NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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PRINCETON
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 15-12
Power Rating: 76.419
Ranking: 140

0-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
4-3 v #101-200
11-1 v #201-324

Home Ratings (10-2): 78.904 (111) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 6-1 76.728 Non-League Ratings: 4-1 73.990 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 77.154

Away Ratings (5-6): 77.400 (118)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-324
League Ratings: 5-1 77.044
Non-League Ratings: 0-5 77.154
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 76.654

Neutral Ratings (0-4): 64.435 (257) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 0-2 63.888 Non-League Ratings: 0-2 76.763 Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 63.888

League Ratings (11-4): 77.560 (118)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 6-1 76.728
Away Ratings: 5-1 77.044
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 63.888
Last Ten Ratings: 6-3 73.748

Non-League Ratings (4-8): 74.119 (174) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 4-1 73.990 Away Ratings: 0-5 77.154 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 76.763 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 85.357

Wins Ratings: 77.105 (126)
0-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
4-3 v #101-200
11-1 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 10-2 80.527
Away Ratings: 5-6 78.277
Neutral Ratings: 0-4 58.730
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 76.632

Points Ratings: 75.476 (155) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-5 v #51-100 5-3 v #101-200 10-1 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 10-2 76.628 Away Ratings: 5-6 76.449 Neutral Ratings: 0-4 68.632 League Ratings: 11-4 75.484 Non-League Ratings: 4-8 75.461 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 74.859

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 75.923 (153)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 4-1 77.154
Away Ratings: 2-1 76.654
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 63.888
League Ratings: 6-3 73.748
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 85.357

Home Advantage: 8.9516 (50)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0582 (117)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1556 (138)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2519 (154)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3482 (167)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4851 (191)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7644 (207)

Upward Stability: 2.6809 (258)

Downward Stability: 2.8896 (208)

RPI
RPI: 0.5459 (79)
0-2 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-5 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-324

RPI Home (10-2): 0.6202 (33) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (5-6): 0.4924 (92)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (0-4): 0.4702 (197) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-324

RPI League (11-4): 0.5737 (50)
0-0 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (4-8): 0.5142 (127) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5427 (68)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/15/2001	Away	L 58-70	vs. #23 California
11/16/2001	Away	L 63-74	vs. #58 St Josephs
11/24/2001	Away	L 44-49	vs. #251 Florida Intl
11/28/2001	Home	W 69-57	vs. #185 Rider
12/2/2001	Neut	L 53-61	vs. #1 Maryland
12/3/2001	Neut	L 57-60	vs. #142 Geo Washington
12/8/2001	Home	W 76-70	vs. #204 Monmouth NJ
12/12/2001	Home	L 62-78	vs. #2 Kansas
12/21/2001	Home	W 67-61	vs. #246 Lafayette
12/29/2001	Away	L 62-70	vs. #92 Rutgers
1/5/2002	Home	W 52-50	vs. #202 Holy Cross
1/11/2002	Away	W 50-48	vs. #232 Harvard
1/12/2002	Away	W 57-46	vs. #290 Dartmouth
2/1/2002	Home	W 49-41	vs. #259 Columbia
2/2/2002	Home	W 60-38	vs. #302 Cornell
2/8/2002	Away	W 70-56	vs. #184 Brown
2/9/2002	Away	L 50-60	vs. #116 Yale
2/12/2002	Home	L 38-62	vs. #56 Pennsylvania
2/15/2002	Home	W 79-68	vs. #290 Dartmouth
2/16/2002	Home	W 70-59	vs. #232 Harvard
2/22/2002	Home	W 59-46	vs. #116 Yale
2/23/2002	Home	W 73-47	vs. #184 Brown
3/1/2002	Away	W 61-57	vs. #302 Cornell
3/2/2002	Away	W 49-48	vs. #259 Columbia
3/5/2002	Neut	L 48-64	vs. #56 Pennsylvania
3/7/2002	Neut	L 60-76	vs. #116 Yale
3/12/2002	Away	L 65-66	vs. #70 Louisville

FUTURE GAMES

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