Tech@ Rice would be essentially tied on the Ken Pom and Sagarin with 3 pt home court advantage, don't know how you came up with 73-71. Ken Pom is now using Sagarin method for SOS.

NCAA RPI
Tech 120
Rice 175

Sagarin
Tech 101
Rice 132

Ken Pom
Tech 91
Rice 121

(02-13-2017 03:53 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  Tech@ Rice would be essentially tied on the Ken Pom and Sagarin with 3 pt home court advantage, don't know how you came up with 73-71. Ken Pom is now using Sagarin method for SOS.

NCAA RPI
Tech 120
Rice 175

Sagarin
Tech 101
Rice 132

Ken Pom
Tech 91
Rice 121

I had the pace wrong. Score would be 77-76 Rice. Rice is graded ever so slightly higher based on home court.

Which the predictions are based on Ken Pom so Sagarin and RPI are irrelevant.

(02-13-2017 03:53 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  Tech@ Rice would be essentially tied on the Ken Pom and Sagarin with 3 pt home court advantage, don't know how you came up with 73-71. Ken Pom is now using Sagarin method for SOS.

NCAA RPI
Tech 120
Rice 175

Sagarin
Tech 101
Rice 132

Ken Pom
Tech 91
Rice 121

Rice fans seem to think LaTech is a particularly tough matchup for Rice. Our inside play isn't great, we have done better defending against guard-heavy teams. LaTech's 10-point win in the last matchup was a little deceptive, as they lead most of the 2nd half by ~20 points before Rice closed the gap in the last few minutes. Rice will really need to play one of its better games (or LaTech one of its lesser games) for Rice to win. I think LaTech should be favored, just based on Rice's strengths and weaknesses.

Would be helpful if Rice can draw a big home crowd. I think Rice secures the #4 spot if they can beat Marshall or LaTech (and take care of business in the other games).

Rice will have their hands full trying to deal with Matt Willms. He is 7' 1" and has been averaging 17 points the last 7 games. When teams have doubled him in the post he has been able to find open guys. He is becoming a major match up problem for teams now that he is healthy.

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(02-13-2017 12:56 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  I'd rather not play Western in the tourney.

You can throw the records out....... for both teams (in any year)

That normally applies amigo but not this year. This is not me shooting chaff in the air to disable Middle's missiles. This is me being honest after watching this squad all year. They're the most selfish bunch I've ever seen on the hill. Not all Stansbury's fault. He was in a tough place. No way to know these guys were going to be this selfish. But they are. And he's not been able to do anything with them. I can put that on him somewhat. But he was never known as a tactician anyway. We hired him for what he's doing next year. Whether that works or not remains to be seen.

This group REFUSES to play defense. They're naturally slow of foot. That's a given. But when you add don't GAF on top then that's a sad combo. I'll never be as happy as when this group is gone. And they're not thugs. They seem like pretty good dudes. They're just allergic to defense. Stans needs a holster full of EPI pens.

I'm just glad you all are talking hoops! UAB isn't playing too well currently but I can promise you all it's going to be a fun couple of weeks before the tournament.

(02-13-2017 07:34 PM)dahbeed Wrote:  

(02-13-2017 12:56 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  I'd rather not play Western in the tourney.

You can throw the records out....... for both teams (in any year)

That normally applies amigo but not this year. This is not me shooting chaff in the air to disable Middle's missiles. This is me being honest after watching this squad all year. They're the most selfish bunch I've ever seen on the hill. Not all Stansbury's fault. He was in a tough place. No way to know these guys were going to be this selfish. But they are. And he's not been able to do anything with them. I can put that on him somewhat. But he was never known as a tactician anyway. We hired him for what he's doing next year. Whether that works or not remains to be seen.

This group REFUSES to play defense. They're naturally slow of foot. That's a given. But when you add don't GAF on top then that's a sad combo. I'll never be as happy as when this group is gone. And they're not thugs. They seem like pretty good dudes. They're just allergic to defense. Stans needs a holster full of EPI pens.

Ray-Ray would've had 'em ready come tourney time -- FACT.

You guys played us tougher than Marshall this year. I was surprised you were down as much to them, in Diddle.

(02-13-2017 12:23 PM)correcamino Wrote:  Does UNT have the worst athletic programs in CUSA?

