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Rice

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Also known as: Rice Owls, Rice
Program History
Coach: Mike Rhoades

2017 Team Stats (5 games)

85.4
PPG
74.6
Opp
+10.8
Margin
46.0%
FG%
39.0%
3P%
71.0%
FT%
43.6
RPG
13.0
APG
15.4
TO
-
Est. poss./game
78.5
Adj PPG
77.2
Adj Opp PPG
#141
Scoring Rank

Model Outputs

2016-2017
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 995 (#175) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1033 (#142) -
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +89 elo More → 1033 (#124) HCA +89 elo
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.6 More → +1.0 (#147) HCA +2.6
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +2.6 More → -0.1 (#168) HCA +2.6
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.664 (#81) -
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet +1.2 More → 0.534 (#147) AdjNet +1.2
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet +1.1 More → 0.533 (#147) AdjNet +1.1
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. AdjO 78.5 | AdjD 77.2 More → 0.528 (#141) AdjO 78.5 | AdjD 77.2
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. AdjO 78.1 | AdjD 77.4 More → 0.518 (#153) AdjO 78.1 | AdjD 77.4
Core Ensemble Core Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.526 (#155) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Recency Ensemble Recency Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and recency points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.524 (#157) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. RD 104 | GP 33 More → 1024 (#149) RD 104 | GP 33

2017 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2016-11-13 @ James Madison Dukes W 94 - 70
2016-11-16 vs Texas Southern Tigers L 68 - 71
2016-11-19 @ Omaha Mavericks W 100 - 87
2016-11-21 vs Montana State Bobcats W 83 - 78
2016-11-23 vs Delaware State Hornets W 80 - 58
2016-11-26 @ Incarnate Word Cardinals W 87 - 79
2016-11-30 vs Houston Christian Huskies W 90 - 77
2016-12-03 @ Texas Tech Red Raiders L 84 - 85
2016-12-10 vs Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks W 70 - 63
2016-12-15 vs St. Edward's Hilltoppers W 93 - 64
2016-12-17 @ Pittsburgh Panthers L 73 - 83
2016-12-19 vs Northwestern State Demons W 100 - 93
2016-12-21 vs St. Thomas (TX) Celts W 83 - 63
2016-12-31 @ Old Dominion Monarchs L 56 - 62
2017-01-02 @ Charlotte 49ers W 89 - 70
2017-01-05 vs Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders L 77 - 80
2017-01-07 vs UAB Blazers L 81 - 88
2017-01-14 vs North Texas Mean Green W 101 - 79
2017-01-19 @ Louisiana Tech Bulldogs L 64 - 74
2017-01-21 @ Southern Miss Golden Eagles W 61 - 58
2017-01-26 vs Old Dominion Monarchs L 72 - 80
2017-01-28 vs Charlotte 49ers W 84 - 67
2017-02-04 @ North Texas Mean Green W 95 - 80
2017-02-09 @ Florida International Panthers W 89 - 78
2017-02-11 @ Florida Atlantic Owls W 81 - 75
2017-02-16 vs UTSA Roadrunners W 80 - 68
2017-02-18 vs UTEP Miners L 71 - 79
2017-02-23 vs Southern Miss Golden Eagles W 72 - 71
2017-02-25 vs Louisiana Tech Bulldogs W 88 - 81
2017-03-02 @ Marshall Thundering Herd W 89 - 88
2017-03-04 @ Western Kentucky Hilltoppers L 72 - 79
2017-03-08 vs Southern Miss Golden Eagles W 86 - 75
2017-03-09 @ UTEP Miners L 76 - 86
2017-03-15 vs San Francisco Dons W 85 - 76
2017-03-20 vs Utah Valley Wolverines L 79 - 85

2017 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM GP PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Marcus Evans Marcus Evans G 19 31.8 18.1 3.1 4.5 1.3 0.2 3.8 4.5 18.7 170 28 6.1 8.4 41.9 41.9 76.5 2.61 147.9 52.3
Egor Koulechov Egor Koulechov G 19 32.2 15.5 7.5 1.9 0.8 0.3 2.1 3.6 20.4 196 28 7.0 9.1 48.5 51.7 92.6 2.04 184.0 59.6
Marcus Jackson Marcus Jackson G 19 30.0 13.9 2.8 2.6 1.1 0.1 1.5 3.6 15.5 138 28 4.9 7.3 46.4 39.5 80.0 0.04 160.6 57.2
Connor Cashaw Connor Cashaw G 19 25.3 8.7 4.9 2.0 0.8 0.2 1.1 2.9 12.7 143 28 5.1 8.6 56.4 50.0 68.8 0.21 133.0 64.5
Marquez Letcher-Ellis Marquez Letcher-Ellis F 19 18.4 7.3 4.9 0.5 0.8 0.9 1.8 2.1 10.4 64 28 2.3 5.6 43.6 37.5 44.8 -2.09 133.3 51.3
Chad Lott Chad Lott G 18 18.1 5.8 3.0 1.4 1.0 0.3 1.3 1.0 9.2 47 25 1.9 4.2 55.6 0 66.7 -1.7 200.6 55.6
Corey Douglas Corey Douglas F 7 15.7 4.9 3.9 0.1 0.6 0.7 1.3 0.4 8.4 58 7 8.3 22.1 100.0 0 100.0 2.41 438.1 100.0
Andrew Drone Andrew Drone C 18 7.9 3.1 1.6 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.9 4.3 7 24 0.3 1.6 76.5 0 50.0 -2.05 112.4 76.5
Ako Adams Ako Adams G 19 12.1 3.0 0.9 1.3 0.3 0.0 1.1 1.1 3.3 70 28 2.5 8.5 28.6 18.2 100.0 2.05 130.3 33.3
Austin Meyer Austin Meyer F 18 10.9 2.4 1.6 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.7 3.6 22 28 0.8 3.2 61.5 0 0.0 -2.56 154.9 61.5
Harrison Brown Harrison Brown G 1 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 - - - - 0 0 0 - 0 0
Tim Harrison Tim Harrison F 13 4.2 1.4 1.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.4 1.8 23 21 1.1 9.2 60.0 0 0 -0.97 180.0 60.0
Bishop Mency Bishop Mency G 11 3.9 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.3 1.5 0 14 0.0 0.0 66.7 66.7 0 -1.67 200.0 100.0
Addison Owen Addison Owen G 3 2.0 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 - - - - 0.0 0.0 0 -2.25 75.0 0.0
Robert Martin Robert Martin F 12 5.8 0.8 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 1.8 -10 14 -0.7 -7.1 0.0 0 50.0 -3.0 266.0 0.0
Grant Youngkin Grant Youngkin G 3 2.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 -0.3 - - - - 0.0 0 0 -1.72 0.0 0.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

X-axis = Numbers/Game (PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA), Y-axis = RAPM.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG