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 (8:05 pm CT) – at USC Game Notes: Rice l USC l LS l Radio l TV: BIG+
Probables: LHP Brayden Sharp (1-0, 8.44) and LHP Mason Edwards (1-0, 0.00)
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
Friday, February 20, 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
Player Moves:
Last month, Jon Duplantier signed a contract with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball. This will be his second season in Japan, after playing last season for the Hanshin Tigers. 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:
Playing with Joy: Rice's Secret to Sustained Success (The Roost)
Rice W Tennis:
Women Sweep Islanders (Rice Owls)
Men Set to Compete at Battle in Boro (Rice Owls)
Other News
Best in Class:
Rice Business ranked among top graduate programs (Rice News)
Houston Space Galete:
Rice hosts inaugural reception (Rice News)
Dr Pierre Azzam (1980-2026):
On February 13, Dr Pierre Azzam passed away “after a devastating diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease only one month earlier”. A native Houstonian, he earned a BA in Biology and Psychology from Rice in 2001 and a MD from Baylor College of Medicine in 2005. After teaching at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, he changed course and founded Braver Man Coaching in West Palm Beach FL in 2019 and Coaching for Docs in 2020 to coach physicians. The family takes comfort ‘in knowing that this brilliant and caring person accomplished so much in his short time”. Click here for the obituary.
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
A condensed version of the Update is available by email
Corrections, comments and updates welcome