NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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SOUTH CAROLINA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-15
Power Rating: 85.390
Ranking: 39

1-8 v #1-25
2-5 v #26-50
10-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (12-6): 83.076 (57) 0-4 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 5-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 3-5 83.019 Non-League Ratings: 9-1 86.890 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 85.656

Away Ratings (6-5): 87.722 (23)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 3-5 86.621
Non-League Ratings: 3-0 94.390
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 88.734

Neutral Ratings (3-4): 86.078 (45) 1-2 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 2-1 89.046 Non-League Ratings: 1-3 81.929 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 86.734

League Ratings (8-11): 84.630 (46)
1-7 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 3-5 83.019
Away Ratings: 3-5 86.621
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 89.046
Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 86.164

Non-League Ratings (13-4): 86.873 (31) 0-1 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 9-1 86.890 Away Ratings: 3-0 94.390 Neutral Ratings: 1-3 81.929 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 87.742

Wins Ratings: 86.406 (41)
1-8 v #1-25
2-5 v #26-50
10-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 12-6 82.857
Away Ratings: 6-5 89.445
Neutral Ratings: 3-4 88.082
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 89.250

Points Ratings: 84.283 (33) 2-9 v #1-25 3-4 v #26-50 9-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 12-6 83.402 Away Ratings: 6-5 85.906 Neutral Ratings: 3-4 83.531 League Ratings: 8-11 83.820 Non-League Ratings: 13-4 85.130 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 84.959

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 87.367 (29)
0-1 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 2-1 85.656
Away Ratings: 1-1 88.734
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 86.734
League Ratings: 2-3 86.164
Non-League Ratings: 4-1 87.742

Home Advantage: -0.016 (267)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1104 (38)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2909 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4578 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5882 (13)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7306 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9075 (16)

Upward Stability: 4.3995 (1)

Downward Stability: 4.6302 (2)

RPI
RPI: 0.5800 (38)
2-10 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
10-3 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (12-6): 0.5881 (66) 1-2 v #1-25 1-3 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (6-5): 0.5520 (33)
0-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (3-4): 0.6028 (49) 1-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (8-11): 0.5645 (60)
0-5 v #1-25
5-4 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (13-4): 0.5960 (32) 0-2 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5789 (16)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/20/2001	Neut	L 56-81	vs. #3 Duke
11/21/2001	Neut	L 77-89	vs. #27 UCLA
11/26/2001	Home	W 83-66	vs. #90 East Tenn St
11/28/2001	Away	W 64-49	vs. #224 Wofford
12/1/2001	Home	W 66-58	vs. #147 Colorado St
12/3/2001	Home	W 67-48	vs. #104 Providence
12/6/2001	Home	L 68-70	vs. #46 Georgetown
12/8/2001	Away	W 81-59	vs. #145 Clemson
12/18/2001	Home	W 69-50	vs. #253 SO Carolina St
12/20/2001	Home	W 73-57	vs. #153 The Citadel
12/28/2001	Home	W 86-41	vs. #271 Charleston Sou
12/30/2001	Home	W 88-52	vs. #281 Mercer
1/5/2002	Away	L 60-69	vs. #19 Florida
1/12/2002	Home	L 50-51	vs. #18 Kentucky
1/16/2002	Away	W 62-60	vs. #55 Arkansas
1/19/2002	Home	L 51-60	vs. #76 Vanderbilt
1/23/2002	Away	W 94-60	vs. #54 Tennessee
1/26/2002	Away	L 53-71	vs. #40 Mississippi
1/30/2002	Home	W 80-67	vs. #29 Georgia
2/2/2002	Away	L 74-91	vs. #18 Kentucky
2/5/2002	Home	L 63-72	vs. #19 Florida
2/9/2002	Home	W 72-54	vs. #54 Tennessee
2/13/2002	Home	L 51-52	vs. #16 Alabama
2/16/2002	Away	W 66-43	vs. #76 Vanderbilt
2/20/2002	Home	W 66-53	vs. #64 LSU
2/23/2002	Away	L 46-50	vs. #93 Auburn
2/27/2002	Away	L 75-82	vs. #29 Georgia
3/2/2002	Home	L 57-64	vs. #14 Mississippi St
3/7/2002	Neut	W 69-67	vs. #40 Mississippi
3/8/2002	Neut	W 70-57	vs. #18 Kentucky
3/9/2002	Neut	L 57-65	vs. #16 Alabama
3/13/2002	Away	W 74-67	vs. #65 Virginia
3/19/2002	Home	W 75-65	vs. #63 Unlv
3/21/2002	Home	W 82-47	vs. #71 Ball St
3/26/2002	Neut	W 66-59	vs. #62 Syracuse
3/28/2002	Neut	L 62-72	vs. #37 Memphis

FUTURE GAMES

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