Rice Owls vs Lamar Cardinals prediction, odds and picks, November 22, 2026
Rice at Lamar: Bandwagon's model makes Lamar a 54% favorite (Lamar −2).
Rice Owls vs Lamar Cardinals odds and win probability
Axle gives Lamar a 54% chance to win, by about 2 points.
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Why Axle has Lamar
All CBB ratings| RICE | LAM | |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 1433 276th of 365 | 1438 270th of 365 |
| Record | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| Last 5 games | 2-3 | 0-5 |
| Streak | L2 | L1 |
Blue marks the better side of each row. This line uses ratings from results, home advantage and schedule; record, last 5 results and streak are context only, not inputs.
How Axle's line has moved
Every stored line
| Stored | LAM win | Move |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 12:08 AM ET | 54% | 0 |
| Nov 11, 12:08 AM ET | 54% | 0 |
| Nov 10, 9:43 PM ET | 54% | 0 |
| Nov 10, 9:28 PM ET | 54% | 0 |
| Nov 10, 9:13 PM ET | 54% | 0 |
| Nov 10, 8:28 PM ET | 54% | 0 |
| Nov 10, 5:03 AM ET | 54% | 0 |
| Nov 10, 2:17 AM ET | 54% | 0 |
| Nov 10, 12:08 AM ET | 54% | +2 |
| Nov 9, 11:37 PM ET | 52% | 0 |
| Nov 9, 9:13 PM ET | 52% | 0 |
| Nov 9, 8:48 PM ET | 52% | 0 |
| Nov 9, 5:04 AM ET | 52% | — |
Rice Owls vs Lamar Cardinals prediction
Bandwagon's model makes the Cardinals a 2-point favorite, with a 54% chance to win. The model total is 147.5. Ratings: Cardinals 1438 (270th of 365), Owls 1433 (276th). The Cardinals are 1-1; the Owls are 1-2. The Cardinals have won 0 of their last 5; the Owls 2 of their last 5.
Written from the numbers on this page by a template; nothing here is an opinion.
Form, head-to-head and injuries
Recent form
Rice Owls
| Opponent | Kick (ET) | Result | Picks | Axle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| at Stanford Cardinal | L 73–91 | – | – | matchup | |
| vs East Texas A&M Lions | L 71–72 | – | – | matchup | |
| vs UTSA Roadrunners | W 80–71 | – | – | matchup | |
| at North Texas Mean Green | L 58–62 | – | – | matchup | |
| at Temple Owls | W 80–74 | – | – | matchup |
Lamar Cardinals
| Opponent | Kick (ET) | Result | Picks | Axle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| at Abilene Christian Wildcats | L 81–83 | – | – | matchup | |
| at Houston Christian Huskies | L 53–75 | – | – | matchup | |
| at Incarnate Word Cardinals | L 60–72 | – | – | matchup | |
| vs Nicholls Colonels | L 52–53 | – | – | matchup | |
| vs LSU New Orleans Privateers | L 71–77 | – | – | matchup |
Head-to-head
No earlier meeting in Bandwagon's results history.
Injuries
Rice Owls: nobody listed as injured by the roster source
Lamar Cardinals: nobody listed as injured by the roster source
From the roster source's status flag only; no depth chart or game-time status.
Standings and ratings
All ratings- Owls1-2 13th · L2
- Owls rating1433 276th of 365, 2 games
- Cardinals1-1 8th · L1
- Cardinals rating1438 270th of 365, 1 games
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The bandwagon on each team
Rice Owls 1-2
NCAA Division I men's basketball · 13th · streak L2
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Lamar Cardinals 1-1
NCAA Division I men's basketball · 8th · streak L1
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How Axle makes this line
How this line is made
In NCAA Division I men's basketball a line starts from the ratings and adds the internal inputs marked used (rest, back-to-back, recent form) through a calibration layer fitted on past NCAA Division I men's basketball seasons, which beat rating-only out of sample. Travel and time zones did not improve the line here; injuries and weather are collected but not yet measured.
Internal
- Ratings from results usedan Elo-style rating per team from every final score, with margin of victory · Bandwagon's stored results
- Home advantage used · none: neutral sitethe league's home edge, none at a neutral site · Bandwagon's model constants, checked against results
- Schedule usedrest days, back-to-back games and three games in four days · Bandwagon's stored fixtures
- Recent form unavailable for this game · Fewer than three games played this season by at least one sideaverage margin over each side's last games this season · Bandwagon's stored results
External
- Injuries unavailable for this game · More than three days to kickoff; lists are used inside that windowplayers listed out or doubtful, weighted by their share of the team's playing time · Public injury lists and box scores
- Travel and time zones unavailable for this game · Neutral sitedistance and time-zone change from each side's last game to the venue · Wikidata venue coordinates, Open-Meteo time zones
- Weather unavailable for this game · Indoor sportforecast wind, rain and temperature around kickoff at open-air venues · Open-Meteo forecasts
Prediction markets and the crowd's split are shown beside the model's lines for comparison. They are not inputs. Method and record.