NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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MARYLAND
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 32-4
Power Rating: 97.084
Ranking: 1

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

Home Ratings (15-0): 99.818 (2) 3-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 8-0 93.974 Non-League Ratings: 7-0 97.709 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 98.584

Away Ratings (7-2): 96.099 (2)
1-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 7-1 94.857
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 82.459
Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 108.58

Neutral Ratings (10-2): 96.951 (2) 5-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 1-1 86.912 Non-League Ratings: 9-1 97.732 Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 97.130

League Ratings (16-2): 95.490 (3)
3-2 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 8-0 93.974
Away Ratings: 7-1 94.857
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 86.912
Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 90.552

Non-League Ratings (16-2): 98.763 (1) 6-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 7-0 97.709 Away Ratings: 0-1 82.459 Neutral Ratings: 9-1 97.732 Last Ten Ratings: 6-0 101.05

Wins Ratings: 101.05 (1)
9-4 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 15-0 108.12
Away Ratings: 7-2 100.24
Neutral Ratings: 10-2 100.44
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 102.46

Points Ratings: 92.361 (2) 9-4 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 10-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 15-0 93.627 Away Ratings: 7-2 91.119 Neutral Ratings: 10-2 92.697 League Ratings: 16-2 91.548 Non-League Ratings: 16-2 93.279 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 94.740

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 98.943 (1)
4-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 1-0 98.584
Away Ratings: 1-0 108.58
Neutral Ratings: 7-1 97.130
League Ratings: 3-1 90.552
Non-League Ratings: 6-0 101.05

Home Advantage: 7.2226 (81)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1356 (8)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3130 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4535 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5659 (24)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6972 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8913 (29)

Upward Stability: 1.8353 (316)

Downward Stability: 2.7285 (232)

RPI
RPI: 0.6689 (1)
9-3 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
7-0 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (15-0): 0.6680 (2) 3-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (7-2): 0.6411 (2)
1-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (10-2): 0.6905 (3) 5-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (16-2): 0.6542 (3)
3-2 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (16-2): 0.6835 (1) 6-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5956 (6)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/8/2001	Neut	L 67-71	vs. #7 Arizona
11/9/2001	Neut	W 82-74	vs. #47 Temple
11/17/2001	Home	W 83-53	vs. #208 American
11/24/2001	Home	W 77-53	vs. #256 Delaware St
11/27/2001	Home	W 76-63	vs. #10 Illinois
12/2/2001	Neut	W 61-53	vs. #140 Princeton
12/3/2001	Neut	W 77-65	vs. #6 Connecticut
12/9/2001	Home	W 79-54	vs. #110 Detroit
12/11/2001	Home	W 91-55	vs. #204 Monmouth NJ
12/21/2001	Away	L 56-72	vs. #4 Oklahoma
12/27/2001	Home	W 103-75	vs. #229 William & Mary
12/30/2001	Away	W 72-65	vs. #25 North Carolina St
1/3/2002	Home	W 92-69	vs. #292 Norfolk St
1/9/2002	Home	W 112-79	vs. #152 North Carolina
1/13/2002	Away	W 92-87	vs. #74 Georgia Tech
1/17/2002	Away	L 78-99	vs. #3 Duke
1/20/2002	Home	W 99-90	vs. #145 Clemson
1/23/2002	Away	W 85-63	vs. #33 Wake Forest
1/26/2002	Home	W 84-63	vs. #136 Florida St
1/31/2002	Away	W 91-87	vs. #65 Virginia
2/3/2002	Home	W 89-73	vs. #25 North Carolina St
2/10/2002	Away	W 92-77	vs. #152 North Carolina
2/13/2002	Home	W 85-65	vs. #74 Georgia Tech
2/17/2002	Home	W 87-73	vs. #3 Duke
2/20/2002	Away	W 84-68	vs. #145 Clemson
2/24/2002	Home	W 90-89	vs. #33 Wake Forest
2/27/2002	Away	W 96-63	vs. #136 Florida St
3/3/2002	Home	W 112-92	vs. #65 Virginia
3/8/2002	Neut	W 85-59	vs. #136 Florida St
3/9/2002	Neut	L 82-86	vs. #25 North Carolina St
3/15/2002	Neut	W 85-70	vs. #214 Siena
3/17/2002	Neut	W 87-57	vs. #45 Wisconsin
3/22/2002	Neut	W 78-68	vs. #18 Kentucky
3/24/2002	Neut	W 90-82	vs. #6 Connecticut
3/30/2002	Neut	W 97-88	vs. #2 Kansas
4/1/2002	Neut	W 64-52	vs. #9 Indiana

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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