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SPORTS 29 minutes ago

WBB fall to USF in the AAC Championship Final

By Diego Palos Rodriguez

Despite making it to the AAC Championship final for the second year in a row, the Rice women’s basketball team was unable to capture their second-straight title, losing to the University of South Florida 69-62. This was also the second year in a row that the Owls started the tournament in the second round, being ranked tenth and ninth in the conference, respectively.

SPORTS 29 minutes ago

WBB fall to USF in the AAC Championship Final

By Diego Palos Rodriguez

Despite making it to the AAC Championship final for the second year in a row, the Rice women’s basketball team was unable to capture their second-straight title, losing to the University of South Florida 69-62. This was also the second year in a row that the Owls started the tournament in the second round, being ranked tenth and ninth in the conference, respectively.

SPORTS 3/4/25 11:17pm

Men’s Tennis 7-4 leading up to conference matches

By Ana Rivera

The Rice men’s tennis team is midway through their season, ranked No. 65 according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association with a record of 7-4. The team is back in Houston with three upcoming matches at home after spending the weekend in La Jolla, California for the Pacific Coast Doubles Championship.

SPORTS 3/4/25 11:16pm

Meet football’s 2025 early enrollees

By Diego Palos Rodriguez

This spring semester, Rice football welcomed a number of new players to the program. Seven of them are early enrollees, graduating from their respective high schools a semester early and matriculating at Rice before any of the other Class of 2025 recruits. 

SPORTS 2/18/25 10:47pm

Communications veteran Chuck Pool powers Rice sports

By Andersen Pickard

In an office nestled near the elevator on the ground floor of Tudor Fieldhouse, Chuck Pool taps away at his keyboard, vowing to answer a few more emails before fielding questions from the Thresher. This is standard practice for Pool. The assistant athletic director and head of athletic communications has seemingly put Rice’s interests ahead of his own for decades.

SPORTS 2/4/25 11:13pm

Seniors named semifinalists in NFL’s sports analytics competition

By Ana Rivera

The NFL Big Data Bowl attracts thousands of participants annually. Sponsored by the NFL, the competition provides player tracking data and challenges participants to develop insights to inform real-world football decision-making. This year’s competition focused on pre-snap movement — how players move before the ball is snapped and its impact on gameplay. The competition took place virtually from Oct. 10, 2024 to Jan. 1, 2025.

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