NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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MERCER
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 5-23
Power Rating: 65.412
Ranking: 281

0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-12 v #101-200
4-6 v #201-324

Home Ratings (5-6): 67.517 (258) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-5 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-324 League Ratings: 4-6 66.775 Non-League Ratings: 1-0 76.162 Last Ten Ratings: 3-3 67.482

Away Ratings (0-14): 61.287 (309)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-7 v #101-200
0-4 v #201-324
League Ratings: 0-10 67.092
Non-League Ratings: 0-4 60.162
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 65.443

Neutral Ratings (0-3): 57.474 (292) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-324 League Ratings: 0-0 65.412 Non-League Ratings: 0-3 62.912 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 65.412

League Ratings (4-16): 65.289 (279)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-11 v #101-200
3-5 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 4-6 66.775
Away Ratings: 0-10 67.092
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 65.412
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 66.982

Non-League Ratings (1-7): 66.053 (273) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 1-1 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 1-0 76.162 Away Ratings: 0-4 60.162 Neutral Ratings: 0-3 62.912 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 65.412

Wins Ratings: 63.842 (277)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-12 v #101-200
4-6 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 5-6 66.428
Away Ratings: 0-14 54.998
Neutral Ratings: 0-3 49.342
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 65.713

Points Ratings: 67.389 (284) 0-0 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-12 v #101-200 4-6 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 5-6 68.568 Away Ratings: 0-14 66.099 Neutral Ratings: 0-3 63.045 League Ratings: 4-16 67.543 Non-League Ratings: 1-7 66.631 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 67.822

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 66.709 (268)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
2-4 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 3-3 67.482
Away Ratings: 0-4 65.443
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 65.412
League Ratings: 3-7 66.982
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 65.412

Home Advantage: 10.893 (24)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0371 (193)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1268 (185)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2311 (176)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3399 (177)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4971 (182)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7989 (170)

Upward Stability: 2.8244 (234)

Downward Stability: 1.9964 (301)

RPI
RPI: 0.4160 (285)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
1-11 v #101-200
4-5 v #201-324

RPI Home (5-6): 0.4740 (251) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-4 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-324

RPI Away (0-14): 0.3660 (305)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-8 v #101-200
0-4 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (0-3): 0.4402 (231) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (4-16): 0.4047 (288)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
1-7 v #101-200
3-5 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (1-7): 0.4448 (245) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4951 (151)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/16/2001	Neut	L 68-76	vs. #239 Howard
11/17/2001	Away	L 59-80	vs. #53 Minnesota
11/23/2001	Neut	L 72-89	vs. #32 Hawaii
11/24/2001	Home	W 72-61	vs. #253 SO Carolina St
11/25/2001	Neut	L 54-84	vs. #64 LSU
11/29/2001	Home	L 60-69	vs. #183 Samford
12/1/2001	Home	W 71-53	vs. #233 Jacksonville St
12/6/2001	Away	L 79-90	vs. #117 Georgia St
12/8/2001	Away	L 69-92	vs. #134 Geo Southern
12/28/2001	Away	L 43-77	vs. #69 Iowa
12/30/2001	Away	L 52-88	vs. #39 South Carolina
1/2/2002	Away	L 76-77	vs. #273 Campbell
1/7/2002	Away	L 65-87	vs. #223 Belmont
1/10/2002	Home	L 73-94	vs. #161 Fla Atlantic
1/12/2002	Home	L 71-81	vs. #150 Central Florida
1/17/2002	Away	L 62-75	vs. #176 Jacksonville
1/19/2002	Away	L 71-76	vs. #252 Stetson
1/23/2002	Away	L 65-71	vs. #139 Troy St
1/26/2002	Home	L 58-74	vs. #176 Jacksonville
1/28/2002	Home	L 55-58	vs. #252 Stetson
2/2/2002	Away	L 53-86	vs. #150 Central Florida
2/4/2002	Away	L 71-72	vs. #161 Fla Atlantic
2/7/2002	Home	W 81-68	vs. #223 Belmont
2/11/2002	Home	W 72-71	vs. #139 Troy St
2/14/2002	Home	L 74-82	vs. #117 Georgia St
2/16/2002	Home	W 88-85	vs. #273 Campbell
2/21/2002	Away	L 68-95	vs. #233 Jacksonville St
2/23/2002	Away	L 49-69	vs. #183 Samford

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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