Rice Baseball This Week, February 9-15
Friday (2:30 pm CT) – vs. Northwestern GN: Rice l NU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: LHP Brayden Sharp and RHP Sam Hliboki
Friday (6:30 pm CT) – vs. Northwestern GN: Rice l NU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: RHP Ryland Urbanczyk and RHP Garrett Shearer
Sunday (1:05 pm CT) – vs. Northwestern GN: Rice l NU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: LHP Anthony Diaz and RHP Matt Kouser
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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 M Basketball:
Rice Wins Battle of Owls over Florida Atlantic (Rice Owls)
Rice Holds Off FAU in Home Win (The Roost)
Rice W Tennis:
Owls Host Midweek Matchup against UTSA (Rice Owls)
Other News
Friends of Fondren Library:
Celebration honors Rice authors, artists and composers for 2025 works (Rice News)
'World at Play':
Conference turned soccer into space for connection, conversation, care (Rice News)
Joyce Farwell (1936-2026):
Farwell remembered as guiding force for singers at Shepherd School (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Question:
First, way to go to Larry Nettles who also correctly answered Tuesday's trivia question!
Name the Northwestern graduate who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize and the National Medal of Arts. Email your answer here.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome