Rice football held its annual NFL Pro Day for NFL draft prospects, Cheta Ozougwu, Patrick Randolph, Scott Mitchell, and Brandon Long. Below is a photo gallery of the afternoon's action.
March 2011 Archives
With the start of the Final Four in Houston just over a week away, former Rice men's basketball coach and current Executive Director of the R Association Don Knodel reflects on the last time the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship came to Houston and on an early-season meeting that year with UCLA, which gave Knodel and the Owls a clear indication that the Bruins were indeed the team to beat yet again.
LIVE RESULTS - 2011 Victor Lopez Classic
2011 Victor Lopez Classic Heat Sheets in PDF Format 
2011 Victor Lopez Classic Schedule in PDF Format
Rice University hosts the 29th Victor Lopez Classic this weekend on campus at Holloway Field/Ley Track. The meet features competition with a multitude of high schools as well as universities including Rice, Houston, Houston Baptist, Baylor, Texas, Texas Southern, Sam Houston State, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, St. John's, Texas-Pan American, UT-San Antonio, and Huston Tillotson. Action gets underway Friday, March 25 at 10 a.m. with the men's hammer throw, while the running events start at 1:30 p.m. with the 4x100m relays. Saturday's running events finals start at 6 p.m. and conclude with the 4x400m relays at 8:30 p.m. while the women's hammer throw begins at 9:30 a.m. Tickets are $10 per adult and $5 per youth, and can be purchased at the ticket gate at Holloway Field.
The Owls held their first scrimmage of the spring on Friday at Rice Stadium.
Photo Gallery
The Rice women's basketball team (18-13) plays at Missouri State (23-10) Thursday evening in the first round of the WNIT. Action tips off in Springfield, Mo. at 7:05 p.m. (CT).
Fans may watch the contest live on the Internet via this link:
Fans may watch the contest live on the Internet via this link:
The Rice Owls held their fifth practice of their 2011 Spring Drills on Wednesday. They will be back on the field on Friday for their first official scrimmage of the spring.
The Owls pulled on the full pads for the first time in 2011 on Friday, March 11. Here's a quick photo gallery of some of the action....
Spring Practice Day 1 Photo Gallery
The Rice Owls opened their 2011 Spring Practice schedule on Tuesday at Rice Stadium.
David Bailiff and staff will send the Owls through a total of 14 practices leading up to the annual Spring Game on April 9.
Rice at the C-USA Championship
The Owls play either Memphis (No. 6 seed) or Southern Miss (No. 11 seed) on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. (Central) inside Memorial Gym in El Paso, Texas.
Rice is 5-5 all-time in games played at the Conference USA Championship. In 2006 and 2007, the Owls reached the championship game before losing to Tulsa and East Carolina respectively.
Rice's C-USA Championship Results
2006 C-USA Championship
Dallas, Texas (Moody Coliseum) (2 seed)
March 3 Houston (Quarterfinals) W, 79-64
March 4 SMU (Semifinals) W, 57-52
March 5 Tulsa (Championship) L, 55-52
2007 C-USA Championship
Tulsa, Okla. (Reynolds Center) (4 seed)
March 2 UTEP (Quarterfinals) W, 56-46
March 3 Tulane (Semifinals) W, 64-52
March 4 East Carolina (Championship) L, 79-70
2008 C-USA Championship
Orlando, Fla. (UCF Arena) (9 seed)
March 6 East Carolina (First Round)
W, 69-55
March 7 UTEP (Quarterfinals) L, 80-71
2009 C-USA Championship
New Orleans, La. (Fogelman Arena)
(12 seed)
March 5 UCF (First Round) L, 66-64
2010 C-USA Championship
Tulsa, Okla. (Reynolds Center)
(7 seed)
March 8 UTEP (First Round) L, 62-61
History Lesson on UTEP's Memorial Gymnasium
Memorial Gym (capacity 5,200), which now houses the UTEP volleyball program, has a storied basketball history to it. The venue was the home of the Miners' men's basketball team for many years, including the 1966 NCAA Championship Team. The UTEP women's basketball team compiled a combined mark of 75-74 at the venue from the program's inception in 1974-75 through the conclusion of the 1990-91 season. The Miner women played a total of 35 games at the Don Haskins Center (then known as Special Events Center) during that timeframe, going 14-21. UTEP moved into the DHC full time for the start of the 1991-92 season.
Spring Practices are open to the public. All dates and times subject to change
| Practice # | Day | Date |
| 1 | Tuesday | March 8 |
| 2 | Wednesday | March 9 |
| 3 | Friday | March 11 |
| Sunday | March 13 Football Banquet | |
| 4 | Tuesday | March 15 |
| 5 | Wednesday | March 16 |
| 6 | Friday | March 18 SCRIMMAGE |
| 7 | Saturday | March 19 |
| 8 | Tuesday | March 22 |
| 9 | Wednesday | March 23 |
| 10 | Tuesday | March 29 |
| 11 | Wednesday | March 30 |
| 12 | Friday | April 1 SCRIMMAGE |
| 13 | Tuesday | April 5 |
| 14 | Thursday | April 7 |
| Friday | April 8 Rice FB Golf Tournament | |
| 15 | Saturday | April 9 SPRING GAME |
T. Jay Collins, who earned All SWC honors as a defensive end at Rice in 1967 and then rose through the ranks to become President and CEO of Oceaneering International Inc., is the newest member of the Rice University Board of Trustees.
Oceaneering International CEO Collins joins Rice University board
Collins was named captain of the Owls in his senior season and went on to winthe Bob Quin Award as Rice's Outstanding Senior Student Athlete in 1968.
MLB.com will not be offering the games this weekend from Minute Maid Park.
Because of the installation of the new video board system at Minute Maid, there will not be a feed made availble for OwlVision to offer the games through our service.
Live audio broadcast of all Owls games will be available on RiceOwls.com and fans can also follow along on GameTracker by clicking on the following links:
Note: all game times are approximate. Actual game time will be 55 minutes after the conclusion of the previous game, or the posted time--whichever is later. Stay tuned to RiceOwls.com or our twitter feed @riceowlsdotcom for the latest updates on starting times, etc.Earlier this week, the senior members of Rice University's basketball team - Bryan Beasley, Suleiman Braimoh, Cory Pflieger and Trey Stanton - took a break from practices during spring break, to sit down and look back on their careers. Trey Stanton actually interviewed his three teammates and was later interviewed for this piece by Bryan Beasley.
Here's a video look at some of their memories as well as thoughts about their senior teammates and advice for the next generation of Rice Owls.
