RICE UPDATE
Saturday, February 14, 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 (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
Rice Football:
Madison Joins Owls as Cornerbacks Coach (Rice Owls)
Rice Hires Tevin Madison as Corners Coach (The Roost)
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
College Baseball:
Opening Weekend Guide (Baseball America)
Bracketology:
Field of 64 Projections: Preseason Edition (D1Baseball.com)
Other Sports News
Rice W Basketball:
Owls Dominate in Win Over WIchita State (RIce Owls)
Rice Shuts Down Wichita State Shockers (The Roost)
Rice M Basketball:
Rice Goes for Season Sweep of East Carolina (Rice Owls)
Rice Volleyball:
Owls Announce 2026 Spring Schedule (Rice Owls)
Other News
John Doerr '73:
Rice engineering alumnus elected to National Academy of Engineering (Rice News)
Moody Center:
Raveena to headline Spring Fling outdoor music concert (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Northwestern graduate Saul Bellow ‘37 won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1976, Humboldt’s Gift), the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature and the National Medal of Arts. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
This weekend, the Rice baseball team hosts the Wildcats in a three-game set at Reckling Park.
Way to go, Ted Richard, Ann Bixby, John Montana, Anne Eldredge, Bob Toone, Andy Williams, Arthur Rogers, Clarke Anderson, Russell Henderson, Art Gottschalk, Chris Kohnhorst, Guy Rollins, Ty Buthod, Greg Williams, Betty Bixby, Paul Reese, Kirwin Drouet, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Susan Zimmerman, Jeff Ross, Martha Proctor Gano, Melinda Clark, Boyd Harrison, Dan Hyde, Peter Fasullo, Sallie Schwall, Richard Zansitis, Mike Ross, James Walker, Larry Nettles and Brian Lattimer!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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