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Report: Rice fires head coach Ben Braun

Ben Braun

Houston Chronicle

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According to a report from the Houston Chronicle, Rice has parted ways with head coach Ben Braun following a 7-23 season and 2-14 record in Conference USA.

Rice fell in the opening round of the C-USA tournament on Wednesday in a 63-62 overtime loss against North Texas.

The Owls let go of Braun with two years remaining on his contract after the veteran head coach went 63-128 in his six seasons at the school. Braun made the CollegeInsider.com tournament in 2012 with a 19-16 record and led the Owls to its first postseason apperance in seven seasons, but Rice finished 12-49 over the last two seasons including a 3-29 mark in Conference USA over that span.

The team was quickly gutted after the 2012 postseason as six players opted to leave the program for various reasons, including star player Arsalan Kazemi to Oregon. Rice hasn’t made an NCAA Tournament appearance since 1970.

Braun has a career record of 608-494 that includes stops at Cal and Eastern Michigan.

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