Rice Owls

**Rice Owls**

School Name:	Rice University
Location:	Houston, Texas
Arena:	Tudor Fieldhouse
Capacity:	5,208
Conference:	American Athletic Conference
Head coach:	Ben Braun

The Rice Owls men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball program of Rice University. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in the American Athletic Conference. It previously participated in the Southwest Conference (1914-1996), the Western Athletic Conference (1996-2005), and Conference USA (2005–2023).

History[]

Head Coach	Years	Win-Loss	Pct.
Robert Cummings	1914-1917	30-11	.732
Wilbur Tisdale	1917-1919	14-14	.500
Leslie Mann	1919-1920	6-6	.500
Pete Cawthon	1920-1921	5-10	.333
Howard Yerges	1921-1922	2-12	.143
Phillip Arbuckle	1922-1923	10-9	.526
Franklyn Ashcraft	1923-1924	3-17	.150
John Patrick Nicholson	1924-1925	2-12	.143
Franklyn Ashcraft	1925-1927	1-22	.043
Russell Daugherty	1927-1932	28-50	.359
James Kitts	1932-1938	39-46	.459
Buster Brannon	1938-1942	68-20	.773
Joe Davis	1942-1945	52-10	.839
Buster Brannon	1945-1946	10-11	.476
Joe Davis	1946-1949	30-42	.417
Don Suman	1949-1959	132-105	.557
John Frankie	1959-1963	39-54	.419
George Carlisle	1963-1966	18-53	.254
Don Knodel	1966-1974	77-126	.379
Bob Polk	1974-1977	17-63	.212
Mike Schuler	1977-1981	30-76	.283
Tommy Suitts	1981-1987	63-99	.389
Scott Thomson	1987-1992	65-79	.451
Willis Wilson	1992-2008	218-247	.469
Ben Braun	2008-present	16-29	.356

Morris Almond (2007-09)
Ken Austin (1983-84)
Bill Closs (1949-52)
Brock Gillespie (2006-07)
Mike Harris (2008-10)
Bill Henry (1948-50)
Bob Kinney (1949-50)
Ricky Pierce (1982-97)
Brent Scott (1996-97)
Mike Wilks (2002-09)

Rice University has retired one jersey.

Retired basketball jerseys
Number	Player	Years played
??	Bill Closs^[1]	1939–43