NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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INDIANA
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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-12
Power Rating: 89.598
Ranking: 9

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

Home Ratings (10-1): 91.027 (13) 2-0 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 7-1 89.371 Non-League Ratings: 3-0 87.816 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 87.910

Away Ratings (6-5): 87.492 (27)
0-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 4-4 88.434
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 87.691
Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 85.504

Neutral Ratings (8-6): 90.674 (12) 4-3 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 1-1 86.863 Non-League Ratings: 7-5 91.574 Last Ten Ratings: 6-2 94.379

League Ratings (12-6): 87.709 (22)
2-2 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 7-1 89.371
Away Ratings: 4-4 88.434
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 86.863
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 86.738

Non-League Ratings (12-6): 91.516 (8) 4-3 v #1-25 3-3 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 3-0 87.816 Away Ratings: 2-1 87.691 Neutral Ratings: 7-5 91.574 Last Ten Ratings: 5-1 96.301

Wins Ratings: 91.365 (16)
6-5 v #1-25
5-4 v #26-50
7-3 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 10-1 92.896
Away Ratings: 6-5 88.920
Neutral Ratings: 8-6 92.678
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 97.201

Points Ratings: 87.514 (6) 6-5 v #1-25 4-6 v #26-50 9-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 10-1 88.326 Away Ratings: 6-5 86.094 Neutral Ratings: 8-6 88.256 League Ratings: 12-6 86.971 Non-League Ratings: 12-6 88.045 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 90.061

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 94.021 (6)
3-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 1-0 87.910
Away Ratings: 0-1 85.504
Neutral Ratings: 6-2 94.379
League Ratings: 2-2 86.738
Non-League Ratings: 5-1 96.301

Home Advantage: 5.7439 (109)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1454 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3505 (3)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.5198 (2)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6548 (2)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7955 (2)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9496 (2)

Upward Stability: 3.7563 (12)

Downward Stability: 4.6781 (1)

RPI
RPI: 0.6266 (9)
6-6 v #1-25
5-3 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (10-1): 0.6657 (3) 3-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (6-5): 0.5557 (31)
0-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (8-6): 0.6521 (16) 3-4 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (12-6): 0.5913 (29)
1-1 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (12-6): 0.6619 (4) 3-3 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 5-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.6133 (1)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/18/2001	Away	W 65-61	vs. #42 NC Charlotte
11/23/2001	Neut	L 49-50	vs. #13 Marquette
11/24/2001	Neut	W 77-71	vs. #24 Texas
11/28/2001	Away	W 79-66	vs. #152 North Carolina
12/1/2001	Away	L 60-72	vs. #41 Southern Ill
12/4/2001	Home	W 76-75	vs. #35 Notre Dame
12/8/2001	Home	W 74-61	vs. #71 Ball St
12/15/2001	Neut	L 53-58	vs. #30 Miami Fla
12/22/2001	Neut	L 52-66	vs. #18 Kentucky
12/28/2001	Neut	W 87-60	vs. #144 Eastern Wash
12/29/2001	Neut	L 64-66	vs. #49 Butler
1/2/2002	Away	W 59-44	vs. #86 Northwestern
1/5/2002	Home	W 61-54	vs. #213 Penn St
1/8/2002	Home	W 83-65	vs. #38 Michigan St
1/13/2002	Away	W 77-66	vs. #69 Iowa
1/19/2002	Away	L 67-73	vs. #22 Ohio St
1/23/2002	Away	W 85-51	vs. #213 Penn St
1/26/2002	Home	W 88-57	vs. #10 Illinois
1/31/2002	Home	W 66-52	vs. #99 Purdue
2/2/2002	Away	L 74-88	vs. #53 Minnesota
2/5/2002	Home	W 79-51	vs. #69 Iowa
2/9/2002	Home	W 77-62	vs. #70 Louisville
2/13/2002	Home	L 63-64	vs. #45 Wisconsin
2/17/2002	Away	W 75-55	vs. #132 Michigan
2/20/2002	Home	W 63-57	vs. #22 Ohio St
2/24/2002	Away	L 54-57	vs. #38 Michigan St
2/26/2002	Away	L 62-70	vs. #10 Illinois
3/2/2002	Home	W 79-67	vs. #86 Northwestern
3/8/2002	Neut	W 67-56	vs. #38 Michigan St
3/9/2002	Neut	L 60-62	vs. #69 Iowa
3/14/2002	Neut	W 75-56	vs. #48 Utah
3/16/2002	Neut	W 76-67	vs. #68 NC Wilmington
3/21/2002	Neut	W 74-73	vs. #3 Duke
3/23/2002	Neut	W 81-69	vs. #17 Kent
3/30/2002	Neut	W 73-64	vs. #4 Oklahoma
4/1/2002	Neut	L 52-64	vs. #1 Maryland

FUTURE GAMES

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