Rice Owls basketball
Rice Owls basketball history
Rice University (Houston, TX)
Tudor Fieldhouse
American Athletic Conference (AAC, The American)
Current head coach: Rob Lanier (2024-)
- Assoc. HC: Chris Kreider (2017-19, 2024-)
- Asst: Josten Crow (2024-)
- Asst: Andre Owens (2024-)
- Asst: Jordan Glover (2024-)
- Asst: Nelson Terroba (2024-)
- Asst. AD/DBO: Jeff Martin (2024-)
- Special Asst. to the HC: Jack Schoemann (2024-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 1 (1954)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 4 (1940, 1942, 1954, 1970)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 2-5
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 5 (1943, 1991, 1993, 2004, 2005)
- NIT Overall Record: 1-6
- CBI Appearances: 2 (2017, 2023)
- CBI Overall Record: 2-2
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2012)
- CIT Overall Record: 2-1
Conference Titles (Southwest, WAC, Conference USA, AAC):
- AAC Regular Season Championships: 0
- Southwest Conference Regular Season Championships: 10 (1918, 1935, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1970)
- AAC Tournament Championships: 0
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 1 (Ricky Pierce, 1982)
- AAC Player of the Year: 0
- Conference USA Player of the Year: 1 (Morris Almond, 2007)
- Southwest Player of the Year: 2 (last = Ricky Pierce, 1982)
Rice head coaches:
Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
Rob Lanier | 2024-Pres | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scott Pera | 2017-24 | 96-127 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Rhoades | 2014-17 | 47-52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Braun | 2008-14 | 63-128 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Willis Wilson | 1992-2008 | 218-247 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scott Thompson | 1987-92 | 65-79 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Walcavich (int.) | 1987 | 1-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tommy Suitts | 1981-87 | 63-99 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Schuler | 1977-81 | 30-76 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Polk | 1974-77 | 17-63 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Knodel | 1966-74 | 77-126 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
George Carlisle | 1963-66 | 18-53 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Frankie | 1959-63 | 39-54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Suman | 1949-59 | 132-105 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Joe Davis | 1942-45, 46-49 | 82-47 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Buster Brannon | 1938-42, 45-46 | 85-37 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Jimmy Kitts | 1932-38 | 58-56 | 1 | – | – |
Russell Daugherty | 1927-32 | 25-46 | 0 | – | – |
Franklyn Ashcraft | 1923-24, 25-27 | 4-39 | 0 | – | – |
John P. Nicholson | 1924-25 | 2-12 | 0 | – | – |
Phil Arbuckle | 1922-23 | 10-9 | 0 | – | – |
Howard F. Yerges | 1921-22 | 2-12 | 0 | – | – |
Pete Cawthon | 1920-21 | 5-10 | 0 | – | – |
Leslie Mann | 1919-20 | 6-6 | 0 | – | – |
Wilbur Tisdale | 1917-19 | 14-14 | 1 | – | – |
Robert Cummings | 1914-17 | 30-11 | 0 | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.