NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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ALABAMA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 27-8
Power Rating: 88.958
Ranking: 16

3-3 v #1-25
8-3 v #26-50
8-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (16-0): 94.544 (8) 2-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 6-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 8-0 88.739 Non-League Ratings: 8-0 89.427 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 85.552

Away Ratings (4-4): 88.009 (20)
1-1 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 4-4 86.958
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 88.958
Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 74.864

Neutral Ratings (7-4): 87.286 (35) 0-2 v #1-25 4-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 2-1 90.966 Non-League Ratings: 5-3 84.516 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 87.372

League Ratings (14-5): 89.977 (12)
3-2 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 8-0 88.739
Away Ratings: 4-4 86.958
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 90.966
Last Ten Ratings: 5-3 85.950

Non-League Ratings (13-3): 86.805 (32) 0-1 v #1-25 4-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 8-0 89.427 Away Ratings: 0-0 88.958 Neutral Ratings: 5-3 84.516 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 80.145

Wins Ratings: 91.567 (14)
3-3 v #1-25
8-3 v #26-50
8-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 16-0 102.03
Away Ratings: 4-4 90.727
Neutral Ratings: 7-4 89.278
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 87.729

Points Ratings: 85.663 (18) 4-3 v #1-25 8-3 v #26-50 7-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 16-0 88.444 Away Ratings: 4-4 84.667 Neutral Ratings: 7-4 84.753 League Ratings: 14-5 86.516 Non-League Ratings: 13-3 84.024 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 83.651

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 85.942 (41)
0-2 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 3-0 85.552
Away Ratings: 0-2 74.864
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 87.372
League Ratings: 5-3 85.950
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 80.145

Home Advantage: 10.944 (23)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1048 (49)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2796 (36)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4384 (28)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5614 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6991 (28)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8804 (44)

Upward Stability: 3.2459 (109)

Downward Stability: 4.1505 (7)

RPI
RPI: 0.6287 (8)
4-4 v #1-25
6-2 v #26-50
8-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (16-0): 0.6592 (6) 3-0 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (4-4): 0.5757 (18)
2-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (7-4): 0.6227 (33) 0-2 v #1-25 3-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (14-5): 0.6334 (8)
2-2 v #1-25
5-1 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (13-3): 0.6231 (11) 0-1 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5812 (15)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/13/2001	Home	W 107-67	vs. #288 Miss Valley St
11/14/2001	Neut	W 83-51	vs. #183 Samford
11/20/2001	Neut	L 68-75	vs. #31 Missouri
11/21/2001	Neut	W 81-70	vs. #37 Memphis
11/26/2001	Home	W 76-61	vs. #48 Utah
11/29/2001	Home	W 90-61	vs. #84 McNeese St
12/3/2001	Home	W 74-68	vs. #124 Chattanooga
12/8/2001	Neut	L 57-79	vs. #27 UCLA
12/14/2001	Home	W 99-57	vs. #233 Jacksonville St
12/18/2001	Neut	W 70-67	vs. #47 Temple
12/21/2001	Home	W 90-54	vs. #255 Alabama A&M
12/27/2001	Neut	W 79-76	vs. #35 Notre Dame
12/31/2001	Home	W 76-52	vs. #289 Florida A&M
1/2/2002	Home	W 93-46	vs. #293 Bethune Cookman
1/5/2002	Home	W 76-74	vs. #64 LSU
1/9/2002	Home	W 92-79	vs. #76 Vanderbilt
1/12/2002	Away	L 56-59	vs. #93 Auburn
1/16/2002	Away	W 77-72	vs. #29 Georgia
1/19/2002	Home	W 85-73	vs. #14 Mississippi St
1/26/2002	Away	W 64-61	vs. #18 Kentucky
1/30/2002	Home	W 109-94	vs. #55 Arkansas
2/2/2002	Away	W 57-48	vs. #64 LSU
2/6/2002	Home	W 79-59	vs. #40 Mississippi
2/9/2002	Away	L 62-76	vs. #14 Mississippi St
2/13/2002	Away	W 52-51	vs. #39 South Carolina
2/16/2002	Home	W 95-82	vs. #54 Tennessee
2/20/2002	Away	L 59-67	vs. #55 Arkansas
2/23/2002	Home	W 65-64	vs. #19 Florida
2/27/2002	Home	W 73-68	vs. #93 Auburn
3/3/2002	Away	L 56-84	vs. #40 Mississippi
3/8/2002	Neut	W 91-72	vs. #54 Tennessee
3/9/2002	Neut	W 65-57	vs. #39 South Carolina
3/10/2002	Neut	L 58-61	vs. #14 Mississippi St
3/14/2002	Neut	W 86-78	vs. #161 Fla Atlantic
3/16/2002	Neut	L 58-71	vs. #17 Kent

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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