NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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BOSTON COLLEGE
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 20-12
Power Rating: 82.890
Ranking: 59

0-6 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
8-3 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (11-5): 80.699 (86) 0-3 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 4-4 79.527 Non-League Ratings: 7-1 78.851 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 83.523

Away Ratings (5-4): 86.843 (32)
0-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 4-4 87.164
Non-League Ratings: 1-0 89.765
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 87.218

Neutral Ratings (4-3): 80.984 (80) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 1-1 81.562 Non-League Ratings: 3-2 79.468 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 79.953

League Ratings (9-9): 83.222 (57)
0-4 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 4-4 79.527
Away Ratings: 4-4 87.164
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 81.562
Last Ten Ratings: 5-4 84.484

Non-League Ratings (11-3): 82.082 (66) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 7-1 78.851 Away Ratings: 1-0 89.765 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 79.468 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 74.578

Wins Ratings: 84.259 (57)
0-6 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
7-3 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 11-5 81.806
Away Ratings: 5-4 88.459
Neutral Ratings: 4-3 82.322
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 86.648

Points Ratings: 81.224 (64) 0-6 v #1-25 4-1 v #26-50 5-3 v #51-100 8-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 11-5 79.099 Away Ratings: 5-4 85.201 Neutral Ratings: 4-3 79.298 League Ratings: 9-9 81.636 Non-League Ratings: 11-3 80.287 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 81.584

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 84.402 (53)
0-4 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 3-1 83.523
Away Ratings: 1-2 87.218
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 79.953
League Ratings: 5-4 84.484
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 74.578

Home Advantage: 0.4094 (260)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0897 (65)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2442 (66)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3861 (62)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5092 (57)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6555 (58)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8710 (64)

Upward Stability: 3.4454 (47)

Downward Stability: 3.6725 (48)

RPI
RPI: 0.5724 (48)
2-6 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
8-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (11-5): 0.5821 (73) 0-3 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (5-4): 0.5592 (28)
0-1 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (4-3): 0.5672 (76) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324

RPI League (9-9): 0.5729 (51)
2-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (11-3): 0.5709 (63) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5548 (42)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/18/2001	Home	W 82-65	vs. #177 Boston U
11/21/2001	Home	W 80-77	vs. #286 New Hampshire
11/24/2001	Home	W 88-65	vs. #213 Penn St
11/28/2001	Neut	W 96-82	vs. #78 St Bonaventure
12/1/2001	Away	W 83-74	vs. #132 Michigan
12/4/2001	Home	W 90-65	vs. #318 Morris Brown
12/8/2001	Home	W 80-78	vs. #113 Massachusetts
12/11/2001	Home	W 86-81	vs. #141 Iowa St
12/16/2001	Home	W 75-51	vs. #202 Holy Cross
12/20/2001	Neut	L 67-73	vs. #126 Miami Ohio
12/21/2001	Neut	W 76-70	vs. #196 Arkansas St
12/22/2001	Neut	W 67-57	vs. #202 Holy Cross
12/31/2001	Away	W 81-66	vs. #122 Seton Hall
1/5/2002	Home	L 74-77	vs. #8 Pittsburgh
1/9/2002	Away	W 88-81	vs. #51 Villanova
1/12/2002	Home	L 43-70	vs. #46 Georgetown
1/17/2002	Home	L 57-64	vs. #60 St Johns
1/20/2002	Home	W 75-68	vs. #164 Virginia Tech
1/24/2002	Home	L 78-88	vs. #3 Duke
1/29/2002	Away	W 70-65	vs. #30 Miami Fla
2/2/2002	Away	L 61-64	vs. #104 Providence
2/6/2002	Away	L 73-76	vs. #164 Virginia Tech
2/10/2002	Home	W 76-63	vs. #30 Miami Fla
2/13/2002	Home	W 89-79	vs. #104 Providence
2/16/2002	Away	L 77-79	vs. #6 Connecticut
2/18/2002	Away	L 62-71	vs. #60 St Johns
2/23/2002	Home	W 69-67	vs. #51 Villanova
2/25/2002	Home	L 61-75	vs. #6 Connecticut
3/3/2002	Away	W 69-65	vs. #62 Syracuse
3/6/2002	Neut	W 60-55	vs. #92 Rutgers
3/7/2002	Neut	L 62-76	vs. #8 Pittsburgh
3/15/2002	Neut	L 57-70	vs. #24 Texas

FUTURE GAMES

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