2018–19 Rice Owls men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Rice Owls men's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by second-year head coach Scott Pera, played their home games at Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas as members of Conference USA.

Previous season
The Owls finished the 2017–18 season 7–24, 4–14 in C-USA play to finish in 13th place and failed to qualify for the C-USA tournament.

Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=|Exhibition

!colspan=9 style=|Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=|Conference USA regular season

!colspan=12 style=| Conference USA tournament

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