NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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PURDUE
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 13-18
Power Rating: 78.847
Ranking: 99

2-7 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-324

Home Ratings (8-4): 81.648 (75) 2-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 5-3 81.035 Non-League Ratings: 3-1 80.675 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 83.160

Away Ratings (2-8): 77.043 (124)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-324
League Ratings: 0-8 76.543
Non-League Ratings: 2-0 85.863
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 75.738

Neutral Ratings (3-6): 76.238 (148) 0-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 0-1 67.410 Non-League Ratings: 3-5 78.140 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 67.410

League Ratings (5-12): 77.193 (125)
1-4 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 5-3 81.035
Away Ratings: 0-8 76.543
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 67.410
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 78.617

Non-League Ratings (8-6): 81.449 (74) 1-3 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 3-1 80.675 Away Ratings: 2-0 85.863 Neutral Ratings: 3-5 78.140 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 78.847

Wins Ratings: 79.070 (104)
2-7 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
3-4 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 8-4 82.195
Away Ratings: 2-8 77.004
Neutral Ratings: 3-6 76.250
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 75.593

Points Ratings: 78.562 (93) 2-7 v #1-25 0-6 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 4-2 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 8-4 80.738 Away Ratings: 2-8 77.425 Neutral Ratings: 3-6 76.312 League Ratings: 5-12 77.871 Non-League Ratings: 8-6 79.683 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 78.043

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 76.660 (138)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 3-1 83.160
Away Ratings: 0-5 75.738
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 67.410
League Ratings: 3-7 78.617
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 78.847

Home Advantage: 8.9771 (48)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1071 (43)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2790 (37)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4248 (36)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5505 (35)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6969 (30)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8962 (22)

Upward Stability: 3.4834 (39)

Downward Stability: 3.1123 (160)

RPI
RPI: 0.5260 (103)
2-6 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
2-4 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-324

RPI Home (8-4): 0.5864 (68) 2-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (2-8): 0.4708 (125)
0-0 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-2 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (3-6): 0.5070 (150) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324

RPI League (5-12): 0.4838 (182)
0-2 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (8-6): 0.5761 (50) 0-2 v #1-25 1-3 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5615 (30)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/16/2001	Away	W 73-69	vs. #73 Valparaiso
11/21/2001	Home	W 91-84	vs. #236 Radford
11/24/2001	Neut	L 62-78	vs. #21 Stanford
11/27/2001	Home	L 68-74	vs. #49 Butler
11/30/2001	Neut	W 75-58	vs. #229 William & Mary
12/2/2001	Neut	W 89-71	vs. #137 Oakland
12/5/2001	Home	W 70-66	vs. #12 Xavier
12/8/2001	Neut	L 66-79	vs. #7 Arizona
12/15/2001	Neut	L 72-83	vs. #44 Dayton
12/17/2001	Neut	W 80-73	vs. #131 Illinois Chi
12/20/2001	Away	W 84-83	vs. #128 SW Missouri St
12/21/2001	Neut	L 64-71	vs. #192 Texas A&M
12/22/2001	Neut	L 62-79	vs. #5 Cincinnati
12/29/2001	Home	W 87-53	vs. #282 Robert Morris
1/2/2002	Home	L 71-79	vs. #22 Ohio St
1/5/2002	Away	L 75-79	vs. #132 Michigan
1/9/2002	Home	W 84-75	vs. #10 Illinois
1/12/2002	Home	L 71-87	vs. #53 Minnesota
1/16/2002	Away	L 56-65	vs. #38 Michigan St
1/19/2002	Away	L 66-77	vs. #45 Wisconsin
1/23/2002	Home	W 63-61	vs. #86 Northwestern
1/26/2002	Home	W 73-68	vs. #69 Iowa
1/31/2002	Away	L 52-66	vs. #9 Indiana
2/6/2002	Away	L 68-81	vs. #213 Penn St
2/9/2002	Away	L 67-69	vs. #10 Illinois
2/13/2002	Home	W 79-43	vs. #132 Michigan
2/16/2002	Home	L 59-62	vs. #38 Michigan St
2/20/2002	Away	L 48-61	vs. #86 Northwestern
2/23/2002	Away	L 66-77	vs. #22 Ohio St
3/2/2002	Home	W 92-57	vs. #213 Penn St
3/7/2002	Neut	L 72-87	vs. #69 Iowa

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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