NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 18-12
Power Rating: 72.194
Ranking: 208

0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
17-7 v #201-324

Home Ratings (8-5): 67.452 (260) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 8-2 v #201-324 League Ratings: 5-2 66.327 Non-League Ratings: 3-3 66.116 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 64.921

Away Ratings (8-6): 75.862 (144)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
7-4 v #201-324
League Ratings: 5-2 76.718
Non-League Ratings: 3-4 73.171
Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 77.788

Neutral Ratings (2-1): 72.468 (186) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-324 League Ratings: 2-1 72.601 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 72.194 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 72.601

League Ratings (12-5): 72.864 (197)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
12-5 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 5-2 66.327
Away Ratings: 5-2 76.718
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 72.601
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 72.429

Non-League Ratings (6-7): 70.804 (227) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 5-2 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 3-3 66.116 Away Ratings: 3-4 73.171 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 72.194 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 72.194

Wins Ratings: 71.546 (208)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
17-7 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 8-5 65.987
Away Ratings: 8-6 75.823
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 70.929
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 72.124

Points Ratings: 72.888 (208) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 1-4 v #101-200 17-4 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 8-5 68.798 Away Ratings: 8-6 75.919 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 74.435 League Ratings: 12-5 73.808 Non-League Ratings: 6-7 71.044 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 74.022

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 73.003 (194)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 2-1 64.921
Away Ratings: 3-1 77.788
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 72.601
League Ratings: 7-3 72.429
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 72.194

Home Advantage: -3.820 (313)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0278 (248)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0716 (287)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1293 (295)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.1985 (294)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.3206 (292)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.6371 (286)

Upward Stability: 3.1559 (143)

Downward Stability: 3.5767 (66)

RPI
RPI: 0.4902 (169)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-5 v #101-200
15-3 v #201-324

RPI Home (8-5): 0.4909 (227) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 8-1 v #201-324

RPI Away (8-6): 0.4929 (91)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
6-2 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (2-1): 0.4741 (191) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324

RPI League (12-5): 0.5021 (145)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
3-5 v #101-200
9-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (6-7): 0.4769 (191) 0-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4536 (264)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2001	Away	L 53-83	vs. #1 Maryland
11/20/2001	Away	W 55-52	vs. #311 St Francis PA
11/24/2001	Home	W 55-48	vs. #321 Fair Dickinson
11/28/2001	Home	L 70-76	vs. #82 Coll Of Charltn
12/1/2001	Home	L 51-61	vs. #56 Pennsylvania
12/4/2001	Away	L 65-76	vs. #236 Radford
12/7/2001	Away	W 86-72	vs. #272 NO Carolina A&T
12/10/2001	Away	L 71-80	vs. #239 Howard
12/20/2001	Away	L 57-85	vs. #76 Vanderbilt
12/22/2001	Away	W 77-72	vs. #136 Florida St
12/29/2001	Home	L 58-69	vs. #186 Wagner
1/2/2002	Home	W 94-73	vs. #317 Liberty
1/5/2002	Home	W 68-67	vs. #240 Fairfield
1/9/2002	Away	W 76-59	vs. #231 Colgate
1/12/2002	Home	W 58-40	vs. #283 Army
1/16/2002	Home	L 52-57	vs. #246 Lafayette
1/19/2002	Home	W 69-52	vs. #265 Bucknell
1/23/2002	Away	W 65-59	vs. #309 Lehigh
1/26/2002	Away	L 54-63	vs. #202 Holy Cross
1/30/2002	Home	W 67-66	vs. #278 Navy
2/2/2002	Home	W 72-58	vs. #231 Colgate
2/6/2002	Away	W 74-59	vs. #283 Army
2/9/2002	Away	L 74-77	vs. #246 Lafayette
2/13/2002	Away	W 78-67	vs. #265 Bucknell
2/16/2002	Home	W 70-67	vs. #309 Lehigh
2/20/2002	Away	W 62-50	vs. #278 Navy
2/23/2002	Home	L 44-68	vs. #202 Holy Cross
3/2/2002	Neut	W 82-69	vs. #309 Lehigh
3/3/2002	Neut	W 66-58	vs. #246 Lafayette
3/8/2002	Neut	L 54-58	vs. #202 Holy Cross

FUTURE GAMES

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