I ran the stats a few weeks ago, but here are updated numbers that should be pretty accurate. This is since the 3.0 CUSA was technically "fully formed" for the most part with the current teams I think or overall close to it. Basically the past 3 years:

College Football standings last 3 years 2014-2016):

WKU: 31-10 (19-5)
La. Tech: 27-15 (19-5)
Marshall 26-13 (15-9)
MTSU: 21-17 (16-8)
ODU: 21-16 (14-10)
USM: 19-20 (12-12)
UTSA: 13-24 (11-13)
Rice: 16-21 (10-14)
UTEP: 16-22 (10-14)
FIU: 13-23 (10-14)
UNT: 10-27 (6-18)
FAU: 9-27 (7-17)
_________________________
UAB: 6-6 (4-4) - 1 year
Charlotte: 6-18 (3-13) - 2 years

MBB standings last 2.5 years (since new members fully competing): 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017 current

LT 68-27 (37-12)
UAB 61-34 (36-13)
MTSU 66-31 (34-15)
ODU 67-31 (33-16)
UTEP 50-40 (30-18)
WKU 50-41 (26-22)
Marshall 42-48 (26-22)
Rice 41-48 (22-26)
Charlotte 39-50 (21-28)
FIU 35-55 (17-31)
UTSA 30-57 (17-31)
UNT 33-54 (16-32)
USM 24-59 (13-36)
FAU 25-60 (11-37)


Numbers may be a little off on MBB as I just updated them from the past few weeks of play. As you can see the Texas and Florida schools have struggled pretty badly since CUSA 3.0 was sort of fully formed. 5 of bottom 7 in MBB (UTEP only exception) and 6 of bottom 7 (if you include Charlotte) in CFB

(02-13-2017 10:35 PM)Shrack Wrote:  

(02-13-2017 12:23 PM)correcamino Wrote:  Does UNT have the worst athletic programs in CUSA?

I ran the stats a few weeks ago, but here are updated numbers that should be pretty accurate. This is since the 3.0 CUSA was technically "fully formed" for the most part with the current teams I think or overall close to it. Basically the past 3 years:

College Football standings last 3 years 2014-2016):

WKU: 31-10 (19-5)
La. Tech: 27-15 (19-5)
Marshall 26-13 (15-9)
MTSU: 21-17 (16-8)
ODU: 21-16 (14-10)
USM: 19-20 (12-12)
UTSA: 13-24 (11-13)
Rice: 16-21 (10-14)
UTEP: 16-22 (10-14)
FIU: 13-23 (10-14)
UNT: 10-27 (6-18)
FAU: 9-27 (7-17)
_________________________
UAB: 6-6 (4-4) - 1 year
Charlotte: 6-18 (3-13) - 2 years

MBB standings last 2.5 years (since new members fully competing): 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017 current

LT 68-27 (37-12)
UAB 61-34 (36-13)
MTSU 66-31 (34-15)
ODU 67-31 (33-16)
UTEP 50-40 (30-18)
WKU 50-41 (26-22)
Marshall 42-48 (26-22)
Rice 41-48 (22-26)
Charlotte 39-50 (21-28)
FIU 35-55 (17-31)
UTSA 30-57 (17-31)
UNT 33-54 (16-32)
USM 24-59 (13-36)
FAU 25-60 (11-37)


Numbers may be a little off on MBB as I just updated them from the past few weeks of play. As you can see the Texas and Florida schools have struggled pretty badly since CUSA 3.0 was sort of fully formed. 5 of bottom 7 in MBB (UTEP only exception) and 6 of bottom 7 (if you include Charlotte) in CFB

Not having included the 2013 season really hurts North Texas football overall record. I would have started at that season since that is when the CUSA 3.0 started. Unless we call the 2013 season CUSA 2.5.

(02-13-2017 10:53 PM)JCMiner Wrote:  

(02-13-2017 10:35 PM)Shrack Wrote:  

(02-13-2017 12:23 PM)correcamino Wrote:  Does UNT have the worst athletic programs in CUSA?

