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
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 Tennis:
Owls Remain Undefeated against UTSA (Rice Owls)
Rice Track:
Weekend Preview: Women l Men (Rice Owls)
Rice W Basketball:
Rice Hosts Wichita State for Play4Kay Game (Rice Owls)
Other News
Virani School:
Virani School launches new marketing concentration (Rice News)
Spanish Village:
Beloved Houston restaurant to return (Houston Chronicle)
Grant Grueneich (1942-2026):
On January 28, Grant Grueneich passed away. Born in California, he earned a BA (’64) and a BS (’65) in Electrical Engineering from Rice. After military service, he worked for thirty-seven years for CenterPoint Energy and HLP. Also, he enjoyed many hobbies including photography, music, fishing and building electronics. He is survived by, among others, his wife of fifty-eight years, Nada. Click here for the obituary.
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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