Pre-tourney Rankings
Rice
Conference USA
2013-14
Overall
Predictive Rating-8.6#293
Expected Predictive Rating-10.7#316
Pace62.7#294
Improvement-2.1#269

Offense
Total Offense-6.9#321
Improvement-4.1#332

Defense
Total Defense-1.6#218
Improvement+2.0#82
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 12, 2013 316   SE Louisiana L 62-63 67%     0 - 1 -14.0 -15.0 +0.9
  Nov 15, 2013 112   @ Texas A&M L 65-68 8%     0 - 2 +3.7 +3.6 -0.1
  Nov 20, 2013 240   @ TX A&M Corpus Christi W 63-61 25%     1 - 2 +0.4 -3.2 +3.9
  Nov 23, 2013 103   Princeton L 56-70 17%     1 - 3 -12.6 -8.8 -5.5
  Nov 29, 2013 215   Rider L 93-97 OT 30%     1 - 4 -7.0 +7.7 -14.4
  Nov 30, 2013 152   Santa Clara W 67-66 18%     2 - 4 +2.1 +2.6 -0.4
  Dec 04, 2013 344   @ Houston Baptist L 71-73 63%     2 - 5 -13.9 -6.2 -7.8
  Dec 07, 2013 250   South Alabama W 96-93 3OT 46%     3 - 5 -4.5 -0.7 -4.5
  Dec 21, 2013 127   Houston L 52-54 15%     3 - 6 +0.7 -20.0 +20.6
  Dec 30, 2013 38   @ Texas L 44-66 3%     3 - 7 -8.4 -17.2 +7.2
  Jan 04, 2014 41   Harvard L 54-69 7%     3 - 8 -7.2 -5.2 -4.4
  Jan 09, 2014 227   Florida International L 60-71 42%     3 - 9 0 - 1 -17.6 -8.2 -10.8
  Jan 11, 2014 239   Florida Atlantic L 68-73 44%     3 - 10 0 - 2 -12.1 -7.6 -4.5
  Jan 16, 2014 75   @ Southern Miss L 62-84 6%     3 - 11 0 - 3 -12.3 -4.9 -8.2
  Jan 18, 2014 281   @ Tulane L 41-58 33%     3 - 12 0 - 4 -21.0 -28.1 +4.6
  Jan 23, 2014 232   Marshall L 63-73 44%     3 - 13 0 - 5 -16.9 -7.8 -9.7
  Jan 25, 2014 179   Charlotte W 71-69 32%     4 - 13 1 - 5 -1.7 -1.2 -0.5
  Jan 30, 2014 301   @ Texas San Antonio L 76-89 41%     4 - 14 1 - 6 -19.3 -7.2 -11.3
  Feb 01, 2014 100   @ UTEP L 57-68 8%     4 - 15 1 - 7 -3.8 -5.8 +1.2
  Feb 06, 2014 237   North Texas W 75-70 44%     5 - 15 2 - 7 -2.0 -4.0 +1.6
  Feb 08, 2014 78   Tulsa L 56-66 13%     5 - 16 2 - 8 -6.1 -8.1 +1.2
  Feb 15, 2014 39   @ Louisiana Tech L 46-85 3%     5 - 17 2 - 9 -25.5 -18.3 -7.0
  Feb 20, 2014 183   @ Old Dominion L 51-55 17%     5 - 18 2 - 10 -2.4 -13.1 +10.3
  Feb 22, 2014 217   @ East Carolina L 55-67 22%     5 - 19 2 - 11 -12.4 -16.3 +3.0
  Feb 27, 2014 163   UAB L 60-61 28%     5 - 20 2 - 12 -3.5 -5.9 +2.3
  Mar 01, 2014 97   @ Middle Tennessee L 41-65 7%     5 - 21 2 - 13 -16.4 -20.3 +1.2
  Mar 06, 2014 39   Louisiana Tech L 48-70 7%     5 - 22 2 - 14 -14.1 -8.1 -10.9
  Mar 11, 2014 237   North Texas L 62-63 OT 34%     5 - 23 -5.2 -10.6 +5.3
Projected Record 5.0 - 23.0 2.0 - 14.0




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 12th
13th 13th
14th 14th
15th 15th
16th 100.0 100.0 16th
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
2-14 100.0% 100.0
1-15
0-16
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 100.0 0.0%