NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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TEXAS TECH
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 23-9
Power Rating: 87.030
Ranking: 26

1-5 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
11-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (13-2): 90.179 (17) 1-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 7-1 94.265 Non-League Ratings: 6-1 84.343 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 101.40

Away Ratings (5-5): 84.171 (51)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 3-5 82.108
Non-League Ratings: 2-0 84.186
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 85.015

Neutral Ratings (5-2): 87.257 (36) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 2-1 89.140 Non-League Ratings: 3-1 84.436 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 85.335

League Ratings (12-7): 87.616 (23)
1-5 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 7-1 94.265
Away Ratings: 3-5 82.108
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 89.140
Last Ten Ratings: 7-2 88.561

Non-League Ratings (11-2): 85.862 (40) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 6-1 84.343 Away Ratings: 2-0 84.186 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 84.436 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 76.843

Wins Ratings: 89.026 (27)
1-5 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
11-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 13-2 91.011
Away Ratings: 5-5 86.890
Neutral Ratings: 5-2 89.647
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 89.862

Points Ratings: 84.587 (29) 1-5 v #1-25 4-2 v #26-50 5-1 v #51-100 8-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 13-2 89.251 Away Ratings: 5-5 80.911 Neutral Ratings: 5-2 84.251 League Ratings: 12-7 85.218 Non-League Ratings: 11-2 83.345 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 84.946

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 87.640 (27)
1-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 3-0 101.40
Away Ratings: 2-1 85.015
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 85.335
League Ratings: 7-2 88.561
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 76.843

Home Advantage: 8.7276 (54)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1182 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2685 (47)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4000 (52)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5246 (49)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6665 (47)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8897 (33)

Upward Stability: 2.7123 (254)

Downward Stability: 3.4621 (83)

RPI
RPI: 0.6035 (19)
3-6 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
10-1 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-324

RPI Home (13-2): 0.6242 (28) 2-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-324

RPI Away (5-5): 0.5612 (26)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (5-2): 0.6187 (37) 1-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324

RPI League (12-7): 0.5957 (28)
1-5 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (11-2): 0.6138 (17) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5651 (27)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/16/2001	Neut	W 75-55	vs. #229 William & Mary
11/17/2001	Neut	W 81-71	vs. #57 San Diego St
11/20/2001	Away	W 78-75	vs. #109 SMU
11/24/2001	Home	L 65-69	vs. #195 Sam Houston
11/26/2001	Home	W 81-56	vs. #212 Texas El Paso
11/28/2001	Away	W 81-80	vs. #106 New Mexico St
12/1/2001	Home	W 99-86	vs. #130 TCU
12/14/2001	Neut	W 71-64	vs. #83 Houston
12/17/2001	Home	W 89-72	vs. #102 Ul Lafayette
12/22/2001	Home	W 101-47	vs. #252 Stetson
12/30/2001	Home	W 80-60	vs. #53 Minnesota
1/1/2002	Home	W 90-84	vs. #43 Wyoming
1/6/2002	Home	W 74-49	vs. #121 Kansas St
1/9/2002	Away	W 72-70	vs. #192 Texas A&M
1/12/2002	Away	L 72-98	vs. #4 Oklahoma
1/14/2002	Home	L 71-74	vs. #24 Texas
1/19/2002	Home	W 94-70	vs. #34 Oklahoma St
1/26/2002	Home	W 92-79	vs. #4 Oklahoma
1/30/2002	Away	L 69-80	vs. #114 Nebraska
2/2/2002	Home	W 69-43	vs. #141 Iowa St
2/6/2002	Away	L 62-64	vs. #34 Oklahoma St
2/9/2002	Away	L 81-108	vs. #2 Kansas
2/12/2002	Home	W 90-65	vs. #149 Baylor
2/16/2002	Away	W 97-79	vs. #95 Colorado
2/20/2002	Home	W 91-68	vs. #31 Missouri
2/23/2002	Home	W 74-53	vs. #192 Texas A&M
2/26/2002	Away	L 71-96	vs. #24 Texas
3/2/2002	Away	W 91-89	vs. #149 Baylor
3/7/2002	Neut	W 80-71	vs. #192 Texas A&M
3/8/2002	Neut	W 73-51	vs. #34 Oklahoma St
3/9/2002	Neut	L 50-90	vs. #2 Kansas
3/15/2002	Neut	L 68-76	vs. #41 Southern Ill

FUTURE GAMES

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