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, … Read more
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 — … Read more
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 … Read more