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2017–18 Rice Owls men's basketball team

2017–18 Rice Owls men's basketball
Rice Owls logo.svg
Conference Conference USA
2017–18 record 3–9 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coach Scott Pera (1st season)
Assistant coach Chris Kreider
Assistant coach Mark Linebaugh
Assistant coach Omar Mance
Home arena Tudor Fieldhouse
Seasons
← 2016–17
2018–19 →
2017–18 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Western Kentucky 2 0   1.000     10 5   .667
Marshall 1 0   1.000     10 4   .714
Middle Tennessee 1 0   1.000     9 4   .692
UTSA 1 0   1.000     8 6   .571
North Texas 1 0   1.000     8 6   .571
Old Dominion 0 0       9 3   .750
Florida Atlantic 0 0       6 6   .500
FIU 0 0       6 7   .462
Charlotte 0 0       4 7   .364
UAB 0 1   .000     9 5   .643
Louisiana Tech 0 1   .000     9 5   .643
UTEP 0 1   .000     5 8   .385
Rice 0 1   .000     3 11   .214
Southern Miss 0 2   .000     7 8   .467
2018 C-USA Tournament winner
As of December 27, 2017; 

The 2017–18 Rice Owls men's basketball team represents Rice University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by first-year head coach Scott Pera, play their home games at Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas as members of Conference USA.

The Owls finished the 2016–17 season 23–12, 11–7 in C-USA play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Southern Miss in the first round of the C-USA Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to UTEP. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated San Francisco in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to Utah Valley.

On March 21, 2017, head coach Mike Rhoades resigned to become the head coach at VCU. He finished at Rice with a three-year record of 47–52. On March 23, the school promoted assistant coach Scott Pera to head coach.

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2017–18 Rice Owls women's basketball team


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