Pre-tourney Rankings
Rice
Conference USA
2012-13
Overall
Predictive Rating-10.9#321
Expected Predictive Rating-12.7#326
Pace60.7#299
Improvement-0.2#179

Offense
Total Offense-3.6#268
Improvement+0.9#120

Defense
Total Defense-7.2#331
Improvement-1.2#234
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 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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, 2012 58   @ Temple L 63-77 3%     0 - 1 -2.4 -5.6 +3.0
  Nov 22, 2012 102   Georgia Tech L 36-54 8%     0 - 2 -13.4 -24.7 +8.2
  Nov 23, 2012 118   Drake L 66-77 10%     0 - 3 -7.8 +0.0 -9.0
  Nov 25, 2012 174   Drexel L 47-55 17%     0 - 4 -8.5 -14.3 +3.9
  Dec 01, 2012 323   Houston Baptist W 61-53 64%     1 - 4 -6.4 -15.3 +8.7
  Dec 12, 2012 173   LIU Brooklyn L 70-97 24%     1 - 5 -30.6 -7.7 -24.1
  Dec 15, 2012 219   Hartford L 51-58 34%     1 - 6 -13.5 -17.1 +3.0
  Dec 19, 2012 290   Chicago St. W 63-60 OT 53%     2 - 6 -8.5 -6.4 -1.8
  Dec 22, 2012 254   TCU L 63-65 41%     2 - 7 -10.6 -2.4 -8.5
  Dec 29, 2012 88   @ Texas L 41-57 5%     2 - 8 -7.3 -18.8 +8.9
  Jan 05, 2013 108   @ Harvard L 62-92 5%     2 - 9 -22.6 -12.0 -9.2
  Jan 09, 2013 59   Southern Miss L 52-75 8%     2 - 10 0 - 1 -18.0 -12.4 -8.9
  Jan 12, 2013 175   @ Tulsa L 51-64 11%     2 - 11 0 - 2 -10.3 -10.2 -2.2
  Jan 16, 2013 33   Memphis L 51-77 5%     2 - 12 0 - 3 -17.6 -12.3 -7.2
  Jan 19, 2013 345   New Orleans W 95-71 85%     3 - 12 +1.9 +6.8 -6.3
  Jan 23, 2013 134   @ Central Florida L 67-78 7%     3 - 13 0 - 4 -5.5 +3.1 -9.9
  Jan 26, 2013 156   @ Tulane L 66-73 9%     3 - 14 0 - 5 -3.2 -3.5 -0.1
  Jan 30, 2013 180   Houston W 79-69 25%     4 - 14 1 - 5 +6.0 +11.5 -4.0
  Feb 02, 2013 158   East Carolina L 63-79 22%     4 - 15 1 - 6 -18.7 -16.2 -2.2
  Feb 06, 2013 110   @ UTEP L 53-65 6%     4 - 16 1 - 7 -4.8 +0.2 -8.4
  Feb 09, 2013 181   SMU L 39-61 26%     4 - 17 1 - 8 -26.1 -27.7 -2.4
  Feb 13, 2013 224   @ Marshall L 70-71 16%     4 - 18 1 - 9 -1.3 +8.0 -9.5
  Feb 16, 2013 167   @ UAB L 57-80 10%     4 - 19 1 - 10 -19.8 -8.9 -12.5
  Feb 23, 2013 156   Tulane L 64-89 22%     4 - 20 1 - 11 -27.6 -9.7 -19.1
  Feb 27, 2013 181   @ SMU L 55-67 11%     4 - 21 1 - 12 -9.7 -9.5 -1.4
  Mar 02, 2013 110   UTEP L 56-67 14%     4 - 22 1 - 13 -10.3 -10.2 -1.1
  Mar 06, 2013 180   @ Houston L 62-84 11%     4 - 23 1 - 14 -19.5 -13.8 -5.7
  Mar 09, 2013 175   Tulsa L 71-77 25%     4 - 24 1 - 15 -9.8 -1.7 -8.1
  Mar 13, 2013 180   Houston L 67-72 17%     4 - 25 -5.7 -10.3 +4.6
Projected Record 4.0 - 25.0 1.0 - 15.0




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 10th
11th 11th
12th 100.0 100.0 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
4-12
3-13
2-14
1-15 100.0% 100.0
0-16
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 100.0 0.0%