NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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ARKANSAS
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 20-11
Power Rating: 86.035
Ranking: 35

1-5 v #1-25
5-2 v #26-50
3-4 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (15-1): 91.941 (10) 1-1 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 7-1 89.641 Non-League Ratings: 8-0 85.848 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 92.535

Away Ratings (3-6): 85.172 (37)
0-3 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 3-5 84.727
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 84.285
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 87.441

Neutral Ratings (2-4): 80.215 (96) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 1-1 83.410 Non-League Ratings: 1-3 82.207 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 83.793

League Ratings (11-7): 87.631 (24)
1-4 v #1-25
5-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 7-1 89.641
Away Ratings: 3-5 84.727
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 83.410
Last Ten Ratings: 6-3 87.836

Non-League Ratings (9-4): 80.738 (94) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 8-0 85.848 Away Ratings: 0-1 84.285 Neutral Ratings: 1-3 82.207 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 84.285

Wins Ratings: 87.904 (34)
2-5 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
3-4 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 15-1 94.967
Away Ratings: 3-6 87.873
Neutral Ratings: 2-4 79.842
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 90.588

Points Ratings: 83.785 (34) 1-5 v #1-25 5-3 v #26-50 3-3 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 15-1 87.938 Away Ratings: 3-6 81.936 Neutral Ratings: 2-4 81.047 League Ratings: 11-7 84.350 Non-League Ratings: 9-4 82.074 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 85.104

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 88.133 (25)
1-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 3-0 92.535
Away Ratings: 2-2 87.441
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 83.793
League Ratings: 6-3 87.836
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 84.285

Home Advantage: 12.884 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1115 (45)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2821 (47)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4282 (45)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5452 (45)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6680 (58)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8352 (108)

Upward Stability: 3.1420 (113)

Downward Stability: 3.4076 (71)

RPI
RPI: 0.5743 (44)
2-5 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
3-4 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (15-1): 0.6179 (35) 4-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (3-6): 0.5368 (41)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (2-4): 0.5132 (124) 0-0 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (11-7): 0.6083 (18)
1-4 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (9-4): 0.5266 (111) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5506 (56)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2000	Neut	W 90-68	vs. #226 Tennessee St
11/18/2000	Neut	L 54-63	vs. #52 SO Mississippi
11/22/2000	Home	W 107-78	vs. #312 Jackson St
11/25/2000	Home	W 99-59	vs. #252 Ul Monroe
11/28/2000	Home	W 88-57	vs. #271 Centenary
12/2/2000	Home	W 74-68	vs. #70 Memphis
12/5/2000	Home	W 97-77	vs. #310 North Texas
12/9/2000	Neut	L 73-74	vs. #53 Oklahoma St
12/20/2000	Home	W 115-47	vs. #193 Northwestern St
12/23/2000	Away	L 79-88	vs. #15 Oklahoma
12/31/2000	Home	W 121-66	vs. #309 Grambling
1/2/2001	Home	W 100-40	vs. #262 MD Eastrn Shore
1/6/2001	Away	L 73-87	vs. #49 Mississippi St
1/10/2001	Home	L 48-53	vs. #13 Mississippi
1/13/2001	Away	L 64-81	vs. #85 Vanderbilt
1/17/2001	Home	W 82-72	vs. #55 Auburn
1/20/2001	Home	W 87-58	vs. #38 Alabama
1/27/2001	Away	W 59-52	vs. #104 LSU
1/31/2001	Away	L 73-84	vs. #13 Mississippi
2/3/2001	Home	W 83-72	vs. #49 Mississippi St
2/7/2001	Home	W 82-77	vs. #26 Tennessee
2/10/2001	Away	L 63-73	vs. #10 Florida
2/14/2001	Away	L 63-71	vs. #55 Auburn
2/17/2001	Home	W 87-70	vs. #104 LSU
2/20/2001	Away	W 69-67	vs. #61 South Carolina
2/25/2001	Home	W 82-78	vs. #8 Kentucky
2/28/2001	Away	W 66-63	vs. #38 Alabama
3/3/2001	Home	W 82-67	vs. #42 Georgia
3/9/2001	Neut	W 77-72	vs. #104 LSU
3/10/2001	Neut	L 78-87	vs. #8 Kentucky
3/15/2001	Neut	L 61-63	vs. #32 Georgetown

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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