NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 31-4
Power Rating: 95.725
Ranking: 3

5-2 v #1-25
6-0 v #26-50
9-1 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (13-0): 106.22 (1) 2-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 8-0 103.78 Non-League Ratings: 5-0 97.912 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 103.72

Away Ratings (8-3): 93.350 (3)
1-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 5-3 93.295
Non-League Ratings: 3-0 100.47
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 92.475

Neutral Ratings (10-1): 95.232 (5) 2-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 3-0 100.56 Non-League Ratings: 7-1 91.295 Last Ten Ratings: 5-1 94.162

League Ratings (16-3): 95.912 (2)
4-1 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 8-0 103.78
Away Ratings: 5-3 93.295
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 100.56
Last Ten Ratings: 5-1 95.787

Non-League Ratings (15-1): 95.435 (2) 1-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 6-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 5-0 97.912 Away Ratings: 3-0 100.47 Neutral Ratings: 7-1 91.295 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 91.600

Wins Ratings: 97.797 (4)
5-2 v #1-25
6-0 v #26-50
9-1 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 13-0 115.42
Away Ratings: 8-3 94.969
Neutral Ratings: 10-1 97.789
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 93.984

Points Ratings: 93.291 (1) 5-2 v #1-25 6-0 v #26-50 10-1 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 13-0 100.13 Away Ratings: 8-3 91.873 Neutral Ratings: 10-1 91.990 League Ratings: 16-3 94.064 Non-League Ratings: 15-1 92.150 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 92.205

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 92.947 (8)
1-1 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 2-0 103.72
Away Ratings: 1-1 92.475
Neutral Ratings: 5-1 94.162
League Ratings: 5-1 95.787
Non-League Ratings: 3-1 91.600

Home Advantage: 15.924 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1129 (35)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2813 (35)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4374 (30)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5675 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7156 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9066 (17)

Upward Stability: 1.7385 (320)

Downward Stability: 2.7380 (229)

RPI
RPI: 0.6479 (5)
5-2 v #1-25
8-0 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (13-0): 0.6630 (4) 3-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (8-3): 0.6072 (7)
1-1 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (10-1): 0.6705 (9) 2-1 v #1-25 5-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (16-3): 0.6431 (6)
4-1 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (15-1): 0.6528 (8) 1-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5687 (26)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2001	Neut	W 80-79	vs. #122 Seton Hall
11/20/2001	Neut	W 81-56	vs. #39 South Carolina
11/21/2001	Neut	W 83-71	vs. #71 Ball St
11/25/2001	Home	W 104-62	vs. #275 Portland
11/27/2001	Neut	W 80-62	vs. #69 Iowa
12/2/2001	Home	W 96-80	vs. #145 Clemson
12/5/2001	Home	W 82-57	vs. #47 Temple
12/8/2001	Away	W 104-83	vs. #132 Michigan
12/16/2001	Home	W 93-51	vs. #272 NO Carolina A&T
12/18/2001	Neut	W 95-92	vs. #18 Kentucky
12/29/2001	Home	W 92-79	vs. #57 San Diego St
1/2/2002	Away	W 106-71	vs. #80 Davidson
1/6/2002	Away	L 76-77	vs. #136 Florida St
1/10/2002	Home	W 104-79	vs. #74 Georgia Tech
1/13/2002	Away	W 76-57	vs. #25 North Carolina St
1/17/2002	Home	W 99-78	vs. #1 Maryland
1/19/2002	Home	W 103-80	vs. #33 Wake Forest
1/24/2002	Away	W 88-78	vs. #59 Boston College
1/27/2002	Home	W 94-81	vs. #65 Virginia
1/31/2002	Away	W 87-58	vs. #152 North Carolina
2/2/2002	Away	W 98-88	vs. #145 Clemson
2/7/2002	Home	W 80-49	vs. #136 Florida St
2/9/2002	Away	W 95-63	vs. #74 Georgia Tech
2/14/2002	Home	W 108-71	vs. #25 North Carolina St
2/17/2002	Away	L 73-87	vs. #1 Maryland
2/21/2002	Away	W 90-61	vs. #33 Wake Forest
2/24/2002	Home	W 97-55	vs. #60 St Johns
2/28/2002	Away	L 84-87	vs. #65 Virginia
3/3/2002	Home	W 93-68	vs. #152 North Carolina
3/8/2002	Neut	W 60-48	vs. #152 North Carolina
3/9/2002	Neut	W 79-64	vs. #33 Wake Forest
3/10/2002	Neut	W 91-61	vs. #25 North Carolina St
3/14/2002	Neut	W 84-37	vs. #221 Winthrop
3/16/2002	Neut	W 84-77	vs. #35 Notre Dame
3/21/2002	Neut	L 73-74	vs. #9 Indiana

FUTURE GAMES

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