Pre-tourney Rankings
Rice
Conference USA
2018-19
Overall
Predictive Rating-5.4#251
Expected Predictive Rating-4.8#235
Pace74.0#64
Improvement+0.7#156

Offense
Total Offense-1.4#214
First Shot-1.6#231
After Offensive Rebound+0.2#158
Layup/Dunks-2.9#285
2 Pt Jumpshots-0.8#217
3 Pt Jumpshots+1.2#138
Freethrows+0.9#117
Improvement-3.3#309

Defense
Total Defense-3.9#277
First Shot-6.3#333
After Offensive Rebounds+2.4#5
Layups/Dunks+0.0#171
2 Pt Jumpshots-2.7#333
3 Pt Jumpshots-3.1#299
Freethrows-0.6#222
Improvement+4.0#27
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% n/a n/a
Conference Champion 0.0% n/a n/a
Last Place in Conference 0.0% n/a n/a
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  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0.0 - 1.00.0 - 1.0
Quad 1b0.0 - 0.00.0 - 1.0
Quad 20.0 - 5.00.0 - 6.0
Quad 34.0 - 8.04.0 - 14.0
Quad 47.0 - 5.011.0 - 19.0


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 09, 2018 128   @ Penn L 76-92 15%     0 - 1 -10.3 -2.9 -5.1
  Nov 12, 2018 348   Alabama A&M W 73-59 89%     1 - 1 -4.8 -3.3 -1.1
  Nov 14, 2018 15   @ Houston L 68-79 2%     1 - 2 +7.6 +11.7 -5.1
  Nov 17, 2018 337   Northwestern St. W 102-74 85%     2 - 2 +11.4 +8.3 -1.1
  Nov 21, 2018 95   @ BYU L 78-105 11%     2 - 3 -18.9 -0.9 -15.4
  Nov 25, 2018 88   @ Wichita St. L 61-90 10%     2 - 4 -20.5 -11.8 -6.0
  Nov 28, 2018 138   @ Texas St. L 60-74 17%     2 - 5 -9.0 -3.5 -6.5
  Dec 01, 2018 224   Lamar L 68-75 54%     2 - 6 -13.3 -11.5 -1.5
  Dec 15, 2018 170   UC Santa Barbara L 89-99 OT 42%     2 - 7 -13.4 +8.5 -21.4
  Dec 18, 2018 168   @ UT Rio Grande Valley W 75-67 24%     3 - 7 +10.2 +2.1 +7.7
  Dec 21, 2018 162   Nebraska Omaha L 66-83 41%     3 - 8 -19.9 -11.3 -8.9
  Dec 29, 2018 161   North Texas L 87-103 40%     3 - 9 0 - 1 -18.9 +19.6 -39.2
  Jan 03, 2019 109   Southern Miss W 73-65 25%     4 - 9 1 - 1 +9.5 -1.2 +10.5
  Jan 05, 2019 144   Louisiana Tech W 78-66 34%     5 - 9 2 - 1 +10.8 +7.0 +4.1
  Jan 10, 2019 148   @ Texas San Antonio L 79-95 19%     5 - 10 2 - 2 -12.0 +0.0 -10.5
  Jan 12, 2019 290   @ UTEP L 64-65 47%     5 - 11 2 - 3 -5.6 -2.3 -3.3
  Jan 19, 2019 161   @ North Texas L 75-76 22%     5 - 12 2 - 4 +1.7 +2.3 -0.6
  Jan 24, 2019 239   Middle Tennessee W 79-68 57%     6 - 12 3 - 4 +3.7 +4.6 -0.8
  Jan 26, 2019 147   UAB L 86-89 35%     6 - 13 3 - 5 -4.4 +12.9 -17.4
  Jan 31, 2019 287   @ Charlotte W 65-61 46%     7 - 13 4 - 5 -0.3 -6.1 +5.9
  Feb 02, 2019 122   @ Old Dominion L 76-80 14%     7 - 14 4 - 6 +2.2 +11.6 -9.4
  Feb 07, 2019 117   Western Kentucky L 85-92 2OT 27%     7 - 15 4 - 7 -5.9 -5.2 +0.9
  Feb 09, 2019 171   Marshall W 74-69 42%     8 - 15 5 - 7 +1.6 -12.3 +13.3
  Feb 14, 2019 210   @ Florida International L 65-86 30%     8 - 16 5 - 8 -20.9 -17.1 -0.6
  Feb 16, 2019 165   @ Florida Atlantic L 41-60 23%     8 - 17 5 - 9 -16.7 -24.3 +6.3
  Feb 23, 2019 290   @ UTEP W 85-81 2OT 47%     9 - 17 6 - 9 -0.6 -1.3 -0.1
  Mar 03, 2019 239   Middle Tennessee W 67-61 57%     10 - 17 7 - 9 -1.3 -8.9 +7.6
  Mar 06, 2019 287   @ Charlotte W 79-70 46%     11 - 17 8 - 9 +4.7 +10.4 -5.2
  Mar 09, 2019 287   Charlotte L 70-78 67%     11 - 18 8 - 10 -17.9 -4.9 -13.1
  Mar 13, 2019 171   Marshall L 65-82 32%     11 - 19 -17.6 -10.9 -6.8
Projected Record 11.0 - 19.0 8.0 - 10.0




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



Projected Conference USA Finish

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