NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-8
Power Rating: 87.806
Ranking: 22

4-2 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
10-2 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (14-2): 87.310 (30) 2-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 7-1 85.728 Non-League Ratings: 7-1 86.118 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 80.134

Away Ratings (5-5): 86.413 (35)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 4-4 87.161
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 85.275
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 89.931

Neutral Ratings (5-1): 91.025 (9) 2-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 3-0 93.165 Non-League Ratings: 2-1 85.150 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 87.165

League Ratings (14-5): 88.738 (17)
3-1 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 7-1 85.728
Away Ratings: 4-4 87.161
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 93.165
Last Ten Ratings: 6-2 88.622

Non-League Ratings (10-3): 85.982 (39) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 7-1 86.118 Away Ratings: 1-1 85.275 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 85.150 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 80.931

Wins Ratings: 89.687 (23)
4-2 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
8-2 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 14-2 88.710
Away Ratings: 5-5 87.925
Neutral Ratings: 5-1 94.382
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 90.195

Points Ratings: 85.468 (22) 4-2 v #1-25 0-5 v #26-50 10-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 14-2 85.304 Away Ratings: 5-5 84.853 Neutral Ratings: 5-1 86.710 League Ratings: 14-5 86.159 Non-League Ratings: 10-3 84.073 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 85.105

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 87.970 (24)
1-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 1-1 80.134
Away Ratings: 2-1 89.931
Neutral Ratings: 4-1 87.165
League Ratings: 6-2 88.622
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 80.931

Home Advantage: 3.1577 (174)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0894 (66)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2479 (64)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4032 (50)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5330 (45)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6791 (42)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8872 (35)

Upward Stability: 3.0040 (192)

Downward Stability: 3.8831 (21)

RPI
RPI: 0.6053 (16)
3-2 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
11-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (14-2): 0.6263 (24) 2-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 5-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (5-5): 0.5348 (53)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (5-1): 0.6662 (12) 2-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (14-5): 0.6023 (20)
0-0 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (10-3): 0.6094 (21) 0-0 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5571 (37)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/18/2001	Home	W 78-54	vs. #221 Winthrop
11/20/2001	Home	W 87-62	vs. #303 Albany NY
11/27/2001	Neut	W 64-50	vs. #25 North Carolina St
12/2/2001	Home	W 80-54	vs. #68 NC Wilmington
12/9/2001	Home	W 83-70	vs. #191 Iupui
12/12/2001	Home	W 88-41	vs. #190 Santa Clara
12/15/2001	Away	L 61-66	vs. #70 Louisville
12/19/2001	Home	L 55-62	vs. #8 Pittsburgh
12/22/2001	Home	W 72-59	vs. #235 Eastern Ill
12/29/2001	Home	W 85-54	vs. #88 NC Greensboro
1/2/2002	Away	W 79-71	vs. #99 Purdue
1/5/2002	Home	W 72-62	vs. #69 Iowa
1/9/2002	Away	W 70-62	vs. #113 Massachusetts
1/12/2002	Away	W 55-48	vs. #86 Northwestern
1/16/2002	Home	W 76-57	vs. #213 Penn St
1/19/2002	Home	W 73-67	vs. #9 Indiana
1/24/2002	Home	W 69-47	vs. #132 Michigan
1/26/2002	Away	L 71-89	vs. #53 Minnesota
1/29/2002	Home	W 78-67	vs. #10 Illinois
2/2/2002	Home	W 58-57	vs. #86 Northwestern
2/6/2002	Away	L 92-94	vs. #45 Wisconsin
2/10/2002	Away	L 64-67	vs. #38 Michigan St
2/16/2002	Away	W 72-66	vs. #69 Iowa
2/20/2002	Away	L 57-63	vs. #9 Indiana
2/23/2002	Home	W 77-66	vs. #99 Purdue
2/26/2002	Home	L 76-81	vs. #38 Michigan St
3/2/2002	Away	W 84-75	vs. #132 Michigan
3/8/2002	Neut	W 75-68	vs. #132 Michigan
3/9/2002	Neut	W 94-88	vs. #10 Illinois
3/10/2002	Neut	W 81-64	vs. #69 Iowa
3/14/2002	Neut	W 69-64	vs. #80 Davidson
3/16/2002	Neut	L 67-83	vs. #31 Missouri

FUTURE GAMES

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