Preseason Rankings
Rice
Conference USA
2018-19
Overall
Predictive Rating-9.9#323
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace68.0#207
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-5.6#316
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-4.3#309
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebounds--
Layups/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
#1 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 2 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 4 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 6 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 0.1% 0.4% 0.1%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 15.8 15.5 15.8
.500 or above 4.8% 18.4% 3.7%
.500 or above in Conference 21.3% 36.9% 19.9%
Conference Champion 0.1% 0.4% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 41.6% 26.3% 42.9%
First Four0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
First Round0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
Second Round0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Sweet Sixteen0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Elite Eight0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Final Four0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Championship Game0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
National Champion0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Next Game: Penn (Away) - 7.8% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0.0 - 1.20.0 - 1.2
Quad 1b0.0 - 1.40.0 - 2.5
Quad 20.2 - 3.70.3 - 6.3
Quad 31.6 - 8.31.9 - 14.5
Quad 45.8 - 6.87.7 - 21.3


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 09, 2018 125   @ Penn L 64-77 8%    
  Nov 12, 2018 349   Alabama A&M W 70-64 79%    
  Nov 14, 2018 37   @ Houston L 61-82 1%    
  Nov 17, 2018 328   Northwestern St. W 70-69 65%    
  Nov 21, 2018 63   @ BYU L 60-78 3%    
  Nov 25, 2018 81   @ Wichita St. L 64-80 5%    
  Nov 28, 2018 203   @ Texas St. L 60-68 18%    
  Dec 01, 2018 227   Lamar L 67-73 40%    
  Dec 15, 2018 177   UC Santa Barbara L 65-74 30%    
  Dec 18, 2018 311   @ UT Rio Grande Valley L 75-76 37%    
  Dec 21, 2018 253   Nebraska Omaha L 72-77 44%    
  Dec 29, 2018 132   North Texas L 64-76 21%    
  Jan 03, 2019 163   Southern Miss L 64-74 28%    
  Jan 05, 2019 141   Louisiana Tech L 64-76 24%    
  Jan 10, 2019 158   @ Texas San Antonio L 70-80 13%    
  Jan 12, 2019 249   @ UTEP L 66-71 25%    
  Jan 19, 2019 132   @ North Texas L 64-76 10%    
  Jan 24, 2019 157   Middle Tennessee L 62-72 27%    
  Jan 26, 2019 187   UAB L 65-74 30%    
  Jan 31, 2019 301   @ Charlotte L 73-75 34%    
  Feb 02, 2019 102   @ Old Dominion L 58-72 8%    
  Feb 07, 2019 60   Western Kentucky L 64-83 10%    
  Feb 09, 2019 99   Marshall L 72-86 17%    
  Feb 14, 2019 226   @ Florida International L 68-74 23%    
  Feb 16, 2019 266   @ Florida Atlantic L 68-72 28%    
  Feb 23, 2019 249   @ UTEP L 66-71 26%    
  Mar 03, 2019 157   Middle Tennessee L 62-72 27%    
  Mar 06, 2019 301   @ Charlotte L 73-75 35%    
  Mar 09, 2019 301   Charlotte L 73-75 53%    
Projected Record 7.7 - 21.3 4.4 - 13.6





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 0.0 0.0 0.0 1st
2nd 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.6 3rd
4th 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.9 4th
5th 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.0 1.4 5th
6th 0.0 0.2 1.0 0.7 0.2 2.1 6th
7th 0.1 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 3.1 7th
8th 0.0 0.2 1.0 2.1 0.8 0.0 4.1 8th
9th 0.1 1.2 3.0 1.6 0.2 0.0 6.2 9th
10th 0.1 1.2 3.5 2.8 0.4 0.0 8.0 10th
11th 0.1 1.3 4.3 3.6 0.9 0.0 10.2 11th
12th 0.3 2.2 5.3 4.3 1.5 0.1 0.0 13.6 12th
13th 0.5 3.7 7.4 5.9 1.6 0.1 0.0 19.2 13th
14th 4.7 8.4 10.1 5.5 1.5 0.2 30.4 14th
Total 4.7 8.9 14.0 15.2 14.1 11.7 10.1 7.9 5.4 3.7 2.0 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.1 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 7.7% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0
13-1 5.5% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12-2 0.0%
11-3 0.0%
10-4 0.0%
9-5 0.0%
8-6 0.0%
7-7 0.0%
Total 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0



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 0.1% 2.1% 2.1% 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.1
13-1 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 15.5 0.0 0.0 0.3
12-2 0.7% 2.1% 2.1% 15.1 0.0 0.0 0.7
11-3 1.1% 2.4% 2.4% 15.5 0.0 0.0 1.1
10-4 2.0% 0.8% 0.8% 15.9 0.0 0.0 2.0
9-5 3.7% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 3.7
8-6 5.4% 0.5% 0.5% 16.0 0.0 0.0 5.4
7-7 7.9% 0.0% 0.0% 16.0 0.0 7.9
6-8 10.1% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 10.1
5-9 11.7% 11.7
4-10 14.1% 14.1
3-11 15.2% 15.2
2-12 14.0% 14.0
1-13 8.9% 8.9
0-14 4.7% 4.7
Total 100% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 15.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 99.9 0.0%


Optimistic / Pessimistic Scenarios

ChanceTourney
Bid
Avg
Seed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Lose Out 0.5%