I ran the stats a few weeks ago, but here are updated numbers that should be pretty accurate. This is since the 3.0 CUSA was technically "fully formed" for the most part with the current teams I think or overall close to it. Basically the past 3 years:

College Football standings last 3 years 2014-2016):

WKU: 31-10 (19-5)
La. Tech: 27-15 (19-5)
Marshall 26-13 (15-9)
MTSU: 21-17 (16-8)
ODU: 21-16 (14-10)
USM: 19-20 (12-12)
UTSA: 13-24 (11-13)
Rice: 16-21 (10-14)
UTEP: 16-22 (10-14)
FIU: 13-23 (10-14)
UNT: 10-27 (6-18)
FAU: 9-27 (7-17)
_________________________
UAB: 6-6 (4-4) - 1 year
Charlotte: 6-18 (3-13) - 2 years

MBB standings last 2.5 years (since new members fully competing): 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017 current

LT 68-27 (37-12)
UAB 61-34 (36-13)
MTSU 66-31 (34-15)
ODU 67-31 (33-16)
UTEP 50-40 (30-18)
WKU 50-41 (26-22)
Marshall 42-48 (26-22)
Rice 41-48 (22-26)
Charlotte 39-50 (21-28)
FIU 35-55 (17-31)
UTSA 30-57 (17-31)
UNT 33-54 (16-32)
USM 24-59 (13-36)
FAU 25-60 (11-37)


Numbers may be a little off on MBB as I just updated them from the past few weeks of play. As you can see the Texas and Florida schools have struggled pretty badly since CUSA 3.0 was sort of fully formed. 5 of bottom 7 in MBB (UTEP only exception) and 6 of bottom 7 (if you include Charlotte) in CFB

Not having included the 2013 season really hurts North Texas football overall record. I would have started at that season since that is when the CUSA 3.0 started. Unless we call the 2013 season CUSA 2.5.

I mean I agree, but I also felt it would be weird including a season where a bunch of the new teams aren't in the league and 3 teams that are no longer in the league were playing. Feel free to edit it though. Texas/Florida generally overall had a much better year that year in football/basketball.

Was trying to keep the amount of games played against the same teams as equal as possible, but obviously couldn't avoid it with UAB dropping football for 2 years and Charlotte missing one season

(02-13-2017 12:09 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  Using Ken Pom numbers and national averages, I simulated the remainder of the season:

2/16:

UAB 83 Marshall 89
FAU 62 LT 77
FIU 64 USM 62
UTEP 66 North Texas 65
UTSA 65 Rice 78
MTSU 69 WKY 60

2/18

UTSA 63 North Texas 68
FAU 64 USM 61
MTSU 81 Marshall 76
Charlotte 62 ODU 71
FIU 62 LT 77
UTEP 66 Rice 77
UAB 70 Western 70

Game 3:

WKY 75 Charlotte 79
UTEP 63 FAU 65
UTSA 62 FIU 66
LT 76 North Texas 66
Marshall 70 ODU 76
Southern Miss 61 Rice 80

2/25:

USM 59 North Texas 67
Marshall 94 Charlotte 94
UTSA 62 FAU 66
UTEP 66 FIU 65
Western 55 ODU 65
LT 76 Rice 77
Middle 68 UAB 63

3/2:
Rice 91 Marshall 94
FIU 55 Middle 74
Charlotte 72 UTSA 72
FAU 65 UAB 74
North Texas 66 WKY 75
ODU 57 UTEP 55

3/4:
USM 55 LT 75
Charlotte 70 UTEP 74
ODU 58 UTSA 54
FAU 56 Middle 73
North Texas 78 Marshall 94
FIU 64 UAB 75
Rice 77 WKY 75


Based on those scores:

Middle 17-1, 27-4
LT 14-4, 22-9
ODU 13-5, 20-10
Rice 12-6, 22-9
Marshall 11-7, 18-13
UAB 10-8, 17-14
UTEP 9-9, 11-19
WKY 8-10, 14-17
Charlotte 7-11, 13-16
FAU 7-11, 11-18
UTSA 6-12, 11-20
FIU 5-13, 9-22
North Texas 3-15, 9-21
USM 4-14, 7-23

Obv, percentages are important to look at; for example, ODU is slight favorite in every game but, what are odds of winning 5 close games? So, applying a percentage chance of winning each game:

Middle 4.1-0.9
LT 4.1-0.9
ODU 3.8-1.2
Rice 4.3-1.7
Marshall 3.3-2.7
UAB 2.8-2.2
Charlotte 2.8-2.2
UTEP 2.5-3.5
WKY 2.4-3.6
FAU 2.2-3.8
UTSA 1.9-4.1
FIU 2.0-4.0
North Texas 2.3-3.7
USM 1.1-3.9


I will predict standings of:

Middle 16-2
LT 14-4
ODU 12-6
Rice 11-7
UAB 11-7
Marshall 10-8
UTEP 10-8
Charlotte 8-10
WKY 8-10
UTSA 8-10
FAU 6-12
USM 5-13
FIU 4-14
North Texas 3-15

*May be off slightly due to rounding up or down.

