Pre-tourney Rankings
Rice
Conference USA
2017-18
Overall
Predictive Rating-7.9#295
Expected Predictive Rating-11.2#327
Pace68.3#195
Improvement+2.8#69

Offense
Total Offense-4.0#295
First Shot+0.0#1
After Offensive Rebound+0.0#1
Layup/Dunks+0.0#1
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
Freethrows+0.0#1
Improvement+4.1#22

Defense
Total Defense-4.0#295
First Shot+0.0#1
After Offensive Rebounds+0.0#1
Layups/Dunks+0.0#1
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
Freethrows+0.0#1
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 0.9% n/a n/a
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% n/a n/a
Average Seed 16.0 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 Four0.9% n/a n/a
First Round0.4% 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 10, 2017 288   Eastern Kentucky L 72-73 60%     0 - 1 -11.5 -5.3 -5.3
  Nov 14, 2017 111   Georgia St. L 54-75 19%     0 - 2 -19.8 +0.6 +0.6
  Nov 17, 2017 344   @ Northwestern St. W 87-65 67%     1 - 2 +9.6 -6.2 -6.2
  Nov 20, 2017 112   UNLV L 68-95 13%     1 - 3 -22.9 +2.1 +2.1
  Nov 22, 2017 100   Mississippi L 62-79 12%     1 - 4 -12.0 +2.5 +2.5
  Nov 29, 2017 125   @ Texas Arlington L 49-69 11%     1 - 5 -14.6 +2.7 +2.7
  Dec 02, 2017 276   UT Rio Grande Valley L 67-69 57%     1 - 6 -11.7 -4.8 -4.8
  Dec 09, 2017 113   @ Stephen F. Austin L 62-81 9%     1 - 7 -12.0 +3.5 +3.5
  Dec 16, 2017 12   @ Texas Tech L 53-73 2%     1 - 8 -1.7 +9.1 +9.1
  Dec 19, 2017 105   @ New Mexico L 69-78 8%     1 - 9 -1.4 +3.8 +3.8
  Dec 22, 2017 228   Texas St. L 66-74 46%     1 - 10 -14.9 -3.4 -3.4
  Dec 28, 2017 177   @ Texas San Antonio L 66-79 17%     1 - 11 0 - 1 -10.8 +1.1 +1.1
  Dec 30, 2017 249   @ UTEP L 62-80 29%     1 - 12 0 - 2 -20.2 -1.1 -1.1
  Jan 04, 2018 77   Old Dominion L 75-82 OT 13%     1 - 13 0 - 3 -2.9 +2.1 +2.1
  Jan 06, 2018 313   Charlotte W 73-64 67%     2 - 13 1 - 3 -3.3 -6.2 -6.2
  Jan 13, 2018 193   North Texas L 78-85 39%     2 - 14 1 - 4 -12.1 -2.5 -2.5
  Jan 18, 2018 229   @ Southern Miss L 75-86 25%     2 - 15 1 - 5 -11.9 -0.5 -0.5
  Jan 20, 2018 160   @ Louisiana Tech L 54-69 14%     2 - 16 1 - 6 -11.5 +1.8 +1.8
  Jan 25, 2018 239   Florida International W 73-64 49%     3 - 16 2 - 6 +1.4 -3.8 -3.8
  Jan 27, 2018 245   Florida Atlantic L 62-63 50%     3 - 17 2 - 7 -9.0 -4.0 -4.0
  Feb 03, 2018 193   @ North Texas L 70-74 20%     3 - 18 2 - 8 -3.0 +0.5 +0.5
  Feb 08, 2018 63   @ Middle Tennessee L 75-94 5%     3 - 19 2 - 9 -7.6 +5.7 +5.7
  Feb 10, 2018 118   @ UAB L 56-61 10%     3 - 20 2 - 10 +1.4 +3.2 +3.2
  Feb 15, 2018 115   Marshall L 80-93 21%     3 - 21 2 - 11 -12.4 +0.3 +0.3
  Feb 17, 2018 71   Western Kentucky L 66-85 12%     3 - 22 2 - 12 -14.3 +2.3 +2.3
  Feb 22, 2018 245   @ Florida Atlantic W 79-76 OT 28%     4 - 22 3 - 12 +1.1 -1.0 -1.0
  Feb 24, 2018 239   @ Florida International L 64-67 27%     4 - 23 3 - 13 -4.5 -0.8 -0.8
  Mar 01, 2018 249   UTEP W 76-70 51%     5 - 23 4 - 13 -2.2 -4.1 -4.1
  Mar 03, 2018 177   Texas San Antonio L 60-79 35%     5 - 24 4 - 14 -22.9 -1.9 -1.9
Projected Record 5.0 - 24.0 4.0 - 14.0




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



Projected Conference USA Finish

0-18 1-17 2-16 3-15 4-14 5-13 6-12 7-11 8-10 9-9 10-8 11-7 12-6 13-5 14-4 15-3 16-2 17-1 18-0 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 100.0 100.0 13th
14th 14th
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
18-0
17-1
16-2
15-3
14-4
13-5
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
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
18-0
17-1
16-2
15-3
14-4
13-5
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
8-10
7-11
6-12
5-13
4-14 100.0% 0.9% 0.9% 16.0 0.9 99.1
3-15
2-16
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 0.9% 0.9% 0.0% 16.0 0.9 99.1 0.0%