Rice Baseball This Week, February 9-15
Friday (6:35 pm CT) – vs. Northwestern GN: Rice l NU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Saturday (4:05 pm CT) – vs. Northwestern GN: Rice l NU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Sunday (1:05 pm CT) – vs. Northwestern GN: Rice l NU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
RICE UPDATE
Monday, February 9, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, February 9-15
Monday-Tuesday – M Golf at Bentwater Incollegiate, Montgomery TX
Monday-Saturday – M Tennis at 25K PTT, GRBTC
Tuesday (8 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. North Texas TV: ESPNU
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – M Basketball vs. Florida Atlantic TV: ESPN+
Friday – W/M Track at Howie Ryan Invite, UH
Friday-Saturday – W/M Track at Tyson Invitational, Fayetteville AR
Friday ( 7 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. Wichita State TV: ESPN+
Saturday (11 am CT) – W Tennis vs. UTSA
Saturday (1 pm CT) – M Basketball vs. East Carolina TV: ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, February 9-15
Monday – Shenzen l Chinese New Year Celebration
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Lecture: Dr Arjun Khakhar
Monday (12 pm CT) – SRUW l Seminar with Brielle Bryan
Tuesday (12 pm CT) – Sociology Speaker Series: Dr Irene Vega
Tuesday (7 pm CT) – RUCAA l Virtual Lecture: Sidney X Lu
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Lorraine K Lee
Wednesday (5 pm CT) – Philadelphia l Evening with Omar Syed
Wednesday (5:30 pm CT) – Online Cooking Class: Owlentine’s
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni February Virtual Book Club: Virginia Evans
Thursday (5 pm CT) – Boston l Evening with Omar Syed
Thursday (6:30 pm CT) – Hoots and Hobbies: Make Your Own Lotion Bar
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, February 9-15
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Super Bowl:
Last night, Seattle defeated New England 29-13 in Super Bowl LX in Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara CA. Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak is the brother of 4-year Rice football letterman Klein Kubiak '14 (2010-11-12-13) and the nephew of Coach Pierce. Ten years ago, Klein and Klint’s father Gary Kubiak – Coach Pierce’s brother-in-law - won Super Bowl 50 in the same stadium as head coach of Denver.
The president of the Patriots is Jonathan Kraft. He is married to Patti Lipoma Kraft ’87 who is a member of the Rice Board of Trustees. Also, they were the lead donors for the Kraft Hall for Social Sciences on campus.
Professional Baseball News
Tristan Gray:
On November 18, 2025, Tampa Bay traded Tristan Gray to Boston. Yesterday, Boston traded him to Minnesota. Read more.
College Baseball News
Cowboy Collegiate League:
Galveston is getting a new collegiate baseball team this summer (Chron.com)
Other Sports News
Rice M Basketball:
Rice Drops Tough Game at UAB (Rice Owls)
Rice Falters Late in Loss to UAB (The Roost)
Rice M Golf:
Owls Send Trio to Bentwater Intercollegiate (Rice Owls)
Other News
Project Matis:
Great minds to focus on brain health (Houston Chronicle)
Warren Clyborne (1963-2026):
On January 21, Warren Clyborne passed away. Born in Minnesota, he earned a BS in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from Rice in 1985 and a MBA from UCLA in 1995. He worked for H-P in San Francisco and Europe and then enjoyed a second career as a teacher and a security software instructor. Also, he was a biking enthusiast and he enjoyed learning foreign languages. Click here for the obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Coach Todd Graham was the first Rice head football coach to reach a bowl game in his initial season, taking the Owls to the New Orleans Bowl in 2006. “Then he left.”
Way to go, Bev Schorre (3), Bryant Wilkinson (3), Nancy Bailey (2), Tre Fischer (2), Andy Williams (3), Mary Jane Kinnebrew (2), Art Gottschalk (3), Paul Reese (3), Vicki Bretthauer (2), Mike Ross (3), John Montana (3), Bob Toone (3), Ann Bixby (3), Grungy (3), Anne Eldredge (3), Steve Gilliland (3), Randy Schaffer (2), Dan Hyde (3), Arthur Rogers (3), Russell Henderson (3), Josh Schaffer (3), Guy Rollins (3), Ty Buthod (3), Jeff Ross (3), Joe Quoyeser (2), David Gano (2), Ben Mayberry (3), Betty Bixby (3), Chris Kohnhorst (3), Bill Eiland, Martha Proctor Gano (3), Melinda Clark (3), James Walker (3), Richard Zansitis (3), Nancy Burch (3), Sallie Schwall (3), Ted Richard (3), Greg Williams (3), Walt Greenberg (2), Bob Reinhold (3), Larry Nettles (2), Kirwin Drouet (3), Jimmy Walts (3), David Ownby (3), Brian Lattimer! and Brian Ford (3)!
Final trivia leaderboards tomorrow.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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