NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 11-17
Power Rating: 71.327
Ranking: 223

0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
6-9 v #101-200
4-5 v #201-324

Home Ratings (7-5): 70.684 (218) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-3 v #101-200 2-2 v #201-324 League Ratings: 5-5 70.053 Non-League Ratings: 2-0 78.077 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 67.155

Away Ratings (3-11): 71.081 (224)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-6 v #101-200
2-3 v #201-324
League Ratings: 3-8 73.940
Non-League Ratings: 0-3 66.796
Last Ten Ratings: 2-4 76.608

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 78.889 (109) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 0-0 71.327 Non-League Ratings: 1-1 76.483 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 71.327

League Ratings (8-13): 70.483 (235)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-9 v #101-200
4-4 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 5-5 70.053
Away Ratings: 3-8 73.940
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 71.327
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 72.206

Non-League Ratings (3-4): 75.296 (156) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 2-0 78.077 Away Ratings: 0-3 66.796 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 76.483 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 71.327

Wins Ratings: 70.329 (227)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
5-9 v #101-200
5-5 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 7-5 69.364
Away Ratings: 3-11 70.087
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 81.079
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 67.540

Points Ratings: 72.674 (213) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-9 v #101-200 6-5 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 7-5 72.174 Away Ratings: 3-11 72.760 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 75.846 League Ratings: 8-13 72.329 Non-League Ratings: 3-4 74.190 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 72.473

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 69.577 (237)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 1-3 67.155
Away Ratings: 2-4 76.608
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 71.327
League Ratings: 3-7 72.206
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 71.327

Home Advantage: 2.6179 (196)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0369 (195)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1226 (194)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2161 (195)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3191 (202)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4729 (205)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7837 (190)

Upward Stability: 3.3258 (82)

Downward Stability: 3.1398 (156)

RPI
RPI: 0.4684 (208)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
4-7 v #101-200
5-5 v #201-324

RPI Home (7-5): 0.5115 (191) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-3 v #101-200 2-2 v #201-324

RPI Away (3-11): 0.4218 (226)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-5 v #101-200
2-3 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.5354 (113) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324

RPI League (8-13): 0.4491 (243)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
3-5 v #101-200
4-4 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (3-4): 0.5258 (101) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4936 (159)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/16/2001	Away	L 71-82	vs. #41 Southern Ill
11/19/2001	Home	W 74-72	vs. #73 Valparaiso
11/24/2001	Away	L 37-58	vs. #176 Jacksonville
11/26/2001	Home	W 65-59	vs. #198 Middle Tenn St
11/29/2001	Home	W 90-78	vs. #273 Campbell
12/1/2001	Home	W 68-59	vs. #117 Georgia St
12/16/2001	Away	L 95-106	vs. #252 Stetson
12/18/2001	Neut	L 63-97	vs. #21 Stanford
12/19/2001	Neut	W 78-71	vs. #190 Santa Clara
12/28/2001	Away	L 72-78	vs. #278 Navy
12/30/2001	Away	L 55-107	vs. #19 Florida
1/5/2002	Home	L 75-80	vs. #139 Troy St
1/7/2002	Home	W 87-65	vs. #281 Mercer
1/10/2002	Away	W 74-72	vs. #233 Jacksonville St
1/12/2002	Home	W 66-60	vs. #183 Samford
1/17/2002	Away	L 59-76	vs. #150 Central Florida
1/19/2002	Away	L 66-69	vs. #161 Fla Atlantic
1/26/2002	Home	L 78-86	vs. #150 Central Florida
1/28/2002	Home	L 78-80	vs. #161 Fla Atlantic
2/2/2002	Away	W 64-62	vs. #183 Samford
2/4/2002	Home	L 71-91	vs. #233 Jacksonville St
2/7/2002	Away	L 68-81	vs. #281 Mercer
2/9/2002	Away	L 64-65	vs. #139 Troy St
2/14/2002	Home	L 79-82	vs. #252 Stetson
2/16/2002	Home	W 91-68	vs. #176 Jacksonville
2/21/2002	Away	L 69-71	vs. #117 Georgia St
2/23/2002	Away	W 84-67	vs. #273 Campbell
2/28/2002	Away	L 79-82	vs. #117 Georgia St

FUTURE GAMES

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