The 2024–25 Rice Owls men's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, led by first-year head coach Rob Lanier, played their home games at Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas as second-year members of the American Athletic Conference.

Previous season The Owls finished the 2023–24 season 11–21, 5–12 in AAC play to finish in a five-way tie for 10th place. As the No. 12 seed in the AAC tournament, they lost in the first round to Wichita State.

On March 14, 2024, the school fired head coach Scot Pera. On March 24, the school hired Rob Lanier, who had been fired as head coach of SMU, as the team's new head coach.

The January 6 home game against UTSA was played in the Jerabeck Activity and Athletic Center on the campus of the University of St. Thomas due to water damage to Tudor Fieldhouse.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Sam Alajiki 0 F 6'7" 230 Junior Dundalk, Ireland Transferred to Oral Roberts Noah Shelby 1 G 6'3" 185 Sophomore McKinney, TX Transferred to Kansas Mekhi Mason 2 G 6'5" 195 Sophomore Gilbert, AZ Transferred to Washington Travis Evee 3 G 6'1" 180 Senior Randolph, MA Graduated Anthony Selden 4 G 6'6" 225 Senior Boston, MA Graduate transferred to Garnder–Webb Cameron Sheffield 5 G/F 6'6" 195 Junior Alpharetta, GA Transferred to Duke Camp Wagner 12 G 6'6" 175 Freshman Dallas, TX Transferred to Indiana State Max Fiedler 15 F 6'11" 230 Senior Indialantic, FL Graduated Gabe Warren 21 G 6'6" 205 Freshman Plano, TX Transferred to Holy Cross Keanu Dawes 24 F 6'9" 205 Freshman Houston, TX Transferred to Utah

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Kellen Amos 1 G/F 6'7" 190 GS Senior Houston, TX Central Connecticut Emory Lanier 2 G 6'4" 190 GS Senior Atlanta, GA Walk-on; SMU Trey Patterson 3 F 6'9" 225 Senior Somerset, NJ Villanova Denver Anglin 4 G 6'2" 185 Junior Montclair, NJ SMU Jacob Dar 5 G/F 6'7" 170 Junior Omaha, NE Emory and Henry Jalen Smith 6 G 6'2" 195 Senior Orlando, FL SMU Trae Broadnax 12 G 6'4" 200 Senior Savannah, GA USC Upstate Jimmy Oladokun Jr. 24 F 6'9" 220 Sophomore Los Angeles, CA San Diego Caden Powell 44 F 6'10" 220 Junior Waco, TX Wyoming

Recruiting classes 2024 recruiting class

2025 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Source

See also 2024–25 Rice Owls women's basketball team

References