2023–24 Rice Owls men's basketball team

2023–24 Rice Owls men's basketball
2023–24 Rice Owls men's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	6–10 (0–3 AAC)
Head coach	Scott Pera (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Van Green; Greg Howell; Russ Pennell;
Home arena	Tudor Fieldhouse

2023–24 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 10 Memphis	4	–	0	1.000	15	–	2	.882
North Texas	3	–	0	1.000	10	–	5	.667
No. 23 Florida Atlantic	3	–	1	.750	13	–	4	.765
Charlotte	3	–	1	.750	9	–	7	.563
SMU	2	–	1	.667	11	–	5	.688
South Florida	2	–	1	.667	9	–	5	.643
UAB	2	–	1	.667	10	–	6	.625
Tulane	2	–	2	.500	11	–	5	.688
East Carolina	2	–	2	.500	9	–	8	.529
Temple	1	–	3	.250	8	–	9	.471
UTSA	1	–	3	.250	7	–	10	.412
Wichita State	0	–	3	.000	8	–	8	.500
Rice	0	–	3	.000	6	–	10	.375
Tulsa	0	–	4	.000	9	–	7	.563

† 2024 AAC tournament winner As of January 14, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023–24 Rice Owls men's basketball team represents Rice University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, led by seventh-year head coach Scott Pera, play their home games at Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas as first-year members of the American Athletic Conference.

Previous season

The Owls finished the 2022–23 season 19–16, 8–12 in C-USA play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the C-USA tournament, they defeated UTSA before losing to UAB. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Duquesne before losing to Southern Utah in quarterfinals.

This was the last season for the team as members of Conference USA before joining the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2023.^[1]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Jaden Geron	0	G	6'8"	175	Sophomore	Fresno, CA	Transferred to Montana
Seryee Lewis	1	F	6'9"	245	Sophomore	Chicago, IL	Transferred
Quincy Olivari	4	G	6'3"	200	Junior	Atlanta, GA	Transferred to Xavier
Mason Jones	10	G	6'4"	200	Freshman	Chicago, IL	Transferred to New Orleans
Ben Moffat	12	F	6'8"	225	Junior	Wichita Falls, TX	Walk-on; left the team due to personal reasons
Reed Myers	14	G	6'0"	180	Junior	Phoenix, AZ	Walk-on; left the team due to personal reasons
Damion McDowell Jr.	20	F	6'6"	190	Sophomore	Inglewood, CA	TBD
Jake Lieppert	24	G	6'4"	200	Junior	Scottsdale, AZ	Transferred to Minot State

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Sam Alajiki	0	F	6'7"	230	Junior	Dundalk, Ireland	California
Noah Shelby	1	G	6'3"	180	Sophomore	McKinney, TX	Vanderbilt
Anthony Selden	4	G	6'6"	220	Senior	Boston, MA	Garder–Webb

Recruiting classes

2023 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Keanu Dawes #20 PF	Houston, TX	Stratford High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Oct 11, 2022
Keanu Dawes #20 PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 82
Gabe Warren #31 PF	Glendale, AZ	Dream City Christian	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Oct 21, 2022
Gabe Warren #31 PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 80
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2023 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2023–24 Rice Owls men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Sam Alajiki	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	St. Benedict's Prep California	Dundalk, Ireland
G	1	Noah Shelby	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Greenhill School Vanderbilt	McKinney, TX
G	2	Mekhi Mason	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Compass Prep	Gilbert, AZ
G	3	Travis Evee	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Vermont Academy VMI	Randolph, MA
G	4	Anthony Selden	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Tilton School Garder–Webb	Boston, MA
G/F	5	Cameron Sheffield	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Chattahoochee HS	Alpharetta, GA
G	10	Cole Andrews-Heitz (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Rouse HS	Lenader, TX
C	11	Ifeanyi Ufchukwu	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	So	Covenant Day School (NC)	Benin City, Nigeria
G	12	Camp Wagner	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Link Prep Academy (MO)	Dallas, TX
F	13	Andrew Akuchie	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	St. Thomas Aquinas HS	Fort Lauderdale, FL
F	15	Max Fiedler	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Melbourne HS	Indialantic, FL
G	21	Gabe Warren	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	John Paul II HS	Plano, TX
G	22	Jackson Peakes (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS So	St. John's HS	Houston, TX
G	23	Alem Huseinovic	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	PHHoenix Prep Nevada	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
F	24	Keanu Dawes	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Stratford HS	Stratford, TX
F	30	George Perkins (W)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Fr	Sidwell Friends School	Washington, D.C.