Nice job with the data there Giles. Appreciate all of the effort you put into creating this. Hope it pans out for ODU as well as you are predicting it to.

(02-13-2017 12:09 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  Using Ken Pom numbers and national averages, I simulated the remainder of the season:

2/16:

UAB 83 Marshall 89
FAU 62 LT 77
FIU 64 USM 62
UTEP 66 North Texas 65
UTSA 65 Rice 78
MTSU 69 WKY 60

2/18

UTSA 63 North Texas 68
FAU 64 USM 61
MTSU 81 Marshall 76
Charlotte 62 ODU 71
FIU 62 LT 77
UTEP 66 Rice 77
UAB 70 Western 70

Game 3:

WKY 75 Charlotte 79
UTEP 63 FAU 65
UTSA 62 FIU 66
LT 76 North Texas 66
Marshall 70 ODU 76
Southern Miss 61 Rice 80

2/25:

USM 59 North Texas 67
Marshall 94 Charlotte 94
UTSA 62 FAU 66
UTEP 66 FIU 65
Western 55 ODU 65
LT 76 Rice 77
Middle 68 UAB 63

3/2:
Rice 91 Marshall 94
FIU 55 Middle 74
Charlotte 72 UTSA 72
FAU 65 UAB 74
North Texas 66 WKY 75
ODU 57 UTEP 55

3/4:
USM 55 LT 75
Charlotte 70 UTEP 74
ODU 58 UTSA 54
FAU 56 Middle 73
North Texas 78 Marshall 94
FIU 64 UAB 75
Rice 77 WKY 75


Based on those scores:

Middle 17-1, 27-4
LT 14-4, 22-9
ODU 13-5, 20-10
Rice 12-6, 22-9
Marshall 11-7, 18-13
UAB 10-8, 17-14
UTEP 9-9, 11-19
WKY 8-10, 14-17
Charlotte 7-11, 13-16
FAU 7-11, 11-18
UTSA 6-12, 11-20
FIU 5-13, 9-22
North Texas 3-15, 9-21
USM 4-14, 7-23

Obv, percentages are important to look at; for example, ODU is slight favorite in every game but, what are odds of winning 5 close games? So, applying a percentage chance of winning each game:

Middle 4.1-0.9
LT 4.1-0.9
ODU 3.8-1.2
Rice 4.3-1.7
Marshall 3.3-2.7
UAB 2.8-2.2
Charlotte 2.8-2.2
UTEP 2.5-3.5
WKY 2.4-3.6
FAU 2.2-3.8
UTSA 1.9-4.1
FIU 2.0-4.0
North Texas 2.3-3.7
USM 1.1-3.9


I will predict standings of:

Middle 16-2
LT 14-4
ODU 12-6
Rice 11-7
UAB 11-7
Marshall 10-8
UTEP 10-8
Charlotte 8-10
WKY 8-10
UTSA 8-10
FAU 6-12
USM 5-13
FIU 4-14
North Texas 3-15

*May be off slightly due to rounding up or down.

How does a basketball score end up tied?

(02-14-2017 05:16 AM)Volkmar Wrote:  

(02-13-2017 12:09 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  Using Ken Pom numbers and national averages, I simulated the remainder of the season:

2/16:

UAB 83 Marshall 89
FAU 62 LT 77
FIU 64 USM 62
UTEP 66 North Texas 65
UTSA 65 Rice 78
MTSU 69 WKY 60

2/18

UTSA 63 North Texas 68
FAU 64 USM 61
MTSU 81 Marshall 76
Charlotte 62 ODU 71
FIU 62 LT 77
UTEP 66 Rice 77
UAB 70 Western 70

Game 3:

WKY 75 Charlotte 79
UTEP 63 FAU 65
UTSA 62 FIU 66
LT 76 North Texas 66
Marshall 70 ODU 76
Southern Miss 61 Rice 80

