Pre-tourney Rankings
Rice
Conference USA
2020-21
Overall
Predictive Rating-1.7#186
Expected Predictive Rating+0.1#163
Pace71.8#105
Improvement-0.8#214

Offense
Total Offense+1.0#144
First Shot+1.0#140
After Offensive Rebound+0.0#171
Layup/Dunks-1.3#221
2 Pt Jumpshots-2.8#313
3 Pt Jumpshots+7.0#12
Freethrows-1.9#293
Improvement-0.4#192

Defense
Total Defense-2.7#247
First Shot-2.7#263
After Offensive Rebounds+0.0#172
Layups/Dunks-0.5#193
2 Pt Jumpshots-1.2#280
3 Pt Jumpshots-3.3#308
Freethrows+2.3#31
Improvement-0.4#201
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% 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 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 21 - 81 - 9
Quad 32 - 33 - 12
Quad 49 - 112 - 13


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 27, 2020 336   @ Incarnate Word W 68-53 84%     1 - 0 +2.8 -15.0 +17.0
  Dec 05, 2020 338   @ Houston Baptist W 86-64 84%     2 - 0 +9.5 +2.2 +6.1
  Dec 13, 2020 275   New Mexico L 61-72 77%     2 - 1 -20.5 -12.1 -8.6
  Dec 15, 2020 338   Houston Baptist W 90-79 91%     3 - 1 -5.3 -0.5 -6.0
  Dec 19, 2020 180   @ Sam Houston St. L 69-82 39%     3 - 2 -11.8 -8.7 -2.0
  Dec 21, 2020 281   New Orleans W 73-62 78%     4 - 2 +1.3 -0.7 +2.7
  Jan 01, 2021 146   Texas San Antonio W 95-86 47%     5 - 2 1 - 0 +8.1 +10.1 -2.8
  Jan 02, 2021 146   Texas San Antonio W 84-69 47%     6 - 2 2 - 0 +14.1 +3.3 +10.0
  Jan 08, 2021 138   @ UTEP L 89-101 30%     6 - 3 2 - 1 -8.3 +21.8 -30.5
  Jan 09, 2021 138   @ UTEP W 71-68 30%     7 - 3 3 - 1 +6.7 +0.2 +6.5
  Jan 15, 2021 140   Old Dominion W 69-59 46%     8 - 3 4 - 1 +9.3 +2.2 +7.8
  Jan 16, 2021 140   Old Dominion L 58-61 46%     8 - 4 4 - 2 -3.7 -14.7 +11.1
  Jan 22, 2021 93   @ UAB L 68-78 19%     8 - 5 4 - 3 -2.5 +0.1 -2.4
  Jan 23, 2021 93   @ UAB L 74-86 19%     8 - 6 4 - 4 -4.5 +3.0 -6.9
  Jan 29, 2021 77   North Texas L 74-79 24%     8 - 7 4 - 5 +0.8 +4.7 -3.9
  Jan 31, 2021 77   @ North Texas L 53-79 15%     8 - 8 4 - 6 -16.4 -7.0 -12.7
  Feb 05, 2021 240   Southern Miss W 88-62 69%     9 - 8 5 - 6 +19.1 +14.6 +4.2
  Feb 06, 2021 240   Southern Miss W 76-68 69%     10 - 8 6 - 6 +1.1 +3.5 -2.4
  Feb 12, 2021 88   @ Western Kentucky L 71-77 18%     10 - 9 6 - 7 +2.2 +1.4 +0.9
  Feb 13, 2021 88   @ Western Kentucky L 66-89 18%     10 - 10 6 - 8 -14.8 -1.2 -13.7
  Feb 26, 2021 78   @ Louisiana Tech L 57-101 15%     10 - 11 6 - 9 -34.5 -13.1 -17.7
  Feb 27, 2021 78   @ Louisiana Tech L 58-79 15%     10 - 12 6 - 10 -11.5 -4.4 -8.1
  Mar 09, 2021 240   Southern Miss W 61-52 63%     11 - 12 +4.0 -10.0 +14.1
  Mar 10, 2021 90   Marshall W 72-68 24%     12 - 12 +9.8 +0.9 +8.9
  Mar 11, 2021 93   UAB L 60-73 24%     12 - 13 -7.4 -1.8 -7.0
Projected Record 12 - 13 6 - 10




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.

The conference records below are based on games currently on the team's schedule above.



Projected Conference USA Finish

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