Au revoir, Autry
Tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m., the men’s basketball team will face the University of Tulsa in the last game to ever be played at the Autry Court we all know. After the university has closed for the summer, Autry will undergo its first major renovation in 57 years. The floor will be taken up, the banners will be taken down, and no one will ever have to fear the curtain again: It is being given away to fans, piece by piece.
So if you happen to be on campus tomorrow, go see the game. Autry has housed generations of Rice history, and it deserves a proper sendoff. So bring your friends. Bring your family. Bring your professors. Bring that guy who was standing in front of you in the line at Freebirds. Grab a piece of the curtain, and bid farewell to a piece of Rice history.
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