Rice Owls

UCF senior Chris Taladay was named Conference USA player of the year on Tuesday, the first-ever Knight to receive that honor. The Windermere native led the C-USA in batting average (.361) and hits (78), and ranked in the top 10 in slugging percentage (....

UCF baseball saw its chance at a Conference USA regular season title slip away at East Carolina. The Knights dropped the final two games of a series against the Pirates in Greenville, N.C. With the two losses, UCF (29-27, 13-11 C-USA) dropped to a No. 5...

The Orlando Sentinel has ranked all 125 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in the country. The Sentinel staff will take a closer look at a new team daily, counting backward from No. 125 to our projected No. 1 team. Today at No. 103: Texas-San Antonio...

UCF remains in contention for a Conference USA title, but needs a big weekend – and some help. The Knights got two solo home runs from sophomore first baseman James Vasquez, but fell to FAU, 4-3, in their final nonconference regular season game of...

College baseball bragging rights in the Mountain State will be decided tonight at Linda K. Epling Stadium in Beckley when West Virginia and Marshall meet for the rubber game of a three-game series at 6 p.m. Here's everything you need to know about...

University of Memphis pitcher Erik Schoenrock is finishing his first season as a weekend starter in dominating fashion. For the second straight week Schoenrock, a junior left-hander, was named Conference USA Pitcher of the Week. Schoenrock, who shut out...

Marshall saw a little bit of everything that has made East Carolina one of the hottest teams in Conference USA. On Sunday, it came down to being able to scratch out a close win. Jack Reinheimer's sacrifice fly in the ninth inning scored Phillip Clark...

UCF baseball coach Terry Rooney simply asked his baseball team to keep fighting. At the end of their final home series, the Knights hoped they would have the inside track on winning the first Conference USA regular season title in school history. By...

Two weeks ago, well over 3,000 West Virginia University fans came to Beckley's Linda K. Epling Stadium to see the Mountaineers sweep Kansas in an important Big 12 series. Now, it's Marshall fans' turn to step to the plate. The Thundering Herd will...

We in the media business like to think that we have an idea of what will happen this fall when college football finally kicks off, but truth be told, our bubble is one injury or upset away from being popped. But it's fun to try to predict the future,...

The University of Memphis track and field teams begin competition Thursday at the Conference USA Outdoor Championships at Rice University in Houston hoping to add to what may be a record number of athletes participating in the postseason. The Tiger men'...

If you take a look at the list of athletic department revenues published by USA Today on Tuesday, you might notice a trend. Take a look at the top of the list — those are the haves. Big names, big conferences, big cash. They earn it, they burn it,...