NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 26-7
Power Rating: 86.877
Ranking: 28

1-2 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
11-0 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (11-2): 83.510 (55) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 8-1 83.174 Non-League Ratings: 3-1 79.596 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 89.252

Away Ratings (9-2): 89.283 (12)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 7-2 87.881
Non-League Ratings: 2-0 85.752
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 85.924

Neutral Ratings (6-3): 86.846 (39) 1-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 2-1 85.291 Non-League Ratings: 4-2 86.830 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 86.502

League Ratings (17-4): 87.074 (28)
0-0 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 8-1 83.174
Away Ratings: 7-2 87.881
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 85.291
Last Ten Ratings: 6-2 86.162

Non-League Ratings (9-3): 86.416 (37) 1-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 3-1 79.596 Away Ratings: 2-0 85.752 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 86.830 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 87.861

Wins Ratings: 88.824 (28)
1-2 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
9-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 11-2 84.184
Away Ratings: 9-2 91.937
Neutral Ratings: 6-3 88.894
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 89.223

Points Ratings: 84.434 (30) 1-2 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 4-2 v #51-100 16-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 11-2 82.461 Away Ratings: 9-2 86.047 Neutral Ratings: 6-3 84.246 League Ratings: 17-4 84.594 Non-League Ratings: 9-3 84.074 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 84.859

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 87.287 (31)
0-0 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 2-0 89.252
Away Ratings: 2-1 85.924
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 86.502
League Ratings: 6-2 86.162
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 87.861

Home Advantage: -0.686 (275)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0665 (105)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1920 (105)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3156 (106)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4337 (109)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5956 (107)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8458 (105)

Upward Stability: 2.6499 (269)

Downward Stability: 3.3614 (114)

RPI
RPI: 0.5889 (30)
1-2 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
12-0 v #101-200
9-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (11-2): 0.5767 (85) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (9-2): 0.5949 (9)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (6-3): 0.5996 (50) 1-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324

RPI League (17-4): 0.5986 (25)
0-3 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
9-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (9-3): 0.5727 (59) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5226 (95)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2001	Home	W 104-61	vs. #306 Grambling
11/24/2001	Home	W 88-41	vs. #318 Morris Brown
11/28/2001	Home	L 75-79	vs. #55 Arkansas
12/1/2001	Away	W 73-66	vs. #155 Oral Roberts
12/4/2001	Home	W 90-73	vs. #128 SW Missouri St
12/8/2001	Away	W 82-76	vs. #158 Wichita St
12/14/2001	Neut	W 90-56	vs. #192 Texas A&M
12/20/2001	Neut	W 80-75	vs. #197 Buffalo
12/21/2001	Neut	W 92-82	vs. #171 Montana
12/29/2001	Neut	L 85-93	vs. #2 Kansas
1/3/2002	Away	W 76-66	vs. #100 Nevada
1/5/2002	Away	L 85-86	vs. #81 Fresno St
1/10/2002	Home	W 66-61	vs. #212 Texas El Paso
1/12/2002	Home	W 80-60	vs. #165 Boise St
1/17/2002	Away	W 71-68	vs. #61 Louisiana Tech
1/19/2002	Away	W 95-87	vs. #109 SMU
1/24/2002	Home	W 78-54	vs. #228 San Jose St
1/26/2002	Home	L 82-90	vs. #32 Hawaii
1/28/2002	Home	W 79-60	vs. #203 Rice
1/31/2002	Home	W 78-63	vs. #81 Fresno St
2/2/2002	Home	W 73-68	vs. #100 Nevada
2/7/2002	Away	W 70-56	vs. #165 Boise St
2/9/2002	Away	W 88-76	vs. #212 Texas El Paso
2/14/2002	Home	W 87-69	vs. #109 SMU
2/16/2002	Home	W 72-63	vs. #61 Louisiana Tech
2/21/2002	Away	L 85-86	vs. #32 Hawaii
2/23/2002	Away	W 82-72	vs. #228 San Jose St
2/28/2002	Away	W 67-62	vs. #203 Rice
3/7/2002	Neut	W 72-53	vs. #165 Boise St
3/8/2002	Neut	W 81-65	vs. #81 Fresno St
3/9/2002	Neut	L 59-73	vs. #32 Hawaii
3/14/2002	Neut	W 71-69	vs. #13 Marquette
3/16/2002	Neut	L 82-87	vs. #18 Kentucky

FUTURE GAMES

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