NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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GEORGIA TECH
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 15-16
Power Rating: 81.728
Ranking: 74

1-6 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
4-4 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (7-6): 77.611 (125) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 4-4 82.462 Non-League Ratings: 3-2 69.790 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 86.650

Away Ratings (4-6): 85.740 (38)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 3-5 84.275
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 88.994
Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 91.236

Neutral Ratings (4-4): 81.954 (72) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 0-1 77.415 Non-League Ratings: 4-3 82.134 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 77.415

League Ratings (7-10): 82.677 (62)
1-5 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 4-4 82.462
Away Ratings: 3-5 84.275
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 77.415
Last Ten Ratings: 6-3 86.513

Non-League Ratings (8-6): 80.288 (91) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 3-2 69.790 Away Ratings: 1-1 88.994 Neutral Ratings: 4-3 82.134 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 103.22

Wins Ratings: 82.675 (75)
1-6 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
4-4 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 7-6 76.781
Away Ratings: 4-6 87.753
Neutral Ratings: 4-4 83.511
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 91.636

Points Ratings: 80.613 (72) 1-7 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 4-3 v #51-100 4-4 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 7-6 78.484 Away Ratings: 4-6 83.367 Neutral Ratings: 4-4 79.956 League Ratings: 7-10 81.535 Non-League Ratings: 8-6 79.206 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 85.874

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 89.165 (19)
1-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 3-1 86.650
Away Ratings: 4-1 91.236
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 77.415
League Ratings: 6-3 86.513
Non-League Ratings: 1-0 103.22

Home Advantage: -2.456 (295)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1339 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2992 (21)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4358 (32)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5556 (32)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6862 (39)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8796 (45)

Upward Stability: 3.2726 (102)

Downward Stability: 3.1525 (152)

RPI
RPI: 0.5391 (82)
1-8 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
5-5 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (7-6): 0.5187 (181) 1-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-324

RPI Away (4-6): 0.5389 (45)
0-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (4-4): 0.5723 (73) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (7-10): 0.5459 (75)
1-5 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (8-6): 0.5302 (99) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5576 (35)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/16/2001	Home	W 97-62	vs. #289 Florida A&M
11/19/2001	Neut	L 74-79	vs. #56 Pennsylvania
11/22/2001	Neut	W 70-65	vs. #235 Eastern Ill
11/23/2001	Neut	L 66-105	vs. #10 Illinois
11/24/2001	Neut	L 54-67	vs. #94 St Louis
11/28/2001	Neut	W 62-61	vs. #45 Wisconsin
12/2/2001	Away	L 77-83	vs. #152 North Carolina
12/9/2001	Away	L 82-95	vs. #29 Georgia
12/16/2001	Neut	W 96-80	vs. #62 Syracuse
12/19/2001	Neut	W 83-69	vs. #80 Davidson
12/21/2001	Home	W 79-70	vs. #224 Wofford
12/23/2001	Home	L 69-79	vs. #111 Tulane
12/29/2001	Home	L 92-98	vs. #191 Iupui
1/2/2002	Home	W 86-68	vs. #302 Cornell
1/5/2002	Home	L 76-83	vs. #145 Clemson
1/10/2002	Away	L 79-104	vs. #3 Duke
1/13/2002	Home	L 87-92	vs. #1 Maryland
1/19/2002	Away	L 71-84	vs. #25 North Carolina St
1/22/2002	Home	L 65-69	vs. #65 Virginia
1/26/2002	Away	L 74-87	vs. #33 Wake Forest
1/30/2002	Home	W 77-46	vs. #136 Florida St
2/2/2002	Home	W 86-74	vs. #152 North Carolina
2/6/2002	Away	W 74-50	vs. #145 Clemson
2/9/2002	Home	L 63-95	vs. #3 Duke
2/13/2002	Away	L 65-85	vs. #1 Maryland
2/16/2002	Away	W 60-40	vs. #94 St Louis
2/20/2002	Home	W 65-59	vs. #25 North Carolina St
2/23/2002	Away	W 82-80	vs. #65 Virginia
2/27/2002	Home	W 90-77	vs. #33 Wake Forest
3/2/2002	Away	W 86-78	vs. #136 Florida St
3/8/2002	Neut	L 83-92	vs. #33 Wake Forest

FUTURE GAMES

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