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Automated Team Capsule for 2021-22 Rice 16-17 (0.485) | Conference USA

All-Play Percentage: 0.373 (224^th)	Schedule Strength: 0.426 (183^rd)	Record Quality: -0.052 (207^th)	Avg. Season Rank: 185.36 (186^th)
Pace: 68.80 (177^th)	Momentum: -1.31 (237^th)	Off. Momentum: -1.07 (260^th)	Def. Momentum: -0.24 (164^th)
Consistency: -8.82 (135^th)	Res. Consistency: -13.10 (253^rd)	Away From Home: -1.07 (301^st)	Paper Tiger Factor: -3.02 (325^th)

NOTE: All data below reflects predicted performance against the "AO" (average opponent), a fictitious opponent who represents the average in every stat category.
Hover over column headers or visit "ABOUT" page for an explanation of each measurement.
Includes games through April 4, 2022. Data shown on this page is based on time-independent ratings.

OFFENSE

Eff

FTAR

FT%

FGAR

FG%

3PAR

3P%

MRAR

MR%

NPAR

NP%

PPSt

PPSC

SCC%

%3PA

%MRA

%NPA

Prox

RATING:

102.06

21.83

71.85

84.47

44.00

34.34

35.04

22.03

34.99

28.11

62.01

9.09

9.91

3.77

40.65

26.08

33.27

2.07

RANK:

141^st

270^th

172^nd

124^th

152^nd

86^th

108^th

224^th

302^nd

215^th

80^th

294^th

334^th

292^nd

99^th

238^th

225^th

263^rd

DEFENSE

Eff

FTAR

FT%

FGAR

FG%

3PAR

3P%

MRAR

MR%

NPAR

NP%

PPSt

PPSC

SCC%

%3PA

%MRA

%NPA

Prox

RATING:

106.76

18.21

91.03

45.20

32.79

34.69

28.68

38.75

29.56

63.11

12.26

12.46

4.12

36.02

31.51

32.47

2.04

RANK:

293^rd

11^th

358^th

247^th

248^th

227^th

335^th

224^th

217^th

321^st

272^nd

124^th

85^th

121^st

309^th

98^th

172^nd

ANALYSIS:
While not an atrocious team by any means, Rice is not exactly one that should appear in many top-100 rankings either. Haslametrics has them ranked 224th overall (out of 358) in All-Play Percentage, and the team holds a record of 16-17. Of the 14 schools in Conference USA (average ranking 179.5), they're currently ranked as our #11 team in the conference.

If there is a strength for Rice this year, it's probably on the offensive end of the court. The team is rated 141st in offensive efficiency, scoring more than 102 points every 100 possessions vs. AO. Rice fares better than most teams when it comes to converting from locations close to the basket. The team is ranked 80th in the country in near-proximity field goal percentage, making approximately 62.0% of their attempts from up-close vs. AO. If Rice does have a glaring weakness offensively, it would have to be the team's difficulties obtaining second-chance opportunities from offensive rebounds. The squad only has a rating of 9.91 vs. AO in potential points off of second chances, which ranks 25th-worst in college hoops.

Unfortunately, Rice is not even remotely close to being as good on defense as they are on offense. The team is ranked 293rd in defensive efficiency, allowing about 107 points every 100 possessions vs. AO. Rice allows the opposition to get off far too many shots from the floor. The team is ranked last in the nation in defensive field goal attempt rate with a rating of 91.03 vs. AO. Rice has also done a pretty poor job this season to prevent opponents from making shots from the inside. The team is ranked 321st in the country in defensive near-proximity percentage, allowing AO to make good on 63.1% of their attempts from close-up. If Rice does have a bright spot on defense, it would have to be their success preventing opponents from getting to the free throw line. The team has a defensive free throw attempt rate of 18.21 vs. AO, which ranks 11th-best in the country.

SORTABLE SCHEDULE / RESULTS:


