NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-11
Power Rating: 85.885
Ranking: 35

2-5 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (9-4): 80.568 (88) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 5-3 81.334 Non-League Ratings: 4-1 81.322 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 78.822

Away Ratings (7-4): 88.287 (18)
1-1 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 5-3 87.717
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 85.853
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 87.869

Neutral Ratings (5-3): 88.853 (25) 0-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 1-1 90.150 Non-League Ratings: 4-2 91.041 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 91.556

League Ratings (11-7): 85.597 (38)
2-1 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 5-3 81.334
Away Ratings: 5-3 87.717
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 90.150
Last Ten Ratings: 4-4 86.041

Non-League Ratings (10-4): 86.553 (35) 0-4 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 4-1 81.322 Away Ratings: 2-1 85.853 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 91.041 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 93.275

Wins Ratings: 86.965 (37)
2-5 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 9-4 79.992
Away Ratings: 7-4 90.805
Neutral Ratings: 5-3 89.730
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 86.191

Points Ratings: 84.769 (26) 2-5 v #1-25 3-2 v #26-50 5-4 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 9-4 81.351 Away Ratings: 7-4 85.416 Neutral Ratings: 5-3 88.160 League Ratings: 11-7 84.088 Non-League Ratings: 10-4 86.262 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 85.367

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 85.611 (44)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 2-1 78.822
Away Ratings: 1-2 87.869
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 91.556
League Ratings: 4-4 86.041
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 93.275

Home Advantage: -3.966 (316)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1044 (50)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2654 (52)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4040 (48)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5205 (52)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6576 (56)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8629 (76)

Upward Stability: 3.1196 (156)

Downward Stability: 3.4782 (80)

RPI
RPI: 0.5820 (35)
3-5 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
3-4 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (9-4): 0.5623 (111) 0-0 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (7-4): 0.5794 (16)
2-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (5-3): 0.6176 (38) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (11-7): 0.5876 (32)
3-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (10-4): 0.5744 (55) 0-4 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5572 (36)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/16/2001	Home	W 95-53	vs. #286 New Hampshire
11/19/2001	Home	W 78-48	vs. #302 Cornell
11/24/2001	Neut	W 97-84	vs. #124 Chattanooga
11/25/2001	Neut	W 85-48	vs. #204 Monmouth NJ
11/28/2001	Home	W 86-49	vs. #283 Army
12/1/2001	Neut	W 82-55	vs. #187 DePaul
12/4/2001	Away	L 75-76	vs. #9 Indiana
12/8/2001	Away	W 70-69	vs. #126 Miami Ohio
12/22/2001	Away	W 84-73	vs. #276 Canisius
12/27/2001	Neut	L 76-79	vs. #16 Alabama
12/30/2001	Home	W 92-61	vs. #231 Colgate
1/6/2002	Home	L 72-74	vs. #51 Villanova
1/9/2002	Away	W 67-64	vs. #216 West Virginia
1/12/2002	Away	W 56-53	vs. #8 Pittsburgh
1/14/2002	Away	L 51-56	vs. #62 Syracuse
1/19/2002	Home	L 65-72	vs. #18 Kentucky
1/21/2002	Home	L 73-83	vs. #46 Georgetown
1/26/2002	Home	W 60-51	vs. #122 Seton Hall
1/30/2002	Home	W 89-76	vs. #8 Pittsburgh
2/3/2002	Away	W 63-61	vs. #122 Seton Hall
2/6/2002	Home	W 89-72	vs. #92 Rutgers
2/9/2002	Away	W 116-111	vs. #46 Georgetown
2/14/2002	Away	L 62-65	vs. #92 Rutgers
2/17/2002	Home	L 65-68	vs. #62 Syracuse
2/20/2002	Home	W 89-76	vs. #216 West Virginia
2/23/2002	Away	W 90-77	vs. #30 Miami Fla
2/27/2002	Away	L 81-84	vs. #60 St Johns
3/2/2002	Home	W 76-68	vs. #104 Providence
3/7/2002	Neut	W 83-63	vs. #60 St Johns
3/8/2002	Neut	L 77-82	vs. #6 Connecticut
3/14/2002	Neut	W 82-63	vs. #42 NC Charlotte
3/16/2002	Neut	L 77-84	vs. #3 Duke

FUTURE GAMES

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