Tuesday – Louisiana 3, Rice 0 Box l Recap: Rice l LA l Roost
Wednesday – Rice 5, Purdue 2 Box l Recap: Rice l PUR l Roost
Friday – USC 5, Rice 0 Box l Recap: Rice l USC
Saturday (6:30 pm CT) – Rice vs. USC Pregame Meeting
Saturday (8:05 pm CT) – at USC Game Notes: Rice l USC l LS l Radio l TV: BIG+
Probables: RHP Ryland Urbanczyk (0-0, 0.00) and RHP Grant Govel (1-0, 0.00)
Sunday (2:05 pm CT) – at USC Game Notes: Rice l USC l LS l Radio l TV: BIG+
Probables: TBA and RHP Andrew Johnson (1-0, 0.00)
RICE UPDATE
Saturday, February 21, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, February 16-22
Monday-Tuesday – M Golf at Hal Williams Collegiate, Mobile AL
Tuesday (7 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. South Florida TV: ESPN+
Wednesday-Saturday – American Swimming Championship, Greensboro NC
Thursday (11 pm CT) – W Tennis vs. Texas A&M-CC
Friday (12 pm CT) – M Tennis vs. ODU, Murfreesboro TN
Saturday (9 am CT) – M Tennis vs. Utah, Murfreesboro TN
Saturday (12 pm CT) – W Basketball at East Carolina
Sunday (1 pm CT) – M Basketball at Tulane TV: ESPN+
Sunday (2 pm CT) – M Tennis at Middle Tenn
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, February 16-22
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Lecture: Dr Scott Edwards
Monday (12 pm CT) – SRUW & SOLAR l Seminar with Azucena Castro
Tuesday (6:30 pm CT) – Brazos Bookstore: Scott Solomon
Wednesday (1:30 pm CT) – Fondren Library: Archives of Courage
Wednesday (5 pm CT) – Baker Event: Karen Elliott House
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Recent Alumni Run Club
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Meet the Author: Pam Penick '89
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Austin l Alumni Painting with a Twist
Thursday (11:30 am CT) – Boniuk Institute: Reading Religion Salon
Thursday (1 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr Quito J Swan
Thursday (4 pm CT) –Transnational Asia Speaker: Frederick R Dickinson
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Becoming Martian With Scott Solomon
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Carissa Rodriguez
Thursday (6 pm CT) – The Gender Factor: Leadership Double Standards in Tech
Friday (12 pm CT) – Brown Bag Talk with Stephen Molldrem
Friday (12:30 pm CT) – Hudspeth Lecture Series: Noam Lupu
Friday (6:30 pm CT) – We Are Here Film Screening
Saturday (5:30 pm CT) – North Carolina l Research Triangle Social
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Manila in the Claws of Light
Shepherd School Events This Week, February 16-22
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Madison Joins Owls as Cornerbacks Coach (Rice Owls)
Rice Hires Tevin Madison as Corners Coach (The Roost)
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
College Baseball:
Opening Weekend Guide (Baseball America)
Bracketology:
Field of 64 Projections: Preseason Edition (D1Baseball.com)
Other Sports News
Rice Volleyball:
Volpe Agrees to Contract Extension (Rice Owls)
Rice W Basketball:
Owls Open Road Stretch at East Carolina (Rice Owls)
Other News
Center for Space Technologies:
Texas Space Commission approves $14.1 million grant to Rice (TSC News)
Shepherd School Orchestras:
March concerts will spotlight new works, milestone commissions (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
USC baseball assistant coach Sean Allen previously served on Coach David Pierce’s staffs for eleven seasons at San Houston State (2011-14), Tulane (2015-16) and Texas (2017-22). (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Bob Toone, Ted Richard, Andy Williams, John Montana, James Walker, Clarke Anderson, Arthur Rogers, Ann Eldredge, Paul Reese, Betty Bixby, Guy Rollins, Peter Fasullo, Matt Moake, Chris Kohnhorst, Susan Zimmerman, Ann Bixby, Greg Williams, Martha Proctor Gano, George Wagner, Melinda Clark, Boyd Harrison, Mike Ross, Sallie Schwall and Dan Hyde!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome