College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, November 2-8
Monday (5:30 pm CT) – M Basketball vs. Dallas Christian ESPN+
Monday (8:25 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. Houston Christian ESPN+
Thursday-Sunday – W Tennis at ITA Sectionals, Fort Worth
Thursday (7 pm CT) – M Basketball vs. East Texas A&M ESPN+
Friday-Saturday (TBA) – Swimming vs. UH/Tulane at UH
Friday (TBD) – W Basketball at Murray State
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball at UTSA
Saturday (12 pm CT) – Pregame Football Tailgate
Saturday (3 pm CT) – Football at UNT Radio l ESPNU l Game Notes: Rice l UNT
Sunday (TBD – Soccer at American Conference Quarterfinal
Sunday (12 pm CT) – Volleyball at Temple
Sunday (1:30 pm CT) – W Basketball at Richmond
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, November 2-8
Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Until November 7 – Sarofim Gallery: Off the Press/Off the Wall
Monday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Joni Sue Lane Lecture Series: Ellen Ochoa
Tuesday (6 pm CT) – RCEL: Ethical Decisions: The Engineer’s Responsibility
Tuesday (6 pm CT) – Brains in a Bar: Caroline Levander '95
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr Marcia Lima
Wednesday (2 pm CT) – ARC Groundbreaking Ceremony
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play That Funky Music, Woodson
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Houston Impact Series: Dr Anne Chao
Thursday (12 pm CT) – Rice Space Lecture Series: Denizhan Yavas
Thursday (4 pm CT) – Thompson Lecture Series: Xiao-Li Meng
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – Nader Khalili
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Public Film Screening: Sudan, Remember Us
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Julia Haft-Candell
Thursday (6 pm CT) – FED Dallas Event with DesRoches brothers
Friday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Dust in the Wind
Fri (7 pm CT) – Moody Center: Film Screening: Ancient Beacons Long for Notice
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Rebels of the Neon God
Sunday (7 pm CT) – North Carolina l Alumni Social
Shepherd School Events This Week, November 2-8
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
North Texas presser quotes and depth chart (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
Playoff Baseball:
Last night, the Brewers defeated the Dodgers, 6-4, to sweep the best-of-seven NL Championship Series, 4-0. Danny Lehmann is the Bench Coach for the Dodgers.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Reckling's Roost Upgraded to Club 37 (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice Swimming:
Harned Named Diving Athlete of the Week (Rice Owls)
Rice Basketball:
Owls win twice on ring night (The Rice Thresher)
Junior helps women's basketball practice (The Rice Thresher)
Other News
Houston Flood Vulnerability Index:
Same street, different flood risks (Rice News)
Ope Amosu, MBA '14:
ChopnBlok plans 2027 Memorial City opening (Houston Chronicle)
The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday. You can check it out here.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Fifth year Senior/ Graduate student Jacob Dar transferred to Rice for the 2024-2025 season from Emory & Henry College and then again for this current season from Seton Hall. Read more. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Ted Richard, Bob Toone, Art Gottschalk, Andy Williams, Ann Bixby, Kirkwood Johnston, James Walker, Steve Gilliland, Arthur Rogers, John Montana, Steve Lukingbeal, Anne Eldredge, Walt Greenberg, Martha Proctor Gano, Susan Zimmerman, Paul Reese, Tom Stallings, Matt Moake, Randy Schaffer, Guy Rollins, Ben Mayberry, Betty Bixby, Brian Lattimer, Chris Kohnhorst, Russell Henderson, George Wagner, Boyd Harrison, Nancy Bailey, Don Schaffer, Nancy Burch, Buddy Herz, David Gano, Melinda Clark, Tania Min, Clarke Anderson and Mike Ross!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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