The spring Rice Athletics seasons have come to an end, freeing up Rice Owls Voice JP Heath to join the show and talk Rice greats of the past decade. On a normal evening in late-March, Rice Owls Voice JP Heath would be calling a Rice Baseball game. An NCAA Tournament berth for a hopeful Rice […]

Rice basketball is headed in the right direction and Scott Pera has been tasked with turning that momentum into meaningful results in 2020 and beyond. Seven. Thirteen. Fifteen. The gradual improvement of the Rice basketball team under head coach Scott Pera can be measured in a somewhat linear fashion. On the most rudimentary metric, wins, […]

Robert Martin found his role for Rice basketball midway through his senior season. How a switch to the bench paid off for Martin and his team. Basketball is a game of adjustments. On the simplest level, each player strives to take their best shot. How that shot is executed — and who takes it — […]

Rice basketball wasn’t forced to rely too heavily on true freshman this season, giving the Owls younger players time to grow into their collegiate roles. Rice basketball entered the 2019-2020 season with an established core of key players. No freshman was thrown to the wolves before he was ready. Instead each contributor had time to […]

Rice basketball retains a young core, but they’ll miss the leadership of Ako Adams and Robert Martin on and off the court next season. Year 3 of the Scott Pera era of Rice basketball featured a young team growing into their collective ability. The nucleus of the Owls’ 2019-2020 squad consisted of three sophomore guards: […]

From its rocky start to awkward ending, the 2019-2020 Rice Basketball season was a roller coaster ride. Coach Scott Pera believes the best is yet to come. Rice basketball ended their 2019-2020 season sooner than they’d hoped. The Owls fell to the FIU Panthers in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament on Wednesday, […]

Now Former Rice basketball guard Erica Ogwumike joins the show to talk basketball, her career and the suddenness of the global sports shutdown. Mid-march was meant to mark the end of the Conference USA Tournament. Erica Ogwumike and Rice basketball had aims on defending their conference tournament crown and making a repeat trip to the […]

The rapid cancelations of spring athletics put student athletes in a tragic spot. NCAA eligibility waivers could be an answer, but how would they work? The continuously churning sports news cycle got more complicated on Friday when Jeff Goodman tweeted this regarding potential changes to NCAA eligibility processes: The NCAA’s Council Coordination Committee has agreed […]

The 2020 college sports calendar was abruptly halted to protect against the coronavirus. Fans across the nation are still processing the sudden shock. On Tuesday evening USA Today columnist Dan Wolken penned what was, at the time, an incomprehensible edict: cancel the NCAA Tournament. The reaction on social media was far-ranging. Some called him a […]

The 2019-2020 Rice basketball season came to an end on Wednesday. The Owls fell to FIU in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament in Frisco. Rice basketball had a much better spring than they did winter. The Owls had won six of their last nine games entering the Conference USA Tournament. One those […]

Both Rice basketball teams qualified for the Conference USA Basketball Tournament in Frisco, Tx. Here’s a preview of the action. Men’s Tournament  🚨2020 Air Force Reserve #CUSAMBB Championship Bracket 🚨 Join us for #HoopsAtTheStar beginning this Wednesday from the Ford Center in Frisco, TX! pic.twitter.com/KteuledMbB — Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) March 8, 2020 The Favorite: North […]

Rice women’s basketball clinched the 2020 Conference USA Regular Season Title with a thrilling win over Old Dominion at Tudor Fieldhouse. In a game that had all the makings of an instant classic, Rice women’s basketball emerged with a conference title-clinching victory. Neither team ever held a lead greater than eight points in a contest […]

Rice basketball fell to UTEP in their final regular season game, their last before the Conference USA Tournament next week. A game of runs ended running away from Rice basketball at Tudor Fieldhouse on Saturday. Every time UTEP took a lead, Rice was able to battle back to within one score. The back and forth […]

