Owls face difficult tests in UTEP, No. 2 Memphis this week
· The start of the Conference USA season offered no reprieve for the men's basketball team. Not only did Rice (3-11, 0-1 C-USA) fall flat in a 66-47 home loss to Marshall University Wednesday, but the Owls will look to face the two toughest teams in the conference over the next week.
How a fading conference can ruin it for the rest of us
· The artist formerly known as Division I-A college football is currently in a deep pit of utter despair. The teams with the money and the corporate bowl sponsors control a system in which an antiquated method of postseason play replaces any sort of playoff. No champion is decided on the field.
Women's losing streak now at four games
· The women's basketball team began the new year in the worst way possible, shooting dismally last weekend against Tulane University and the University of Texas-El Paso en rout to consecutive blowout losses at home.