Game Date: Mar 25th, 2045
Rice
A.J. Ricci - SF
Team: Rice Owls [ID #88] 
Location: Houston, TX (Southwest)
Conference: III.4 [Division 1]
President:
Frankebasta
[since February 04th 2018 | last seen May 27th 2025]
Coach: Phillip Hogan
Arena: Rice Gymnasium
Rating: 207.38 - Overall Position: #102
Fan Mood: 126.73
Alumni Mood: 214.45
Prestige: 120
Team Notes:
• Mar 12 2045: Made the national tournament field.• Feb 23 2045: Phillip Hogan was appointed as the new head coach.
• Feb 23 2045: Damon Cook was fired as head coach.
• Feb 18 2045: 3-star prospect Corey Hill committed.
• Dec 08 2044: 3-star prospect Danny Trevisan committed.
• Nov 12 2044: 3-star prospect Deion Blackmon committed.
• Oct 06 2044: Earl Moffet was inducted into the team Hall of Fame.
• Oct 06 2044: Archie Bryant was inducted into the team Hall of Fame.
• Sep 01 2044: Promoted to conference III.4.
• Mar 13 2044: Made the national tournament field.
Record:
Wins: 31 Losses: 12 Pct: .721 Conf Wins: 21 Conf Losses: 9 Conf Pct: .700 Conf Rank: 2 Last10: 6-4 Streak: L1Pts Ave: 87.6 - 73.3 Pts Diff: +14.3 Team Power Index: 155.2
Press Releases:
Mar 24 2039: Owls of '39 - by Frankebasta on June 25th, 2024in 2039, for the very first time in school's history, the Rice Owls reach their best result both in Regular Season (2nd place and promotion), and the Top16 in the Division 2 Tournament.
Amazing accomplishment by an otherwise underwhelming and smallish team:
JR PG Savage 6'1"
JR SG Stratton 6'
SR SF Blanton 6'3½"
JR PF Hodge 6'6"
SR C Dent 6'8"
Oct 28 2026: 1st place! (for real this time) - by Frankebasta on July 9th, 2022
on day3 2055, Rice is on 1st place of Division I for RPI with a score of 0.773
All the credit goes to Coach Ricci, and to the Game Engine as well
Feb 20 2025: Rice hires Ricci - by Frankebasta on April 23rd, 2022
Breaking news from Houston:
Gary Ricci will lead the team for the last stretch in fight for the promotion!
Coach Diggs has been suddenly dismissed after losing 3 of the last 5 games, risking to fail.
Diggs took all the blame for those failures, which shows his character, but he couldn't hide his shortcomings in game management. Offence skills of 2, and a 3 in Defence are not enough for a Division I head coach.
Coach Ricci, on the other hand, has an excellent reputation, skills of 15 and 16 respecticely, and he's also excellent in Players development.
Last - BUT NOT LEAST - he's got the same surname of the school's President.
Nepotism?
we think.... not
Coach Ricci is a solid D1 coach!
Dec 22 2022: Rice enters Top25 - by Frankebasta on December 13th, 2021
on the strenght of two 4-star players as Palumbo and Gies, Rice Owls are on a roll.
Unbeaten after 19 games, ranks 4th in Division 1 by RPI, and has been voted as 23rd best in the country
Oct 31 2018: Rice Owls, 1st in Hardwood! :) - by Frankebasta on April 19th, 2021
after recruiting Round #8, season 2019, Rice Owls are the hottest recruiting team in the country with 32 points in the special ranking, thanks to the commitment of two 4-star local prospects:
center Brett Palumbo
and guard Karl Gies
President Frankebasta gives credit to coach Benny Pierson for the achievement.
a pep rally will be organized to welcome the new Owls stars in occasion of the first home game of Conference play