NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 10-19
Power Rating: 64.619
Ranking: 292

0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
10-9 v #201-324

Home Ratings (5-4): 62.262 (298) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 5-4 v #201-324 League Ratings: 4-4 61.666 Non-League Ratings: 1-0 64.494 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 63.025

Away Ratings (5-10): 69.775 (246)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
5-4 v #201-324
League Ratings: 5-4 68.615
Non-League Ratings: 0-6 69.244
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 72.353

Neutral Ratings (0-5): 52.681 (311) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-324 League Ratings: 0-2 57.541 Non-League Ratings: 0-3 62.400 Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 57.541

League Ratings (9-10): 64.683 (286)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
9-8 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 4-4 61.666
Away Ratings: 5-4 68.615
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 57.541
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 65.221

Non-League Ratings (1-9): 64.252 (286) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 1-1 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 1-0 64.494 Away Ratings: 0-6 69.244 Neutral Ratings: 0-3 62.400 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 64.619

Wins Ratings: 63.086 (287)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
10-9 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 5-4 59.922
Away Ratings: 5-10 70.058
Neutral Ratings: 0-5 40.148
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 62.789

Points Ratings: 66.306 (298) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-6 v #101-200 10-8 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 5-4 64.767 Away Ratings: 5-10 69.353 Neutral Ratings: 0-5 61.416 League Ratings: 9-10 66.289 Non-League Ratings: 1-9 66.400 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 67.256

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 64.857 (279)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
5-4 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 3-2 63.025
Away Ratings: 2-1 72.353
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 57.541
League Ratings: 5-5 65.221
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 64.619

Home Advantage: 0.7502 (250)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0469 (148)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1110 (215)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1839 (237)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2583 (249)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.3722 (259)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.6406 (285)

Upward Stability: 2.8270 (232)

Downward Stability: 2.6892 (236)

RPI
RPI: 0.4294 (264)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-6 v #101-200
9-9 v #201-324

RPI Home (5-4): 0.4381 (286) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 4-4 v #201-324

RPI Away (5-10): 0.4416 (185)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
5-3 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (0-5): 0.3792 (271) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-3 v #201-324

RPI League (9-10): 0.4267 (266)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
9-6 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (1-9): 0.4371 (250) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-5 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 1-1 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4577 (257)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/16/2001	Neut	L 52-76	vs. #32 Hawaii
11/18/2001	Neut	L 71-90	vs. #195 Sam Houston
11/21/2001	Away	L 71-78	vs. #57 San Diego St
11/24/2001	Away	L 67-89	vs. #111 Tulane
11/26/2001	Neut	L 54-61	vs. #167 New Orleans
12/1/2001	Away	W 63-59	vs. #315 Coppin St
12/3/2001	Away	W 79-66	vs. #319 Morgan St
12/8/2001	Away	L 57-85	vs. #115 Hampton
12/11/2001	Home	W 84-81	vs. #280 Maine
12/15/2001	Away	L 68-87	vs. #46 Georgetown
12/20/2001	Away	L 69-84	vs. #88 NC Greensboro
12/31/2001	Away	L 69-79	vs. #211 Cleveland St
1/3/2002	Away	L 69-92	vs. #1 Maryland
1/7/2002	Home	L 88-95	vs. #287 MD Eastrn Shore
1/12/2002	Away	W 74-73	vs. #272 NO Carolina A&T
1/14/2002	Away	L 51-75	vs. #253 SO Carolina St
1/19/2002	Home	W 87-84	vs. #239 Howard
1/21/2002	Home	L 62-82	vs. #256 Delaware St
1/26/2002	Away	L 61-73	vs. #289 Florida A&M
1/28/2002	Home	W 67-58	vs. #293 Bethune Cookman
2/2/2002	Home	W 69-51	vs. #315 Coppin St
2/4/2002	Home	W 74-69	vs. #319 Morgan St
2/11/2002	Away	W 70-68	vs. #287 MD Eastrn Shore
2/16/2002	Home	L 68-71	vs. #272 NO Carolina A&T
2/18/2002	Home	L 82-86	vs. #253 SO Carolina St
2/23/2002	Away	L 63-73	vs. #239 Howard
2/25/2002	Away	W 73-66	vs. #256 Delaware St
3/2/2002	Neut	L 89-92	vs. #115 Hampton
3/4/2002	Neut	L 46-61	vs. #315 Coppin St

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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(Opp. Specific Rating)