NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 3-23
Power Rating: 63.055
Ranking: 300

1-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-12 v #101-200
1-8 v #201-324

Home Ratings (3-7): 66.332 (273) 1-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-4 v #101-200 1-2 v #201-324 League Ratings: 2-6 66.223 Non-League Ratings: 1-1 71.180 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 65.750

Away Ratings (0-16): 57.820 (317)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-8 v #101-200
0-6 v #201-324
League Ratings: 0-9 66.672
Non-League Ratings: 0-7 58.461
Last Ten Ratings: 0-6 66.758

Neutral Ratings (0-0): 63.055 (264) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 0-0 63.055 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 63.055 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 63.055

League Ratings (2-15): 64.363 (291)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-9 v #101-200
1-4 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 2-6 66.223
Away Ratings: 0-9 66.672
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 63.055
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 66.141

Non-League Ratings (1-8): 60.141 (310) 1-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 0-4 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 1-1 71.180 Away Ratings: 0-7 58.461 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 63.055 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 63.055

Wins Ratings: 60.193 (301)
1-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-12 v #101-200
1-8 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 3-7 64.440
Away Ratings: 0-16 47.881
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 60.193
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 59.975

Points Ratings: 66.387 (295) 1-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-14 v #101-200 1-6 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 3-7 68.465 Away Ratings: 0-16 64.059 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 66.387 League Ratings: 2-15 67.543 Non-League Ratings: 1-8 63.809 Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 67.606

Last Ten Ratings (1-9): 63.438 (292)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-6 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 1-3 65.750
Away Ratings: 0-6 66.758
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 63.055
League Ratings: 1-9 66.141
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 63.055

Home Advantage: 12.502 (13)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0356 (204)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1275 (181)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2377 (169)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3567 (157)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5226 (154)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8133 (145)

Upward Stability: 2.0928 (310)

Downward Stability: 1.4236 (317)

RPI
RPI: 0.3869 (309)
1-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
1-10 v #101-200
1-8 v #201-324

RPI Home (3-7): 0.4654 (258) 1-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-5 v #101-200 1-1 v #201-324

RPI Away (0-16): 0.3380 (319)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
0-7 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (0-0): 0.3869 (267) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (2-15): 0.3980 (295)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
1-7 v #101-200
1-4 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (1-8): 0.3657 (315) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 0-5 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4774 (202)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2001	Away	L 64-87	vs. #260 Evansville
11/25/2001	Away	L 69-107	vs. #187 DePaul
11/29/2001	Away	L 50-80	vs. #73 Valparaiso
12/1/2001	Away	L 72-81	vs. #322 Chicago St
12/8/2001	Away	L 65-79	vs. #118 Toledo
12/15/2001	Home	W 75-70	vs. #17 Kent
12/19/2001	Home	L 80-87	vs. #282 Robert Morris
12/22/2001	Away	L 53-68	vs. #182 Mo Kansas City
12/30/2001	Away	L 79-84	vs. #270 Western Ill
1/2/2002	Home	L 55-77	vs. #138 Wisc Milwaukee
1/5/2002	Home	W 87-80	vs. #146 Wright St
1/10/2002	Away	L 58-71	vs. #211 Cleveland St
1/12/2002	Home	L 50-68	vs. #49 Butler
1/17/2002	Home	L 51-66	vs. #110 Detroit
1/19/2002	Away	L 63-72	vs. #148 Loyola Chi
1/21/2002	Away	L 69-85	vs. #131 Illinois Chi
1/28/2002	Away	L 50-53	vs. #250 Wisc Green Bay
1/31/2002	Away	L 69-76	vs. #146 Wright St
2/2/2002	Home	L 55-75	vs. #148 Loyola Chi
2/4/2002	Home	L 57-63	vs. #131 Illinois Chi
2/9/2002	Away	L 76-96	vs. #138 Wisc Milwaukee
2/14/2002	Home	L 48-58	vs. #211 Cleveland St
2/16/2002	Away	L 50-75	vs. #49 Butler
2/18/2002	Away	L 52-63	vs. #110 Detroit
2/21/2002	Home	W 69-55	vs. #250 Wisc Green Bay
3/1/2002	Away	L 65-86	vs. #250 Wisc Green Bay

FUTURE GAMES

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