Model Predictions
| Model | Rice Owls | Houston Cougars | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 2.0% | 98.0% | - | ✗ |
| Bradley-Terry | 15.4% | 84.6% | - | ✗ |
| Margin | 2.7% | 97.3% | +19.7 | ✗ (34.7 off) |
| Efficiency | 74.4% | 25.6% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Houston Cougars -15 (57-72). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Rice Owls
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamir Jackson * | 39 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 24 | - |
| Connor Frizzelle * | 33 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18 | - |
| Arsalan Kazemi * | 24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 24 | - |
| Bryan Beasley * | 20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | - |
| Lucas Kuipers * | 18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 21 | - |
| Cory Pflieger | 19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | - |
| David Chadwick | 16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | - |
| Suleiman Braimoh | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | - |
| Trey Stanton | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | - |
| Trevan Abraham | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Nate Schwarze | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| J.R. Reynolds | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Omar Oraby | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Stuart Pirri | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Houston Cougars
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darian Thibodeaux * | 40 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 | - |
| Zamal Nixon * | 37 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 25 | - |
| Alandise Harris * | 29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 15 | - |
| Maurice McNeil * | 25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | - |
| Cory Tellis * | 25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | - |
| Kendrick Washington | 17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | - |
| Mikhail McLean | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Kirk Van Slyke | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Nick Haywood | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
* = starter