218 Duquesne
3/1/2003	Home	W 71-70	vs. #149 Geo Washington
3/5/2003	Away	W 88-80	vs. #27 St Josephs
3/8/2003	Home	W 96-65	vs. #73 Temple
3/13/2003	Neut	W 78-73	vs. #149 Geo Washington
3/14/2003	Neut	L 57-63	vs. #73 Temple
3/21/2003	Neut	W 71-59	vs. #69 Troy St
3/23/2003	Neut	L 64-77	vs. #26 Maryland

FUTURE GAMES

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