					ADJ. OFF. EFFICIENCY			ADJ. DEF. EFFICIENCY
Date	Opponent	Should	Did	Record	Should	Did	Diff.	Should	Did	Diff.	Rating
Tue 11/9/2021	vs Pepperdine₂₆₀	W 78.03 - 71.33	W 82-63	1-0	105.07	110.95	▲ 5.88	101.74	76.52	▲ 25.22	▲ 31.10
Fri 11/12/2021	@ Houston₄	L 56.79 - 81.94	L 46-79	1-1	87.62	61.50	▼ 26.12	119.76	118.72	▲ 1.04	▼ 25.08
Tue 11/16/2021	vs Southern₂₀₁	W 73.74 - 71.22	W 81-63	2-1	99.16	104.08	▲ 4.92	100.61	85.10	▲ 15.51	▲ 20.43
Fri 11/19/2021	@ New Orleans₂₇₆	W 76.34 - 76.08	W 83-78	3-1	105.49	121.24	▲ 15.75	100.10	105.66	▼ 5.56	▲ 10.19
Mon 11/22/2021	vs Evansville₃₁₂ *	W 70.60 - 63.81	W 109-104 (3OT)	4-1	105.65	116.73	▲ 11.08	95.34	119.05	▼ 23.71	▼ 12.63
Tue 11/23/2021	vs Oakland₁₆₂ *	L 71.75 - 74.65	L 73-76	4-2	101.83	104.29	▲ 2.46	106.06	108.57	▼ 2.51	▼ 0.05
Wed 11/24/2021	vs Fordham₁₈₈ *	L 67.39 - 69.23	L 74-84	4-3	96.44	98.61	▲ 2.17	98.82	112.33	▼ 13.51	▼ 11.34
Tue 11/30/2021	vs Texas State₁₃₄	L 70.05 - 71.23	L 69-80	4-4	101.77	88.99	▼ 12.78	108.85	109.52	▼ 0.67	▼ 13.45
Sat 12/4/2021	vs Jarvis Chr	---	W 100-62	5-4	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Sat 12/11/2021	@ Houston Baptist₃₄₂	W 76.81 - 69.70	W 88-73	6-4	110.30	124.41	▲ 14.11	96.26	93.98	▲ 2.28	▲ 16.39
Thu 12/16/2021	vs Incarnate Word₃₅₂	W 80.57 - 63.65	W 85-55	7-4	113.94	112.99	▼ 0.95	96.51	76.97	▲ 19.54	▲ 18.59
Sat 1/1/2022	@ North Texas₇₀	L 56.43 - 70.10	L 43-75	7-5	93.13	75.01	▼ 18.12	110.16	122.86	▼ 12.70	▼ 30.82
Thu 1/6/2022	vs Mid Tennessee₉₉	L 69.19 - 74.03	W 65-61	8-5	96.61	83.99	▼ 12.62	108.77	85.10	▲ 23.67	▲ 11.05
Sat 1/8/2022	vs UAB₅₅	L 70.70 - 80.07	W 85-80	9-5	97.05	111.81	▲ 14.76	114.83	107.94	▲ 6.89	▲ 21.65
Thu 1/13/2022	@ W. Kentucky₁₁₅	L 69.72 - 79.87	L 66-80	9-6	100.33	95.43	▼ 4.90	109.60	113.27	▼ 3.67	▼ 8.57
Sat 1/15/2022	@ Marshall₂₂₁	L 75.19 - 79.19	W 87-77	10-6	104.00	123.26	▲ 19.26	104.56	101.81	▲ 2.75	▲ 22.01
Thu 1/20/2022	vs Old Dominion₂₀₂	W 70.57 - 68.24	W 77-69	11-6	102.00	117.17	▲ 15.17	103.37	111.76	▼ 8.39	▲ 6.78
Sat 1/22/2022	vs Charlotte₁₈₀	W 73.38 - 71.70	L 64-67	11-7	105.13	94.30	▼ 10.83	108.22	104.19	▲ 4.03	▼ 6.80
Thu 1/27/2022	@ LA Tech₉₈	L 66.26 - 79.20	L 63-80	11-8	95.68	97.98	▲ 2.30	109.44	121.14	▼ 11.70	▼ 9.40
Sat 1/29/2022	@ Southern Miss₃₃₅	W 74.85 - 69.41	W 76-62	12-8	109.69	116.52	▲ 6.83	97.81	89.64	▲ 8.17	▲ 15.00
Thu 2/3/2022	vs UTSA₃₂₈	W 78.87 - 66.65	W 91-78	13-8	108.56	119.25	▲ 10.69	96.86	105.37	▼ 8.51	▲ 2.18
Sat 2/5/2022	vs UTEP₁₈₁	W 71.44 - 69.98	L 70-72	13-9	99.41	98.78	▼ 0.63	103.33	108.55	▼ 5.22	▼ 5.85
Tue 2/8/2022	vs Jarvis Chr	---	W 98-63	14-9	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Sat 2/12/2022	vs North Texas₇₀	L 59.68 - 66.99	L 44-67	14-10	93.13	65.25	▼ 27.88	110.16	114.21	▼ 4.05	▼ 31.93
Thu 2/17/2022	@ UAB₅₅	L 67.00 - 83.86	L 68-92	14-11	97.05	97.41	▲ 0.36	114.83	133.53	▼ 18.70	▼ 18.34
Sat 2/19/2022	@ FIU₂₇₅	W 71.04 - 70.99	L 78-80	14-12	105.19	120.32	▲ 15.13	99.85	113.27	▼ 13.42	▲ 1.71
Thu 2/24/2022	vs LA Tech₉₈	L 69.96 - 75.47	L 79-83	14-13	95.68	110.19	▲ 14.51	109.44	123.84	▼ 14.40	▲ 0.11
Sat 2/26/2022	vs Southern Miss₃₃₅	W 78.50 - 65.85	W 77-72 (OT)	15-13	109.69	95.79	▼ 13.90	97.81	102.28	▼ 4.47	▼ 18.37
Thu 3/3/2022	@ UTEP₁₈₁	L 67.79 - 73.70	L 67-70	15-14	99.41	104.19	▲ 4.78	103.33	106.28	▼ 2.95	▲ 1.83
Sat 3/5/2022	@ UTSA₃₂₈	W 75.16 - 70.28	L 71-82	15-15	108.56	101.20	▼ 7.36	96.86	114.98	▼ 18.12	▼ 25.48
Wed 3/9/2022	vs Charlotte₁₈₀ *	L 71.60 - 73.54	W 73-61	16-15	105.13	108.62	▲ 3.49	108.22	78.95	▲ 29.27	▲ 32.76
Thu 3/10/2022	vs North Texas₇₀ *	L 58.05 - 68.54	L 50-68	16-16	93.13	89.80	▼ 3.33	110.16	128.00	▼ 17.84	▼ 21.17
Sat 3/19/2022	vs Ohio₁₁₀ *	L 68.66 - 75.36	L 64-65	16-17	98.83	96.97	▼ 1.86	107.45	100.00	▲ 7.45	▲ 5.59
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Projections are based on present-day ratings. Stars indicate games played at a neutral location.
Game efficiencies only account for data before a contest has gone analytically final and are adjusted to extract home-court advantage.

