The 2014–15 Rice Owls men's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by first year head coach Mike Rhoades, played their home games at Tudor Fieldhouse and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 12–20, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in a four way tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament where they lost to Louisiana Tech.

Previous season The Owls finished the season 7–23, 2–14 in C-USA play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA tournament to North Texas.

Departures

Offseason Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Sean Obi 3 F 6'9" 265 Freshman Kaduna, Nigeria Transferred to Duke Nizar Kapic 4 G/F 6'6" 195 RS Freshman Sankt Pölten, Austria Left Team (Injury) Keith Washington 5 G 6'1" 180 Sophomore Philadelphia, PA Left Rice (Personal) Hunter Eggers 15 G 6'0" 200 Freshman Greenwich, CT Left Team (Personal) Drew Bender 21 G 6'5" 195 Freshman Phoenix, AZ Transferred to Northern Colorado Austin Ramljak 42 G 6'3" 200 Senior Thousand Oaks, CA Graduated Bahrom Firozgary 44 F 6'8" 200 Senior Houston, TX Graduated

In-Season Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Maurice Rivers 12 F 6'6" 190 Freshman Atlanta, Georgia Personal Ross Wilson 11 F 6'6" 215 Junior Gosforth, England Injury Oliver Xu 3 G 6'2" 170 Freshman Hong Kong Personal Joey Burbach 2 G 6'5" 190 Sophomore Port Washington, Wisconsin Personal

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Egor Koulechov 4 F 6'5" 205 Sophomore Volgograd, Russia Transferred from Arizona State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Koulechev will have to sit out for the 2014–15 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Van Green 31 G 6'3" 185 Senior Birmingham, Alabama Transferred from Columbia. Transferred under NCAA graduate transfer exception, Green will not have to sit out for the 2014–15 season.

Recruiting class of 2014

Recruiting class of 2015

Roster

Schedule

!colspan=9 style="background:#002469; color:#5e6062;"| Exhibition

!colspan=9 style="background:#002469; color:#5e6062;"| Regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#002469; color:#5e6062;"| Conference USA tournament

See also 2014–15 Rice Owls women's basketball team

References