The 2018–19 Rice Owls men's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by second-year head coach Scott Pera, played their home games at Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas as members of Conference USA.
Previous season The Owls finished the 2017–18 season 7–24, 4–14 in C-USA play to finish in 13th place and failed to qualify for the C-USA tournament.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Connor Cashaw 0 G 6'5" 205 Junior Lincolnshire, IL Graduate transferred to Creighton A. J. Lapray 2 G 6'5" 190 RS Senior Salem, OR Graduated Miles Lester 11 G 6'0" 170 Freshman Wichita, KS Transferred to Wake Forest Malik Osborne 13 F 6'8" 200 Freshman Matteson, IL Transferred to Florida State Bishop Mency 15 G 6'5" 215 Senior Chino Hills, CA Graduated Grant Youngkin 20 G 6'3" 190 Sophomore Washington, D.C. Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons J. T. Trauber 24 G 5'10" 165 Senior Houston, TX Walk-on; graduated Austin Meyer 30 F 6'9" 235 Sophomore Pflugerville, TX Transferred to Oklahoma State
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Jack Williams 32 F 6'8" 220 RS Senior Porter Ranch, CA Transferred from Pacific. Will be eligible to play immediately since Williams graduated from Pacific.
2018 recruiting class
2019 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=|Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=|Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=|Conference USA regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Conference USA tournament
Source
See also 2018–19 Rice Owls women's basketball team
References