Pre-tourney Rankings
Rice
Conference USA
2022-23
Overall
Predictive Rating-2.2#216
Expected Predictive Rating+0.7#156
Pace72.8#57
Improvement-1.3#294

Offense
Total Offense+1.8#121
First Shot+3.7#73
After Offensive Rebound-1.9#313
Layup/Dunks+0.9#132
2 Pt Jumpshots-0.1#180
3 Pt Jumpshots+3.0#72
Freethrows-0.1#184
Improvement-1.3#308

Defense
Total Defense-4.0#296
First Shot-6.0#345
After Offensive Rebounds+2.0#22
Layups/Dunks-0.6#202
2 Pt Jumpshots-3.4#354
3 Pt Jumpshots-3.2#312
Freethrows+1.2#79
Improvement-0.1#203
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 1a1 - 31 - 3
Quad 1b0 - 11 - 4
Quad 20 - 51 - 9
Quad 35 - 36 - 12
Quad 49 - 315 - 15


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 07, 2022 185   @ Pepperdine L 67-106 34%     0 - 1 -36.9 -13.1 -19.3
  Nov 15, 2022 122   @ Middle Tennessee L 46-81 23%     0 - 2 -29.3 -20.2 -11.4
  Nov 18, 2022 211   Georgia Southern W 88-71 61%     1 - 2 +12.0 +12.7 -1.1
  Nov 19, 2022 313   Western Michigan W 96-88 81%     2 - 2 -3.4 +12.8 -16.3
  Nov 21, 2022 354   Houston Christian W 76-67 90%     3 - 2 -7.4 -6.4 -0.7
  Nov 30, 2022 286   Prairie View W 70-62 76%     4 - 2 -1.5 -0.2 -0.9
  Dec 04, 2022 197   @ Texas St. W 83-71 36%     5 - 2 +13.6 +10.7 +2.9
  Dec 12, 2022 5   @ Texas L 81-87 OT 3%     5 - 3 +14.0 +9.5 +5.1
  Dec 17, 2022 225   Northwestern St. W 110-73 65%     6 - 3 +31.0 +12.5 +11.8
  Dec 29, 2022 170   @ Western Kentucky W 81-78 32%     7 - 3 1 - 0 +5.7 +1.0 +4.4
  Dec 31, 2022 188   @ UTEP W 72-67 OT 34%     8 - 3 2 - 0 +7.0 -6.0 +12.3
  Jan 05, 2023 163   Louisiana Tech L 82-88 OT 53%     8 - 4 2 - 1 -8.9 +0.6 -9.1
  Jan 11, 2023 122   Middle Tennessee L 68-71 42%     8 - 5 2 - 2 -3.2 +0.2 -3.6
  Jan 14, 2023 188   UTEP W 83-82 57%     9 - 5 3 - 2 -2.9 +7.4 -10.4
  Jan 16, 2023 293   @ Texas San Antonio W 88-81 OT 57%     10 - 5 4 - 2 +3.1 +1.2 +1.1
  Jan 19, 2023 65   @ North Texas W 72-60 11%     11 - 5 5 - 2 +23.5 +15.7 +9.3
  Jan 26, 2023 118   Charlotte W 65-63 41%     12 - 5 6 - 2 +2.0 +0.2 +2.1
  Jan 28, 2023 64   UAB L 52-70 23%     12 - 6 6 - 3 -12.4 -15.9 +2.5
  Feb 02, 2023 163   @ Louisiana Tech L 72-80 31%     12 - 7 6 - 4 -4.9 +4.5 -9.9
  Feb 04, 2023 65   North Texas L 64-74 23%     12 - 8 6 - 5 -4.5 +3.2 -8.9
  Feb 09, 2023 33   @ Florida Atlantic L 81-90 7%     12 - 9 6 - 6 +5.6 +8.7 -2.4
  Feb 11, 2023 219   @ Florida International W 85-78 40%     13 - 9 7 - 6 +7.5 +14.0 -6.4
  Feb 16, 2023 293   Texas San Antonio L 79-84 77%     13 - 10 7 - 7 -14.9 -6.2 -8.3
  Feb 18, 2023 170   Western Kentucky W 83-77 54%     14 - 10 8 - 7 +2.7 +4.1 -1.6
  Feb 23, 2023 64   @ UAB L 57-85 10%     14 - 11 8 - 8 -16.4 -12.2 -3.7
  Feb 25, 2023 118   @ Charlotte L 54-70 22%     14 - 12 8 - 9 -10.0 -9.9 -1.9
  Mar 02, 2023 33   Florida Atlantic L 74-103 16%     14 - 13 8 - 10 -20.4 +2.3 -21.6
  Mar 04, 2023 219   Florida International L 83-90 63%     14 - 14 8 - 11 -12.4 +6.5 -18.9
  Mar 08, 2023 293   Texas San Antonio W 72-71 68%     15 - 14 -5.9 -5.1 -0.7
  Mar 09, 2023 64   UAB L 60-87 16%     15 - 15 -18.4 -10.3 -7.6
Projected Record 15 - 15 8 - 11




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



Projected Conference USA Finish

0-20 1-19 2-18 3-17 4-16 5-15 6-14 7-13 8-12 9-11 10-10 11-9 12-8 13-7 14-6 15-5 16-4 17-3 18-2 19-1 20-0 Total
1st 1st
2nd 2nd
3rd 3rd
4th 4th
5th 5th
6th 100.0 100.0 6th
7th 7th
8th 8th
9th 9th
10th 10th
11th 11th
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
20-0
19-1
18-2
17-3
16-4
15-5
14-6
13-7
12-8
11-9
10-10
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
20-0
19-1
18-2
17-3
16-4
15-5
14-6
13-7
12-8
11-9
10-10
9-11
8-12 100.0% 100.0
7-13
6-14
5-15
4-16
3-17
2-18
1-19
0-20
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 100.0 0.0%