October 27, 2008

It has been a a while since my last blog entry. It certainly has not been quiet out here in Houston. Rice was very lucky not to sustain any serious damage and all of our players and staff remained out of harms way during Hurricane Ike. It was a true test of everyone's courage and resolve to be able to ride out the Hurricane and have everyone from the University come together and recover from the storm.

It is hard to believe that we are only about three weeks away from our first game against Portland State. Our practices have been great so far and all of our guys are really working hard and competing up to this point. We have some great teams on the schedule, so it will definitely be a challenge, but our guys are looking forward to it.

On another note: How good is the food in Houston? I find a new place everyday that I say is my new favorite. The diversity in this city allows for some unbelievable food choices, which I cannot complain about.

Until next time...Go Owls!

Coach Braun

September 8, 2008

I'm very eager to be able to give an insight to all the exciting things that we have going on here at Rice. We just started our individual workouts with our players and they have been very competitive thus far. We really should have good balance at all 5 positions this year and having our guys work out against each other challenges them to be at their best day in and day out.

I really have to commend our guys for working so hard on and off the court. The commitment and sacrifice our players make as student athletes is truly amazing. We are very fortunate to have such a great group of guys who love to work hard and get better everyday. It's that time of the year where us coaches get to hit the recruiting trail!

Until next time...Go Owls!

Coach Braun