NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 22-13
Power Rating: 86.403
Ranking: 33

3-8 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
8-4 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (13-3): 88.396 (26) 2-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 6-2 87.724 Non-League Ratings: 7-1 85.614 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 88.185

Away Ratings (4-7): 83.325 (58)
1-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 3-5 84.939
Non-League Ratings: 1-2 83.716
Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 85.325

Neutral Ratings (5-3): 87.474 (33) 0-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 1-1 86.810 Non-League Ratings: 4-2 86.177 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 88.388

League Ratings (10-8): 86.122 (35)
2-5 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 6-2 87.724
Away Ratings: 3-5 84.939
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 86.810
Last Ten Ratings: 3-4 86.935

Non-League Ratings (12-5): 86.743 (33) 1-3 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 5-2 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 7-1 85.614 Away Ratings: 1-2 83.716 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 86.177 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 89.107

Wins Ratings: 88.075 (34)
3-8 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
8-4 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 13-3 90.345
Away Ratings: 4-7 84.052
Neutral Ratings: 5-3 89.771
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 88.759

Points Ratings: 84.339 (32) 3-8 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 9-4 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 13-3 85.722 Away Ratings: 4-7 82.706 Neutral Ratings: 5-3 84.468 League Ratings: 10-8 84.646 Non-League Ratings: 12-5 83.993 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 85.718

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 87.345 (30)
2-5 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 2-1 88.185
Away Ratings: 0-2 85.325
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 88.388
League Ratings: 3-4 86.935
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 89.107

Home Advantage: 7.3140 (77)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1535 (2)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3281 (8)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4701 (12)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5924 (10)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7254 (13)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8990 (21)

Upward Stability: 3.4247 (54)

Downward Stability: 3.9522 (18)

RPI
RPI: 0.5991 (23)
1-7 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
9-3 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (13-3): 0.6383 (13) 0-3 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (4-7): 0.5247 (65)
1-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (5-3): 0.6216 (34) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-324

RPI League (10-8): 0.5806 (41)
2-5 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (12-5): 0.6179 (16) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 6-3 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5893 (9)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/12/2001	Home	W 79-78	vs. #68 NC Wilmington
11/16/2001	Neut	W 76-71	vs. #55 Arkansas
11/18/2001	Home	W 87-67	vs. #269 Elon
11/21/2001	Neut	W 62-61	vs. #81 Fresno St
11/23/2001	Neut	L 67-74	vs. #62 Syracuse
11/27/2001	Home	W 85-79	vs. #53 Minnesota
12/4/2001	Away	L 76-83	vs. #2 Kansas
12/7/2001	Home	W 115-75	vs. #253 SO Carolina St
12/16/2001	Home	W 93-72	vs. #136 Florida St
12/19/2001	Home	W 89-60	vs. #311 St Francis PA
12/22/2001	Away	L 60-72	vs. #60 St Johns
12/29/2001	Home	W 64-59	vs. #13 Marquette
1/2/2002	Home	W 67-52	vs. #66 Richmond
1/5/2002	Away	W 84-62	vs. #152 North Carolina
1/7/2002	Away	W 87-65	vs. #278 Navy
1/12/2002	Home	W 96-55	vs. #145 Clemson
1/15/2002	Away	L 74-86	vs. #65 Virginia
1/19/2002	Away	L 80-103	vs. #3 Duke
1/23/2002	Home	L 63-85	vs. #1 Maryland
1/26/2002	Home	W 87-74	vs. #74 Georgia Tech
1/30/2002	Away	W 82-81	vs. #25 North Carolina St
2/2/2002	Away	W 89-80	vs. #136 Florida St
2/6/2002	Home	W 90-66	vs. #152 North Carolina
2/9/2002	Home	L 94-103	vs. #5 Cincinnati
2/13/2002	Away	L 115-118	vs. #145 Clemson
2/17/2002	Home	W 92-70	vs. #65 Virginia
2/21/2002	Home	L 61-90	vs. #3 Duke
2/24/2002	Away	L 89-90	vs. #1 Maryland
2/27/2002	Away	L 77-90	vs. #74 Georgia Tech
3/2/2002	Home	W 83-71	vs. #25 North Carolina St
3/8/2002	Neut	W 92-83	vs. #74 Georgia Tech
3/9/2002	Neut	L 64-79	vs. #3 Duke
3/14/2002	Neut	W 83-74	vs. #50 Pepperdine
3/15/2002	Neut	W 83-74	vs. #50 Pepperdine
3/16/2002	Neut	L 87-92	vs. #11 Oregon

FUTURE GAMES

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