Rice Owls (14-18, 5-11)
Projected starting five:
Fr. G Dylan Ennis
Jr. G Tamir Jackson
Sr. G Connor Frizzelle
Jr. F Arsalan Kazemi
Sr. F Lucas Kuipers
Important departures:
Cory Pflieger: 4.3ppg, 1.4 apg
Julian Debose: 5.6 ppg, 4 rpg
Additions:
Three-star PG Dylan Ennis
Three-star SG Julian DeBose
% returning scoring and rebounding:
Scoring: 74.8 percent
Rebounding: 71.1 percent
Schedule highlights
Key nonconference game: at Texas A&M Dec. 22
Key conference stretch: vs. UAB Jan. 18, vs. Tulsa Jan. 21, at Memphis Jan. 25
Outlook:
Rice returns its most valuable players, including pro-prospect Arsalan Kazemi. This should allow them to finish better than 10th in C-USA, as the Owls did last season, but it’s not enough to get them into the top half.
