Model Predictions
| Model | Houston Cougars | Rice Owls | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 96.1% | 3.9% | - | ✗ |
| Bradley-Terry | 75.5% | 24.5% | - | ✗ |
| Margin | 92.0% | 8.0% | -13.5 | ✗ (21.5 off) |
| Efficiency | 19.6% | 80.4% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Rice Owls +8 (79-71). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Houston Cougars
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darian Thibodeaux * | 44 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 16 | - |
| Zamal Nixon * | 42 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 22 | - |
| Adam Brown * | 40 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 24 | - |
| Alandise Harris * | 24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | - |
| Kirk Van Slyke * | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | - |
| Kendrick Washington | 27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 14 | - |
| Maurice McNeil | 26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | - |
| Nick Haywood | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - |
| Mikhail McLean | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Rice Owls
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamir Jackson * | 42 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 21 | - |
| Arsalan Kazemi * | 39 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 38 | - |
| Bryan Beasley * | 28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | - |
| Suleiman Braimoh * | 18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | - |
| Lucas Kuipers * | 13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | - |
| Connor Frizzelle | 40 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 25 | - |
| Trey Stanton | 23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | - |
| Cory Pflieger | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | - |
| Nate Schwarze | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| David Chadwick | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Trevan Abraham | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
* = starter