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2022–23 Rice Owls Men's Basketball Team
The 2022–23 Rice Owls men's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Scott Pera, and played their home games at Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas as members of Conference USA (C-USA). The Owls finished the season 19–16, 8–12 in C-USA play, to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the C-USA tournament, they defeated UTSA before losing to UAB. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Duquesne before losing to Southern Utah in quarterfinals. This was the last season for the team as members of Conference USA before joining the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2023. Previous season The Owls finished the 2021–22 season 16–17, 7–11 in C-USA play, to finish in fifth place in West Division. They defeated Charlotte in second round of the C-USA tournament before losing to North Texas in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Pera
Scott Pera (born August 27, 1967) is an American college basketball coach and current head coach for the Rice Owls men's basketball team. Coaching career Pera started his coaching career at Elizabethtown College in 1992, before embarking on a high school coaching career in Pennsylvania and California, most notably Artesia High School (California), Artesia High School, where he coached James Harden. In his high school coaching career, Pera compiled a 258–65 record. In the college ranks, Pera joined Herb Sendek's staff at Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball, Arizona State, where he began as the director of basketball operations before being elevated to assistant coach. From 2012 to 2014, Pera was an assistant coach at Penn Quakers men's basketball, Penn under Jerome Allen (basketball), Jerome Allen. In 2014, he joined Mike Rhoades' staff at Rice, and when Rhoades left for VCU Rams men's basketball, VCU, Pera was elevated to the head coaching position to be the 25th coach in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |