Rice University Men’S Basketball 2013-14 Fact Book
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RICE UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL 2013-14 FACT BOOK UNIVERSITY INFORMATION COACHING INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION RICE BASKETBALL FACT BOOK CONTENTS School Name . Rice University Head Coach . Ben Braun 2012-13 Record . 5-26 2013-14 Roster . 2 Location . Houston, Texas 77251 Alma Mater . Wisconsin, ‘75 Conference USA Record . 1-15/12th Pronunciation Guide . 3 Founded . 1891 Record at Rice . 56-105 (5 seasons) Starters Returning/Lost . 3/2 2013-14 Schedule . 4 Enrollment . 6,077 Career Record . 608-494 (36 seasons) Lettermen Returning/Lost . 8/3 2013-14 Opponents . 5 Nickname . Owls Associate Head Coach . Louis Reynaud Newcomers . 7 Season Outlook . 8 FACTS QUICK BASKETBALL RICE Mascot . Sammy the Owl Alma Mater . San Francisco State, ‘89 Rice All-Time Record . 1041-1322 Rice in Canada, Summer 2013 . 9 Colors . .. Blue and Gray Assistant Coach . Brian Eskildsen Coaches and Staff . 10 Conference . Conference USA Alma Mater . Tennessee, ‘09 MEDIA RELATIONS Meet the Owls . 18 Arena . Tudor Fieldhouse Assistant Coach . Adam Gierlach Basketball Contact . Charles Cochrum 2012-13 Results . 44 Capacity . 5,208 Alma Mater . Rice, ‘12 Office Number . 713-348-3929 2012-13 Statistics . 45 President . David W . Leebron (Harvard, ‘76) Cell Number . 281-352-5695 2012-13 Game Recaps . 54 Athletics Director . Joe Karlgaard (Stanford, ‘96) Video Specialist . .. Benjamin Sanders Email Address . ccochrum@rice .edu 2013 Graduate Tamir Jackson . 85 Physical Address . Tudor Fieldhouse Alma Mater . Southwestern, ‘09 SID Fax Number . 713-348-6019 Conference USA . 86 . .6100 Main Street Events Coordinator . Barbara Gill Rice Press Row . 713-348-5638 History and Records . 92 . .Houston, TX 77005 Mailing Address . PO Box 1892, MS 548 Series Records and Results . 136 Basketball Office Number . 713-348-4075 . Houston, TX 77251-1892 All-Time Results . .. 147 Basketball Fax Number . 713-348-5695 Media Information . 187 Rice Owls Online Rice Website . RiceOwls .com Facebook . facebook .com/RiceAthletics Twitter . @riceowlsdotcom Rice University is committed to affirmative action Rice Basketball Social Media and equal opportunity in education and employment. Rice does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, Twitter . @ricebasketball religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic Facebook . facebook .com/RiceBasketball origin, age, disability or veteran status. 2013-14 RICE BASKETBALL // 1 2013-14 NUMERICAL ROSTER 2013-14 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr./Exp. Hometown/Previous School Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr./Exp. Hometown/Previous School 0 Dan Peera G 6-0 185 JR/2L San Ramon, Calif ./De La Salle HS 21 Drew Bender G 6-5 195 FR/HS Phoenix, Ariz ./Pinnacle HS 1 Max Guercy G 5-9 165 SO/1L Arleta, Calif ./Bishop Alemany HS 2 Joey Burbach G 6-5 190 FR/HS Port Washington, Wis ./Port Washington HS 2 Joey Burbach G 6-5 190 FR/HS Port Washington, Wis ./Port Washington HS 10 Denzel Davis F 6-8 215 FR/HS Orlando, Fla ./Lake Highland Prep 3 Sean Obi F 6-9 265 FR/HS Kaduna, Nigeria/Green Farms Acad . (Conn .) 54 Andrew Drone C 6-10 290 FR/HS Junction, Ill ./Gallatin County HS 4 Nizar Kapic G/F 6-6 205 R-FR/SQ Sankt Poelten, Austria/Perkiomen School 15 Hunter Eggers G 6-0 200 FR/HS Greenwich, Conn ./Green Farms Acad . 