Rice basketball wraps up the regular season on Saturday at Tudor Fieldhouse. Here’s a preview of the men against UTEP and women against Old Dominion. Time: Mar. 7 at 1:00 p.m. CT Venue: Tudor Fieldhouse Radio: Stretch Internet Portal TV: CUSATV UTEP 16-14 (7-10), Last 5 (3-2) 67-62 (L) vs WKU 71-61 (L) vs Marshall […]

It was another banner night for Rice Women’s Basketball, which defended their spot atop Conference USA, clinching a share of the regular season title. Rice Women’s Basketball clinched a share of the Conference USA Women’s Basketball regular season title with a Thursday night win over UTEP. The Miners kept things close early before Rice used […]

Rice basketball punched its ticket to Frisco, securing a spot in the Conference USA Basketball Tournament with their win over Southern Miss. Rice basketball did not play their best game in their first trip of the season to Reed Green Coliseum. A narrow halftime deficit turned into a blowout after the Golden Eagles caught fire […]

Rice basketball returns home in need of a win to keep their Conference USA Tournament hopes alive. How do the Owls’ stack up against Middle Tennessee? Time: March 1 at 2:00 p.m. CT Venue: Tudor Fieldhouse Radio: Stretch Internet Portal TV: CUSATV MTSU 7-21 (3-12), Last 5 (1-4) 75-70 (L) vs North Texas 91-83 (L) […]

Rice women’s basketball is back on a winning streak and has their eyes set on C-USA’s top seed. A win over Louisiana Tech would get them one step closer. Time: Feb. 29 at 2:00 p.m. CT Venue: Thomas Assembly Center TV: CUSATV LA Tech 13-13 (5-10), Last 5 (3-2) 60-50 (W) vs Marshall 68-44 (W) […]

Conference USA Basketball hopes to extend its season into the NCAA Tournament. Here are the latest Bracketology projections for the men and women. Men 13-Seed North Texas vs 4-Seed Oregon (West Region) Pod play was meant to raise the profile of the conference, enabling the top teams to gain additional resume-building wins. We haven’t seen […]

There will be no Rice basketball at Tudor Fieldhouse this weekend. Both the men and the women hit the road for games against UTEP and UAB, respectively. Time: Feb. 22 at 6:00 p.m. CT Venue: Don Haskins Center Radio: Stretch Internet Portal TV: CUSATV UTEP 13-14 (4-10), Last 5 (0-5) 69-55 (L) vs UAB 68-64 […]

Losing is not a familiar feeling for Rice Women’s basketball. The Owls look to get back to their winning ways against North Texas on Thursday. Time: Feb. 20 at 7:00 p.m. CT Venue: Tudor Fieldhouse TV: ESPN3 North Texas 9-16 (3-10), Last 5 (0-5) 67-52 (L) vs Rice 80-60 (L) vs MTSU 51-50 (L) vs […]

Rice basketball has gone through a transformation on and off the court this season. Drew Peterson has been one of the men leading the charge. The 2019-2020 Rice Basketball season has bounced from high to low and back again. In the midst of those oscillating waves of success and failure, Drew Peterson has been at […]

After going more than a calendar year since their last C-USA loss, Rice women’s basketball dropped their second conference game of the week, falling to Charlotte. Wait, what happened? Those thoughts danced through the heads of Rice women’s basketball fans when the team fell to SMU all the way back on November 13. Rice came […]

Each of the Rice Basketball teams saw winning streaks snapped against Old Dominion. They’ll look to get back on track against Charlotte. Here’s a preview of those games. Time: Feb. 15 at 2:00 p.m. CT Venue: Tudor Fieldhouse Radio: Stretch Internet Portal TV: ESPN+ (If you don’t have ESPN+ you can access a free trial […]

The biggest game of the Rice women’s basketball season went to overtime before Old Dominion prevailed, snapping the Owls’ 30-game conference winning streak. Rice women’s basketball knew they were in for a 40-minute slugfest when they stepped onto the court to face Old Dominion on Thursday. The Monarchs weren’t intimidated by the Owls’ 30-game Conference […]