Rice Baseball This Week, February 23 - March 1
Tuesday – HCU 11, Rice 8 (11) Box l Recap: Rice l HCU l Roost
Friday (6:35 pm CT) – vs. Harvard Game Notes: Rice l HAR l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Sat (4:05 pm CT) – vs. Harvard Game Notes: Rice l HAR l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Sun (12:05 pm CT) – vs. Harvard Game Notes: Rice l HAR l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
RICE UPDATE
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, February 23 - March 1
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – W Basketball at Temple TV: ESPN+
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – M Basketball vs. South Florida TV: ESPN+
Friday-Saturday – American W/M Indoor Track Championships, Birmingham AL
Saturday (11 am CT) – W Tennis vs. Sam Houston
Saturday (1 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. Tulsa TV: ESPN+
Sunday-Tuesday – M Golf at Cabo Collegiate
Sunday (1 pm CT) – M Basketball at Temple TV: ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, February 23 - March 1
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Lecture: Jaime Gonzalez
Monday (12 pm CT) – SRUW l Seminar with Jim Bevan
Monday (5:30 pm CT) – The History Kalb Lecture: Nancy Tomes
Tuesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Briefing Live
Tuesday (6:30 pm CT) – DFW l An Evening of Stories with Portia Hopkins
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – Wellness Wednesday: Kelly Fox
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker: Dr Natanya Duncan
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – NYC l Texas Independence Day Social
Thursday (11:30 am CT) – Boniuk Institute: Reading Religion Salon
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Brains in a Bar with Engineering Dean Luay Nakhleh
Friday-Sunday – Rice Theatre: Sunday in the Park with George
Saturday (6 pm CT) – San Diego l Rice Alumni Social
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Moody Center: Ravena l Spring Fling 2026
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, February 23- March 1
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
Benjamin Rosengard:
One-year Rice baseball letterman Benjamin Rosengard (2002) is on the Team Israel roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
College Baseball News
Christian Hallmark (Thanks, Sten Gustafson '89!):
Yesterday, former Rice batboy and current UTSA centerfielder Christian Hallmark was named American Player of the Week. He is the son of Jada ’01 and Patrick Hallmark ’98. Read more.
Other Sports News
Rice M Basketball:
Turnovers Doom Rice in Loss to South Florida (Rice Owls)
Rally comes up short as Rice falls to South Florida (The Roost)
Other News
Frank Tittel (1933-2026):
Rice professor who advanced laser spectroscopy, dies at 92 (Rice News)
Night at the Museum:
Nearly 700 attend signature graduate recruitment event (Rice News)
The PhD Project:
Rice cuts ties after agreement with federal government (The Rice Thresher)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Question:
Name the two Rice presidents with degrees from Harvard. Email your answer(s) here.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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