NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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WRIGHT ST
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 16-11
Power Rating: 76.016
Ranking: 146

0-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
6-8 v #101-200
9-1 v #201-324

Home Ratings (10-3): 76.418 (140) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 5-2 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 5-3 72.840 Non-League Ratings: 5-0 85.860 Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 73.043

Away Ratings (6-7): 77.192 (121)
0-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-5 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-324
League Ratings: 4-4 77.422
Non-League Ratings: 2-3 76.274
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 73.547

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 48.516 (319) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 0-1 50.016 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 76.016 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 50.016

League Ratings (9-8): 74.908 (165)
0-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
3-6 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 5-3 72.840
Away Ratings: 4-4 77.422
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 50.016
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 72.153

Non-League Ratings (7-3): 79.305 (99) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 5-0 85.860 Away Ratings: 2-3 76.274 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 76.016 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 76.016

Wins Ratings: 75.797 (144)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
6-8 v #101-200
9-1 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 10-3 75.899
Away Ratings: 6-7 77.414
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 47.797
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 73.164

Points Ratings: 76.215 (143) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 7-8 v #101-200 8-1 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 10-3 76.688 Away Ratings: 6-7 77.121 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 50.715 League Ratings: 9-8 74.994 Non-League Ratings: 7-3 79.828 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 73.110

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 73.270 (189)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 4-2 73.043
Away Ratings: 1-2 73.547
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 50.016
League Ratings: 5-5 72.153
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 76.016

Home Advantage: 5.2653 (124)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0391 (184)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1150 (206)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2024 (221)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3038 (220)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4551 (217)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7587 (214)

Upward Stability: 2.9129 (218)

Downward Stability: 3.2107 (147)

RPI
RPI: 0.5097 (130)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
6-6 v #101-200
9-1 v #201-324

RPI Home (10-3): 0.5525 (122) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-2 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (6-7): 0.4756 (116)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
4-2 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (294) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (9-8): 0.4942 (161)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
4-3 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (7-3): 0.5349 (90) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4821 (188)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2001	Away	W 83-67	vs. #311 St Francis PA
11/20/2001	Away	L 54-83	vs. #5 Cincinnati
11/29/2001	Home	W 66-54	vs. #257 Tennessee St
12/1/2001	Away	L 61-67	vs. #126 Miami Ohio
12/5/2001	Away	L 72-80	vs. #175 Morehead St
12/8/2001	Away	W 77-55	vs. #294 High Point
12/11/2001	Home	W 74-54	vs. #137 Oakland
12/15/2001	Home	W 76-62	vs. #190 Santa Clara
12/20/2001	Home	W 94-61	vs. #304 Prairie View
1/2/2002	Away	W 90-87	vs. #49 Butler
1/5/2002	Away	L 80-87	vs. #300 Youngstown St
1/12/2002	Away	L 74-75	vs. #110 Detroit
1/14/2002	Away	W 68-64	vs. #211 Cleveland St
1/17/2002	Home	L 80-86	vs. #138 Wisc Milwaukee
1/19/2002	Home	W 96-73	vs. #250 Wisc Green Bay
1/23/2002	Home	W 83-64	vs. #159 TX Pan American
1/26/2002	Away	W 65-60	vs. #148 Loyola Chi
1/28/2002	Away	L 66-68	vs. #131 Illinois Chi
1/31/2002	Home	W 76-69	vs. #300 Youngstown St
2/2/2002	Home	L 57-72	vs. #49 Butler
2/7/2002	Home	W 87-72	vs. #211 Cleveland St
2/9/2002	Home	L 64-69	vs. #110 Detroit
2/14/2002	Away	L 68-94	vs. #138 Wisc Milwaukee
2/17/2002	Away	W 71-70	vs. #250 Wisc Green Bay
2/21/2002	Home	W 63-62	vs. #131 Illinois Chi
2/24/2002	Home	W 80-74	vs. #148 Loyola Chi
3/2/2002	Neut	L 64-90	vs. #148 Loyola Chi

FUTURE GAMES

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