NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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UTAH
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 19-9
Power Rating: 83.917
Ranking: 48

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

Home Ratings (12-2): 84.339 (47) 1-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 6-1 80.479 Non-League Ratings: 6-1 83.682 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 77.198

Away Ratings (6-4): 86.760 (33)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 4-3 88.089
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 84.057
Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 87.276

Neutral Ratings (1-3): 76.081 (149) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 1-1 78.042 Non-League Ratings: 0-2 71.854 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 77.003

League Ratings (11-5): 84.604 (48)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
6-3 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 6-1 80.479
Away Ratings: 4-3 88.089
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 78.042
Last Ten Ratings: 5-4 83.557

Non-League Ratings (8-4): 82.550 (62) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 6-1 83.682 Away Ratings: 2-1 84.057 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 71.854 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 70.542

Wins Ratings: 85.561 (46)
1-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
6-5 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 12-2 86.643
Away Ratings: 6-4 88.475
Neutral Ratings: 1-3 76.663
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 83.956

Points Ratings: 81.825 (52) 1-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 7-7 v #51-100 8-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 12-2 81.165 Away Ratings: 6-4 85.024 Neutral Ratings: 1-3 75.403 League Ratings: 11-5 82.346 Non-League Ratings: 8-4 80.817 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 81.093

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 82.600 (65)
1-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 2-0 77.198
Away Ratings: 2-3 87.276
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 77.003
League Ratings: 5-4 83.557
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 70.542

Home Advantage: 4.6199 (144)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0703 (98)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2091 (92)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3501 (87)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4826 (80)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6496 (66)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8843 (38)

Upward Stability: 2.9708 (200)

Downward Stability: 3.5086 (74)

RPI
RPI: 0.5808 (36)
1-2 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
5-6 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (12-2): 0.6264 (23) 1-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (6-4): 0.5618 (25)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (1-3): 0.4661 (200) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (11-5): 0.5856 (34)
0-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (8-4): 0.5744 (54) 1-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5482 (59)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/20/2001	Home	W 64-49	vs. #165 Boise St
11/23/2001	Home	L 65-78	vs. #85 Utah St
11/26/2001	Away	L 61-76	vs. #16 Alabama
12/1/2001	Home	W 81-74	vs. #50 Pepperdine
12/4/2001	Neut	L 62-71	vs. #75 Arizona St
12/8/2001	Home	W 87-56	vs. #139 Troy St
12/15/2001	Away	W 70-59	vs. #135 Weber St
12/18/2001	Home	W 71-47	vs. #230 Southern Utah
12/21/2001	Home	W 75-58	vs. #267 Idaho St
12/29/2001	Home	W 71-61	vs. #24 Texas
1/7/2002	Away	W 41-35	vs. #238 St Marys CA
1/12/2002	Home	W 86-63	vs. #63 Unlv
1/14/2002	Home	W 76-70	vs. #57 San Diego St
1/19/2002	Away	W 63-57	vs. #178 Air Force
1/21/2002	Away	W 81-51	vs. #87 New Mexico
1/28/2002	Home	W 71-66	vs. #72 BYU
2/2/2002	Home	W 67-62	vs. #147 Colorado St
2/4/2002	Home	L 46-54	vs. #43 Wyoming
2/9/2002	Away	W 70-53	vs. #57 San Diego St
2/11/2002	Away	L 64-72	vs. #63 Unlv
2/16/2002	Home	W 59-51	vs. #178 Air Force
2/18/2002	Home	W 66-65	vs. #87 New Mexico
2/23/2002	Away	L 61-63	vs. #72 BYU
2/28/2002	Away	W 72-62	vs. #147 Colorado St
3/2/2002	Away	L 56-57	vs. #43 Wyoming
3/7/2002	Neut	W 69-66	vs. #147 Colorado St
3/8/2002	Neut	L 70-76	vs. #63 Unlv
3/14/2002	Neut	L 56-75	vs. #9 Indiana

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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