Pre-tourney Rankings
Rice
Conference USA
2011-12
Overall
Predictive Rating+1.6#145
Expected Predictive Rating+1.3#150
Pace72.7#57
Improvement+0.7#138

Offense
Total Offense-1.0#202
Improvement-1.1#222

Defense
Total Defense+2.6#98
Improvement+1.8#85
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 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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 17, 2011 316   Southern W 80-65 93%     1 - 0 -0.2 +2.5 -2.8
  Nov 20, 2011 327   Maryland Eastern Shore W 81-49 94%     2 - 0 +15.8 +8.2 +9.0
  Nov 22, 2011 318   Florida A&M W 75-59 93%     3 - 0 +0.7 -9.8 +9.4
  Nov 25, 2011 89   Northern Iowa L 60-64 35%     3 - 1 +1.5 -6.2 +7.5
  Nov 26, 2011 27   Iowa St. L 63-90 18%     3 - 2 -15.5 -5.7 -9.6
  Nov 30, 2011 325   @ Houston Baptist W 78-66 84%     4 - 2 +2.8 -4.5 +6.3
  Dec 17, 2011 102   Lamar L 81-87 51%     4 - 3 -4.7 -2.5 -1.4
  Dec 19, 2011 35   Temple L 70-77 29%     4 - 4 +0.2 -6.4 +7.0
  Dec 22, 2011 104   @ Texas A&M W 65-58 27%     5 - 4 +14.9 +6.8 +8.9
  Dec 28, 2011 306   TX A&M Corpus Christi W 78-66 91%     6 - 4 -1.3 -11.1 +7.8
  Dec 31, 2011 25   @ Texas L 59-73 11%     6 - 5 +1.0 -7.2 +8.0
  Jan 04, 2012 143   @ TCU L 74-78 37%     6 - 6 +1.1 +1.9 -0.9
  Jan 07, 2012 76   Marshall L 61-63 44%     6 - 7 0 - 1 +1.3 -11.0 +12.3
  Jan 11, 2012 181   @ SMU W 68-52 46%     7 - 7 1 - 1 +18.5 +4.7 +15.3
  Jan 14, 2012 186   @ Tulane W 50-49 48%     8 - 7 2 - 1 +3.1 -15.0 +18.2
  Jan 18, 2012 124   UAB L 60-61 OT 58%     8 - 8 2 - 2 -1.4 -5.5 +4.0
  Jan 21, 2012 94   Tulsa L 46-70 49%     8 - 9 2 - 3 -22.2 -23.9 +0.9
  Jan 25, 2012 10   @ Memphis L 51-73 7%     8 - 10 2 - 4 -3.5 -10.4 +5.5
  Jan 28, 2012 186   Tulane W 88-74 73%     9 - 10 3 - 4 +9.3 +10.4 -1.8
  Feb 01, 2012 131   UTEP W 77-75 60%     10 - 10 4 - 4 +1.1 -0.4 +1.3
  Feb 04, 2012 138   @ East Carolina L 68-82 35%     10 - 11 4 - 5 -8.3 -8.2 +1.0
  Feb 08, 2012 182   @ Houston W 79-71 46%     11 - 11 5 - 5 +10.5 +6.7 +4.1
  Feb 11, 2012 181   SMU W 43-39 71%     12 - 11 6 - 5 -0.3 -21.5 +22.0
  Feb 18, 2012 94   @ Tulsa L 50-69 25%     12 - 12 6 - 6 -10.4 -14.6 +2.9
  Feb 22, 2012 93   Central Florida W 83-74 49%     13 - 12 7 - 6 +11.0 +13.0 -1.8
  Feb 25, 2012 69   @ Southern Miss L 56-58 20%     13 - 13 7 - 7 +8.4 -8.2 +16.4
  Feb 29, 2012 131   @ UTEP W 68-61 34%     14 - 13 8 - 7 +12.9 +1.5 +11.5
  Mar 03, 2012 182   Houston L 75-76 71%     14 - 14 8 - 8 -5.3 -4.6 -0.6
  Mar 07, 2012 138   East Carolina L 66-68 47%     14 - 15 +0.3 -2.7 +2.8
Projected Record 14.0 - 15.0 8.0 - 8.0




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 100.0 100.0 7th
8th 8th
9th 9th
10th 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 0.0%
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
8-8 100.0% 100.0
7-9
6-10
5-11
4-12
3-13
2-14
1-15
0-16
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 100.0 0.0%