NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 11-18
Power Rating: 77.120
Ranking: 122

0-6 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-324

Home Ratings (6-7): 75.452 (160) 0-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 3-5 77.964 Non-League Ratings: 3-2 74.839 Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 76.924

Away Ratings (3-7): 80.206 (86)
0-2 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 2-6 80.538
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 85.870
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 81.862

Neutral Ratings (2-4): 75.651 (157) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-1 v #201-324 League Ratings: 0-1 76.870 Non-League Ratings: 2-3 79.651 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 76.870

League Ratings (5-12): 77.233 (124)
0-3 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 3-5 77.964
Away Ratings: 2-6 80.538
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 76.870
Last Ten Ratings: 1-8 78.768

Non-League Ratings (6-6): 76.850 (131) 0-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 3-2 74.839 Away Ratings: 1-1 85.870 Neutral Ratings: 2-3 79.651 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 75.495

Wins Ratings: 76.374 (142)
0-6 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 6-7 74.323
Away Ratings: 3-7 80.741
Neutral Ratings: 2-4 73.757
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 71.530

Points Ratings: 78.212 (98) 0-6 v #1-25 0-5 v #26-50 2-5 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 6-7 76.983 Away Ratings: 3-7 79.880 Neutral Ratings: 2-4 78.235 League Ratings: 5-12 77.897 Non-League Ratings: 6-6 78.989 Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 77.301

Last Ten Ratings (1-9): 74.307 (172)
0-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 0-5 76.924
Away Ratings: 1-3 81.862
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 76.870
League Ratings: 1-8 78.768
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 75.495

Home Advantage: 0.9445 (245)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1092 (40)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2694 (45)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4033 (49)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5202 (53)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6626 (49)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8638 (72)

Upward Stability: 3.1269 (154)

Downward Stability: 2.7308 (230)

RPI
RPI: 0.5098 (129)
0-6 v #1-25
1-5 v #26-50
1-5 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-324

RPI Home (6-7): 0.5128 (189) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 1-3 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (3-7): 0.4958 (87)
0-4 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (2-4): 0.5265 (127) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324

RPI League (5-12): 0.5059 (139)
0-3 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (6-6): 0.5144 (125) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5533 (46)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/16/2001	Away	W 87-79	vs. #173 San Francisco
11/19/2001	Neut	L 79-80	vs. #3 Duke
11/21/2001	Neut	L 62-80	vs. #2 Kansas
11/29/2001	Home	W 72-51	vs. #204 Monmouth NJ
12/5/2001	Neut	W 78-66	vs. #185 Rider
12/11/2001	Home	W 78-63	vs. #310 St Peters
12/13/2001	Home	W 95-73	vs. #321 Fair Dickinson
12/16/2001	Home	L 68-71	vs. #112 La Salle
12/22/2001	Away	L 64-68	vs. #38 Michigan St
12/27/2001	Neut	L 70-73	vs. #244 Iona
12/28/2001	Neut	W 66-57	vs. #201 Fordham
12/31/2001	Home	L 66-81	vs. #59 Boston College
1/5/2002	Away	W 80-72	vs. #164 Virginia Tech
1/8/2002	Away	L 70-85	vs. #62 Syracuse
1/11/2002	Home	W 67-54	vs. #92 Rutgers
1/16/2002	Away	L 58-84	vs. #46 Georgetown
1/18/2002	Home	W 81-67	vs. #216 West Virginia
1/26/2002	Away	L 51-60	vs. #35 Notre Dame
1/29/2002	Home	W 63-61	vs. #60 St Johns
2/3/2002	Home	L 61-63	vs. #35 Notre Dame
2/7/2002	Away	L 65-70	vs. #8 Pittsburgh
2/9/2002	Away	W 85-79	vs. #216 West Virginia
2/12/2002	Home	L 77-84	vs. #46 Georgetown
2/16/2002	Home	L 65-75	vs. #10 Illinois
2/21/2002	Home	L 71-73	vs. #62 Syracuse
2/23/2002	Away	L 60-66	vs. #92 Rutgers
2/26/2002	Home	L 66-73	vs. #8 Pittsburgh
3/2/2002	Away	L 78-90	vs. #6 Connecticut
3/6/2002	Neut	L 58-64	vs. #60 St Johns

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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