Rice Owls
mens
CUSA
canonical name from espn_mbb
Ratings · 2026
| Dimension | Value | Unit | σ |
|---|---|---|---|
| OE | 1.10 | points per possession | 0.13 |
| DE | 1.14 | points per possession | 0.13 |
| ME | -0.04 | points per possession | 0.19 |
| PACE | 65.62 | possessions per game | 4.62 |
At season 2026's latest cutoff
(2026-04-07 00:50),
with 29 games played. OE is points scored
per possession, DE points allowed per possession, and the adjusted margin (ME) is their
difference — so 0.47 reads as +0.47 pts per possession, not 0.47 points. PACE is
possessions per game, a count, not a per-possession rate. The σ column shares
its row's unit.
Ratings over time
Season 2026 · 2025 · 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021
Show AdjME · AdjOE · AdjDE · AdjPace
Warm-up shown · hide
train_cutoff_at — a walk-forward replay for season 2026.
Axis spans 0.83 to 1.42 over
131 cutoffs. The shaded band is the model's own ±2σ
(AdjDE_sigma) — it is widest early, when few games have been
played.
The dashed rule is the mean warm-up gate: left of it the team had
played fewer than 18 games, where the rating has not yet settled (a rating
is a mean, so it gates on the mean curve; the prediction-σ gate is later or equal at
18).
This line is the smoothed rating: an exponentially-weighted causal
average of this team's own history (alpha 0.75 on each
factor), fitted once on five seasons and frozen — it removes cutoff-to-cutoff fit
noise without pulling the team toward the league mean.Record · 2026
| Season | W | L | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 18 | 0.419 |
Countable games per NCAA policy — includes non-D1, which count for the record and not for the ratings.
Vendor names
| Source | Name | Reviewed |
|---|---|---|
| cbbd | Rice | auto |
Schedule & results
| Date | S | Matchup | Score | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-08 | 2026 | UTSA @ Rice | 71–80 | regular |
| 2026-03-05 | 2026 | Rice @ North Texas | 58–62 | regular |
| 2026-03-01 | 2026 | Rice @ Temple | 80–74 | regular |
| 2026-02-26 | 2026 | South Florida @ Rice | 75–56 | regular |
| 2026-02-22 | 2026 | Rice @ Tulane | 75–81 | regular |
| 2026-02-14 | 2026 | East Carolina @ Rice | 85–75 | regular |
| 2026-02-12 | 2026 | Florida Atlantic @ Rice | 73–81 | regular |
| 2026-02-08 | 2026 | Rice @ UAB | 65–71 | regular |
| 2026-02-05 | 2026 | North Texas @ Rice | 83–86 | regular |
| 2026-01-31 | 2026 | Rice @ Charlotte | 70–80 | regular |
| 2026-01-29 | 2026 | Rice @ East Carolina | 83–77 | regular |
| 2026-01-24 | 2026 | Tulsa @ Rice | 87–81 | regular |
| 2026-01-22 | 2026 | Temple @ Rice | 69–65 | regular |
| 2026-01-15 | 2026 | Rice @ UTSA | 89–73 | regular |
| 2026-01-11 | 2026 | Charlotte @ Rice | 74–73 | regular |
| 2026-01-08 | 2026 | Rice @ Wichita State | 66–64 | regular |
| 2026-01-03 | 2026 | Memphis @ Rice | 76–70 | regular |
| 2025-12-31 | 2026 | Rice @ Tulsa | 48–97 | regular |
| 2025-12-21 | 2026 | Rice @ Pepperdine | 62–84 | regular |
| 2025-12-17 | 2026 | Southwestern Christian @ Rice | 47–94 | non_d1 |
| 2025-12-13 | 2026 | Arkansas State @ Rice | 76–77 | regular |
| 2025-12-04 | 2026 | Texas State @ Rice | 72–77 | regular |
| 2025-11-26 | 2026 | Oral Roberts @ Rice N | 62–81 | regular |
| 2025-11-26 | 2026 | Rice @ Florida Gulf Coast | 63–78 | regular |
| 2025-11-24 | 2026 | Rice @ Kennesaw State N | 84–89 | regular |
| 2025-11-21 | 2026 | Tarleton State @ Rice | 90–74 | regular |
| 2025-11-18 | 2026 | Rice @ Tennessee | 66–91 | regular |
| 2025-11-15 | 2026 | East Texas A&M @ Rice | 64–71 | regular |
| 2025-11-12 | 2026 | Stephen F. Austin @ Rice | 81–69 | regular |
| 2025-11-08 | 2026 | Rice @ Oregon | 63–67 | regular |
| 2025-11-05 | 2026 | College Of Biblical Studies @ Rice | 38–109 | non_d1 |