NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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EASTERN MICH
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 5-24
Power Rating: 64.229
Ranking: 295

0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-14 v #101-200
5-4 v #201-324

Home Ratings (3-11): 63.581 (291) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-6 v #101-200 3-2 v #201-324 League Ratings: 1-8 62.151 Non-League Ratings: 2-3 68.089 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 66.565

Away Ratings (1-9): 65.854 (281)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
1-2 v #201-324
League Ratings: 1-7 67.995
Non-League Ratings: 0-2 45.229
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 66.042

Neutral Ratings (1-4): 64.354 (258) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 0-2 65.948 Non-League Ratings: 1-2 66.823 Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 65.948

League Ratings (2-17): 63.249 (297)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-11 v #101-200
2-2 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 1-8 62.151
Away Ratings: 1-7 67.995
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 65.948
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 66.347

Non-League Ratings (3-7): 65.788 (277) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 3-2 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 2-3 68.089 Away Ratings: 0-2 45.229 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 66.823 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 64.229

Wins Ratings: 62.962 (289)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-13 v #101-200
5-5 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 3-11 61.802
Away Ratings: 1-9 66.259
Neutral Ratings: 1-4 62.962
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 62.876

Points Ratings: 65.669 (301) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-4 v #51-100 0-14 v #101-200 5-4 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 3-11 65.665 Away Ratings: 1-9 65.497 Neutral Ratings: 1-4 65.981 League Ratings: 2-17 64.528 Non-League Ratings: 3-7 67.634 Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 66.239

Last Ten Ratings (1-9): 64.440 (284)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 1-3 66.565
Away Ratings: 0-4 66.042
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 65.948
League Ratings: 1-9 66.347
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 64.229

Home Advantage: 2.2170 (204)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0349 (212)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1251 (190)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2333 (172)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3470 (171)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5171 (158)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8048 (160)

Upward Stability: 2.6166 (273)

Downward Stability: 1.7725 (311)

RPI
RPI: 0.3983 (301)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
0-10 v #101-200
5-7 v #201-324

RPI Home (3-11): 0.4224 (299) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-6 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-324

RPI Away (1-9): 0.3643 (307)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
1-3 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (1-4): 0.4000 (262) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324

RPI League (2-17): 0.3861 (308)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-10 v #101-200
2-5 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (3-7): 0.4205 (266) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 3-2 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4737 (216)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2001	Neut	L 66-79	vs. #120 Uab
11/18/2001	Neut	L 56-93	vs. #30 Miami Fla
11/20/2001	Neut	W 67-55	vs. #318 Morris Brown
11/26/2001	Home	L 61-65	vs. #287 MD Eastrn Shore
12/1/2001	Home	L 79-86	vs. #79 Tennessee Tech
12/3/2001	Home	L 69-95	vs. #110 Detroit
12/8/2001	Home	W 75-62	vs. #256 Delaware St
12/11/2001	Away	L 76-106	vs. #250 Wisc Green Bay
12/22/2001	Away	L 58-88	vs. #132 Michigan
12/29/2001	Home	W 72-59	vs. #220 Westrn Carolina
1/2/2002	Home	L 51-70	vs. #197 Buffalo
1/5/2002	Home	L 45-63	vs. #71 Ball St
1/7/2002	Away	W 61-60	vs. #227 Akron
1/9/2002	Home	L 60-85	vs. #118 Toledo
1/12/2002	Away	L 75-97	vs. #157 Marshall
1/16/2002	Away	L 56-72	vs. #126 Miami Ohio
1/19/2002	Home	L 73-86	vs. #205 Central Mich
1/22/2002	Home	L 66-80	vs. #101 Ohio
1/26/2002	Away	L 72-84	vs. #188 Northern Ill
1/29/2002	Home	L 62-82	vs. #17 Kent
2/2/2002	Away	L 56-90	vs. #71 Ball St
2/6/2002	Away	L 94-101	vs. #125 Western Mich
2/9/2002	Home	L 85-90	vs. #188 Northern Ill
2/13/2002	Away	L 61-82	vs. #67 Bowling Green
2/16/2002	Home	W 83-76	vs. #227 Akron
2/20/2002	Away	L 57-76	vs. #205 Central Mich
2/27/2002	Home	L 52-71	vs. #125 Western Mich
3/2/2002	Neut	L 68-74	vs. #118 Toledo
3/4/2002	Neut	L 53-89	vs. #118 Toledo

FUTURE GAMES

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