College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Sunday, November 8, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, November 9-15
Monday-Friday – M Tennis at Houston PTT, GRBTC
Monday (4 pm CT) – M Basketball Pregame Social, Palo Alto
Monday (9 pm CT) – M Basketball at Stanford ACCNX
Thursday (7 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. TSU
Friday (TBD) – South Central Region W/M XC Championships, College Station
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. Charlotte ESPN+
Saturday (1 pm CT) – Football vs. Tulane Radio l ESPN+ l Game Notes: Rice l TUL
Saturday (1 pm CT) – M Basketball at SFA Radio l ESPN+
Sunday (1 pm CT) – Volleyball at Tulane
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, November 9-15
Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Until November 13 – Sarofim Gallery: Off the Press/Off the Wall
Monday – Ken Kennedy Institute’s 40th Anniversary Celebration
Monday (12:30 pm CT) – SRUW l Seminar with John Diamond
Monday (5 pm CT) – Baker Event: US, Iran and the Gulf Conflict
Tuesday (10 am CT) – Kinder Institute: Economic Mobility in Houston
Tuesday (10 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Vera Mila Gervais
Tuesday (4 pm CT) – Transnational Asia Speaker Series: Meredith Oda
Wednesday (11 am CT) – Rice Veterans Day Celebration
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play That Funky Music, Woodson
Wednesday (5 pm CT) – 2026 Post-Midterm Election Panel
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni November Virtual Book Club: Kate Quinn
Thursday-Sunday – Rice Alumni Weekend Events
Thursday (3:30 am CT) – Singapore l Rice Community Night
Thursday (10:30 am CT) – Baker Event: Mexico Country Outlook 2027
Thursday (4 pm CT) – Transnational Asia Speaker Series: Nora Yitong Qiu
Friday (12 pm CT) – Rice Anthropology Brown Bag Talk with Travis Pickering
Saturday (1:30 am CT) – India l Bengaluru Brunch and Connect
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, November 9-15
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
North Texas 52, Rice 23:
Second Half Surge Dooms Rice (Rice Athletics)
UNT Wins with Dominant Second Half (UNT Athletics)
Upset Attempt Comes Up Short (The Roost)
UNT's second-half surge sends Rice to 8th straight loss (Chronicle/AP)
American Conference Football:
Week 10 Roundup (The Roost)
College Football:
Week 10 Misery Index (Yahoo Sports)
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:
Rice Defeats Tulane on Senior Day (Rice Owls)
Rice W Tennis:
Saturday Recap (Rice Owls)
Opening Statement Tournament:
Owls Close Tournament Against Richmond (Rice Owls)
Other News
Houston Population Research Center:
Houston’s Asian population surges, but political representation lags (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Question:
First, Steve Gilliland and Andy Williams also correctly answered Thursday’s trivia question!
Next trivia question on Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
A condensed version of the Update is available by email
Corrections, comments and updates welcome

