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Twelve Rice Owls Men's Hoops Games to Be Broadcast During 2018-19 Season
October 16, 2018 -- 7:11 p.m.
Twelve men's basketball games have been selected by four networks to be broadcast during the 2018-19 season.
ESPN+ will stream nine games overall, beginning with a pair of non-conference road contests; the November 9 matchup at Penn and the November 28 game at Texas State. Both games are at 7 p.m.
The first home game to be livestreamed by ESPN+ is the December 15 game against UC-Santa Barbara at 2 p.m. Rice will also have conference home matchups live streamed against North Texas (December 29), UAB (January 26) and Marshall (February 9). C-USA road matchups to be livestreamed are UTSA (January 10), North Texas (January 19) and Old Dominion (February 2).
2018-19 Rice Men's Basketball TV Schedule
Day |
Date |
Game |
Time (CT) |
Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri. | Nov. 9 | Rice at Penn | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ |
| Wed. | Nov. 21 | Rice at BYU | 8 p.m. | BYUtv |
| Sun. | Nov. 25 | Rice at Wichita State | 2 p.m. | Yurview |
| Wed. | Nov. 28 | Rice at Texas State | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ |
| Sat. | Dec. 15 | UC-Santa Barbara at Rice | 2 p.m. | ESPN+ |
| Sat. | Dec. 29 | North Texas at Rice | 2 p.m. | ESPN+ |
| Thu. | Jan. 10 | Rice at UTSA | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ |
| Sat. | Jan. 19 | Rice at North Texas | 5 p.m. | ESPN+ |
| Sat. | Jan. 26 | UAB at Rice | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ |
| Sat. | Feb. 2 | Rice at Old Dominion | 6 p.m. | ESPN+ |
| Thu. | Feb. 7 | WKU at Rice | 8 p.m. | CBS Sports Network |
| Sat. | Feb. 9 | Marshall at Rice | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ |
The Conference USA Championship first round (Mar. 13) will be livestreamed on either ESPN3 or ESPN+ and the quarterfinals will be televised by Stadium on Mar. 14. The semifinals (Mar. 9) and championship (Mar. 10) will be televised by CBS Sports Network.
National games will be televised on partners CBS Sports Network, Stadium and beIN Sports. Contests will also stream on digital platforms Facebook, through CBSSN and Stadium, and ESPN. Additional coverage of C-USA basketball will be available on CUSAtv, the league's official streaming portal.
The Owls open the season November 1, when they host St. Thomas at 7 p.m., in an exhibition game. The regular season begins November 6 against St. Leo at 7 p.m.
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