NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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CENTRAL CONN
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 27-5
Power Rating: 79.176
Ranking: 96

0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
23-1 v #201-324

Home Ratings (11-1): 75.001 (163) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 10-1 v #201-324 League Ratings: 6-1 69.981 Non-League Ratings: 5-0 76.426 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 69.739

Away Ratings (10-2): 82.501 (64)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
9-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 7-0 80.856
Non-League Ratings: 3-2 76.590
Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 82.270

Neutral Ratings (6-2): 78.286 (117) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 1-0 73.614 Non-League Ratings: 5-2 75.754 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 74.114

League Ratings (14-1): 79.622 (90)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
12-1 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 6-1 69.981
Away Ratings: 7-0 80.856
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 73.614
Last Ten Ratings: 7-0 77.715

Non-League Ratings (13-4): 78.852 (104) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 11-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 5-0 76.426 Away Ratings: 3-2 76.590 Neutral Ratings: 5-2 75.754 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 72.926

Wins Ratings: 81.344 (84)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
6-2 v #101-200
21-1 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 11-1 75.188
Away Ratings: 10-2 85.618
Neutral Ratings: 6-2 80.126
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 86.235

Points Ratings: 76.860 (124) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 23-1 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 11-1 74.727 Away Ratings: 10-2 79.231 Neutral Ratings: 6-2 75.797 League Ratings: 14-1 76.967 Non-League Ratings: 13-4 76.766 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 77.305

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 81.403 (73)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
9-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 4-0 69.739
Away Ratings: 3-0 82.270
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 74.114
League Ratings: 7-0 77.715
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 72.926

Home Advantage: -1.823 (291)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0282 (247)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0738 (281)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1240 (299)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.1830 (307)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.2868 (311)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.5703 (316)

Upward Stability: 1.7919 (318)

Downward Stability: 2.5904 (257)

RPI
RPI: 0.5626 (55)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
9-2 v #101-200
18-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (11-1): 0.5560 (118) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 8-1 v #201-324

RPI Away (10-2): 0.5517 (34)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (6-2): 0.5898 (61) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324

RPI League (14-1): 0.5528 (68)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
9-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (13-4): 0.5712 (62) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 9-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4690 (225)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/12/2001	Away	L 44-66	vs. #4 Oklahoma
11/16/2001	Neut	W 68-55	vs. #265 Bucknell
11/17/2001	Neut	W 66-60	vs. #184 Brown
11/29/2001	Neut	W 73-59	vs. #268 Hartford
11/30/2001	Neut	W 60-55	vs. #194 Niagara
12/3/2001	Home	L 69-82	vs. #249 St Francis NY
12/6/2001	Away	W 80-69	vs. #323 Mt St Marys
12/8/2001	Away	W 66-62	vs. #206 Umbc
12/12/2001	Away	W 107-76	vs. #316 Liu Brooklyn
12/15/2001	Neut	L 49-64	vs. #113 Massachusetts
12/22/2001	Home	W 67-50	vs. #313 Loyola MD
12/30/2001	Away	L 63-94	vs. #104 Providence
1/10/2002	Home	W 77-71	vs. #186 Wagner
1/12/2002	Home	W 76-47	vs. #308 Sacred Heart
1/16/2002	Away	W 84-74	vs. #262 Quinnipiac
1/19/2002	Home	W 76-58	vs. #206 Umbc
1/23/2002	Home	W 50-42	vs. #204 Monmouth NJ
1/26/2002	Away	W 78-69	vs. #308 Sacred Heart
1/30/2002	Home	W 76-66	vs. #262 Quinnipiac
2/2/2002	Away	W 66-49	vs. #311 St Francis PA
2/4/2002	Away	W 64-55	vs. #282 Robert Morris
2/7/2002	Home	W 90-62	vs. #321 Fair Dickinson
2/9/2002	Away	W 63-62	vs. #204 Monmouth NJ
2/15/2002	Away	W 83-69	vs. #186 Wagner
2/17/2002	Home	W 100-65	vs. #316 Liu Brooklyn
2/20/2002	Away	W 83-65	vs. #321 Fair Dickinson
2/22/2002	Home	W 80-59	vs. #311 St Francis PA
2/24/2002	Home	W 67-63	vs. #282 Robert Morris
3/1/2002	Home	W 65-54	vs. #308 Sacred Heart
3/2/2002	Neut	W 58-54	vs. #249 St Francis NY
3/6/2002	Neut	W 78-71	vs. #262 Quinnipiac
3/15/2002	Neut	L 54-71	vs. #8 Pittsburgh

FUTURE GAMES

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