Pre-tourney Rankings
Rice
Conference USA
2016-17
Overall
Predictive Rating+0.4#158
Expected Predictive Rating+0.5#148
Pace77.0#21
Improvement-2.1#274

Offense
Total Offense+2.0#115
First Shot+3.2#78
After Offensive Rebound-1.2#267
Layup/Dunks-2.1#253
2 Pt Jumpshots-0.9#214
3 Pt Jumpshots+3.5#66
Freethrows+2.8#30
Improvement-3.0#319

Defense
Total Defense-1.6#218
First Shot-2.4#244
After Offensive Rebounds+0.8#81
Layups/Dunks-0.1#179
2 Pt Jumpshots-3.2#335
3 Pt Jumpshots+1.7#88
Freethrows-0.8#222
Improvement+0.9#134
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% 100.0% 100.0%
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, 2016 218   @ James Madison W 94-70 56%     1 - 0 +23.0 +21.7 +1.0
  Nov 16, 2016 220   Texas Southern L 68-71 74%     1 - 1 -9.3 -14.6 +5.6
  Nov 19, 2016 169   @ Nebraska Omaha W 100-87 42%     2 - 1 +15.5 +23.7 -8.6
  Nov 21, 2016 243   Montana St. W 83-78 77%     3 - 1 -2.4 +0.2 -3.0
  Nov 23, 2016 341   Delaware St. W 80-58 94%     4 - 1 +4.2 -2.2 +6.1
  Nov 26, 2016 309   @ Incarnate Word W 87-79 77%     5 - 1 +0.7 +1.2 -1.1
  Nov 30, 2016 219   Houston Baptist W 90-77 74%     6 - 1 +6.8 +1.2 +4.0
  Dec 03, 2016 45   @ Texas Tech L 84-85 11%     6 - 2 +12.8 +20.1 -7.3
  Dec 10, 2016 228   Stephen F. Austin W 70-63 76%     7 - 2 +0.2 +7.2 -5.9
  Dec 17, 2016 73   @ Pittsburgh L 73-83 18%     7 - 3 +0.2 +10.0 -10.8
  Dec 19, 2016 300   Northwestern St. W 100-93 86%     8 - 3 -4.3 +10.1 -15.1
  Dec 31, 2016 131   @ Old Dominion L 56-62 36%     8 - 4 0 - 1 -1.8 -2.0 -0.7
  Jan 02, 2017 237   @ Charlotte W 89-70 60%     9 - 4 1 - 1 +16.8 +7.6 +7.9
  Jan 05, 2017 56   Middle Tennessee L 77-80 26%     9 - 5 1 - 2 +4.1 +10.3 -6.3
  Jan 07, 2017 193   UAB L 81-88 OT 67%     9 - 6 1 - 3 -11.2 -4.2 -6.1
  Jan 14, 2017 315   North Texas W 101-79 89%     10 - 6 2 - 3 +9.1 +10.5 -4.0
  Jan 19, 2017 101   @ Louisiana Tech L 64-74 27%     10 - 7 2 - 4 -3.2 -6.9 +3.9
  Jan 21, 2017 316   @ Southern Miss W 61-58 78%     11 - 7 3 - 4 -4.8 -8.6 +4.0
  Jan 26, 2017 131   Old Dominion L 72-80 55%     11 - 8 3 - 5 -8.8 +8.4 -17.9
  Jan 28, 2017 237   Charlotte W 84-67 77%     12 - 8 4 - 5 +9.8 -0.6 +9.0
  Feb 04, 2017 315   @ North Texas W 95-80 78%     13 - 8 5 - 5 +7.2 +6.7 -1.5
  Feb 09, 2017 276   @ Florida International W 89-78 68%     14 - 8 6 - 5 +6.6 +5.7 +0.2
  Feb 11, 2017 271   @ Florida Atlantic W 81-75 OT 67%     15 - 8 7 - 5 +1.8 -2.3 +3.5
  Feb 16, 2017 257   Texas San Antonio W 80-68 79%     16 - 8 8 - 5 +3.9 +4.7 -1.1
  Feb 18, 2017 195   UTEP L 71-79 67%     16 - 9 8 - 6 -12.2 -1.0 -11.4
  Feb 23, 2017 316   Southern Miss W 72-71 OT 89%     17 - 9 9 - 6 -11.9 -9.6 -2.3
  Feb 25, 2017 101   Louisiana Tech W 88-81 45%     18 - 9 10 - 6 +8.7 +10.3 -2.0
  Mar 02, 2017 155   @ Marshall W 89-88 40%     19 - 9 11 - 6 +4.0 +0.8 +3.1
  Mar 04, 2017 229   @ Western Kentucky L 72-79 58%     19 - 10 11 - 7 -8.7 +3.9 -13.2
  Mar 08, 2017 316   Southern Miss W 86-75 84%     20 - 10 +0.6 +6.4 -6.4
  Mar 09, 2017 195   UTEP L 76-86 58%     20 - 11 -11.7 +3.9 -15.5
Projected Record 20.0 - 11.0 11.0 - 7.0




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 100.0 100.0 5th
6th 6th
7th 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 0.0%
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
11-7 100.0% 100.0
10-8
9-9
8-10
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%