Rice Mens Basketball Schedule Complete

HOUSTON, TEXAS (September 3, 2008) Rice University has announced its Conference USA basketball slate, completing its 2008-09 schedule.

The 2009 C-USA schedule mirrors the teams played last year. Again this year, Rice plays home-and-home series with East Carolina, Houston, SMU, Tulane and UCF.

In addition to home-and-home series, the Owls played three league opponents at home and three on the road last year and the sites for those games will be flipped for the 2009 season. The Owls will also play host to Southern Miss, Tulsa and UTEP while traveling to Marshall, Memphis and UAB in 2009.

Rice will open C-USA play at Tulane on Jan. 10 before playing back-to-back home games against SMU and UCF (Jan. 14 and Jan. 17).

The league schedule takes the Owls to defending Conference USA champion Memphis on Jan. 24. Rice plays at crosstown rival Houston on Feb. 7 and plays host to the Cougars on Feb. 28.

Rice closes out regular-season league play March 7 against Tulsa. The Conference USA Tournament is slated for March 11-14 in Memphis, Tenn.

Earlier this summer, Rice released its nonconference schedule which includes home games against Oklahoma and Texas A&M. The Owls open the 2008-09 season against 2008 NCAA Tournament participant Portland State on Nov. 15th.

Season tickets for the return of basketball to the Rice campus and Tudor Fieldhouse can be reserved with a $57 deposit per ticket. For more information on season tickets, fans may go to the ticket link at RiceOwls.com or by calling the Rice Owls Ticket Office at (713) 522-6957.