NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 26-6
Power Rating: 89.462
Ranking: 12

1-2 v #1-25
5-2 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
11-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (13-1): 90.408 (15) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 8-0 89.142 Non-League Ratings: 5-1 84.775 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 88.494

Away Ratings (9-3): 88.767 (17)
0-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 6-2 87.427
Non-League Ratings: 3-1 89.384
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 83.728

Neutral Ratings (4-2): 89.814 (18) 0-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 3-0 90.244 Non-League Ratings: 1-2 86.791 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 90.212

League Ratings (17-2): 90.857 (6)
0-0 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 8-0 89.142
Away Ratings: 6-2 87.427
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 90.244
Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 87.634

Non-League Ratings (9-4): 87.642 (25) 1-2 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 5-1 84.775 Away Ratings: 3-1 89.384 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 86.791 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 90.181

Wins Ratings: 92.238 (9)
1-2 v #1-25
6-2 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
12-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 13-1 93.668
Away Ratings: 9-3 91.191
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 92.960
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 93.246

Points Ratings: 85.943 (16) 1-2 v #1-25 5-2 v #26-50 5-2 v #51-100 11-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 13-1 86.287 Away Ratings: 9-3 85.826 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 85.779 League Ratings: 17-2 86.710 Non-League Ratings: 9-4 84.841 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 86.259

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 90.181 (14)
0-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 3-0 88.494
Away Ratings: 1-1 83.728
Neutral Ratings: 4-1 90.212
League Ratings: 7-1 87.634
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 90.181

Home Advantage: 5.2821 (123)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0816 (79)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2292 (76)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3767 (66)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5072 (58)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6615 (52)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8744 (58)

Upward Stability: 2.4109 (298)

Downward Stability: 3.5007 (77)

RPI
RPI: 0.6154 (14)
1-2 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
9-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (13-1): 0.6314 (18) 2-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (9-3): 0.5766 (17)
0-1 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (4-2): 0.6555 (15) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (17-2): 0.6262 (9)
0-0 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (9-4): 0.6007 (29) 0-2 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5497 (57)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2001	Home	W 72-41	vs. #296 Coast Carolina
11/24/2001	Neut	L 60-72	vs. #31 Missouri
11/28/2001	Away	W 87-58	vs. #126 Miami Ohio
12/1/2001	Away	W 87-72	vs. #173 San Francisco
12/5/2001	Away	L 66-70	vs. #99 Purdue
12/8/2001	Home	W 108-57	vs. #316 Liu Brooklyn
12/10/2001	Home	W 57-48	vs. #45 Wisconsin
12/14/2001	Home	L 55-75	vs. #5 Cincinnati
12/20/2001	Home	W 62-56	vs. #17 Kent
12/22/2001	Away	W 72-65	vs. #52 Creighton
12/31/2001	Home	W 68-59	vs. #214 Siena
1/5/2002	Away	W 66-59	vs. #44 Dayton
1/9/2002	Home	W 88-58	vs. #201 Fordham
1/12/2002	Home	W 72-62	vs. #66 Richmond
1/17/2002	Away	W 71-63	vs. #142 Geo Washington
1/19/2002	Away	W 71-67	vs. #112 La Salle
1/23/2002	Away	W 67-49	vs. #200 Rhode Island
1/26/2002	Home	W 75-59	vs. #44 Dayton
1/30/2002	Home	W 79-65	vs. #179 Duquesne
2/2/2002	Away	W 67-64	vs. #66 Richmond
2/9/2002	Away	L 79-80	vs. #78 St Bonaventure
2/14/2002	Home	W 89-75	vs. #142 Geo Washington
2/16/2002	Home	W 84-77	vs. #58 St Josephs
2/20/2002	Away	L 56-67	vs. #47 Temple
2/24/2002	Away	W 80-66	vs. #179 Duquesne
2/28/2002	Home	W 68-53	vs. #112 La Salle
3/2/2002	Home	W 72-52	vs. #113 Massachusetts
3/7/2002	Neut	W 65-59	vs. #113 Massachusetts
3/8/2002	Neut	W 66-59	vs. #44 Dayton
3/9/2002	Neut	W 73-60	vs. #66 Richmond
3/15/2002	Neut	W 70-58	vs. #32 Hawaii
3/17/2002	Neut	L 65-78	vs. #4 Oklahoma

FUTURE GAMES

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