| Mode: | Basketball |
| Sex: | none |
| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Prev Year: | 2023–24 |
| Next Year: | 2025–26 |
| Team: | Rice Owls men's |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | AAC |
| Record: | 7–2 |
| Conf Record: | 0–0 |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Assoc Coach: | Chris Kreider |
| Asst Coach1: | Josten Crow |
| Asst Coach2: | Andre Owens |
| Asst Coach3: | Nelson Terroba |
The 2024–25 Rice Owls men's basketball team represents Rice University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, led by first-year head coach Rob Lanier, play their home games at Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas as second-year members of the American Athletic Conference.
The Owls finished the 2023–24 season 11–21, 5–12 in AAC play to finish in a five-way tie for 10th place. As the No. 12 seed in the AAC tournament, they lost in the first round to Wichita State.
On March 14, 2024, the school fired head coach Scot Pera.[1] On March 24, the school hired Rob Lanier, who had been fired as head coach of SMU, as the team's new head coach.[2]
The January 6 home game against UTSA was played in the Jerabeck Activity and Athletic Center on the campus of the University of St. Thomas due to water damage to Tudor Fieldhouse.[3]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Alajiki | 0 | F | 6'7" | 230 | Junior | Transferred to Oral Roberts | ||
| Noah Shelby | 1 | G | 6'3" | 185 | Sophomore | Transferred to Kansas | ||
| Mekhi Mason | 2 | G | 6'5" | 195 | Sophomore | Transferred to Washington | ||
| Travis Evee | 3 | G | 6'1" | 180 | Senior | Graduated | ||
| Anthony Selden | 4 | G | 6'6" | 225 | Senior | Graduate transferred to Garnder–Webb | ||
| Cameron Sheffield | 5 | G/F | 6'6" | 195 | Junior | Transferred to Duke | ||
| Camp Wagner | 12 | G | 6'6" | 175 | Freshman | Transferred to Indiana State | ||
| Max Fiedler | 15 | F | 6'11" | 230 | Senior | Graduated | ||
| Gabe Warren | 21 | G | 6'6" | 205 | Freshman | Transferred to Holy Cross | ||
| Keanu Dawes | 24 | F | 6'9" | 205 | Freshman | Transferred to Utah |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kellen Amos | 1 | G/F | 6'7" | 190 | GS Senior | Central Connecticut | ||
| Emory Lanier | 2 | G | 6'4" | 190 | GS Senior | Walk-on; SMU | ||
| Trey Patterson | 3 | F | 6'9" | 225 | Senior | Villanova | ||
| Denver Anglin | 4 | G | 6'2" | 185 | Junior | SMU | ||
| Jacob Dar | 5 | G/F | 6'7" | 170 | Junior | Emory and Henry | ||
| Jalen Smith | 6 | G | 6'2" | 195 | Senior | SMU | ||
| Trae Broadnax | 12 | G | 6'4" | 200 | Senior | USC Upstate | ||
| Jimmy Oladokun Jr. | 24 | F | 6'9" | 220 | Sophomore | San Diego | ||
| Caden Powell | 44 | F | 6'10" | 220 | Junior | Wyoming |
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