NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 22-10
Power Rating: 86.623
Ranking: 29

4-2 v #1-25
4-3 v #26-50
7-4 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (11-2): 87.620 (29) 1-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 6-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 6-2 85.194 Non-League Ratings: 5-0 86.623 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 84.842

Away Ratings (6-5): 87.967 (21)
3-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 4-4 88.393
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 86.389
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 87.577

Neutral Ratings (5-3): 83.346 (64) 0-0 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 0-1 80.655 Non-League Ratings: 5-2 85.553 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 83.467

League Ratings (10-7): 86.696 (30)
4-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
4-4 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 6-2 85.194
Away Ratings: 4-4 88.393
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 80.655
Last Ten Ratings: 4-4 85.538

Non-League Ratings (12-3): 86.491 (36) 0-0 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 5-0 86.623 Away Ratings: 2-1 86.389 Neutral Ratings: 5-2 85.553 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 85.280

Wins Ratings: 88.112 (33)
4-2 v #1-25
4-3 v #26-50
7-4 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 11-2 89.514
Away Ratings: 6-5 90.010
Neutral Ratings: 5-3 83.592
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 85.588

Points Ratings: 84.848 (25) 4-2 v #1-25 5-4 v #26-50 6-3 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 11-2 84.934 Away Ratings: 6-5 85.774 Neutral Ratings: 5-3 83.286 League Ratings: 10-7 84.821 Non-League Ratings: 12-3 84.897 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 83.997

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 84.778 (49)
1-0 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 2-1 84.842
Away Ratings: 2-2 87.577
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 83.467
League Ratings: 4-4 85.538
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 85.280

Home Advantage: 5.5885 (114)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1000 (58)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2735 (41)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4389 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5788 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7368 (8)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9297 (5)

Upward Stability: 3.3556 (72)

Downward Stability: 4.1405 (10)

RPI
RPI: 0.6033 (20)
4-2 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
8-4 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (11-2): 0.6489 (11) 1-2 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (6-5): 0.5631 (24)
3-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (5-3): 0.5844 (64) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324

RPI League (10-7): 0.5961 (27)
2-2 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (12-3): 0.6108 (19) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 4-2 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5753 (17)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/16/2001	Home	W 75-62	vs. #133 Furman
11/19/2001	Neut	W 73-59	vs. #46 Georgetown
11/21/2001	Neut	W 94-73	vs. #134 Geo Southern
11/26/2001	Home	W 61-55	vs. #183 Samford
12/1/2001	Home	W 81-73	vs. #95 Colorado
12/4/2001	Away	L 78-83	vs. #117 Georgia St
12/7/2001	Home	W 77-55	vs. #53 Minnesota
12/9/2001	Home	W 95-82	vs. #74 Georgia Tech
12/15/2001	Away	W 79-70	vs. #274 South Alabama
12/17/2001	Away	W 91-74	vs. #50 Pepperdine
12/20/2001	Neut	W 80-68	vs. #196 Arkansas St
12/21/2001	Neut	W 64-59	vs. #126 Miami Ohio
12/22/2001	Neut	L 44-54	vs. #32 Hawaii
1/5/2002	Home	W 83-69	vs. #76 Vanderbilt
1/9/2002	Away	W 88-84	vs. #18 Kentucky
1/12/2002	Home	W 73-70	vs. #54 Tennessee
1/16/2002	Home	L 72-77	vs. #16 Alabama
1/19/2002	Away	W 84-79	vs. #19 Florida
1/23/2002	Home	W 81-67	vs. #55 Arkansas
1/26/2002	Away	L 84-86	vs. #76 Vanderbilt
1/30/2002	Away	L 67-80	vs. #39 South Carolina
2/2/2002	Home	W 79-72	vs. #40 Mississippi
2/6/2002	Away	W 86-68	vs. #14 Mississippi St
2/9/2002	Away	L 72-75	vs. #93 Auburn
2/12/2002	Home	L 70-85	vs. #19 Florida
2/16/2002	Home	W 78-69	vs. #18 Kentucky
2/23/2002	Away	W 55-54	vs. #64 LSU
2/27/2002	Home	W 82-75	vs. #39 South Carolina
3/2/2002	Away	L 63-71	vs. #54 Tennessee
3/8/2002	Neut	L 76-78	vs. #64 LSU
3/15/2002	Neut	W 85-68	vs. #143 Murray St
3/17/2002	Neut	L 75-77	vs. #41 Southern Ill

FUTURE GAMES

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