NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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PORTLAND
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 6-24
Power Rating: 66.268
Ranking: 275

1-3 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-9 v #101-200
4-7 v #201-324

Home Ratings (5-9): 67.446 (261) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-4 v #101-200 3-2 v #201-324 League Ratings: 2-5 68.166 Non-League Ratings: 3-4 69.737 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 70.658

Away Ratings (1-11): 64.893 (292)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
1-4 v #201-324
League Ratings: 0-7 63.205
Non-League Ratings: 1-4 71.979
Last Ten Ratings: 0-6 63.455

Neutral Ratings (0-4): 62.330 (267) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-324 League Ratings: 0-1 70.705 Non-League Ratings: 0-3 67.940 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 70.705

League Ratings (2-13): 64.869 (284)
0-2 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-6 v #101-200
2-2 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 2-5 68.166
Away Ratings: 0-7 63.205
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 70.705
Last Ten Ratings: 1-8 66.963

Non-League Ratings (4-11): 67.748 (263) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-3 v #101-200 2-5 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 3-4 69.737 Away Ratings: 1-4 71.979 Neutral Ratings: 0-3 67.940 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 66.955

Wins Ratings: 63.967 (276)
1-3 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-9 v #101-200
4-7 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 5-9 65.299
Away Ratings: 1-11 62.967
Neutral Ratings: 0-4 53.217
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 63.795

Points Ratings: 69.041 (271) 1-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 1-9 v #101-200 4-8 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 5-9 69.932 Away Ratings: 1-11 67.479 Neutral Ratings: 0-4 68.822 League Ratings: 2-13 67.428 Non-League Ratings: 4-11 70.731 Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 66.916

Last Ten Ratings (1-9): 65.237 (277)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 1-2 70.658
Away Ratings: 0-6 63.455
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 70.705
League Ratings: 1-8 66.963
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 66.955

Home Advantage: 7.1838 (83)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0621 (109)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1631 (128)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2700 (134)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3748 (138)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5224 (155)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8019 (165)

Upward Stability: 2.8921 (223)

Downward Stability: 2.1483 (294)

RPI
RPI: 0.4125 (290)
0-1 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
1-7 v #101-200
4-9 v #201-324

RPI Home (5-9): 0.4459 (280) 1-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-3 v #101-200 3-4 v #201-324

RPI Away (1-11): 0.3702 (301)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
1-4 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (0-4): 0.4228 (242) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-324

RPI League (2-13): 0.3977 (297)
0-0 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-6 v #101-200
2-2 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (4-11): 0.4268 (261) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-6 v #101-200 2-3 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4834 (186)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2001	Home	W 75-67	vs. #254 UC Riverside
11/21/2001	Home	L 90-96	vs. #267 Idaho St
11/25/2001	Away	L 62-104	vs. #3 Duke
11/28/2001	Away	W 71-66	vs. #258 Idaho
12/2/2001	Home	W 79-78	vs. #11 Oregon
12/5/2001	Home	L 80-82	vs. #159 TX Pan American
12/8/2001	Away	L 75-77	vs. #209 Portland St
12/15/2001	Home	W 68-61	vs. #144 Eastern Wash
12/19/2001	Neut	L 68-75	vs. #32 Hawaii
12/21/2001	Neut	L 43-60	vs. #202 Holy Cross
12/22/2001	Neut	L 74-77	vs. #196 Arkansas St
12/29/2001	Home	L 73-76	vs. #309 Lehigh
1/2/2002	Away	L 79-83	vs. #267 Idaho St
1/5/2002	Home	L 63-66	vs. #98 Montana St
1/11/2002	Home	L 64-65	vs. #119 San Diego
1/13/2002	Home	L 73-84	vs. #190 Santa Clara
1/18/2002	Away	L 77-85	vs. #264 Loyola Marymnt
1/19/2002	Away	L 88-109	vs. #50 Pepperdine
1/24/2002	Home	W 74-68	vs. #238 St Marys CA
1/26/2002	Home	L 69-77	vs. #173 San Francisco
1/30/2002	Away	L 67-102	vs. #15 Gonzaga
2/2/2002	Home	L 80-94	vs. #15 Gonzaga
2/7/2002	Away	L 80-103	vs. #119 San Diego
2/9/2002	Away	L 58-75	vs. #190 Santa Clara
2/14/2002	Home	L 77-83	vs. #50 Pepperdine
2/16/2002	Home	W 83-79	vs. #264 Loyola Marymnt
2/18/2002	Away	L 60-74	vs. #127 Oregon St
2/22/2002	Away	L 59-68	vs. #238 St Marys CA
2/23/2002	Away	L 81-97	vs. #173 San Francisco
3/2/2002	Neut	L 64-77	vs. #50 Pepperdine

FUTURE GAMES

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