NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 17-14
Power Rating: 81.590
Ranking: 76

1-6 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-324

Home Ratings (13-4): 82.553 (63) 1-2 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 4-4 80.188 Non-League Ratings: 9-0 80.645 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 81.247

Away Ratings (2-7): 82.375 (65)
0-3 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 2-6 84.293
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 71.903
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 83.395

Neutral Ratings (2-3): 76.989 (132) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-324 League Ratings: 0-1 75.653 Non-League Ratings: 2-2 78.622 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 75.653

League Ratings (6-11): 81.483 (73)
1-5 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 4-4 80.188
Away Ratings: 2-6 84.293
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 75.653
Last Ten Ratings: 3-6 80.879

Non-League Ratings (11-3): 81.801 (69) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 9-0 80.645 Away Ratings: 0-1 71.903 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 78.622 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 85.465

Wins Ratings: 83.038 (71)
1-6 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 13-4 84.334
Away Ratings: 2-7 84.014
Neutral Ratings: 2-3 77.116
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 83.174

Points Ratings: 79.659 (79) 2-7 v #1-25 3-3 v #26-50 4-2 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 13-4 79.932 Away Ratings: 2-7 80.768 Neutral Ratings: 2-3 76.956 League Ratings: 6-11 80.122 Non-League Ratings: 11-3 78.860 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 79.940

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 81.789 (71)
0-1 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 3-2 81.247
Away Ratings: 1-3 83.395
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 75.653
League Ratings: 3-6 80.879
Non-League Ratings: 1-0 85.465

Home Advantage: 6.0920 (104)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1025 (55)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2722 (42)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4178 (42)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5401 (41)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6814 (40)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8765 (53)

Upward Stability: 3.4452 (48)

Downward Stability: 3.3093 (127)

RPI
RPI: 0.5640 (53)
2-7 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
7-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (13-4): 0.6017 (46) 1-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 4-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (2-7): 0.4990 (84)
0-4 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (2-3): 0.5529 (91) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (6-11): 0.5388 (84)
0-4 v #1-25
3-4 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (11-3): 0.5935 (34) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5693 (24)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/16/2001	Home	W 96-61	vs. #317 Liberty
11/19/2001	Neut	L 71-84	vs. #6 Connecticut
11/23/2001	Neut	W 100-85	vs. #115 Hampton
11/24/2001	Neut	L 67-81	vs. #204 Monmouth NJ
11/25/2001	Neut	W 69-57	vs. #124 Chattanooga
11/29/2001	Home	W 69-64	vs. #162 Cal Poly
12/2/2001	Home	W 80-75	vs. #36 Western KY
12/5/2001	Home	W 76-71	vs. #301 SE Missouri St
12/8/2001	Home	W 77-75	vs. #234 Centenary
12/10/2001	Away	L 77-87	vs. #111 Tulane
12/20/2001	Home	W 85-57	vs. #208 American
12/22/2001	Home	W 86-77	vs. #90 East Tenn St
12/29/2001	Home	W 83-73	vs. #175 Morehead St
1/5/2002	Away	L 69-83	vs. #29 Georgia
1/9/2002	Away	L 79-92	vs. #16 Alabama
1/12/2002	Home	L 85-95	vs. #19 Florida
1/16/2002	Home	W 73-67	vs. #93 Auburn
1/19/2002	Away	W 60-51	vs. #39 South Carolina
1/26/2002	Home	W 86-84	vs. #29 Georgia
1/30/2002	Away	L 61-73	vs. #40 Mississippi
2/2/2002	Home	L 65-67	vs. #54 Tennessee
2/6/2002	Home	W 68-63	vs. #64 LSU
2/9/2002	Away	L 54-80	vs. #19 Florida
2/13/2002	Away	L 59-67	vs. #18 Kentucky
2/16/2002	Home	L 43-66	vs. #39 South Carolina
2/20/2002	Home	L 43-66	vs. #14 Mississippi St
2/23/2002	Away	W 67-62	vs. #54 Tennessee
2/27/2002	Home	W 86-73	vs. #18 Kentucky
3/2/2002	Away	L 67-81	vs. #55 Arkansas
3/7/2002	Neut	L 62-69	vs. #64 LSU
3/13/2002	Home	W 59-50	vs. #83 Houston

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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