2/25:

USM 59 North Texas 67
Marshall 94 Charlotte 94
UTSA 62 FAU 66
UTEP 66 FIU 65
Western 55 ODU 65
LT 76 Rice 77
Middle 68 UAB 63

3/2:
Rice 91 Marshall 94
FIU 55 Middle 74
Charlotte 72 UTSA 72
FAU 65 UAB 74
North Texas 66 WKY 75
ODU 57 UTEP 55

3/4:
USM 55 LT 75
Charlotte 70 UTEP 74
ODU 58 UTSA 54
FAU 56 Middle 73
North Texas 78 Marshall 94
FIU 64 UAB 75
Rice 77 WKY 75


Based on those scores:

Middle 17-1, 27-4
LT 14-4, 22-9
ODU 13-5, 20-10
Rice 12-6, 22-9
Marshall 11-7, 18-13
UAB 10-8, 17-14
UTEP 9-9, 11-19
WKY 8-10, 14-17
Charlotte 7-11, 13-16
FAU 7-11, 11-18
UTSA 6-12, 11-20
FIU 5-13, 9-22
North Texas 3-15, 9-21
USM 4-14, 7-23

Obv, percentages are important to look at; for example, ODU is slight favorite in every game but, what are odds of winning 5 close games? So, applying a percentage chance of winning each game:

Middle 4.1-0.9
LT 4.1-0.9
ODU 3.8-1.2
Rice 4.3-1.7
Marshall 3.3-2.7
UAB 2.8-2.2
Charlotte 2.8-2.2
UTEP 2.5-3.5
WKY 2.4-3.6
FAU 2.2-3.8
UTSA 1.9-4.1
FIU 2.0-4.0
North Texas 2.3-3.7
USM 1.1-3.9


I will predict standings of:

Middle 16-2
LT 14-4
ODU 12-6
Rice 11-7
UAB 11-7
Marshall 10-8
UTEP 10-8
Charlotte 8-10
WKY 8-10
UTSA 8-10
FAU 6-12
USM 5-13
FIU 4-14
North Texas 3-15

*May be off slightly due to rounding up or down.

How does a basketball score end up tied?

Score predictions based on data. Adjusting for home court the teams are identical.

(02-13-2017 10:35 PM)Shrack Wrote:  

(02-13-2017 12:23 PM)correcamino Wrote:  Does UNT have the worst athletic programs in CUSA?

I ran the stats a few weeks ago, but here are updated numbers that should be pretty accurate. This is since the 3.0 CUSA was technically "fully formed" for the most part with the current teams I think or overall close to it. Basically the past 3 years:

College Football standings last 3 years 2014-2016):

WKU: 31-10 (19-5)
La. Tech: 27-15 (19-5)
Marshall 26-13 (15-9)
MTSU: 21-17 (16-8)
ODU: 21-16 (14-10)
USM: 19-20 (12-12)
UTSA: 13-24 (11-13)
Rice: 16-21 (10-14)
UTEP: 16-22 (10-14)
FIU: 13-23 (10-14)
UNT: 10-27 (6-18)
FAU: 9-27 (7-17)
_________________________
UAB: 6-6 (4-4) - 1 year
Charlotte: 6-18 (3-13) - 2 years

MBB standings last 2.5 years (since new members fully competing): 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017 current

LT 68-27 (37-12)
UAB 61-34 (36-13)
MTSU 66-31 (34-15)
ODU 67-31 (33-16)
UTEP 50-40 (30-18)
WKU 50-41 (26-22)
Marshall 42-48 (26-22)
Rice 41-48 (22-26)
Charlotte 39-50 (21-28)
FIU 35-55 (17-31)
UTSA 30-57 (17-31)
UNT 33-54 (16-32)
USM 24-59 (13-36)
FAU 25-60 (11-37)


Numbers may be a little off on MBB as I just updated them from the past few weeks of play. As you can see the Texas and Florida schools have struggled pretty badly since CUSA 3.0 was sort of fully formed. 5 of bottom 7 in MBB (UTEP only exception) and 6 of bottom 7 (if you include Charlotte) in CFB

Very good info. So, when evaluating these "big two" sports, LA Tech has been the most successful athletic program of the 14 teams currently in CUSA. LA Tech is tied with WKU with 19 CUSA football wins since 2014, and Tech leads the pack with 37 CUSA wins in mens basketball.

