NCAA Tournament March Madness

#230 Rice

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Rice’s résumé has flashes that a committee will notice but too many damaging outings away from home to feel comfortable with an at-large case, so winning the conference is the cleanest route to the tournament. The team’s resume is anchored by a gritty road victory at Wichita State and a neutral-site win over Oral Roberts while solid league wins at North Texas and Florida Atlantic help the profile, yet those positives are undercut by heavy defeats at Tennessee, Oregon, Pepperdine and that lopsided trip to Tulsa that signal vulnerability. With the remaining regular-season games offering only limited opportunities for a marquee scalp and a tune-up at UT San Antonio unlikely to change the narrative, Rice needs to capture the conference crown to punch its ticket.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@Oregon100L67-63
11/11SF Austin85L81-69
11/14East Texas A&M292W71-64
11/17@Tennessee19L91-66
11/20Tarleton St210L90-74
11/24(N)Kennesaw182L89-84
11/25@FGCU246L78-63
11/26(N)Oral Roberts332W81-62
12/3Texas St245W77-72
12/13Arkansas St148W77-76
12/20@Pepperdine274L84-62
12/31@Tulsa60L97-48
1/3Memphis99L76-70
1/7@Wichita St94W66-64
1/11Charlotte176L74-73
1/14@UT San Antonio348W89-73
1/21Temple155L69-65
1/24Tulsa60L87-81
1/28@East Carolina261W83-77
1/30@Charlotte176L80-70
2/4North Texas142W86-83
2/8@UAB120L71-65
2/11FL Atlantic115W81-73
2/14East Carolina261L85-75
2/22@Tulane19130%
2/25South Florida5819%
3/1@Temple15524%
3/4@North Texas14222%
3/8UT San Antonio34888%