NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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CALIFORNIA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 23-9
Power Rating: 87.674
Ranking: 23

4-6 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (15-1): 91.932 (12) 3-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 8-1 89.744 Non-League Ratings: 7-0 87.830 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 102.17

Away Ratings (4-6): 84.885 (44)
1-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 4-5 85.807
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 65.174
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 84.322

Neutral Ratings (4-2): 86.744 (42) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 1-1 87.221 Non-League Ratings: 3-1 83.119 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 86.049

League Ratings (13-7): 88.412 (19)
4-5 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 8-1 89.744
Away Ratings: 4-5 85.807
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 87.221
Last Ten Ratings: 5-3 87.865

Non-League Ratings (10-2): 85.510 (44) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 7-0 87.830 Away Ratings: 0-1 65.174 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 83.119 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 84.768

Wins Ratings: 90.037 (19)
4-6 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 15-1 94.639
Away Ratings: 4-6 87.033
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 89.787
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 90.143

Points Ratings: 84.701 (28) 4-6 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 7-2 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 15-1 88.463 Away Ratings: 4-6 82.471 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 82.764 League Ratings: 13-7 85.496 Non-League Ratings: 10-2 82.564 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 84.951

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 87.834 (26)
2-3 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 2-0 102.17
Away Ratings: 2-2 84.322
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 86.049
League Ratings: 5-3 87.865
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 84.768

Home Advantage: 10.340 (33)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1111 (37)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2869 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4348 (33)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5542 (33)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6916 (34)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8910 (31)

Upward Stability: 3.1456 (146)

Downward Stability: 3.6854 (46)

RPI
RPI: 0.5929 (27)
2-5 v #1-25
5-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
9-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (15-1): 0.6328 (17) 2-0 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (4-6): 0.5122 (69)
0-1 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (4-2): 0.6191 (36) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324

RPI League (13-7): 0.5856 (35)
3-4 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (10-2): 0.6040 (24) 0-0 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5510 (53)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/15/2001	Home	W 70-58	vs. #140 Princeton
11/16/2001	Home	W 56-27	vs. #144 Eastern Wash
11/20/2001	Home	W 67-60	vs. #190 Santa Clara
11/28/2001	Home	W 71-62	vs. #87 New Mexico
12/1/2001	Away	L 59-79	vs. #77 South Florida
12/6/2001	Home	W 88-63	vs. #94 St Louis
12/11/2001	Home	W 97-75	vs. #81 Fresno St
12/21/2001	Home	W 78-50	vs. #323 Mt St Marys
12/28/2001	Neut	W 69-54	vs. #232 Harvard
12/29/2001	Neut	W 76-73	vs. #213 Penn St
1/4/2002	Away	L 62-82	vs. #21 Stanford
1/6/2002	Home	W 68-54	vs. #21 Stanford
1/10/2002	Away	L 72-76	vs. #11 Oregon
1/12/2002	Away	W 61-53	vs. #127 Oregon St
1/17/2002	Home	W 62-50	vs. #89 Washington
1/19/2002	Home	W 90-57	vs. #207 Washington St
1/24/2002	Away	W 92-91	vs. #20 USC
1/26/2002	Away	L 57-64	vs. #27 UCLA
1/31/2002	Home	L 58-68	vs. #7 Arizona
2/2/2002	Home	W 67-59	vs. #75 Arizona St
2/7/2002	Home	W 73-58	vs. #127 Oregon St
2/9/2002	Home	W 107-103	vs. #11 Oregon
2/14/2002	Away	W 77-56	vs. #207 Washington St
2/16/2002	Away	L 60-75	vs. #89 Washington
2/21/2002	Home	W 69-51	vs. #27 UCLA
2/23/2002	Home	W 83-64	vs. #20 USC
2/28/2002	Away	W 91-80	vs. #75 Arizona St
3/2/2002	Away	L 53-99	vs. #7 Arizona
3/7/2002	Neut	W 67-61	vs. #27 UCLA
3/8/2002	Neut	L 78-90	vs. #7 Arizona
3/15/2002	Neut	W 82-75	vs. #56 Pennsylvania
3/17/2002	Neut	L 50-63	vs. #8 Pittsburgh

FUTURE GAMES

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