NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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MICHIGAN ST
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 18-12
Power Rating: 85.567
Ranking: 38

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

Home Ratings (13-2): 89.801 (19) 4-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 6-2 86.680 Non-League Ratings: 7-0 92.629 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 88.032

Away Ratings (4-5): 86.860 (30)
2-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 4-4 86.664
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 88.473
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 85.989

Neutral Ratings (1-5): 74.004 (171) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 0-1 78.567 Non-League Ratings: 1-4 76.481 Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 77.473

League Ratings (10-7): 86.575 (32)
4-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 6-2 86.680
Away Ratings: 4-4 86.664
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 78.567
Last Ten Ratings: 6-3 86.446

Non-League Ratings (8-5): 83.430 (55) 2-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 7-0 92.629 Away Ratings: 0-1 88.473 Neutral Ratings: 1-4 76.481 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 76.567

Wins Ratings: 86.836 (38)
6-6 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 13-2 91.672
Away Ratings: 4-5 88.680
Neutral Ratings: 1-5 73.055
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 88.442

Points Ratings: 84.020 (36) 6-6 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 4-4 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 13-2 87.239 Away Ratings: 4-5 84.836 Neutral Ratings: 1-5 75.442 League Ratings: 10-7 84.797 Non-League Ratings: 8-5 82.446 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 84.106

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 86.567 (34)
3-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 4-1 88.032
Away Ratings: 2-1 85.989
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 77.473
League Ratings: 6-3 86.446
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 76.567

Home Advantage: 12.074 (17)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1146 (32)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2977 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4549 (17)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5782 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7153 (20)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9005 (20)

Upward Stability: 3.3226 (83)

Downward Stability: 3.4573 (84)

RPI
RPI: 0.5799 (39)
6-4 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
3-4 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (13-2): 0.6406 (12) 3-2 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (4-5): 0.5438 (39)
0-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (1-5): 0.4825 (186) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (10-7): 0.5845 (36)
2-0 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (8-5): 0.5738 (57) 2-1 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5732 (20)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/12/2001	Home	W 80-70	vs. #110 Detroit
11/14/2001	Home	W 67-55	vs. #4 Oklahoma
11/21/2001	Neut	L 58-69	vs. #62 Syracuse
11/23/2001	Neut	L 58-63	vs. #81 Fresno St
12/1/2001	Neut	W 80-71	vs. #215 Lamar
12/5/2001	Away	L 70-74	vs. #19 Florida
12/9/2001	Home	W 92-38	vs. #320 Nicholls St
12/15/2001	Home	W 74-60	vs. #7 Arizona
12/17/2001	Home	W 76-56	vs. #248 NC Asheville
12/19/2001	Home	W 78-50	vs. #137 Oakland
12/22/2001	Home	W 68-64	vs. #122 Seton Hall
12/29/2001	Neut	L 64-75	vs. #21 Stanford
1/5/2002	Away	L 67-70	vs. #53 Minnesota
1/8/2002	Away	L 65-83	vs. #9 Indiana
1/12/2002	Home	L 63-64	vs. #45 Wisconsin
1/16/2002	Home	W 65-56	vs. #99 Purdue
1/19/2002	Away	W 77-65	vs. #213 Penn St
1/22/2002	Away	L 71-75	vs. #69 Iowa
1/30/2002	Home	W 71-44	vs. #132 Michigan
2/3/2002	Away	W 67-61	vs. #10 Illinois
2/6/2002	Away	L 49-61	vs. #86 Northwestern
2/10/2002	Home	W 67-64	vs. #22 Ohio St
2/12/2002	Home	L 61-63	vs. #10 Illinois
2/16/2002	Away	W 62-59	vs. #99 Purdue
2/21/2002	Home	W 74-55	vs. #53 Minnesota
2/24/2002	Home	W 57-54	vs. #9 Indiana
2/26/2002	Away	W 81-76	vs. #22 Ohio St
3/2/2002	Home	W 93-79	vs. #69 Iowa
3/8/2002	Neut	L 56-67	vs. #9 Indiana
3/15/2002	Neut	L 58-69	vs. #25 North Carolina St

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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