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Thirteen Rice Owls Men's Hoops Games to Be Shown Nationally During 2020-21 Season
POSTED: November 24, 2020 -- 1:40 p.m. CT
Thirteen Rice Owls men's basketball games have been selected by two networks to be broadcast during the 2020-21 season.
The Owls' lone nonconference game to be streamed nationally will be December 12 at Houston (1 p.m. CT on ESPN+).
Twelve of Rice's scheduled Conference USA games will be livestreamed by ESPN+, beginning with its conference opening series against UTSA. Both games will be at 2 p.m.
Rice's Saturday game at UTEP (January 9 – 8 p.m.) will be streamed, followed by its home series versus Old Dominion (January 15 – 2 p.m.; January 16 – 1 p.m.).
ESPN+ will stream the Saturday, January 23 (4 p.m.) at UAB, before closing January with a home-and-home series against North Texas (January 27 or 28 – 7 p.m.; January 30 – 4 p.m.).
Rice will close out its TV schedule against Marshall on February 19 at 7 p.m. and February 20 at 4 p.m.
Additional games may still be selected for broadcast at a future date. Stay tuned to riceowls.com for this information.
The Conference USA Championship first round (Mar. 11) will be livestreamed on ESPN+. The quarterfinals will either be televised by Stadium or livestreamed by Stadium on Facebook on Mar. 12. The semifinals (Mar. 13) and championship (Mar. 14) will be televised by CBS Sports Network.
National games will be televised on CBS Sports Network, Stadium and ESPNU. Contests will also stream on digital platforms Stadium, ESPN3, ESPN+ and Facebook – through CBS Sports Network. Additional coverage of C-USA basketball will be available on CUSA.tv, the league's official streaming portal.
Rice opens the season this weekend with it travels to Incarnate Word for the Thanksgiving Invitational.
2020-21 Rice Owls Men's Basketball Schedule (schedule subject to change)
Thanksgiving Invitational -- San Antonio, TX
Date (Day) |
Time (CT) |
Game |
Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 27 (Fri) | 1 p.m. | at Incarnate Word | Alice P. McDermott Convocation Center |
| Nov. 28 (Sat) | 1 p.m. | Our Lady of the Lake | Alice P. McDermott Convocation Center |
Date (Day) |
Time (CT) |
Game |
Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 3 (Thu) | TBA | vs LeTourneau | Tudor Fieldhouse |
| Dec. 5 (Sat) | 7 p.m. | at HBU | Sharp Gym |
| Dec. 12 (Sat) | 1 p.m. | at Houston (ESPN+) | Fertitta Center |
| Dec. 15 (Tue) | TBA | vs HBU | Tudor Fieldhouse |
| Dec. 19 (Sat) | 2 p.m. | at Sam Houston State | Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum |
| Dec. 21 (Mon) | TBA | vs Incarnate Word | Tudor Fieldhouse |
| Jan. 1 (Fri) | 2 p.m. | vs UTSA (ESPN+) | Tudor Fieldhouse |
| Jan. 2 (Sat) | 2 p.m. | vs UTSA (ESPN+) | Tudor Fieldhouse |
| Jan. 8 (Fri) | 8 p.m. | at UTEP | Don Haskins Center |
| Jan. 9 (Sat) | 8 p.m. | at UTEP (ESPN+) | Don Haskins Center |
| Jan. 15 (Fri) | 2 p.m. | vs Old Dominion (ESPN+) | Tudor Fieldhouse |
| Jan. 16 (Sat) | 1 p.m. | vs Old Dominion (ESPN+) | Tudor Fieldhouse |
| Jan. 22 (Fri) | 6:30 p.m. | at UAB | Bartow Arena |
| Jan. 23 (Sat) | 4 p.m. | at UAB (ESPN+) | Bartow Arena |
| Jan. 27 or 28 (Wed or Thu) | 7 p.m. | vs North Texas (ESPN+) | Tudor Fieldhouse |
| Jan. 30 (Sat) | 4 p.m. | at North Texas | The Super Pit |
| Feb. 5 (Fri) | 7 p.m. | vs Southern Miss | Tudor Fieldhouse |
| Feb. 6 (Sat) | TBA | vs Southern Miss | Tudor Fieldhouse |
| Feb. 12 (Fri) | 7 p.m. | at WKU | E.A. Diddle Arena |
| Feb. 13 (Sat) | TBA | at WKU | E.A. Diddle Arena |
| Feb. 19 (Fri) | 7 p.m. | vs Marshall (ESPN+ | Tudor Fieldhouse |
| Feb. 20 (Sat) | 4 p.m. | vs Marshall (ESPN+ | Tudor Fieldhouse |
| Feb. 26 (Fri) | 6:30 p.m. | at Louisiana Tech | Thomas Assembly Center |
| Feb. 27 (Sat) | 6 p.m. | at Louisiana Tech | Thomas Assembly Center |
| Mar. 10 (Wed) | TBA | C-USA Championship, First Round | Ford Center at The Star |
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