Rice Baseball This Week, March 9-15
Tuesday – UH 13, Rice 1 Box l Recap: Rice l UH l Roost
Friday (2 pm CT) – vs. SMC, Phoenix Game Notes: Rice l SMC l LS l Radio
Probables: TBA and TBA
Friday (7 pm CT) – vs. GCU, Phoenix Game Notes: Rice l GCU l LS l Radio
Probables: TBA and TBA
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Phoenix: Rice Alumni Meetup & Baseball Game
Saturday (7 pm CT) – vs. GCU, Phoenix Game Notes: Rice l GCU l LS l Radio
Probables: TBA and TBA
Sunday (1 pm CT) – vs. SMC, Phoenix Game Notes: Rice l SMC l LS l Radio
Probables: TBA and TBA
RICE UPDATE
Thursday, March 12, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, March 9-15
Monday-Wednesday – NCAA Zone D Diving Championships, College Station
Tuesday-Saturday – American W Basketball Championship, Birmingham
Thursday-Saturday – CSCAA National Invitational, Ocala FL
Friday-Saturday – NCAA W/M Indoor Track Championships, Fayetteville
Friday (3:50 pm CT) – W Basketball Send-Off, Sheraton Birmingham Hotel
Friday (4 pm CT) – M Tennis at FAU
Friday (4:15 pm CT) – Pre-Match Social, Sheraton Birmingham Hotel Register
Friday (6 pm CT) – W Basketball Houston Watch Party, Jay-Bar-M Barbecue
Friday (6:30 pm CT) – Friends of Fondren Library Gala
Saturday (10 am CT) – W Tennis vs. Charlotte, New Orleans
Sunday (11 AM CT) – W Tennis at Tulane
Sunday (12:30 pm CT) – M Tennis at South Florida
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, March 9-15
Monday – Boniuk Institute: RPLC
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Lecture: Dr Mollie Simonis
Monday (12 pm CT) – Moody Center: Leslie Hewitt
Monday (12 pm CT) – SHRUW & REA Seminar with Luay Nakhleh
Monday (5 pm CT) – DFW l Medical Networking Social
Monday (5:30 pm CT) – Katherine Tsanoff Brown Lecture Series: William Wallace
Tuesday (12 pm CT) – Sociology Speaker Series: Dr Forrest Stuart
Tuesday (6:45 pm CT) – Houston l Rice Night at the Rodeo
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Reclaiming Your Financial Future
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni March Virtual Book Club: Juliet Nicolson
Thursday (11:30 am CT) – Boniuk Institute: Reading Religion Salon
Thursday (12:30 pm CT) – CELAS: Goya Boycott
Thursday (4 pm CT) – Women’s History Month Lecture with Antoinette Burton
Thursday (7:30 pm CT) – DeLange Conference Keynote Address: David Eagleman
Friday (11:30 am CT) – Baker Event: Arati Prabhaka
Friday (4 pm CT) – Department of Philosophy Lecture: Dana Kay Nelkin
Friday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: The Ballad of Suzanne Cesaire
Friday (7 pm CT) – DeLange Conference “Free Rein”
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, March 9-15
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
Rice Baseball:
The NCAA has started posting RPI rankings here. Through Sunday (March 8), Rice’s RPI ranking was 91.
Other Sports News
Bryan Blair:
ESPN is reporting that Syracuse is targeting Toledo athletic director Bryan Blair as the school’s new athletic director. Previously, he served various roles at Rice including Senior Associate AD.
Rice Swimming:
Owls Close 2026 Season at Diving Zones (Rice Owls)
Owls Set for CSCAA National Invitational (Rice Owls)
Other News
Shepherd School:
Orchestras draw dedicated audiences (Rice News)
Black History Month:
Rice wraps 100-year anniversary (Rice News)
Student Assault:
Student assaulted near campus; suspect detained (The Rice Thresher)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Question:
First, Frank Jones and Don Schaffer also correctly answered Tuesday’s trivia question!
Name the current Rice head coach who was inducted into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame and into his alma mater’s Hall of Fame in the same year. Email your answer here.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
A condensed version of the Update is available by email
Corrections, comments and updates welcome