NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 20-10
Power Rating: 87.921
Ranking: 21

3-8 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (8-3): 84.700 (44) 2-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 6-3 84.698 Non-League Ratings: 2-0 86.046 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 79.194

Away Ratings (7-3): 93.054 (4)
1-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 6-3 91.890
Non-League Ratings: 1-0 98.671
Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 96.280

Neutral Ratings (5-4): 85.452 (50) 0-3 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 0-1 63.421 Non-League Ratings: 5-3 87.585 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 85.226

League Ratings (12-7): 87.841 (21)
3-6 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 6-3 84.698
Away Ratings: 6-3 91.890
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 63.421
Last Ten Ratings: 5-3 85.980

Non-League Ratings (8-3): 88.108 (21) 0-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 2-0 86.046 Away Ratings: 1-0 98.671 Neutral Ratings: 5-3 87.585 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 90.015

Wins Ratings: 89.730 (21)
3-8 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 8-3 85.433
Away Ratings: 7-3 96.218
Neutral Ratings: 5-4 86.944
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 89.605

Points Ratings: 85.782 (17) 2-7 v #1-25 4-2 v #26-50 6-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 8-3 83.737 Away Ratings: 7-3 89.314 Neutral Ratings: 5-4 83.782 League Ratings: 12-7 85.583 Non-League Ratings: 8-3 86.274 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 84.767

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 87.425 (28)
1-3 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 1-2 79.194
Away Ratings: 4-0 96.280
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 85.226
League Ratings: 5-3 85.980
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 90.015

Home Advantage: -0.762 (277)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1293 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3180 (12)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4768 (9)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6017 (8)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7352 (9)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9202 (9)

Upward Stability: 3.0689 (170)

Downward Stability: 3.6852 (47)

RPI
RPI: 0.5866 (34)
2-4 v #1-25
4-5 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (8-3): 0.5830 (72) 2-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (7-3): 0.5943 (10)
0-0 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (5-4): 0.5830 (66) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324

RPI League (12-7): 0.5786 (44)
2-5 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (8-3): 0.6000 (30) 0-2 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5599 (33)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2001	Away	W 81-66	vs. #87 New Mexico
11/20/2001	Home	W 81-63	vs. #230 Southern Utah
11/24/2001	Neut	W 78-62	vs. #99 Purdue
12/1/2001	Neut	L 75-83	vs. #24 Texas
12/15/2001	Home	W 94-77	vs. #181 Long Beach St
12/18/2001	Neut	W 97-63	vs. #223 Belmont
12/19/2001	Neut	W 87-63	vs. #209 Portland St
12/22/2001	Neut	L 76-81	vs. #72 BYU
12/29/2001	Neut	W 75-64	vs. #38 Michigan St
1/4/2002	Home	W 82-62	vs. #23 California
1/6/2002	Away	L 54-68	vs. #23 California
1/10/2002	Away	W 67-50	vs. #127 Oregon St
1/12/2002	Away	L 79-87	vs. #11 Oregon
1/17/2002	Home	W 83-50	vs. #207 Washington St
1/19/2002	Home	W 105-60	vs. #89 Washington
1/24/2002	Away	W 86-76	vs. #27 UCLA
1/26/2002	Away	L 82-90	vs. #20 USC
1/31/2002	Home	W 90-81	vs. #75 Arizona St
2/2/2002	Home	L 82-88	vs. #7 Arizona
2/7/2002	Home	W 90-87	vs. #11 Oregon
2/9/2002	Home	W 77-55	vs. #127 Oregon St
2/14/2002	Away	W 91-65	vs. #89 Washington
2/16/2002	Away	W 76-63	vs. #207 Washington St
2/21/2002	Home	L 58-77	vs. #20 USC
2/23/2002	Home	L 92-95	vs. #27 UCLA
2/28/2002	Away	W 76-71	vs. #7 Arizona
3/2/2002	Away	W 81-76	vs. #75 Arizona St
3/7/2002	Neut	L 78-103	vs. #20 USC
3/14/2002	Neut	W 84-68	vs. #36 Western KY
3/16/2002	Neut	L 63-86	vs. #2 Kansas

FUTURE GAMES

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