That said, LA Tech still needs to win a CUSA conference championship in football, and a CUSA tournament championship in basketball.

Pretty much throw the prediction data out the window with UTEP. I don't see them losing to FIU, or losing to Rice by 10. UTEP just beat USM by 30. UTEP secures a top 4 seed just my prediction

(02-14-2017 10:54 AM)Dawgxas Wrote:  Pretty much throw the prediction data out the window with UTEP. I don't see them losing to FIU, or losing to Rice by 10. UTEP just beat USM by 30. UTEP secures a top 4 seed just my prediction

That's what I'm predicting as well (UTEP to finish at #3 or #4). Yes, most of UTEP's remaining games are on the road, but UTEP is simply playing better than most of the competition remaining on their schedule.

(02-14-2017 10:54 AM)Dawgxas Wrote:  Pretty much throw the prediction data out the window with UTEP. I don't see them losing to FIU, or losing to Rice by 10. UTEP just beat USM by 30. UTEP secures a top 4 seed just my prediction

Obviously, its an aggregate of the season to date. I mean, UTEP just lost to Western Kentucky a couple weeks back after struggling at home to the Florida boys. I agree, they have played well the last 4-5 games though. If they are consistent with the past four games, they will be fine.

(02-14-2017 10:59 AM)HogDawg Wrote:  

(02-14-2017 10:54 AM)Dawgxas Wrote:  Pretty much throw the prediction data out the window with UTEP. I don't see them losing to FIU, or losing to Rice by 10. UTEP just beat USM by 30. UTEP secures a top 4 seed just my prediction

That's what I'm predicting as well (UTEP to finish at #3 or #4). Yes, most of UTEP's remaining games are on the road, but UTEP is simply playing better than most of the competition remaining on their schedule.

It will probably come down to if they can beat Rice away and ODU at home. Those two games will likely decide it. Can't see them sweeping all 4 road games though, just tough to do even vs. mediocre teams.

(02-14-2017 11:01 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(02-14-2017 10:54 AM)Dawgxas Wrote:  Pretty much throw the prediction data out the window with UTEP. I don't see them losing to FIU, or losing to Rice by 10. UTEP just beat USM by 30. UTEP secures a top 4 seed just my prediction

Obviously, its an aggregate of the season to date. I mean, UTEP just lost to Western Kentucky a couple weeks back after struggling at home to the Florida boys. I agree, they have played well the last 4-5 games though. If they are consistent with the past four games, they will be fine.

I think the ODU at UTEP game on 3/2 will decide 3rd place in CUSA.

Of course, these are college kids, so you never really know what they are going to do. If somebody on the team breaks up with a girl friend or fails a math test between now and then, who knows what happens?

(02-13-2017 07:14 PM)stanman505 Wrote:  Rice will have their hands full trying to deal with Matt Willms. He is 7' 1" and has been averaging 17 points the last 7 games. When teams have doubled him in the post he has been able to find open guys. He is becoming a major match up problem for teams now that he is healthy.

(02-14-2017 10:54 AM)Dawgxas Wrote:  Pretty much throw the prediction data out the window with UTEP. I don't see them losing to FIU, or losing to Rice by 10. UTEP just beat USM by 30. UTEP secures a top 4 seed just my prediction

I'm interested to see how Rice defends Willms. I don't follow the non-Rice teams much, but he does sound like an interesting challenge for a Rice team that has not played spectacularly at home and has had some issues defending big guys.

Interestingly, Rice has a 6'10" senior on the team (Andrew Drone) that started his sophomore and junior seasons, but has barely played this year. I think this is largely because he's a big-bodied guy without tons of athleticism or quickness and isn't a great fit for Rice's current pacing. That said, he might be used more against a team like UTEP (assuming Willms isn't a quick 7'1" player).

Another option will be using Marquez Letcher-Ellis. Only 6'7", but he is very long, very athletic, and has serious hopps. Of course, he has been an absolute foul-magnet this year that can barely stay on the court.

Rice also has two freshman forwards (6'8" Tim Harrison has been playing more minutes lately, 6'9" Austin Meyer has been in the rotation all season). But Rice isn't really built to defend against a 7'1" guy who has any skills on offense.