Head coach

Scott Pera (Penn State)

Assistant coach(es)

Van Green (Rice)
Greg Howell (Waldorf)
Russ Pennell (Central Arkansas)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2023* 7:00 p.m.	Clayton State	W 80–57		11 – Evee	11 – Fielder	3 – Shelby	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	St. Thomas (TX)	W 101–57	1–0	17 – Alajiki	11 – Fiedler	6 – Fiedler	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,746) Houston, TX
November 10, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Harvard	L 76–89	1–1	20 – Mason	9 – Fiedler	5 – Tied	Tudor Fieldhouse (2,474) Houston, TX
November 15, 2023* 8:00 p.m., LHN	at No. 19 Texas	L 64–80	1–2	17 – Selden	6 – Mason	5 – Fiedler	Moody Center (10,554) Austin, TX
November 21, 2023* 5:30 p.m.	vs. Indiana State Ball Dawgs Classic	L 88–103	1–3	25 – Evee	12 – Fiedler	6 – Fiedler	Dollar Loan Center Henderson, NV
November 22, 2023* 8:45 p.m.	vs. New Mexico Ball Dawgs Classic	L 56–90	1–4	17 – Mason	7 – Fielder	3 – Tied	Dollar Loan Center Henderson, NV
November 24, 2023* 3:15 p.m.	vs. UC Irvine Ball Dawgs Classic	L 68–83	1–5	17 – Evee	9 – Fiedler	4 – Fiedler	Dollar Loan Center Henderson, NV
November 30, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	UT Martin	W 98–78	2–5	29 – Evee	11 – Fiedler	6 – Fiedler	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,656) Houston, TX
December 2, 2023* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	Houston Christian	W 65–56	3–5	18 – Evee	12 – Fiedler	10 – Fiedler	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,730) Houston, TX
December 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at No. 3 Houston Rivalry	L 39–75	3–6	10 – Huseinovic	6 – Mason	2 – Tied	Fertitta Center (7,159) Houston, TX
December 13, 2023* 11:15 a.m., ESPN+	Incarnate Word	W 80–57	4–6	29 – Evee	10 – Fiedler	4 – Fiedler	Tudor Fieldhouse (3,466) Houston, TX
December 16, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Northwestern State	W 76–51	5–6	16 – Fiedler	8 – Tied	5 – Fiedler	Prather Coliseum (333) Natchitoches, LA
December 20, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Prairie View A&M	W 82–56	6–6	28 – Evee	14 – Fiedler	4 – Tied	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,717) Houston, TX
December 22, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Louisiana	L 67–84	6–7	18 – Tied	7 – Dawes	4 – Mason	Tudor Fieldhouse (2,232) Houston, TX
AAC regular season
January 3, 2024 8:00 p.m., ESPNU	at Tulane	L 59–84	6–8 (0–1)	14 – Evee	6 – Fiedler	4 – Evee	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,232) New Orleans, LA
January 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	UTSA	L 82–89 ^OT	6–9 (0–2)	25 – Evee	12 – Fiedler	8 – Fiedler	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,424) Houston, TX
January 12, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	at South Florida	L 73–81	6–10 (0–3)	18 – Mason	19 – Fiedler	4 – Tied	Yuengling Center (4,107) Tampa, FL
January 16, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Charlotte						Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX
January 20, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Temple						Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
January 24, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Florida Atlantic						Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX
January 27, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	Tulsa						Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX
January 31, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Memphis						FedExForum Memphis, TN
February 3, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UTSA						Convocation Center San Antonio, TX
February 7, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	SMU						Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX
February 10, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	South Florida						Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX
February 17, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Tulsa						Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK
February 21, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UAB						Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL
February 24, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPNU	East Carolina						Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX
February 28, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	Temple						Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX
March 2, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Wichita State						Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS
March 6, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Charlotte						Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
March 9, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	North Texas						Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX
AAC Tournament
March 13–17, 2024 TBA	vs. TBA						Dickies Arena Fort Worth, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Source^[2]

References

↑ "Rice to begin play in American Athletic Conference next year". Rice University. October 16, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
↑ "2023-24 Men's Basketball Schedule". Rice University Athletics. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

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[1] "Rice to begin play in American Athletic Conference next year". Rice University. October 16, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.

[2] "2023-24 Men's Basketball Schedule". Rice University Athletics. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting classes

2023 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References