Temple Owls @ Rice Owls

12-7, 4-2 American

Final

	1	2	T
Temple TEM	33	36	69
Rice RICE	32	33	65

Rice OwlsRiceRICE

8-11, 2-4 American

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Vladimir Voyard-Tadal

Referee:Shane Land

Referee:Hunter Allen

NCAA Division I

American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
South Florida	15-3	-	25-9
Tulsa	13-5	2	30-8
Wichita State	13-5	2	24-12
UAB	11-7	4	20-12
North Texas	9-9	6	19-14
Florida Atlantic	9-9	6	18-15
Charlotte	9-9	6	17-17
Tulane	8-10	7	18-15
Temple	8-10	7	16-16
Memphis	8-10	7	13-19
Rice	7-11	8	13-18
East Carolina	6-12	9	11-20
UTSA	1-17	14	5-25

Men's College Basketball News

NCAA reducing fields for NIT, WBIT to 24 teams starting in 2027

In the aftermath of the NCAA tournaments expanding to 76 teams starting this season, the NIT and Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament will drop from 32 teams to 24 beginning in 2027, the NCAA announced.

College basketball realignment: Conference changes for 2026-27

A complete list of college basketball conference membership for the 2026-27 season.

Chris Holtmann, DePaul agree to contract extension

DePaul coach Chris Holtmann has agreed to a contract extension that runs through the 2030-31 season.

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