Basketball

Conference USA Basketball sent one team to the NCAA Tournament. They’re still dancing and their league mates are having strong postseasons, too. Every Conference USA basketball team that appeared in a postseason tournament this season has won at least one game, several have won multiple with many teams still alive in a race for a […]

Rice women’s basketball fought hard, but couldn’t overcome the size and physicality of Oregon, falling to the Ducks in the second round of the WNIT. Oregon landed the first blow in their second round WNIT matchup with Rice women’s basketball, knocking down a trio of three-pointers in the first three minutes of action to take […]

Rice basketball engineered a furious comeback, but couldn’t make the final defensive stop, falling to Southern Utah in the CBI Tournament. Whether it was exhaustion, poor execution or just bad luck, Rice basketball started its quarterfinal round game against Southern Utah in a nine-point hole. SUU came out shooting extremely efficiently, knocking down 62 percent […]

Rice basketball survived a three-point barrage by Duquesne and defeated the Dukes, moving on to the second round of the CBI Tournament. A 12-Seed in the 2023 CBI Tournament, Rice basketball certainly didn’t play like an underdog in Daytona Beach on Sunday afternoon. After trading minor leads in the early portions of the first half, […]

Rice women’s basketball built an early lead and held on, surviving a late rally from BYU to advance in the WNIT. Despite playing on BYU’s home court, Rice women’s basketball looked like they were right at home on Friday night’s opening round game of the WNIT. The Owls’ jumped out to a 10-0 lead, blitzing […]

Rice women’s basketball has accepted an invitation to participate in the 2023 WNIT and will play BYU in the first round. Rice women’s basketball is postseason bound. After falling to UTSA in the second round of the Conference USA Tournament, the Owls have accepted a bid to the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT). The first […]

Rice basketball has accepted an invitation to participate in the 2023 CBI Tournament and will play Duquesne in the first round. Rice basketball is postseason bound. After falling to UAB in the second round of the Conference USA Tournament, the Owls have accepted a bid to the College Basketball Invitation Tournament (CBI). The Tournament will […]

Rice basketball hung around for a while, but couldn’t keep pace with UAB, bowing out in the second round of the Conference USA Tournament. It was going to take an extremely well-played game for Rice basketball to give UAB a run for its money. The Owls did not get that out of the gate, turning […]

Rice women’s basketball was upset in their opening game of the Conference USA Tournament, falling to 6-Seed UTSA in Frisco. After earning a first round bye, Rice Women’s Basketball took the court on Wednesday afternoon against UTSA looking to punch their ticket to the semifinals. Things were tenuous early on, with both teams struggling from […]

Rice basketball is moving on in the Conference USA Tournament, surviving a waved-off buzzer-beater to advance past UTSA. Slow starts had been the painfully recurring theme for Rice basketball in their recent cold spell, but that streak did not continue into the first round of the Conference USA Tournament. Rice opened up their game against […]

The 2023 Conference USA Basketball Tournament tips off in Frisco, TX this week. Here’s a preview of the action. Conference USA Basketball – Men’s Tournament The 2023 C-USA MBB Bracket pic.twitter.com/1UaSLAT4qK — The Roost (@AtTheRoost) March 5, 2023 The Favorite: Florida Atlantic The nation’s No. 1 team, Houston, is the only program in the nation […]

Rice basketball ended the regular season with a thud, losing a halftime lead before falling at home on Senior Day to FIU. Fans inside the confines of Tudor Fieldhouse were treated to an entertaining back-and-forth contest as Rice basketball and FIU wrapped up their regular seasons with vigor. FIU took a seven-point lead in the […]

Rice women’s basketball wrapped up a Sunshine state sweep on Saturday, defeating FIU two days after FAU to complete the regular season. Rice women’s basketball finished off the regular season just like they started it — riding a lengthy winning streak. The Owls’ Saturday victory over FIU was the fifth consecutive win for Rice, which […]

Rice women’s basketball continued on their winning waves, closing out their penultimate regular season game with little drama against FAU. Rice women’s basketball has been forced to juggle its lineup several times in recent weeks, but the end result has routinely been the same: winning. The Owls were without Trinity Gooden or Destiny Jackson on […]

Rice basketball officially said goodbye to a first round bye on Thursday with a blowout loss to Florida Atlantic on their home court. It wasn’t so much a slow start that doomed Rice basketball against Florida Atlantic on Thursday night — although they did fall behind 9-0 to start — it was the unrelenting onslaught […]

Conference USA Basketball is wrapping up its conference slate. Here’s where each team stands with two games to go in the regular season. Team NET  KenPom Record Charlotte 104 112 18-11 (9-9) FAU 19 31 26-3 (16-2) FIU 225 223 13-16 (7-11) LA Tech 165 166 13-16 (6-12) MTSU 110 121 18-11 (11-7) North Texas […]

Rice basketball came out flat and was unable to rally, falling on the road to Charlotte and likely playing themselves out of a first round bye in the C-USA Tournament. On a day when Rice basketball needed to be at their best, the Owls never really seemed to find their footing. Once again the troubles […]

Rice women’s basketball never trailed on Senior Day, leading wire-to-wire in a convincing victory over Charlotte at home. There wasn’t a hint of distraction that lingered from Senior Day festivities for Rice Women’s Basketball at home against Charlotte on Saturday. The Owls scored first, scored often and never trailed on their way to their third […]

Rice women’s basketball built a huge lead against UAB and held on, weathering a late rally from the Blazers to secure the win at home. Playing without Malia Fisher once again, Rice women’s basketball was a bit slow out of the gates on Thursday night against UAB, falling behind 12-4 before things started clicking on […]

Rice basketball was blasted by the UAB Blazers for the second time this season, falling in Birmingham in a game that was all but over at halftime. Everything seemed in normal order on Thursday evening when Ty Brewer opened the scoring for UAB with a jumper to put Rice Basketball behind 2-0 in the opening […]

For the first time under head coach Scott Pera, Rice basketball has swept Western Kentucky. The Owls knocked off the Hilltoppers again Saturday, moving to 2-0 this season. Following an extended stretch of slow starts, Rice basketball came out red-hot against the red-clad Western Kentucky Hilltoppers on Saturday night at Tudor Fieldhouse. Quincy Olivari conducted […]

Rice women’s basketball recovered quickly from a Thursday night loss, racing past Western Kentucky to close out their road trip with a win. More than once in the early goings of Saturday’s game against Western Kentucky, it felt like Rice women’s basketball was about to break away. The Owls amassed an early 19-point lead in […]

Rice basketball picked a bad day to have a bad day, falling to the last team in the conference standings in front of the Owls’ home crowd on Thursday night. UTSA has clung to the bottom of the Conference USA standings for the entirety of the season, but they’ve managed to give Rice basketball fits […]

Rice women’s basketball wasn’t ready to go away from home, falling to UTSA in one of their final road games of the regular season. It would have been hard to draw up a more crushing start for Rice women’s basketball than the first half they played against UTSA on Thursday night. The Owls fell behind […]

Rice basketball hung around against FIU through the first half but caught fire late to claim an important road victory. For nearly 30 minutes of action, there was hardly any separation on the court between Rice basketball and their Saturday night host, FIU. Even after Rice opened the game on an 8-0 run, FIU quickly […]