Rice Baseball This Week, March 2-8
Wednesday – Rice 4, Lamar 1 Box l Recap: Rice l Lamar l Roost
Friday (6:05 pm CT) – at ACU Game Notes: Rice l ACU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: LHP Brayden Sharp (2-1, 5.52) and LHP Brett Lanman (0-2, 3.55)
Saturday (3:05 pm CT) – at ACU Game Notes: Rice l ACU l LS l Radio
Probables: RHP R Urbanczyk (0-1, 0.87) and RHP A Coleman (1-0, 4.50)
Sunday (1:05 pm CT) – at ACU Game Notes: Rice l ACU l LS l Radio
Probables: RHP Ethan Sanders (1-1, 2.29) and RHP Cade McGarrh (1-1, 11.05)
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Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, March 2-8
Monday-Tuesday – M Golf at Cabo Collegiate
Monday-Tuesday – M Golf at Colin Montgomerie Invitational, Sugar Land
Monday (2 pm CT) – M Tennis vs. #8 Baylor
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – W Basketball at Charlotte TV: ESPN+
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – M Basketball at North Texas TV: ESPN+
Thursday (2:30 pm CT) – M Tennis vs. DePaul
Saturday (TBA) – M Tennis vs. UAB
Saturday (11 am CT) – W Tennis vs. Louisiana
Saturday (2 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. UTSA TV: ESPN+ l Alumni Day
Sunday (11 am CT) – W Tennis vs. Wichita State
Sunday (2 pm CT) – M Basketball at UTSA TV: ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, March 2-8
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Lecture: Dr Tai Montgomery
Monday (4:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Karl Rove
Tuesday (12 pm CT) – Sociology Speaker Series: Dr Danya Lagos
Tuesday (12 pm CT) – HRC Conversation: How Do We Think the Future?
Tue (5:30 pm CT) – Doyle Arnold Lecture Series in Economics: Kenneth Rogoff
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – Moody Center: Pride Week Student Art Workshop
Wednesday – 24-Hour Challenge
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Maria Ross
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr Samar Al-Bulushi
Wednesday (5:15 pm CT) – Baker Event: Public Film Screening: Inshallah a Boy
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Recent Alumni Run Club
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – LGBTQ+ In The Workplace: Alumni Career Panel
Thursday (11:30 am CT) – Boniuk Institute: Reading Religion Salon
Thursday (4 pm CT) – Transnational Asia Speaker Series: Fei Deng
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Baker Event: New CDC Immunization Guidelines
Friday (9 am CT) – Moody Center: Imaging After Photography Symposium
Friday (12 pm CT) – Anthropology Brown Bag Talk with Sarah Reynolds
Friday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Little, Big, and Far
Friday-Saturday – Rice Theatre: Sunday in the Park with George
Saturday (5 pm CT) – RUCAA l Pickleball Social
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Anselm
Sunday (2 pm CT) – Hoots and Hobbies: Building a Rodeo Owl
Shepherd School Events This Week, March 2-8
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
CJ Witten:
This week, Cooper Witten, CJ’s brother, committed to play for Oklahoma. Two months ago, their father Jason Witten joined the program as tight ends coach.
Professional Baseball News
Benjamin Rosengard:
One-year Rice baseball letterman Benjamin Rosengard (2002) is on the Team Israel roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
College Baseball News
Blaine Brown:
Yesterday, D1Baseball.com’s Kendall Rogers reported that Tennessee’s Blaine Brown is embroiled in a legal dispute with the South Main Collective. Read more.
Other Sports News
Rice Track:
Owls wrap up indoor season on high note (The Rice Thresher)
Rice M Tennis:
Rice Opens Ralph O'Connor Rice Invitational with Win (Rice Owls)
World Cup:
Rice hosts 'Men in Blazers' live show (Rice News)
Other News
Kinder Institute:
New $55M Kinder Foundation grant will be transformative (Rice News)
Lucca Ferraz '26:
Rice student wins NFL analytics title (Rice News)
Baker Institute Briefing:
Click here for a new podcast by David Satterfield and Kenneth Medlock III entitled “What the US Strikes on Iran Mean for Global Energy Markets”.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Abilene Christian alums Bill (‘58/’60) and the late Pat Martin (’58) have deep ties to Rice. Bill was a sociology professor at Rice for almost forty years and author of numerous books and magazine articles. In her thirty years at Rice, Pat was a student, teacher, editor, faculty wife, college master and administrator. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
This weekend, the Wildcats host the Owls for a three-game baseball series in Abilene.
Way to go, Bev Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), Richard Avant, Art Gottschalk (2), Andy Williams (2), John Montana (2), Ann Eldredge (2), Bob Toone (2), Ted Richard (2), Arthur Rogers (2), Joe Quoyeser, Scott Hochberg, Clark Anderson (2), Chris Kohnhorst (2), Paul Reese (2), James Walker (2), Gloria Tarpley (2), Steve Lukingbeal, Ty Buthod, Guy Rollins (2), Betty Bixby (2), Susan Zimmerman (2), Greg Williams, Melinda Clark (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Sallie Schwall (2), Brian Lattimer (2), Ann Bixby (2) and Mike Ross (2)!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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