NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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USC
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 22-10
Power Rating: 88.270
Ranking: 20

5-6 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (11-2): 88.513 (24) 2-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 7-2 88.169 Non-League Ratings: 4-0 85.708 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 88.911

Away Ratings (8-5): 89.083 (14)
1-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 5-4 90.860
Non-League Ratings: 3-1 84.442
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 91.755

Neutral Ratings (3-3): 86.782 (40) 2-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 2-1 93.052 Non-League Ratings: 1-2 80.536 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 89.571

League Ratings (14-7): 90.087 (10)
5-6 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 7-2 88.169
Away Ratings: 5-4 90.860
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 93.052
Last Ten Ratings: 6-3 91.431

Non-League Ratings (8-3): 83.118 (57) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 4-0 85.708 Away Ratings: 3-1 84.442 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 80.536 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 78.427

Wins Ratings: 89.751 (20)
5-6 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 11-2 89.899
Away Ratings: 8-5 90.954
Neutral Ratings: 3-3 87.860
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 90.757

Points Ratings: 86.560 (13) 5-4 v #1-25 1-3 v #26-50 6-3 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 11-2 86.575 Away Ratings: 8-5 87.112 Neutral Ratings: 3-3 85.696 League Ratings: 14-7 88.036 Non-League Ratings: 8-3 82.188 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 87.513

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 89.231 (18)
2-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 3-1 88.911
Away Ratings: 1-1 91.755
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 89.571
League Ratings: 6-3 91.431
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 78.427

Home Advantage: 4.1467 (152)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1159 (28)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3018 (20)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4576 (16)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5859 (16)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7310 (10)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9229 (8)

Upward Stability: 3.2188 (118)

Downward Stability: 3.7949 (34)

RPI
RPI: 0.5877 (33)
2-3 v #1-25
4-4 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (11-2): 0.6269 (22) 0-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (8-5): 0.5434 (40)
1-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (3-3): 0.5988 (51) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (14-7): 0.5998 (22)
2-4 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (8-3): 0.5641 (71) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5545 (43)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/13/2001	Home	W 68-55	vs. #43 Wyoming
11/15/2001	Away	L 58-65	vs. #81 Fresno St
11/26/2001	Home	W 73-62	vs. #91 Santa Barbara
12/1/2001	Away	W 60-50	vs. #226 Bradley
12/4/2001	Home	W 82-54	vs. #200 Rhode Island
12/6/2001	Neut	L 77-78	vs. #50 Pepperdine
12/12/2001	Away	W 86-68	vs. #181 Long Beach St
12/16/2001	Home	W 59-55	vs. #126 Miami Ohio
12/20/2001	Neut	W 71-67	vs. #119 San Diego
12/22/2001	Away	W 81-67	vs. #264 Loyola Marymnt
12/27/2001	Away	W 87-65	vs. #89 Washington
12/29/2001	Away	W 78-63	vs. #207 Washington St
1/4/2002	Home	W 85-64	vs. #207 Washington St
1/6/2002	Home	W 94-74	vs. #89 Washington
1/10/2002	Home	W 81-77	vs. #27 UCLA
1/17/2002	Away	L 80-97	vs. #7 Arizona
1/19/2002	Away	W 81-73	vs. #75 Arizona St
1/24/2002	Home	L 91-92	vs. #23 California
1/26/2002	Home	W 90-82	vs. #21 Stanford
1/31/2002	Away	W 64-51	vs. #127 Oregon St
2/2/2002	Away	L 69-73	vs. #11 Oregon
2/6/2002	Away	L 65-67	vs. #27 UCLA
2/14/2002	Home	W 83-61	vs. #75 Arizona St
2/16/2002	Home	W 94-89	vs. #7 Arizona
2/21/2002	Away	W 77-58	vs. #21 Stanford
2/23/2002	Away	L 64-83	vs. #23 California
2/28/2002	Home	L 65-67	vs. #11 Oregon
3/2/2002	Home	W 79-45	vs. #127 Oregon St
3/7/2002	Neut	W 103-78	vs. #21 Stanford
3/8/2002	Neut	W 89-78	vs. #11 Oregon
3/9/2002	Neut	L 71-81	vs. #7 Arizona
3/14/2002	Neut	L 89-93	vs. #68 NC Wilmington

FUTURE GAMES

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