NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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COAST CAROLINA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 8-20
Power Rating: 63.541
Ranking: 296

0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
8-13 v #201-324

Home Ratings (5-6): 63.276 (293) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 5-5 v #201-324 League Ratings: 4-4 62.779 Non-League Ratings: 1-2 64.947 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 62.869

Away Ratings (2-13): 62.295 (304)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
2-8 v #201-324
League Ratings: 2-7 63.373
Non-League Ratings: 0-6 59.479
Last Ten Ratings: 1-5 62.158

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 73.104 (183) 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 League Ratings: 0-0 63.541 Non-League Ratings: 1-1 72.104 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 63.541

League Ratings (6-11): 63.076 (299)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
6-11 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 4-4 62.779
Away Ratings: 2-7 63.373
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 63.541
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 62.557

Non-League Ratings (2-9): 64.924 (282) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 2-2 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 1-2 64.947 Away Ratings: 0-6 59.479 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 72.104 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 63.541

Wins Ratings: 62.188 (296)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
8-13 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 5-6 61.391
Away Ratings: 2-13 61.406
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 73.594
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 60.848

Points Ratings: 65.137 (305) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 8-13 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 5-6 65.348 Away Ratings: 2-13 63.633 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 72.293 League Ratings: 6-11 64.828 Non-League Ratings: 2-9 66.031 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 64.289

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 62.420 (300)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
3-5 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 2-2 62.869
Away Ratings: 1-5 62.158
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 63.541
League Ratings: 3-7 62.557
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 63.541

Home Advantage: 3.6993 (161)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0228 (273)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0777 (273)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1419 (277)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2178 (278)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.3477 (275)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.6624 (269)

Upward Stability: 3.1747 (135)

Downward Stability: 2.5437 (262)

RPI
RPI: 0.3919 (303)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
8-13 v #201-324

RPI Home (5-6): 0.4215 (301) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 4-4 v #201-324

RPI Away (2-13): 0.3572 (313)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
2-7 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.4894 (175) 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 (6-11): 0.3793 (312)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
6-9 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (2-9): 0.4128 (275) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-4 v #101-200 2-2 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4274 (311)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2001	Away	L 41-72	vs. #12 Xavier
11/21/2001	Away	L 51-76	vs. #46 Georgetown
11/24/2001	Home	W 79-73	vs. #220 Westrn Carolina
11/30/2001	Away	L 54-83	vs. #145 Clemson
12/1/2001	Neut	L 47-64	vs. #82 Coll Of Charltn
12/4/2001	Home	L 71-85	vs. #90 East Tenn St
12/9/2001	Home	L 81-89	vs. #253 SO Carolina St
12/15/2001	Away	L 67-81	vs. #189 Old Dominion
12/21/2001	Neut	W 67-56	vs. #273 Campbell
12/29/2001	Away	L 62-74	vs. #153 The Citadel
1/2/2002	Away	L 71-90	vs. #278 Navy
1/5/2002	Away	L 71-87	vs. #294 High Point
1/7/2002	Away	L 80-91	vs. #269 Elon
1/12/2002	Home	L 71-82	vs. #236 Radford
1/14/2002	Home	L 80-86	vs. #317 Liberty
1/19/2002	Home	W 74-67	vs. #279 Birmingham Southern
1/23/2002	Home	W 88-78	vs. #248 NC Asheville
1/26/2002	Away	W 77-73	vs. #271 Charleston Sou
1/31/2002	Home	L 49-68	vs. #221 Winthrop
2/2/2002	Away	W 58-54	vs. #317 Liberty
2/4/2002	Away	L 60-76	vs. #236 Radford
2/7/2002	Home	W 80-75	vs. #269 Elon
2/9/2002	Home	W 98-76	vs. #294 High Point
2/11/2002	Away	L 80-88	vs. #279 Birmingham Southern
2/16/2002	Away	L 81-92	vs. #248 NC Asheville
2/18/2002	Away	L 74-100	vs. #221 Winthrop
2/23/2002	Home	L 69-78	vs. #271 Charleston Sou
2/28/2002	Away	L 66-81	vs. #236 Radford

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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