NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 29-6
Power Rating: 88.849
Ranking: 17

2-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
6-0 v #51-100
14-1 v #101-200
6-2 v #201-324

Home Ratings (11-0): 92.490 (10) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 9-0 87.662 Non-League Ratings: 2-0 89.349 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 77.099

Away Ratings (8-3): 85.896 (37)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-324
League Ratings: 7-1 86.318
Non-League Ratings: 1-2 80.849
Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 85.662

Neutral Ratings (10-3): 89.654 (20) 2-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-324 League Ratings: 4-0 88.553 Non-League Ratings: 6-3 87.607 Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 90.615

League Ratings (20-1): 90.834 (7)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
12-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 9-0 87.662
Away Ratings: 7-1 86.318
Neutral Ratings: 4-0 88.553
Last Ten Ratings: 6-0 86.740

Non-League Ratings (9-5): 87.156 (27) 2-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-2 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 2-0 89.349 Away Ratings: 1-2 80.849 Neutral Ratings: 6-3 87.607 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 91.482

Wins Ratings: 91.457 (15)
2-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
6-0 v #51-100
13-0 v #101-200
7-3 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 11-0 98.144
Away Ratings: 8-3 87.844
Neutral Ratings: 10-3 92.601
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 97.730

Points Ratings: 85.549 (20) 2-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 16-1 v #101-200 5-2 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 11-0 88.041 Away Ratings: 8-3 83.619 Neutral Ratings: 10-3 85.849 League Ratings: 20-1 86.521 Non-League Ratings: 9-5 84.517 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 87.478

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 93.060 (7)
1-1 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 1-0 77.099
Away Ratings: 1-0 85.662
Neutral Ratings: 7-1 90.615
League Ratings: 6-0 86.740
Non-League Ratings: 3-1 91.482

Home Advantage: 8.5487 (59)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0611 (111)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1847 (109)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3056 (111)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4208 (117)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5884 (111)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8583 (83)

Upward Stability: 2.4406 (293)

Downward Stability: 3.2792 (135)

RPI
RPI: 0.6077 (15)
3-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
7-0 v #51-100
11-1 v #101-200
8-2 v #201-324

RPI Home (11-0): 0.6537 (7) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (8-3): 0.5354 (51)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
3-2 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (10-3): 0.6303 (28) 1-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324

RPI League (20-1): 0.6240 (11)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
11-0 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (9-5): 0.5851 (43) 3-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 1-1 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5341 (77)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2001	Neut	L 64-67	vs. #210 Hofstra
11/24/2001	Neut	W 83-55	vs. #282 Robert Morris
11/25/2001	Neut	W 75-64	vs. #97 UC Irvine
11/28/2001	Neut	L 68-82	vs. #18 Kentucky
12/1/2001	Home	W 75-56	vs. #124 Chattanooga
12/15/2001	Away	L 70-75	vs. #300 Youngstown St
12/20/2001	Away	L 56-62	vs. #12 Xavier
12/22/2001	Away	W 61-48	vs. #108 Illinois St
12/29/2001	Neut	W 66-62	vs. #211 Cleveland St
12/31/2001	Home	W 93-82	vs. #78 St Bonaventure
1/2/2002	Home	W 81-54	vs. #71 Ball St
1/5/2002	Away	W 73-70	vs. #157 Marshall
1/9/2002	Away	L 65-66	vs. #197 Buffalo
1/12/2002	Home	W 71-56	vs. #101 Ohio
1/16/2002	Away	W 78-54	vs. #227 Akron
1/19/2002	Home	W 75-72	vs. #125 Western Mich
1/22/2002	Home	W 91-53	vs. #197 Buffalo
1/26/2002	Away	W 70-67	vs. #67 Bowling Green
1/29/2002	Away	W 82-62	vs. #295 Eastern Mich
2/2/2002	Home	W 79-52	vs. #118 Toledo
2/4/2002	Home	W 76-64	vs. #67 Bowling Green
2/9/2002	Away	W 96-66	vs. #205 Central Mich
2/13/2002	Away	W 73-61	vs. #188 Northern Ill
2/16/2002	Home	W 73-57	vs. #126 Miami Ohio
2/19/2002	Home	W 116-76	vs. #157 Marshall
2/23/2002	Away	W 70-67	vs. #101 Ohio
2/25/2002	Home	W 67-57	vs. #227 Akron
3/2/2002	Neut	W 70-67	vs. #126 Miami Ohio
3/7/2002	Neut	W 82-70	vs. #157 Marshall
3/8/2002	Neut	W 86-61	vs. #118 Toledo
3/9/2002	Neut	W 70-59	vs. #67 Bowling Green
3/14/2002	Neut	W 69-61	vs. #34 Oklahoma St
3/16/2002	Neut	W 71-58	vs. #16 Alabama
3/21/2002	Neut	W 78-73	vs. #8 Pittsburgh
3/23/2002	Neut	L 69-81	vs. #9 Indiana

FUTURE GAMES

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