NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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LSU
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 18-15
Power Rating: 82.662
Ranking: 64

1-6 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
8-3 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (12-5): 81.500 (80) 1-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 4-2 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 4-4 81.838 Non-League Ratings: 8-1 80.639 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 78.506

Away Ratings (3-7): 83.592 (56)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 2-6 83.553
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 84.271
Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 87.092

Neutral Ratings (3-3): 83.943 (61) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 2-1 86.881 Non-League Ratings: 1-2 78.287 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 86.881

League Ratings (8-11): 83.519 (56)
1-6 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 4-4 81.838
Away Ratings: 2-6 83.553
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 86.881
Last Ten Ratings: 5-3 85.756

Non-League Ratings (10-4): 80.436 (88) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 8-1 80.639 Away Ratings: 1-1 84.271 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 78.287 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 78.787

Wins Ratings: 83.730 (66)
1-6 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
8-3 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 12-5 81.873
Away Ratings: 3-7 85.363
Neutral Ratings: 3-3 85.394
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 88.121

Points Ratings: 81.365 (61) 2-7 v #1-25 1-4 v #26-50 8-2 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 12-5 80.844 Away Ratings: 3-7 81.654 Neutral Ratings: 3-3 82.217 League Ratings: 8-11 81.689 Non-League Ratings: 10-4 80.521 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 82.900

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 85.889 (42)
0-1 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 1-2 78.506
Away Ratings: 3-1 87.092
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 86.881
League Ratings: 5-3 85.756
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 78.787

Home Advantage: 1.7668 (221)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1012 (56)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2701 (44)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4243 (37)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5481 (37)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6876 (38)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8671 (67)

Upward Stability: 3.9247 (7)

Downward Stability: 3.7440 (43)

RPI
RPI: 0.5531 (71)
2-8 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
6-4 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (12-5): 0.5745 (90) 1-2 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (3-7): 0.5151 (68)
0-3 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (3-3): 0.5548 (88) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324

RPI League (8-11): 0.5654 (59)
1-5 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (10-4): 0.5351 (89) 0-0 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 7-1 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5556 (39)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2001	Home	W 83-59	vs. #273 Campbell
11/19/2001	Home	W 97-69	vs. #312 Southern
11/23/2001	Neut	L 74-75	vs. #135 Weber St
11/25/2001	Neut	W 84-54	vs. #281 Mercer
11/28/2001	Home	W 83-46	vs. #242 Towson
12/2/2001	Home	W 91-54	vs. #241 Northwestern St
12/4/2001	Home	W 83-65	vs. #102 Ul Lafayette
12/15/2001	Home	W 80-57	vs. #84 McNeese St
12/18/2001	Away	L 59-60	vs. #167 New Orleans
12/20/2001	Home	W 73-69	vs. #83 Houston
12/27/2001	Neut	L 61-68	vs. #30 Miami Fla
12/30/2001	Home	W 71-35	vs. #320 Nicholls St
1/5/2002	Away	L 74-76	vs. #16 Alabama
1/13/2002	Home	W 75-69	vs. #55 Arkansas
1/16/2002	Away	L 70-102	vs. #19 Florida
1/19/2002	Home	W 75-58	vs. #93 Auburn
1/23/2002	Away	L 55-70	vs. #40 Mississippi
1/26/2002	Away	L 61-84	vs. #14 Mississippi St
1/30/2002	Home	L 58-61	vs. #54 Tennessee
2/2/2002	Home	L 48-57	vs. #16 Alabama
2/6/2002	Away	L 63-68	vs. #76 Vanderbilt
2/9/2002	Home	L 56-68	vs. #18 Kentucky
2/13/2002	Home	W 68-65	vs. #14 Mississippi St
2/16/2002	Away	W 67-63	vs. #55 Arkansas
2/20/2002	Away	L 53-66	vs. #39 South Carolina
2/23/2002	Home	L 54-55	vs. #29 Georgia
2/27/2002	Home	W 59-56	vs. #40 Mississippi
3/2/2002	Away	W 59-54	vs. #93 Auburn
3/7/2002	Neut	W 69-62	vs. #76 Vanderbilt
3/8/2002	Neut	W 78-76	vs. #29 Georgia
3/9/2002	Neut	L 51-57	vs. #14 Mississippi St
3/13/2002	Away	W 63-61	vs. #69 Iowa
3/19/2002	Home	L 65-75	vs. #71 Ball St

FUTURE GAMES

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