Pre-tourney Rankings
Rice
Conference USA
2021-22
Overall
Predictive Rating-2.2#207
Expected Predictive Rating-2.2#210
Pace69.6#127
Improvement-3.4#307

Offense
Total Offense+2.6#104
First Shot+3.8#70
After Offensive Rebound-1.2#277
Layup/Dunks-0.6#189
2 Pt Jumpshots-0.5#209
3 Pt Jumpshots+4.5#34
Freethrows+0.5#133
Improvement-2.0#280

Defense
Total Defense-4.8#307
First Shot-4.7#317
After Offensive Rebounds-0.1#186
Layups/Dunks-2.2#265
2 Pt Jumpshots-3.9#352
3 Pt Jumpshots-1.6#255
Freethrows+2.9#18
Improvement-1.3#257
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  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 30 - 4
Quad 21 - 31 - 7
Quad 32 - 53 - 12
Quad 411 - 414 - 16


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 09, 2021 265   Pepperdine W 82-63 72%     1 - 0 +10.8 +0.5 +9.1
  Nov 12, 2021 5   @ Houston L 46-79 3%     1 - 1 -12.7 -14.1 -0.9
  Nov 16, 2021 239   Southern W 81-63 66%     2 - 1 +11.6 +0.5 +9.3
  Nov 19, 2021 274   @ New Orleans W 83-78 58%     3 - 1 +0.7 +8.1 -7.4
  Nov 22, 2021 302   Evansville W 109-104 3OT 73%     4 - 1 -3.5 +11.4 -15.9
  Nov 23, 2021 186   Oakland L 73-76 45%     4 - 2 -4.0 +0.0 -4.1
  Nov 24, 2021 176   Fordham L 74-84 43%     4 - 3 -10.5 +3.4 -13.5
  Nov 30, 2021 144   Texas St. L 69-80 45%     4 - 4 -11.9 -6.5 -5.0
  Dec 11, 2021 342   @ Houston Baptist W 88-73 78%     5 - 4 +4.8 +3.5 +0.4
  Dec 16, 2021 353   Incarnate Word W 85-55 92%     6 - 4 +11.8 -3.0 +13.3
  Jan 01, 2022 72   @ North Texas L 43-75 12%     6 - 5 0 - 1 -21.6 -12.1 -16.6
  Jan 06, 2022 109   Middle Tennessee W 65-61 35%     7 - 5 1 - 1 +5.8 -8.6 +14.3
  Jan 08, 2022 53   UAB W 85-80 18%     8 - 5 2 - 1 +12.4 +10.2 +2.0
  Jan 13, 2022 115   @ Western Kentucky L 66-80 22%     8 - 6 2 - 2 -8.2 -5.8 -2.3
  Jan 15, 2022 232   @ Marshall W 87-77 47%     9 - 6 3 - 2 +8.6 +11.4 -3.0
  Jan 20, 2022 181   Old Dominion W 77-69 53%     10 - 6 4 - 2 +5.0 +12.8 -6.8
  Jan 22, 2022 189   Charlotte L 64-67 55%     10 - 7 4 - 3 -6.4 -8.1 +1.5
  Jan 27, 2022 102   @ Louisiana Tech L 63-80 18%     10 - 8 4 - 4 -9.7 -2.7 -7.7
  Jan 29, 2022 335   @ Southern Miss W 76-62 75%     11 - 8 5 - 4 +4.8 +3.0 +2.7
  Feb 03, 2022 293   Texas San Antonio W 91-78 77%     12 - 8 6 - 4 +2.9 +9.7 -7.5
  Feb 05, 2022 158   UTEP L 70-72 48%     12 - 9 6 - 5 -3.8 +1.4 -5.3
  Feb 12, 2022 72   North Texas L 44-67 22%     12 - 10 6 - 6 -17.0 -14.1 -7.5
  Feb 17, 2022 53   @ UAB L 68-92 10%     12 - 11 6 - 7 -12.2 +0.7 -13.3
  Feb 19, 2022 264   @ Florida International L 78-80 56%     12 - 12 6 - 8 -5.7 +6.9 -12.6
  Feb 24, 2022 102   Louisiana Tech L 79-83 31%     12 - 13 6 - 9 -1.1 +9.5 -10.7
  Feb 26, 2022 335   Southern Miss W 77-72 OT 86%     13 - 13 7 - 9 -8.6 -5.8 -3.0
  Mar 03, 2022 158   @ UTEP L 67-70 32%     13 - 14 7 - 10 -0.4 +2.8 -3.4
  Mar 05, 2022 293   @ Texas San Antonio L 71-82 63%     13 - 15 7 - 11 -16.7 -4.2 -12.4
  Mar 09, 2022 189   Charlotte W 73-61 46%     14 - 15 +10.8 +0.0 +11.1
  Mar 10, 2022 72   North Texas L 50-68 16%     14 - 16 -9.8 -0.2 -15.2
Projected Record 14 - 16 7 - 11




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 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
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%