Pre-tourney Rankings
Rice
Conference USA
2015-16
Overall
Predictive Rating-7.5#277
Expected Predictive Rating-7.2#276
Pace72.5#111
Improvement+2.7#73

Offense
Total Offense+0.7#157
First Shot+2.3#109
After Offensive Rebound-1.6#291
Layup/Dunks+3.3#55
2 Pt Jumpshots-2.7#300
3 Pt Jumpshots-1.0#207
Freethrows+2.7#25
Improvement+1.0#136

Defense
Total Defense-8.2#343
First Shot-8.2#347
After Offensive Rebounds+0.1#172
Layups/Dunks-0.3#197
2 Pt Jumpshots-2.5#315
3 Pt Jumpshots-5.0#340
Freethrows-0.4#196
Improvement+1.6#84
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 13, 2015 23   @ California L 65-97 2%     0 - 1 -14.4 -0.5 -12.3
  Nov 16, 2015 202   @ San Francisco L 54-80 23%     0 - 2 -25.7 -22.9 -2.1
  Nov 19, 2015 57   Oregon St. L 69-77 10%     0 - 3 -1.5 +3.3 -5.2
  Nov 22, 2015 102   Fresno St. L 65-82 18%     0 - 4 -14.8 -6.5 -8.2
  Nov 25, 2015 330   Lamar W 92-84 77%     1 - 4 -7.4 +6.9 -14.7
  Nov 27, 2015 234   UC Riverside W 87-81 49%     2 - 4 -1.3 +7.5 -9.0
  Nov 29, 2015 107   Texas Arlington L 74-92 20%     2 - 5 -16.5 +2.0 -18.2
  Dec 02, 2015 284   @ Houston Baptist L 73-77 41%     2 - 6 -9.0 -4.6 -4.4
  Dec 19, 2015 116   @ New Mexico W 90-89 11%     3 - 6 +7.1 +5.2 +1.8
  Dec 22, 2015 265   @ South Alabama L 67-74 35%     3 - 7 -10.5 -6.0 -4.2
  Dec 29, 2015 267   Incarnate Word L 76-82 57%     3 - 8 -15.4 -6.4 -8.7
  Jan 01, 2016 222   @ UTEP L 60-61 26%     3 - 9 0 - 1 -1.6 -10.1 +8.4
  Jan 03, 2016 339   @ Texas San Antonio L 80-85 63%     3 - 10 0 - 2 -15.9 -8.3 -7.1
  Jan 09, 2016 290   @ North Texas L 74-85 43%     3 - 11 0 - 3 -16.6 -7.9 -7.8
  Jan 14, 2016 181   Western Kentucky W 83-73 36%     4 - 11 1 - 3 +6.1 +2.5 +3.3
  Jan 16, 2016 150   Marshall L 90-94 30%     4 - 12 1 - 4 -6.1 +6.2 -12.0
  Jan 21, 2016 117   @ UAB L 70-82 11%     4 - 13 1 - 5 -5.9 -6.2 +1.3
  Jan 23, 2016 130   @ Middle Tennessee L 73-87 12%     4 - 14 1 - 6 -8.7 -0.2 -7.6
  Jan 30, 2016 290   North Texas W 95-87 65%     5 - 14 2 - 6 -3.4 +13.2 -16.8
  Feb 04, 2016 161   Louisiana Tech L 78-90 33%     5 - 15 2 - 7 -14.8 -4.2 -9.3
  Feb 06, 2016 302   Southern Miss W 72-65 67%     6 - 15 3 - 7 -5.2 -2.7 -2.1
  Feb 11, 2016 195   @ Charlotte L 73-102 21%     6 - 16 3 - 8 -28.2 -6.8 -19.1
  Feb 13, 2016 118   @ Old Dominion W 75-66 11%     7 - 16 4 - 8 +15.0 +13.8 +2.1
  Feb 18, 2016 301   Florida Atlantic W 90-85 67%     8 - 16 5 - 8 -7.1 +12.9 -20.0
  Feb 20, 2016 236   Florida International W 86-70 50%     9 - 16 6 - 8 +8.5 +10.3 -1.5
  Feb 25, 2016 302   @ Southern Miss W 76-74 OT 46%     10 - 16 7 - 8 -4.3 -1.4 -3.0
  Feb 27, 2016 161   @ Louisiana Tech L 69-88 16%     10 - 17 7 - 9 -16.0 -5.9 -9.1
  Mar 03, 2016 195   Charlotte L 75-88 40%     10 - 18 7 - 10 -18.0 -8.4 -8.4
  Mar 05, 2016 118   Old Dominion L 67-74 23%     10 - 19 7 - 11 -6.8 +3.8 -11.5
  Mar 09, 2016 195   Charlotte L 69-79 30%     10 - 20 -12.1 -8.6 -3.2
Projected Record 10.0 - 20.0 7.0 - 11.0




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 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
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
7-11 100.0% 100.0
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%