Winter 2004
VOL.60, NO.2

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1939 - 40
As of press time, the 2003–04 men’s basketball team has won 20 games, with hopes of a postseason appearance looming. The last time Owls hoopers won 20 games in a season was in 1991–92, and the best-yet Rice basketball record was achieved by the 1939–40 squad, which went 25–4. That year, Frank Carswell, Bob Kinney, and Levi Craddock led the Owls to the conference championship by beating the Texas Longhorns 42–41, although the Owls later lost to the Kansas Jayhawks in a semifinal National Collegiate tournament game.

 
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