College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Thursday, November 5, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, November 2-8
Monday (5:30 pm CT) – M Basketball vs. Dallas Christian ESPN+
Monday (8:25 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. Houston Christian ESPN+
Thursday-Sunday – W Tennis at ITA Sectionals, Fort Worth
Thursday (7 pm CT) – M Basketball vs. East Texas A&M ESPN+
Friday-Saturday (TBA) – Swimming vs. UH/Tulane at UH
Friday (TBD) – W Basketball at Murray State
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball at UTSA
Saturday (12 pm CT) – Pregame Football Tailgate
Saturday (3 pm CT) – Football at UNT Radio l ESPNU l Game Notes: Rice l UNT
Sunday (12 pm CT) – Volleyball at Temple
Sunday (1:30 pm CT) – W Basketball at Richmond
Sunday (4 pm CT) – #4 Rice vs. #5 UTSA, American Conference Soccer Quarterfinal ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, November 2-8
Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Until November 7 – Sarofim Gallery: Off the Press/Off the Wall
Monday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Joni Sue Lane Lecture Series: Ellen Ochoa
Tuesday (6 pm CT) – RCEL: Ethical Decisions: The Engineer’s Responsibility
Tuesday (6 pm CT) – Brains in a Bar: Caroline Levander '95
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr Marcia Lima
Wednesday (2 pm CT) – ARC Groundbreaking Ceremony
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play That Funky Music, Woodson
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Houston Impact Series: Dr Anne Chao
Thursday (12 pm CT) – Rice Space Lecture Series: Denizhan Yavas
Thursday (4 pm CT) – Thompson Lecture Series: Xiao-Li Meng
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – Nader Khalili
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Public Film Screening: Sudan, Remember Us
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Julia Haft-Candell
Thursday (6 pm CT) – FED Dallas Event with DesRoches brothers
Friday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Dust in the Wind
Fri (7 pm CT) – Moody Center: Film Screening: Ancient Beacons Long for Notice
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Rebels of the Neon God
Sunday (7 pm CT) – North Carolina l Alumni Social
Shepherd School Events This Week, November 2-8
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
The Kubiak Family:
Click here for an ESPN story about how Gary Kubiak, Coach Pierce’s brother-in-law, paved the way for his sons, Klint, Klay and Klein in the NFL. Klein graduated from Rice in 2014 where he was a four-year football letterman (2010-11-12-13).
Owls in the NFL:
Week 8 Roundup (The Roost)
Rice Football:
Mean Green Welcoming Rice for Homecoming Game (UNT Athletics)
Professional Baseball News
Playoff Baseball:
Last night, the Brewers defeated the Dodgers, 6-4, to sweep the best-of-seven NL Championship Series, 4-0. Danny Lehmann is the Bench Coach for the Dodgers.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Reckling's Roost Upgraded to Club 37 (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice M Basketball:
Game Preview: East Texas A&M (Rice Owls)
Rice Soccer:
Adams Named 2026-27 Kay Yow Servant Leader (Rice Owls)
Rice W Tennis:
Owls Set for Busy Weekend (Rice Owls)
Other News
Rice Center for Voting:
Rice researchers turn new space into laboratory for democracy (Rice News)
DOE Early Career Awards:
Rice professors receive DOE Early Career Awards (Rice News)
Brock Wagner '87:
Saint Arnold Brewing to axe IPA after 22 years (Rice Owls)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Question:
Name the Men’s Basketball program that recorded a win over a Power conference opponent for the first time in its history on Tuesday night. For a bonus point, name the opponent. Email your answer(s) here.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
A condensed version of the Update is available by email
Corrections, comments and updates welcome