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
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Wednesday, February 11, 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
Klint Kubiak:
On Monday, Klint Kubiak was named Head Coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. He is the brother of 4-year Rice football letterman Klein Kubiak ’14 (2010-11-12-13) and the nephew of Coach Pierce. Read more.
Super Bowl:
The Thresher predicts the Super Bowl (The Rice Thresher, February 3, 2026)
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
The NCBWA Preseason Top 25 Poll:
In its preseason Top 25 poll released on Tuesday, top ranked by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association were LSU (#1), UCLA (#2), Texas (#3), Georgia Tech (#4) and Arkansas (#5).
Other Sports News
Rice Athletics:
Owls Host First-Ever MLK Jr Day Educational Trip to Galveston (Rice Owls)
Conference Honors:
Malikova Named American Track Athlete of the Week (Rice Owls)
Dyson and Archibald Sweep Swimming Honors (Rice Owls)
Rice Golf:
Watson Ties for Fourth at Bentwater Intercollegiate (Rice Owls)
Rice W Basketball:
Owls Rally Past North Texas for 16th Straight Win (Rice Owls)
Resilient Owls Rally Past North Texas (The Roost)
Rice M Basketball:
Owls Begin Homestand against Florida Atlantic (Rice Owls)
Other News
Lilie Idea Lab:
Lilie announces Rice Innovation Fellows cohort (Rice News)
Larry McIntire:
Founding chair of Rice Bioengineering dies at 85 (The Rice Thresher)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Coach Lindsay Edmonds is the fastest coach to win a conference title in Rice Women’s Basketball program history. She achieved this milestone by leading the Owls to the American Athletic Conference (AAC) title during the 2023-2024 season, which was her third year at the helm. Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Last night, the Rice Women’s Basketball team rallied past North Texas for its 16th straight win, 70-68.
Way to go, Andy Williams, Ann Bixby, Steve Lukingbeal, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Ted Richard, Anne Eldredge, Jeff Ross, Susan Zimmerman, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, John Montana, Clarke Anderson, Walt Greenberg, Arthur Rogers, Chris Kohnhorst, Melinda Clark, Guy Rollins, Nancy Bailey, Martha Proctor Gano, Kirkwood Johnston, Betty Bixby, Paul Reese, Greg Williams, David Gano, Sallie Schwall, Ben Mayberry, Mike Ross, Boyd Harrison, Peter Fasullo, Brian Lattimer and James Walker!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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