We are gonna struggle through conference. With a L today, our at-large chances is basically zero. Will have to win the conference tournament and right now don't see that happening.

Rice is acting like they have 10 mins left. Embarrassing loss.

56-63 is the final.

Perplexing, to say the least--yes we lost Iademarco from last year, but expected Swayze and others to pick it up. To go from unbeaten C-USA regular season & tournament, to this year's performance is very disappointing. Let's hope Langley can still find the magic!!

Was only a matter of time after the last couple games. Based off preseason expectations, this has to be one of the more disappointing Rice seasons in any sport in recent memory. All it takes is a few games in March, but this is not how I envisioned November/December.

Certainly we’re not the CUSA favorites any more. Although we certainly have the pieces to win regular or post season titles again, preferably both.

Comparisons to last year. 2019-20 on top, 2018-19 on bottom. For the sake of the exercise, let's assume Schwartz = Iademarco and Swayze = Grigsby. Improvements in green, opposite in blue:

Ogwumike: 28.9 min, 14.5 ppg, 08.4 rpg, 3.3 apg, 3.3 topg, 36/18/82
Ogwumike: 32.4 min, 16.5 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 2.7 apg, 2.9 topg, 46/30/85

Mulkey: 26.5 min, 10.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 0.5 apg, 1.8 topg, 49/-/88
Mulkey: 26.3 min, 13.9 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.4 topg, 55/-/67

Wiggins: 30.4 min, 5.8 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 1.8 apg, 2.5 topg, 33/32/83
Wiggins: 28.5 min, 6.9 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.7 topg, 45/35/70

Smith: 24.5 min, 2.0 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.0 apg, 2.9 topg, 22/0/67
Smith: 27.5 min, 6.1 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.9 topg, 40/33/71

Schwartz: 25.0 min, 8.9 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.8 apg, 2.1 topg, 42/50/86
Iademarco: 30.1 min, 9.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.9 topg, 46/40/76

Swayze: 13.6 min, 7.1 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 0.6 apg, 0.8 topg, 35/33/75
Grigsby: 20.7 min, 7.3 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.1 topg, 46/44/78

Team: 60.9 ppg, 55.4 pa, 18.5 topg, 39/29/78, 35/28/72 allowed
Team: 65.9 ppg, 52.9 pa, 15.2 topg, 47/36/74, 35/28/66 allowed

Long story short, lotta blue and only a little green. We're allowed the *exact same* shooting splits as we did last year. The problem is that we're not scoring and we're giving other teams more possessions (offensive rebounding not included above but also a big problem). Not really too sure what the solution is. Having not been able to watch some of the games, it's hard to tell whether we need to operate with more freedom on offense or less. But Langley's gonna have to earn her money in conference play because a lot has gone wrong.