NCAA Tournament March Madness

#239 Rice

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Rice’s resume shows flashes that matter and flaws that hurt its case: a neutral-site win over Oral Roberts and home victories over Arkansas State and Texas State demonstrate it can beat decent mid-major opposition, but those bright spots are offset by lopsided road defeats at Oregon and Tennessee and additional poor results away at Pepperdine and FGCU plus a neutral setback to Kennesaw, so there’s a clear weakness away from home that selection officials will weigh heavily. The remaining slate hands Rice meaningful chances to change that perception with road tests at Tulsa, Memphis and Wichita State and a mix of home assignments against Charlotte and UT San Antonio alongside conference dates with North Texas, Temple, UAB and Florida Atlantic, so the team’s standing now reflects a resume with some solid mid-major wins but damaging losses on the road and a need to pick up signature wins away from home to move the needle.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@Oregon72L67-63
11/11SF Austin123L81-69
11/14East Texas A&M309W71-64
11/17@Tennessee14L91-66
11/20Tarleton St168L90-74
11/24(N)Kennesaw161L89-84
11/25@FGCU174L78-63
11/26(N)Oral Roberts298W81-62
12/3Texas St259W77-72
12/13Arkansas St132W77-76
12/20@Pepperdine266L84-62
12/31@Tulsa829%
1/3Memphis6719%
1/7@Wichita St9311%
1/11Charlotte19353%
1/14@UT San Antonio28547%
1/21Temple14842%
1/25Tulsa8222%
1/28@East Carolina27946%
1/31@Charlotte19331%
2/4North Texas13739%
2/8@UAB10714%
2/11FL Atlantic11132%
2/14East Carolina27968%
2/22@Tulane19632%
2/25South Florida8423%
3/1@Temple14822%
3/4@North Texas13720%
3/8UT San Antonio28569%