Pre-tourney Rankings
Rice
Conference USA
2010-11
Overall
Predictive Rating+1.0#153
Expected Predictive Rating-0.8#176
Pace63.5#278
Improvement+0.8#133

Offense
Total Offense+0.5#153
Improvement-1.9#269

Defense
Total Defense+0.4#154
Improvement+2.7#55
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
#1 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 2 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 4 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 6 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
NCAA Tourney Bid 0.0% n/a n/a
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% n/a n/a
Average Seed n/a n/a n/a
.500 or above 0.0% n/a n/a
.500 or above in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Conference Champion 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Four0.0% n/a n/a
First Round0.0% n/a n/a
Second Round0.0% n/a n/a
Sweet Sixteen0.0% n/a n/a
Elite Eight0.0% n/a n/a
Final Four0.0% n/a n/a
Championship Game0.0% n/a n/a
National Champion0.0% n/a n/a

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 14, 2010 332   Grambling St. W 86-57 95%     1 - 0 +11.7 -8.1 -8.0
  Nov 18, 2010 145   @ Santa Clara L 65-66 37%     1 - 1 +3.5 +1.9 +2.6
  Nov 23, 2010 175   @ North Texas L 65-68 44%     1 - 2 -0.5 +0.8 +1.7
  Nov 27, 2010 5   @ Texas L 59-62 4%     1 - 3 +18.6 +10.9 +10.5
  Dec 01, 2010 25   Arizona L 57-84 21%     1 - 4 -17.4 +4.1 +4.3
  Dec 04, 2010 242   Lamar W 75-73 80%     2 - 4 -5.8 -3.6 -4.1
  Dec 16, 2010 218   Arkansas Little Rock W 65-55 76%     3 - 4 +3.8 -2.9 -2.8
  Dec 21, 2010 301   Stetson W 66-63 83%     4 - 4 -6.1 -4.5 -4.5
  Dec 22, 2010 59   Miami (FL) L 67-73 23%     4 - 5 +2.8 +4.4 +4.1
  Dec 23, 2010 122   Oral Roberts L 78-80 43%     4 - 6 +0.8 +1.6 +1.0
  Dec 29, 2010 225   LSU W 74-68 76%     5 - 6 -0.5 -3.0 -3.2
  Jan 02, 2011 160   TCU W 70-61 64%     6 - 6 +6.2 -1.5 -1.0
  Jan 05, 2011 180   Tulane L 81-85 69%     6 - 7 0 - 1 -8.2 -1.7 -2.7
  Jan 08, 2011 87   @ Tulsa L 64-75 24%     6 - 8 0 - 2 -2.7 +3.7 +4.1
  Jan 12, 2011 74   Southern Miss L 78-81 OT 39%     6 - 9 0 - 3 +0.8 +1.6 +2.0
  Jan 15, 2011 67   @ UTEP L 43-66 17%     6 - 10 0 - 4 -11.9 +4.5 +5.3
  Jan 22, 2011 105   @ Central Florida W 57-50 28%     7 - 10 1 - 4 +13.9 +3.1 +4.2
  Jan 26, 2011 202   Houston W 79-71 OT 74%     8 - 10 2 - 4 +2.2 -2.8 -2.6
  Jan 29, 2011 150   SMU L 68-75 61%     8 - 11 2 - 5 -9.0 -1.2 -1.1
  Feb 02, 2011 180   @ Tulane W 71-61 46%     9 - 11 3 - 5 +12.1 +1.2 +1.4
  Feb 05, 2011 67   UTEP L 53-59 36%     9 - 12 3 - 6 -1.3 +1.8 +2.6
  Feb 12, 2011 68   @ UAB L 68-74 17%     9 - 13 3 - 7 +5.0 +5.5 +5.3
  Feb 16, 2011 78   @ Marshall L 61-72 22%     9 - 14 3 - 8 -1.8 +4.4 +4.3
  Feb 19, 2011 92   Memphis W 67-52 48%     10 - 14 4 - 8 +16.6 +0.7 +1.6
  Feb 23, 2011 150   @ SMU L 66-76 OT 37%     10 - 15 4 - 9 -5.7 +1.9 +2.0
  Feb 26, 2011 141   East Carolina L 68-71 59%     10 - 16 4 - 10 -4.3 -0.5 -1.0
  Mar 02, 2011 87   Tulsa L 57-67 46%     10 - 17 4 - 11 -8.1 +0.2 +1.2
  Mar 05, 2011 202   @ Houston W 72-57 52%     11 - 17 5 - 11 +15.6 +0.7 +0.6
  Mar 09, 2011 150   SMU W 58-57 49%     12 - 17 +2.2 +0.3 +1.0
  Mar 10, 2011 87   Tulsa L 72-81 34%     12 - 18 -3.9 +2.4 +2.3
Projected Record 12.0 - 18.0 5.0 - 11.0




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



Projected Conference USA Finish

0-16 1-15 2-14 3-13 4-12 5-11 6-10 7-9 8-8 9-7 10-6 11-5 12-4 13-3 14-2 15-1 16-0 Total
1st 1st
2nd 2nd
3rd 3rd
4th 4th
5th 5th
6th 6th
7th 7th
8th 8th
9th 9th
10th 100.0 100.0 10th
11th 11th
12th 12th
Total 100.0 Total



Conference USA Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
16-0
15-1
14-2
13-3
12-4
11-5
10-6
9-7
8-8
Total



NCAA Tournament Selection

Conf RecordRecord ChanceTourney
Bid		AutoAt-LargeAvg
Seed		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 No Bid At-Large if not Auto
16-0
15-1
14-2
13-3
12-4
11-5
10-6
9-7
8-8
7-9
6-10
5-11 100.0% 100.0
4-12
3-13
2-14
1-15
0-16
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 100.0 0.0%