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Friday (June 13) – Monday (June 23) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Monday, November 17, 2025
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, November 17-23
Monday (7:30 pm CT) – M Basketball at #20 Tennessee TV: SECN
Tuesday-Sunday – NCAA W Tennis Indidivual Championship, Orlando
Tuesday-Sunday – NCAA M Tennis Doubles Championship, Orlando
Wednesday-Friday – Swimming at Phil Hansel Invitational, Houston
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – W Basketball at Princeton
Thursday (7 pm CT) – M Basketball vs. Tarleton State TV: ESPN+
Friday-Sunday – American Volleyball Championship, Tampa
Sat (6:30 pm CT) – Football vs. #22 UNT Radio l TV: ESPNU l GN: Rice l UNT
Sunday (2 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. UIW TV: ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, November 17-23
Until December 20 – Moody Center: Bio Morphe
Tuesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Neurodivergence and Burnout
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – Owlsgiving Online Cooking Class
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Recent Alumni Run Club
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Brains in a Bar with Jacqueline Couti
Thursday (6 pm CT) – REA l DFW Social
Thursday (6:30 pm CT) – RSI Frontiers Lecture Series: John Scott
Friday (12 pm CT) – Hudspeth Lecture Series: Steve Monroe
Shepherd School Events This Week, November 17-23
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Senior Day Moves to Prime Time (Rice Owls)
Game Preview: North Texas (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
Danny Lehmann:
Last night, Los Angeles defeated Toronto, 5-4, in Game 7 to win the 2025 World Series. The Dodgers become the first MLB team to win back-to-back titles since the Yankees did it between 1998 and 2000. Danny Lehmann is the Bench Coach for the Dodgers.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Owls Host Northwestern to Open 2026 Season (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice Volleyball:
Rice Caps Regular Season With 15th Straight Win (Rice Owls)
Rice M Basketball:
Owls Begin Road Stretch at #20 Tennessee (Rice Owls)
Other News
Captain Robert Bruce (1925-2025):
On October 27, Captain Robert Bruce passed away. A native Texan, he earned a BS from Rice in 1957 and a MS from UH in 1970 in Chemical Engineering. “He was a highly accomplished chemical engineer, a longtime active and reserve duty officer in the United States Navy, and a devoted family man”. He is predeceased by, among others, his wife Christine. Click here for the obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
John Carlos attended East Texas State (nka East Texas A&M) and won the bronze medal in the 200-meter dash at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. Tonight, Rice M Basketball hosts East Texas A&M at Tudor Fieldhouse. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Interestingly, the Voice of the Owls JP Heath graduated from Texas A&M Commerce (also nka East Texas A&M) in 2000.
Way to go, Jeff Ross, Betty Bixby, Art Gottschalk, John Montana, Bob Toone, Anne Eldredge, Scott Wise, Ty Buthod, Arthur Rogers, Bill Munson, Paul Reese, Andy Williams, Russell Henderson, Jimmy Walts, Sallie Schwall, Al Laverty, Ann Bixby, Guy Rollins, Boyd Harrison, David Ownby, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Greg Williams, Chris Kohnhorst, Martha Proctor Gano, Walt Greenberg, James Walker, Nancy Burch, Kirwin Drouet, JP Heath, Melinda Clark, Brian Lattimer, Ted Richard, Mike Ross , Larry Nettles and Bob Reinhold!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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