Pre-tourney Rankings
Rice
Conference USA
2014-15
Overall
Predictive Rating-1.8#198
Expected Predictive Rating-4.4#245
Pace61.1#298
Improvement+4.7#20

Offense
Total Offense-0.9#198
Improvement+2.1#71

Defense
Total Defense-0.9#198
Improvement+2.6#53
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 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
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 14, 2014 96   @ Oregon St. L 54-67 19%     0 - 1 -5.7 +3.7 +3.7
  Nov 19, 2014 297   Prairie View W 68-64 80%     1 - 1 -6.6 -5.3 -5.3
  Nov 22, 2014 120   William & Mary L 65-69 43%     1 - 2 -4.0 +0.0 +0.0
  Nov 27, 2014 179   Mercer L 71-77 OT 47%     1 - 3 -7.1 -0.5 -0.5
  Nov 28, 2014 167   Washington St. L 74-76 44%     1 - 4 -2.2 -0.1 -0.1
  Dec 03, 2014 316   Houston Baptist L 55-58 85%     1 - 5 -15.8 -6.4 -6.4
  Dec 22, 2014 277   @ Lamar L 72-79 OT 55%     1 - 6 -10.2 -1.6 -1.6
  Dec 29, 2014 18   @ Texas L 55-66 6%     1 - 7 +5.3 +8.2 +8.2
  Jan 02, 2015 205   Texas San Antonio W 67-52 62%     2 - 7 1 - 0 +10.0 -2.5 -2.5
  Jan 04, 2015 99   UTEP L 57-66 38%     2 - 8 1 - 1 -7.6 +0.7 +0.7
  Jan 10, 2015 232   North Texas L 63-66 68%     2 - 9 1 - 2 -9.7 -3.3 -3.3
  Jan 15, 2015 70   @ Old Dominion L 53-63 15%     2 - 10 1 - 3 -0.5 +4.8 +4.8
  Jan 17, 2015 147   @ Charlotte W 73-68 OT 28%     3 - 10 2 - 3 +9.3 +2.2 +2.2
  Jan 22, 2015 303   Southern Miss W 58-56 81%     4 - 10 3 - 3 -9.1 -5.6 -5.6
  Jan 24, 2015 84   Louisiana Tech L 45-58 33%     4 - 11 3 - 4 -10.2 +1.4 +1.4
  Jan 28, 2015 197   @ Houston L 48-59 39%     4 - 12 -9.9 +0.5 +0.5
  Jan 31, 2015 232   @ North Texas L 65-75 46%     4 - 13 3 - 5 -10.9 -0.4 -0.4
  Feb 05, 2015 271   @ Marshall L 55-69 54%     4 - 14 3 - 6 -16.9 -1.4 -1.4
  Feb 07, 2015 144   @ Western Kentucky W 72-68 28%     5 - 14 4 - 6 +8.3 +2.2 +2.2
  Feb 12, 2015 150   Middle Tennessee W 71-68 2OT 50%     6 - 14 5 - 6 +1.1 -0.9 -0.9
  Feb 14, 2015 129   UAB W 82-73 2OT 45%     7 - 14 6 - 6 +8.4 -0.3 -0.3
  Feb 19, 2015 272   @ Florida International L 56-60 54%     7 - 15 6 - 7 -6.9 -1.5 -1.5
  Feb 21, 2015 292   @ Florida Atlantic W 76-69 59%     8 - 15 7 - 7 +2.9 -2.0 -2.0
  Feb 26, 2015 70   Old Dominion L 54-63 30%     8 - 16 7 - 8 -5.3 +1.9 +1.9
  Feb 28, 2015 147   Charlotte L 76-77 49%     8 - 17 7 - 9 -2.5 -0.7 -0.7
  Mar 05, 2015 205   @ Texas San Antonio W 76-74 40%     9 - 17 8 - 9 +2.7 +0.4 +0.4
  Mar 07, 2015 99   @ UTEP L 65-68 20%     9 - 18 8 - 10 +4.2 +3.6 +3.6
  Mar 11, 2015 232   North Texas W 82-54 58%     10 - 18 +24.2 -1.9 -1.9
  Mar 12, 2015 84   Louisiana Tech L 64-70 24%     10 - 19 -0.4 +2.8 +2.8
Projected Record 10.0 - 19.0 8.0 - 10.0




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