NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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ARKANSAS
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 9-19
Power Rating: 77.173
Ranking: 135

1-7 v #1-25
2-6 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (8-8): 78.278 (122) 1-3 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 3-5 78.563 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-3 78.407 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 75.704

Away Ratings (1-9): 75.579 (157)
0-3 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 1-7 78.954
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 66.048
Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 80.298

Neutral Ratings (0-2): 70.548 (199) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-1 58.173 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 85.423 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 58.173

League Power Rankings (4-13): 77.884 (129)
1-4 v #1-25
2-6 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 3-5 78.563
Away Ratings: 1-7 78.954
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 58.173
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 77.087

Non-League Power Ratings (5-6): 75.798 (156) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 5-3 78.407 Away Ratings: 0-2 66.048 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 85.423 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 77.173

Wins Power Rankings: 77.278 (136)
1-7 v #1-25
2-6 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 8-8 78.325
Away Ratings: 1-9 75.950
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 65.778
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 77.403

Rankings: Points: 77.153 (127) 1-7 v #1-25 2-5 v #26-50 1-6 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 8-8 78.161 Away Ratings: 1-9 75.481 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 73.841 League Power Rankings: 4-13 77.075 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-6 77.309 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 75.981

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 76.735 (141)
0-3 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 1-3 75.704
Away Ratings: 1-4 80.298
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 58.173
League Power Rankings: 2-8 77.087
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 77.173

Home Advantage: 7.4942 (82)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1120 (31)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2971 (17)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4558 (14)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5878 (9)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7283 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9068 (14)

Upward Stability: 1.1883 (111)

Downward Stability: 0.9096 (275)

RPI
RPI: 0.5233 (111)
0-5 v #1-25
3-7 v #26-50
2-4 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (8-8): 0.5701 (99) 1-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-5 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (1-9): 0.4543 (168)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (0-2): 0.4904 (156) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327

RPI League (4-13): 0.5056 (147)
0-3 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
2-4 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (5-6): 0.5496 (79) 0-1 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5906 (7)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2002	Home	W 81-44	vs. #288 Jackson St
11/26/2002	Away	L 64-76	vs. #179 Oral Roberts
11/30/2002	Home	L 60-61	vs. #58 Tulsa
12/3/2002	Home	L 66-74	vs. #69 Troy St
12/7/2002	Neut	L 58-62	vs. #10 Illinois
12/10/2002	Home	W 72-60	vs. #178 Louisiana Tech
12/18/2002	Home	W 78-67	vs. #138 Sam Houston
12/21/2002	Home	W 70-60	vs. #216 SW Texas St
12/28/2002	Home	W 75-51	vs. #251 Centenary
12/30/2002	Away	L 45-71	vs. #24 Oklahoma St
1/2/2003	Home	L 67-72	vs. #22 Memphis
1/8/2003	Away	L 51-61	vs. #47 Alabama
1/11/2003	Home	L 37-52	vs. #37 Auburn
1/18/2003	Home	L 64-81	vs. #12 Georgia
1/22/2003	Home	W 73-65	vs. #33 LSU
1/25/2003	Away	L 54-73	vs. #82 Mississippi
2/1/2003	Away	L 66-77	vs. #13 Florida
2/5/2003	Home	W 81-70	vs. #47 Alabama
2/8/2003	Away	L 54-84	vs. #19 Mississippi St
2/12/2003	Home	L 62-70	vs. #48 Tennessee
2/15/2003	Away	L 65-72	vs. #86 South Carolina
2/19/2003	Home	L 50-66	vs. #1 Kentucky
2/22/2003	Away	L 56-75	vs. #33 LSU
2/26/2003	Away	W 60-50	vs. #109 Vanderbilt
3/1/2003	Home	W 53-51	vs. #19 Mississippi St
3/5/2003	Away	L 54-69	vs. #37 Auburn
3/8/2003	Home	L 54-64	vs. #82 Mississippi
3/13/2003	Neut	L 56-85	vs. #33 LSU

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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