NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 15-9
Power Rating: 75.173
Ranking: 159

0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
6-3 v #101-200
9-4 v #201-324

Home Ratings (7-2): 72.290 (199) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-2 v #201-324 League Ratings: 1-2 60.017 Non-League Ratings: 6-0 77.923 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 68.634

Away Ratings (5-7): 74.450 (169)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
5-2 v #201-324
League Ratings: 2-1 75.087
Non-League Ratings: 3-6 74.181
Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 71.767

Neutral Ratings (3-0): 87.892 (31) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 0-0 75.173 Non-League Ratings: 3-0 81.689 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 75.173

League Ratings (3-3): 66.868 (270)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 1-2 60.017
Away Ratings: 2-1 75.087
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 75.173
Last Ten Ratings: 3-3 67.587

Non-League Ratings (12-6): 78.060 (114) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 6-3 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 6-0 77.923 Away Ratings: 3-6 74.181 Neutral Ratings: 3-0 81.689 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 73.798

Wins Ratings: 75.310 (156)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
5-2 v #101-200
10-5 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 7-2 71.708
Away Ratings: 5-7 74.503
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 94.372
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 69.130

Points Ratings: 74.907 (164) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-2 v #101-200 9-5 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 7-2 72.532 Away Ratings: 5-7 74.595 Neutral Ratings: 3-0 82.517 League Ratings: 3-3 69.357 Non-League Ratings: 12-6 76.827 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 71.405

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 70.142 (227)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 3-2 68.634
Away Ratings: 2-3 71.767
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 75.173
League Ratings: 3-3 67.587
Non-League Ratings: 2-2 73.798

Home Advantage: -0.857 (278)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0265 (256)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0961 (244)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1748 (245)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2627 (245)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4166 (241)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7318 (237)

Upward Stability: 2.5760 (281)

Downward Stability: 2.8238 (216)

RPI
RPI: 0.4818 (185)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
10-5 v #201-324

RPI Home (7-2): 0.5126 (190) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-2 v #201-324

RPI Away (5-7): 0.4181 (235)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
5-3 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (3-0): 0.6429 (19) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324

RPI League (3-3): 0.3615 (316)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
2-2 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (12-6): 0.5213 (114) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 5-2 v #101-200 7-1 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4341 (303)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2001	Home	W 73-67	vs. #217 SW Texas St
11/24/2001	Home	W 96-63	vs. #284 Texas Southern
11/29/2001	Away	L 66-74	vs. #168 Northern Iowa
12/1/2001	Away	L 72-89	vs. #53 Minnesota
12/5/2001	Away	W 82-80	vs. #275 Portland
12/7/2001	Away	L 67-70	vs. #207 Washington St
12/13/2001	Home	W 69-58	vs. #215 Lamar
12/15/2001	Home	W 66-64	vs. #198 Middle Tenn St
12/20/2001	Neut	W 91-85	vs. #194 Niagara
12/21/2001	Neut	W 67-58	vs. #155 Oral Roberts
12/22/2001	Neut	W 72-66	vs. #149 Baylor
12/27/2001	Away	W 81-64	vs. #203 Rice
1/2/2002	Away	L 69-81	vs. #24 Texas
1/8/2002	Away	W 77-73	vs. #217 SW Texas St
1/10/2002	Home	W 58-52	vs. #178 Air Force
1/17/2002	Home	W 96-70	vs. #314 Lipscomb
1/23/2002	Away	L 64-83	vs. #146 Wright St
1/26/2002	Home	L 80-87	vs. #263 Texas A&M-CC
2/2/2002	Away	L 58-61	vs. #234 Centenary
2/4/2002	Away	L 52-70	vs. #198 Middle Tenn St
2/9/2002	Away	W 110-105	vs. #263 Texas A&M-CC
2/11/2002	Home	W 100-86	vs. #106 New Mexico St
2/14/2002	Away	W 79-62	vs. #314 Lipscomb
2/25/2002	Home	L 67-85	vs. #234 Centenary

FUTURE GAMES

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