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2019–20 Rice Owls Men's Basketball Team
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, 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 2020 Conference USA men's basketball tournament, C-USA tournament to 2019–20 FIU Panthers men's basketball team, FIU. Previous season The 2018–19 Rice Owls men's basketball team, Owls finished the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, 2018–19 season 13–19 overall, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in four-way tie for 9th place. In the 2019 Conference USA men's basketball tournament, C-USA tournament, they were defeated by 2018–19 Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team, Marshall in the first round. Offseason Departures Incoming transfers 2019 recruiting cl ... [...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] |