CURIOUS TRENDS:

	When facing teams that are likely to allow more second chances off of offensive rebounds, Rice often performs better than normal. Rice is more efficient than usual 73% of the time when facing teams that have a defensive second-chance potential point rate vs. AO greater than 11.65. In their other contests, Rice performs better than the norm 11% of the time.
	Rice does worse vs. clubs that are typically efficient on offense. When playing squads that have an offensive efficiency rating vs. AO greater than 103.49, Rice performs above average 20% of the time. Against all other opponents, the team performs better than the norm 71% of the time.
	Rice performs worse against squads that shoot the ball well from the field. When facing teams that have an offensive field goal percentage vs. AO greater than 43.78%, Rice is more efficient than normal 25% of the time. In their other contests, the team is more efficient 74% of the time.

LATEST NEWS ITEMS:

	Sears lifts Ohio past Rice on late shot (3/19/2022 10:45:33 PM) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Mark Sears made a layup with four seconds remaining to lead Ohio to a 65-64 win over Rice in the College Basketball Invitat...
	'Might as well try' \| Rice professor doesn't think public demands will lead to release of Americans detained abroad (3/7/2022 11:39:06 PM) Britney Griner is currently imprisoned in Russia and a Change.org petition is gaining steam. But that doesn't mean it will lead to her release.
	UTEP Miners men's basketball rallies late, tops Rice 70-67 (3/3/2022 11:09:36 PM) UTEP scores last three points to win a tightly contested game with Rice to secure the No. 4 seed in the C-USA Tournament.
	Louisiana Tech vs. Rice - Game Recap - February 24, 2022 - ESPN (2/24/2022 10:54:26 PM) Get a recap of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs vs. Rice Owls basketball game.
	Lofton, Archibald lift Louisiana Tech over Rice 83-79 (2/24/2022 10:49:46 PM) HOUSTON (AP) — Kenneth Lofton Jr. had 16 points and Amorie Archibald scored 14 to lead Louisiana Tech to an 83-79 victory over Rice on Thursday night.

HASLAMETRICS ALL-PLAY PERCENTAGE RANKING BY DAY: Select data to plot:

HASLAMETRICS TEAM HISTORY: Select data to view:

SUMMARY	Rk	AP%	Rec (WinPct)		RQ	Conference	Pace	Con	SOS	PTF	AFH	ASR

OFFENSE	Eff	FTAR	FT%	FGAR	FG%	3PAR	3P%	MRAR	MR%	NPAR	NP%	PPSt	PPSC	SCC%	%3PA	%MRA	%NPA	Prox

DEFENSE	Eff	FTAR	FT%	FGAR	FG%	3PAR	3P%	MRAR	MR%	NPAR	NP%	PPSt	PPSC	SCC%	%3PA	%MRA	%NPA	Prox

SUMMARY	Rk		AP%		Rec (WinPct)		RQ		Conference		Pace		Con		SOS		PTF		AFH		ASR

OFFENSE	Eff		FTAR		FT%		FGAR		FG%		3PAR		3P%		MRAR		MR%		NPAR		NP%		PPSt		PPSC		SCC%		%3PA		%MRA		%NPA		Prox

DEFENSE	Eff		FTAR		FT%		FGAR		FG%		3PAR		3P%		MRAR		MR%		NPAR		NP%		PPSt		PPSC		SCC%		%3PA		%MRA		%NPA		Prox