NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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VILLANOVA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 19-13
Power Rating: 83.578
Ranking: 51

0-4 v #1-25
5-3 v #26-50
5-4 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (15-4): 83.955 (53) 0-1 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 5-3 82.281 Non-League Ratings: 10-1 82.773 Last Ten Ratings: 5-0 86.812

Away Ratings (2-8): 80.586 (83)
0-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 2-6 83.016
Non-League Ratings: 0-2 83.875
Last Ten Ratings: 0-3 80.531

Neutral Ratings (2-1): 89.672 (19) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 1-1 90.797 Non-League Ratings: 1-0 87.984 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 90.797

League Ratings (8-10): 82.873 (61)
0-4 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 5-3 82.281
Away Ratings: 2-6 83.016
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 90.797
Last Ten Ratings: 4-3 86.453

Non-League Ratings (11-3): 84.941 (47) 0-0 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 10-1 82.773 Away Ratings: 0-2 83.875 Neutral Ratings: 1-0 87.984 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 82.766

Wins Ratings: 84.672 (52)
0-4 v #1-25
5-3 v #26-50
5-4 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 15-4 85.351
Away Ratings: 2-8 80.707
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 91.656
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 85.883

Points Ratings: 82.285 (49) 0-4 v #1-25 5-3 v #26-50 6-5 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 15-4 81.988 Away Ratings: 2-8 80.914 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 87.332 League Ratings: 8-10 82.060 Non-League Ratings: 11-3 82.703 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 83.980

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 84.988 (48)
0-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 5-0 86.812
Away Ratings: 0-3 80.531
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 90.797
League Ratings: 4-3 86.453
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 82.766

Home Advantage: 5.2628 (125)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0969 (61)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2574 (56)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3996 (54)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5239 (50)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6677 (46)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8656 (70)

Upward Stability: 3.5174 (36)

Downward Stability: 3.8168 (29)

RPI
RPI: 0.5799 (40)
1-6 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
8-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (15-4): 0.6083 (40) 1-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (2-8): 0.5051 (80)
1-4 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (2-1): 0.6458 (17) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (8-10): 0.5669 (56)
0-6 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (11-3): 0.5954 (33) 1-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5752 (18)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2001	Home	W 82-68	vs. #306 Grambling
11/24/2001	Home	W 59-57	vs. #44 Dayton
11/27/2001	Home	L 58-61	vs. #112 La Salle
12/1/2001	Home	W 69-45	vs. #265 Bucknell
12/5/2001	Away	L 74-75	vs. #56 Pennsylvania
12/8/2001	Neut	W 70-66	vs. #47 Temple
12/11/2001	Home	W 76-54	vs. #307 Stony Brook
12/22/2001	Home	W 104-91	vs. #218 VMI
12/28/2001	Home	W 67-44	vs. #256 Delaware St
1/2/2002	Home	W 76-57	vs. #104 Providence
1/6/2002	Away	W 74-72	vs. #35 Notre Dame
1/9/2002	Home	L 81-88	vs. #59 Boston College
1/13/2002	Home	L 65-70	vs. #6 Connecticut
1/15/2002	Away	W 77-75	vs. #164 Virginia Tech
1/20/2002	Away	L 63-65	vs. #60 St Johns
1/24/2002	Away	L 58-76	vs. #30 Miami Fla
1/28/2002	Home	W 102-73	vs. #58 St Josephs
1/30/2002	Home	W 84-77	vs. #164 Virginia Tech
2/2/2002	Away	L 59-71	vs. #8 Pittsburgh
2/5/2002	Home	L 56-65	vs. #30 Miami Fla
2/9/2002	Home	W 58-57	vs. #27 UCLA
2/11/2002	Away	L 40-46	vs. #6 Connecticut
2/16/2002	Home	W 83-72	vs. #46 Georgetown
2/19/2002	Away	L 64-72	vs. #104 Providence
2/23/2002	Away	L 67-69	vs. #59 Boston College
2/28/2002	Home	W 67-61	vs. #62 Syracuse
3/3/2002	Home	W 77-62	vs. #60 St Johns
3/6/2002	Neut	W 78-64	vs. #62 Syracuse
3/7/2002	Neut	L 70-72	vs. #6 Connecticut
3/14/2002	Home	W 84-69	vs. #154 Manhattan
3/19/2002	Home	W 67-64	vs. #61 Louisiana Tech
3/22/2002	Away	L 57-63	vs. #47 Temple

FUTURE GAMES

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