Owl fans listen to women's basketball coach Christie McKinney

Onlookers overflowed the tent set up for the occasion

Julian Duncan checks his notes with some of his old teammates --  guys instrumental in staging this rally

Wouldn't be surprised if these fellas wrote a letter or two to the Board...

Coach Knodel gets a chuckle from Raymorris' speechmaking

The crowd included a broad cross-section of Rice alumni

(Photos by Paul T. Hlavinka)