The 2019–20 Rice Owls men's basketball team represented Rice University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by third-year head coach Scott Pera, played their home games at Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 15–17, 7–11 in C-USA play to finish in 12th place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA tournament to FIU.
Previous season The Owls finished the 2018–19 season 13–19 overall, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in four-way tie for 9th place. In the C-USA tournament, they were defeated by Marshall in the first round.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Dylan Jones 4 F 6'8" 215 RS Senior Houston, TX Graduated Oliver Xu 30 G 6'2" 170 RS Senior Hong Kong Walk-on; graduated Jack Williams 32 F 6'8" 220 RS Senior Porter Ranch, CA Graduated Quentin Millora-Brown 42 F 6'9" 205 Freshman Lorton, VA Transferred to Vanderbilt
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Tommy McCarthy 13 G 6'0" 175 GS Senior Ranch Santa Fe, CA Transferred from Harvard. Will be eligible to play immediately since McCarthy graduated from Harvard. Malik Ondigo F 6'10" 215 Junior St. Louis, MO Transferred from Texas Tech. Under NCAA transfer rules, Ondigo will have to sit out the 2019–20 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
2019 recruiting class
2020 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Conference USA regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Conference USA tournament
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