NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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KANSAS
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 31-4
Power Rating: 95.795
Ranking: 2

6-2 v #1-25
7-1 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
11-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (12-0): 99.670 (3) 1-0 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 8-0 99.357 Non-League Ratings: 4-0 86.576 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 101.29

Away Ratings (10-1): 96.979 (1)
2-0 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 8-0 93.897
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 92.092
Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 93.545

Neutral Ratings (9-3): 94.004 (6) 3-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 2-1 93.998 Non-League Ratings: 7-2 93.693 Last Ten Ratings: 6-2 94.799

League Ratings (18-1): 97.959 (1)
2-1 v #1-25
5-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 8-0 99.357
Away Ratings: 8-0 93.897
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 93.998
Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 94.014

Non-League Ratings (13-3): 93.803 (5) 4-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 4-0 86.576 Away Ratings: 2-1 92.092 Neutral Ratings: 7-2 93.693 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 95.318

Wins Ratings: 99.596 (2)
6-2 v #1-25
7-1 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
11-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 12-0 108.78
Away Ratings: 10-1 102.47
Neutral Ratings: 9-3 96.568
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 99.229

Points Ratings: 91.342 (3) 6-2 v #1-25 7-1 v #26-50 8-1 v #51-100 8-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 12-0 93.623 Away Ratings: 10-1 90.717 Neutral Ratings: 9-3 90.947 League Ratings: 18-1 92.701 Non-League Ratings: 13-3 89.928 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 91.647

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 95.768 (3)
3-2 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 1-0 101.29
Away Ratings: 1-0 93.545
Neutral Ratings: 6-2 94.799
League Ratings: 4-1 94.014
Non-League Ratings: 4-1 95.318

Home Advantage: 8.2338 (66)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1277 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3149 (14)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4614 (14)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5860 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7275 (12)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9187 (10)

Upward Stability: 2.0212 (313)

Downward Stability: 3.1268 (157)

RPI
RPI: 0.6687 (2)
8-3 v #1-25
5-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
14-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (12-0): 0.6856 (1) 2-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (10-1): 0.6515 (1)
1-0 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (9-3): 0.6682 (11) 1-2 v #1-25 4-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (18-1): 0.6705 (1)
2-1 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (13-3): 0.6673 (3) 3-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5964 (4)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2001	Neut	L 91-93	vs. #71 Ball St
11/20/2001	Neut	W 95-78	vs. #83 Houston
11/21/2001	Neut	W 80-62	vs. #122 Seton Hall
12/1/2001	Away	W 105-97	vs. #7 Arizona
12/4/2001	Home	W 83-76	vs. #33 Wake Forest
12/8/2001	Home	W 79-68	vs. #182 Mo Kansas City
12/12/2001	Away	W 78-62	vs. #140 Princeton
12/15/2001	Home	W 106-73	vs. #253 SO Carolina St
12/29/2001	Neut	W 93-85	vs. #28 Tulsa
1/2/2002	Home	W 81-73	vs. #73 Valparaiso
1/5/2002	Away	W 97-85	vs. #95 Colorado
1/9/2002	Home	W 96-57	vs. #114 Nebraska
1/12/2002	Away	L 77-87	vs. #27 UCLA
1/15/2002	Away	W 79-61	vs. #34 Oklahoma St
1/19/2002	Home	W 74-67	vs. #4 Oklahoma
1/23/2002	Away	W 88-81	vs. #141 Iowa St
1/26/2002	Away	W 86-74	vs. #192 Texas A&M
1/28/2002	Home	W 105-73	vs. #31 Missouri
2/2/2002	Home	W 100-73	vs. #95 Colorado
2/4/2002	Away	W 98-71	vs. #121 Kansas St
2/9/2002	Home	W 108-81	vs. #26 Texas Tech
2/11/2002	Away	W 110-103	vs. #24 Texas
2/16/2002	Home	W 87-72	vs. #149 Baylor
2/18/2002	Home	W 102-66	vs. #141 Iowa St
2/24/2002	Away	W 88-87	vs. #114 Nebraska
2/27/2002	Home	W 103-68	vs. #121 Kansas St
3/3/2002	Away	W 95-92	vs. #31 Missouri
3/8/2002	Neut	W 102-73	vs. #95 Colorado
3/9/2002	Neut	W 90-50	vs. #26 Texas Tech
3/10/2002	Neut	L 55-64	vs. #4 Oklahoma
3/14/2002	Neut	W 70-59	vs. #202 Holy Cross
3/16/2002	Neut	W 86-63	vs. #21 Stanford
3/22/2002	Neut	W 73-69	vs. #10 Illinois
3/24/2002	Neut	W 104-86	vs. #11 Oregon
3/30/2002	Neut	L 88-97	vs. #1 Maryland

FUTURE GAMES

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