5 Keith Washington G 6-1 180 SO/1L Philadelphia, Pa ./Mont Clare Academy 44 Bahrom Firozgary F 6-8 210 SR/1L Houston/Stratford HS 10 Denzel Davis F 6-8 215 FR/HS Orlando, Fla ./Lake Highland Prep 41 Seth Gearhart F 6-7 215 JR/2L Wilsonville, Ore ./Wilsonville HS 11 Ross Wilson F 6-7 215 SO/1L Gosforth, England/Queen Alexandra Sixth Form Coll . 1 Max Guercy G 5-9 165 SO/1L Arleta, Calif ./Bishop Alemany HS 15 Hunter Eggers G 6-0 200 FR/HS Greenwich, Conn ./Green Farms Acad . 22 Marcus Jackson G 6-3 165 FR/HS Acton, Calif ./Pacific Hills HS 21 Drew Bender G 6-5 195 FR/HS Phoenix, Ariz ./Pinnacle HS 4 Nizar Kapic G/F 6-6 205 R-FR/SQ Sankt Poelten, Austria/Perkiomen School 22 Marcus Jackson G 6-3 165 FR/HS Acton, Calif ./Pacific Hills HS 3 Sean Obi F 6-9 265 FR/HS Kaduna, Nigeria/Green Farms Acad . (Conn .) 41 Seth Gearhart F 6-7 215 JR/2L Wilsonville, Ore ./Wilsonville HS 0 Dan Peera G 6-0 185 JR/2L San Ramon, Calif ./De La Salle HS 42 Austin Ramljak G 6-3 200 SR/1L Thousand Oaks, Calif ./Ventura College 42 Austin Ramljak G 6-3 200 SR/1L Thousand Oaks, Calif ./Ventura College 44 Bahrom Firozgary F 6-8 210 SR/1L Houston/Stratford HS 5 Keith Washington G 6-1 180 SO/1L Philadelphia, Pa ./Mont Clare Academy 54 Andrew Drone C 6-10 290 FR/HS Junction, Ill ./Gallatin County HS 11 Ross Wilson F 6-7 215 SO/1L Gosforth, England/Queen Alexandra Sixth Form Coll . 2013-14 RICE BASKETBALL ROSTER BASKETBALL RICE 2013-14 Head Coach - Ben Braun (Wisconsin, ‘75) Associate Head Coach - Louis Reynaud (San Francisco State, ‘89) Assistant Coach - Brian Eskildsen (Tennessee, ‘09) Assistant Coach - Adam Gierlach (Rice, ‘12) 2 // 2013-14 RICE BASKETBALL PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN PRONUNCIATION GUIDE By Class Joey Burbach BURR-bock Senior (2): Firozgary, Ramljak Bahrom Firozgary bah-ROM Junior (2): Gearhart, Peera froze-gare-ee Sophomore (3): Guercy, Washington, Wilson Seth Gearhart GEHR-hart Freshman (8): Bender, Burbach, Davis, Drone, Max Guercy GURR-see Eggers, Jackson, Kapic (redshirt), Obi Nizar Kapic nihz-AR kahp-itch BREAKDOWN ROSTER Sean Obi OH-bee By College Dan Peera PEER-uh Baker | Drew Bender, Marcus Jackson Austin Ramljak ROM-yawk Duncan l Joey Burbach Hanszen l Austin Ramljak, Keith Washington Coaches Jones | Hunter Eggers, Sean Obi Brian Eskildsen ESS-kild-sen Lovett | Nizar Kapic, Ross Wilson Adam Gierlach GEER-lock Sid Richardson | Denzel Davis, Andrew Drone Louis Reynaud ray-NO Wiess l Bahrom Firozgary, Max Guercy Will Rice l Seth Gearhart, Dan Peera 2013-14 RICE BASKETBALL // 3 Date Opponent / Event Location Time (CT) Date Opponent / Event Location Time (CT) Nov . 9 University of St . Thomas Tudor Fieldhouse 2:00 p .m . Feb . 1 at UTEP ^ El Paso, Texas 8 p .m . Nov . 12 Southeastern Louisiana Tudor Fieldhouse 7 p .m . Feb . 6 North Texas ^ Tudor Fieldhouse 7 p .m . Nov . 15 at Texas A&M FSN College Station, Texas 8 p .m . Feb . 8 Tulsa ^ CSS Tudor Fieldhouse 3 p .m . Nov . 20 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas 7 p .m . Feb . 15 at Louisiana Tech ^ Ruston, La . 7 p .m . Nov . 23 Princeton Tudor Fieldhouse 2 p .m . Feb . 20 at Old Dominion ^ Norfolk, Va . 6 p .m . Nov . 29 vs . Rider & Santa Clara, Calif . 8 p .m . Feb . 22 at East Carolina ^ Greenville, N .C . 4 p .m . Nov . 30 vs . North Dakota St ./Santa Clara & Santa Clara, Calif . 