NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 31-5
Power Rating: 94.481
Ranking: 4

8-2 v #1-25
4-3 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (17-0): 98.075 (4) 2-0 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 8-0 92.169 Non-League Ratings: 9-0 93.262 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 86.294

Away Ratings (7-4): 90.997 (7)
2-1 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 5-3 88.755
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 92.044
Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 94.231

Neutral Ratings (7-1): 97.473 (1) 4-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 4-0 98.598 Non-League Ratings: 3-1 92.575 Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 95.278

League Ratings (17-3): 94.473 (4)
4-1 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 8-0 92.169
Away Ratings: 5-3 88.755
Neutral Ratings: 4-0 98.598
Last Ten Ratings: 6-0 97.200

Non-League Ratings (14-2): 94.489 (3) 4-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 9-0 93.262 Away Ratings: 2-1 92.044 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 92.575 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 92.575

Wins Ratings: 98.487 (3)
8-2 v #1-25
4-3 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 17-0 107.80
Away Ratings: 7-4 94.389
Neutral Ratings: 7-1 101.58
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 101.74

Points Ratings: 89.718 (5) 8-2 v #1-25 4-3 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 17-0 91.218 Away Ratings: 7-4 86.936 Neutral Ratings: 7-1 92.358 League Ratings: 17-3 89.671 Non-League Ratings: 14-2 89.784 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 92.229

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 97.427 (2)
5-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 1-0 86.294
Away Ratings: 1-0 94.231
Neutral Ratings: 7-1 95.278
League Ratings: 6-0 97.200
Non-League Ratings: 3-1 92.575

Home Advantage: 8.3416 (64)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1313 (13)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3100 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4470 (21)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5588 (31)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6889 (37)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8762 (54)

Upward Stability: 2.2877 (305)

Downward Stability: 3.3315 (123)

RPI
RPI: 0.6546 (3)
10-4 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (17-0): 0.6593 (5) 2-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (7-4): 0.6049 (8)
2-1 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (7-1): 0.7128 (2) 3-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (17-3): 0.6551 (2)
4-1 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (14-2): 0.6539 (7) 5-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5858 (11)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/12/2001	Home	W 66-44	vs. #96 Central Conn
11/14/2001	Away	L 55-67	vs. #38 Michigan St
11/28/2001	Home	W 81-64	vs. #205 Central Mich
11/30/2001	Away	W 69-54	vs. #55 Arkansas
12/5/2001	Home	W 80-74	vs. #78 St Bonaventure
12/8/2001	Home	W 71-67	vs. #61 Louisiana Tech
12/15/2001	Home	W 107-63	vs. #294 High Point
12/16/2001	Home	W 102-65	vs. #293 Bethune Cookman
12/18/2001	Home	W 109-50	vs. #235 Eastern Ill
12/21/2001	Home	W 72-56	vs. #1 Maryland
12/29/2001	Home	W 97-55	vs. #284 Texas Southern
1/5/2002	Home	W 89-63	vs. #192 Texas A&M
1/7/2002	Away	W 69-67	vs. #6 Connecticut
1/12/2002	Home	W 98-72	vs. #26 Texas Tech
1/16/2002	Away	W 78-51	vs. #114 Nebraska
1/19/2002	Away	L 67-74	vs. #2 Kansas
1/21/2002	Home	W 84-71	vs. #31 Missouri
1/26/2002	Away	L 79-92	vs. #26 Texas Tech
1/30/2002	Home	W 58-53	vs. #34 Oklahoma St
2/2/2002	Away	W 85-84	vs. #24 Texas
2/6/2002	Home	W 70-57	vs. #149 Baylor
2/9/2002	Away	W 68-64	vs. #192 Texas A&M
2/13/2002	Away	L 72-79	vs. #34 Oklahoma St
2/16/2002	Home	W 73-62	vs. #121 Kansas St
2/19/2002	Away	W 65-54	vs. #149 Baylor
2/23/2002	Home	W 96-78	vs. #24 Texas
2/26/2002	Home	W 89-75	vs. #141 Iowa St
3/2/2002	Away	W 82-71	vs. #95 Colorado
3/8/2002	Neut	W 63-52	vs. #121 Kansas St
3/9/2002	Neut	W 67-51	vs. #24 Texas
3/10/2002	Neut	W 64-55	vs. #2 Kansas
3/15/2002	Neut	W 71-63	vs. #131 Illinois Chi
3/17/2002	Neut	W 78-65	vs. #12 Xavier
3/21/2002	Neut	W 88-67	vs. #7 Arizona
3/23/2002	Neut	W 81-75	vs. #31 Missouri
3/30/2002	Neut	L 64-73	vs. #9 Indiana

FUTURE GAMES

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