NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 18-11
Power Rating: 78.368
Ranking: 106

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

Home Ratings (10-4): 77.603 (126) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 7-1 76.829 Non-League Ratings: 3-3 77.900 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 77.775

Away Ratings (5-6): 76.482 (132)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-324
League Ratings: 4-3 78.064
Non-League Ratings: 1-3 73.587
Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 75.407

Neutral Ratings (3-1): 86.228 (43) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 1-1 85.478 Non-League Ratings: 2-0 93.056 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 85.478

League Ratings (12-5): 79.540 (92)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
7-3 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 7-1 76.829
Away Ratings: 4-3 78.064
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 85.478
Last Ten Ratings: 6-2 80.528

Non-League Ratings (6-6): 76.866 (130) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-3 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 3-3 77.900 Away Ratings: 1-3 73.587 Neutral Ratings: 2-0 93.056 Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 69.618

Wins Ratings: 78.417 (113)
0-0 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
5-4 v #101-200
11-1 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 10-4 76.968
Away Ratings: 5-6 76.984
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 86.878
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 77.933

Points Ratings: 78.357 (95) 0-0 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 2-3 v #51-100 7-5 v #101-200 9-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 10-4 78.220 Away Ratings: 5-6 76.062 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 86.075 League Ratings: 12-5 78.831 Non-League Ratings: 6-6 77.693 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 77.989

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 77.915 (117)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
2-2 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 3-0 77.775
Away Ratings: 2-3 75.407
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 85.478
League Ratings: 6-2 80.528
Non-League Ratings: 0-2 69.618

Home Advantage: 2.5126 (200)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0335 (216)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1203 (197)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2221 (190)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3327 (183)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4975 (180)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8017 (166)

Upward Stability: 3.0706 (169)

Downward Stability: 3.5668 (69)

RPI
RPI: 0.5286 (99)
0-1 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
6-3 v #101-200
10-1 v #201-324

RPI Home (10-4): 0.5418 (142) 0-0 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (5-6): 0.4723 (121)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
4-3 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (3-1): 0.6359 (23) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324

RPI League (12-5): 0.5406 (81)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (6-6): 0.5124 (132) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4979 (144)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2001	Away	W 88-71	vs. #237 Texas Arlington
11/19/2001	Home	W 82-72	vs. #219 Alcorn St
11/24/2001	Home	W 94-79	vs. #57 San Diego St
11/28/2001	Home	L 80-81	vs. #26 Texas Tech
12/1/2001	Home	W 73-71	vs. #212 Texas El Paso
12/5/2001	Home	L 64-66	vs. #87 New Mexico
12/8/2001	Home	L 74-75	vs. #89 Washington
12/16/2001	Away	L 49-70	vs. #87 New Mexico
12/20/2001	Neut	W 94-77	vs. #73 Valparaiso
12/22/2001	Neut	W 79-67	vs. #171 Montana
12/27/2001	Away	W 86-82	vs. #266 Denver
12/29/2001	Away	L 71-76	vs. #170 North Texas
1/3/2002	Home	W 77-62	vs. #167 New Orleans
1/5/2002	Home	W 80-63	vs. #274 South Alabama
1/10/2002	Away	W 94-88	vs. #198 Middle Tenn St
1/13/2002	Away	L 67-83	vs. #36 Western KY
1/19/2002	Home	L 66-71	vs. #102 Ul Lafayette
1/24/2002	Home	W 68-62	vs. #266 Denver
1/26/2002	Home	W 88-71	vs. #170 North Texas
1/31/2002	Away	W 64-62	vs. #167 New Orleans
2/2/2002	Away	W 78-74	vs. #274 South Alabama
2/6/2002	Home	W 77-70	vs. #251 Florida Intl
2/11/2002	Away	L 86-100	vs. #159 TX Pan American
2/14/2002	Home	W 81-73	vs. #129 Arkansas Lr
2/16/2002	Home	W 69-59	vs. #196 Arkansas St
2/20/2002	Away	L 81-85	vs. #212 Texas El Paso
2/23/2002	Away	L 67-69	vs. #102 Ul Lafayette
3/3/2002	Neut	W 63-48	vs. #198 Middle Tenn St
3/4/2002	Neut	L 72-73	vs. #36 Western KY

FUTURE GAMES

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