NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 27-7
Power Rating: 90.545
Ranking: 6

3-3 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
7-3 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (10-1): 89.045 (22) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 8-0 84.475 Non-League Ratings: 2-1 89.451 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 86.295

Away Ratings (7-3): 90.434 (9)
1-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 5-3 88.260
Non-League Ratings: 2-0 95.279
Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 100.85

Neutral Ratings (10-3): 91.471 (7) 2-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 3-0 91.748 Non-League Ratings: 7-3 87.272 Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 91.483

League Ratings (16-3): 90.721 (9)
1-0 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 8-0 84.475
Away Ratings: 5-3 88.260
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 91.748
Last Ten Ratings: 6-0 92.514

Non-League Ratings (11-4): 90.276 (12) 2-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 2-1 89.451 Away Ratings: 2-0 95.279 Neutral Ratings: 7-3 87.272 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 91.248

Wins Ratings: 94.020 (6)
3-3 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
7-3 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 10-1 92.676
Away Ratings: 7-3 93.328
Neutral Ratings: 10-3 95.418
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 100.92

Points Ratings: 86.373 (15) 3-3 v #1-25 7-1 v #26-50 7-3 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 10-1 84.959 Away Ratings: 7-3 87.002 Neutral Ratings: 10-3 86.619 League Ratings: 16-3 86.356 Non-League Ratings: 11-4 86.404 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 89.701

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 95.756 (4)
2-1 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 2-0 86.295
Away Ratings: 1-0 100.85
Neutral Ratings: 6-1 91.483
League Ratings: 6-0 92.514
Non-League Ratings: 3-1 91.248

Home Advantage: 2.0156 (209)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1186 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2896 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4397 (25)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5641 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7034 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8961 (24)

Upward Stability: 2.7831 (244)

Downward Stability: 3.7781 (40)

RPI
RPI: 0.6361 (6)
3-4 v #1-25
9-1 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (10-1): 0.6262 (25) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (7-3): 0.6149 (5)
1-0 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (10-3): 0.6610 (13) 2-2 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324

RPI League (16-3): 0.6476 (5)
2-1 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (11-4): 0.6219 (12) 2-4 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5834 (12)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2001	Neut	W 84-71	vs. #76 Vanderbilt
11/26/2001	Neut	W 110-58	vs. #286 New Hampshire
12/2/2001	Neut	W 84-76	vs. #142 Geo Washington
12/3/2001	Neut	L 65-77	vs. #1 Maryland
12/8/2001	Home	W 80-44	vs. #297 Northeastern
12/11/2001	Away	W 69-59	vs. #113 Massachusetts
12/21/2001	Neut	W 95-79	vs. #262 Quinnipiac
12/28/2001	Neut	L 70-88	vs. #78 St Bonaventure
1/2/2002	Away	W 86-74	vs. #164 Virginia Tech
1/5/2002	Home	W 76-75	vs. #30 Miami Fla
1/7/2002	Home	L 67-69	vs. #4 Oklahoma
1/10/2002	Home	W 95-60	vs. #164 Virginia Tech
1/13/2002	Away	W 70-65	vs. #51 Villanova
1/16/2002	Away	W 69-62	vs. #104 Providence
1/19/2002	Home	W 86-54	vs. #152 North Carolina
1/23/2002	Home	W 75-70	vs. #60 St Johns
1/26/2002	Away	W 100-98	vs. #7 Arizona
1/30/2002	Away	L 53-61	vs. #92 Rutgers
2/2/2002	Away	L 66-68	vs. #30 Miami Fla
2/5/2002	Home	W 67-56	vs. #104 Providence
2/9/2002	Away	L 83-85	vs. #60 St Johns
2/11/2002	Home	W 46-40	vs. #51 Villanova
2/16/2002	Home	W 79-77	vs. #59 Boston College
2/19/2002	Away	W 75-74	vs. #46 Georgetown
2/23/2002	Home	W 95-73	vs. #216 West Virginia
2/25/2002	Away	W 75-61	vs. #59 Boston College
3/2/2002	Home	W 90-78	vs. #122 Seton Hall
3/7/2002	Neut	W 72-70	vs. #51 Villanova
3/8/2002	Neut	W 82-77	vs. #35 Notre Dame
3/9/2002	Neut	W 74-65	vs. #8 Pittsburgh
3/15/2002	Neut	W 78-67	vs. #115 Hampton
3/17/2002	Neut	W 77-74	vs. #25 North Carolina St
3/22/2002	Neut	W 71-59	vs. #41 Southern Ill
3/24/2002	Neut	L 82-90	vs. #1 Maryland

FUTURE GAMES

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