8/10 p .m . Feb . 27 UAB ^ Tudor Fieldhouse 7 p .m . Dec . 4 at Houston Baptist Houston, Texas 7 p .m . March 1 at Middle Tennessee ^ Murfreesboro, Tenn . 5 p .m . Dec . 7 South Alabama Tudor Fieldhouse 2 p .m . March 6 Louisiana Tech ^ Tudor Fieldhouse 7 p .m . Dec . 19 Northwood Tudor Fieldhouse 11:30 a .m . March 11 Conference USA Opening Round El Paso, Texas 4:30/6/8:30 p .m . Dec . 21 vs . Houston % CSS Houston, Texas 3:30 p .m . March 12 Conference USA Second Round El Paso, Texas 1/3:30/7/9:30 p .m . Dec . 30 at Texas LHN Austin, Texas 1 p .m . March 13 Conference USA Quarterfinals El Paso, Texas 1/3:30/7/9:30 p .m . Jan . 4 Harvard CBSSN Tudor Fieldhouse 7 p .m . March 14 Conference USA Semifinals El Paso, Texas 3/5:30 p .m . 2013-14 SCHEDULE 2013-14 Jan . 9 FIU ^ Tudor Fieldhouse 7 p .m . March 15 Conference USA Championship El Paso, Texas 10:30 a .m . Jan . 11 Florida Atlantic ^ Tudor Fieldhouse 7 p .m . Jan . 16 at Southern Miss ^ Hattiesburg, Miss . 7 p .m . & - 47th Cable Car Classic (Leavey Center) Jan . 18 at Tulane ^ New Orleans, La . 7 p .m . % - Lone Star Showcase (Toyota Center) Jan . 23 Marshall ^ Tudor Fieldhouse 7 p .m . Jan . 25 Charlotte ^ Tudor Fieldhouse 7 p .m . ^ - denotes Conference USA game Jan . 30 at UTSA ^ CSS San Antonio, Texas 8 p .m . 4 // 2013-14 RICE BASKETBALL CHARLOTTE 49ERS FLORIDA ATLANTIC OWLS HOUSTON BAPTIST HUSKIES MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDERS Location Charlotte, N .C . Location Boca Raton, Fla . Location Houston, Texas Location Murfreesboro, Tenn . Basketball Coach Alan Major Basketball Coach Mike Jarvis Basketball Coach Ron Cottrell Basketball Coach Kermit Davis Home Court Halton Arena (9,105) Home Court FAU Arena (5,000) Home Court Sharp Gymnasium (1,000) Home Court Murphy Center (11,520) Basketball SID Brent Stastny Basketball SID Justin Johnson Basketball SID Russ Reneau Basketball SID Katie Parker Office Number 704-687-1021 Office Number 561-302-0461 Office Number 281-649-3098 Office Number 615-904-8115 Email Address bmstastn@uncc .edu Email Address jjohn218@fau .edu Email Address rreneau@hbu .edu Email Address parker@goblueraiders .com Website charlotte49ers .com Website hbuhuskies .com Website goblueraiders .com Website fausports .com 2013-14 OPPONENTS 2013-14 EAST CAROLINA PIRATES HARVARD CRIMSON LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGS NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN Location Greenville, N .C . Location Cambridge, Mass . Location Ruston, La . Location Denton, Texas Basketball Coach Jeff Lebo Basketball Coach Tommy Amaker Basketball Coach Michael White Basketball Coach Tony Benford Home Court Minges Coliseum (8,000) Home Court Lavietes Pavilion (2,050) Home Court Thomas Assembly Center (8,000) Home Court The Super Pit (10,500) Basketball SID Jody Jones Basketball SID Andrew Chesebro Basketball SID Kane McGuire Basketball SID Stephen Howard Office Number 252-737-4524 Office Number 617-495-2206 Office Number 318-257-5071 Office Number 940-369-8548 Email Address jonesjod@ecu .edu Email Address chesebro@fas .harvard .edu Email Address kmcguire@latech .edu Email Address stephen .howard@unt .edu Website ecupirates .com Website gocrimson .com Website latechsports .com Website meangreensports .com FIU PANTHERS HOUSTON COUGARS MARSHALL THUNDERING HERD NORTHWOOD KNIGHTS Location Miami, Fla .