2020-21 Men’s Basketball Notes Nick Bushart, Assistant Media Relations Director 800 South Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104-9700 Office: 918.631.2492 • Cell: 901.849.0521 Email: [email protected] 2021 AIR FORCE RESERVE AMERICAN MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Game 23 | TULANE | Thursday, March 11, 2021 | 2:00 p.m. CT | Dickies Arena | Ft. Worth, Texas 2020-21 Schedule Date: Thursday, March 11, 2021 Date Opponent Time/Result Time: 2:00 p.m. (CT) Location: Fort Worth Texas Nov. 28 vs. TCU (ESPN3)^ L, 65-70 Arena: Dickies Arena Nov. 29 vs. South Carolina (ESPN2)^ L, 58-69 Radio: Big Country 99.5 FM Dec. 4 UT Arlington (ESPN+) W, 79-64 Bruce Howard (pxp) & JR Rollo (analyst) No. 7 seed Tulsa Audio: tulsahurricane.com, TuneIn app No. 10 seed Tulane Dec. 8 Arkansas Canceled Golden Hurricane Television: ESPNU GREEN WAVE Dec. 12 at Oral Roberts% Canceled Mike Corey (pxp) & Mark Adams (analyst) Location: Tulsa, Okla. Location: New Orleans, La. Dec. 15 Wichita State (ESPNU)* L, 65-69 2020-21 Record: 11-11 2020-21 Record: 9-12 Dec. 18 Northwestern State (ESPN+) W, 82-55 The American Record: 7-9 The American Record: 4-12 Dec. 21 at Memphis (ESPN2)* W, 56-49 Dec. 23 Southwestern Christian (ESPN+) W, 102-45 Head Coach: Frank Haith, 7th year Head Coach: Ron Hunter, 2nd year Career Record: 466-344 (26th year) Dec. 29 No. 5 Houston (ESPN2)* W, 65-64 Career Record: 332-216 (17 years)* Record at TU: 126-87 (7 years) Record at Temple: 21-30 (2 years Jan. 2 at Cincinnati (ESPN+)* W, 70-66 *on-court record Jan. 6 at USF (ESPN+)* W, 61-51 Jan. 9 UCF (ESPN+)* Postponed A LOOK INTO THE TULSA PROGRAM Jan. 13 at Wichita State (ESPN+)* L, 53-72 • Tulsa is in its 110th season of basketball and seventh season in the American Athletic Conference. Jan. 17 Memphis (ESPN+)* W, 58-57 • Coach Frank Haith ranks third on the school’s career coaching wins list behind Doug Wojick (140) and Clarence Iba Jan. 20 at Houston (ESPN+)* L, 59-86 (137) with 126 wins. Jan. 23 Tulane (ESPN+)* Postponed • In its seven years as a member of the American Athletic Conference, Tulsa has the third most conference wins Jan. 26 at Temple (ESPN+)* L, 67-76 among league members with 74 victories, trailing only Cincinnati (90) and Houston (88) … SMU is right behind Tulsa Jan. 30 at ECU (ESPN+)* W, 77-68 with 73 league wins in the past 7 years. Feb. 3 USF (ESPNU)* Canceled Feb. 3 SMU (ESPNU)* L, 63-65 QUICK REVIEW OF THE TULSA SEASON Feb. 6 UCF (ESPN2)* L, 58-65 • With no exhibition season, Tulsa began the season with a Big 12 and SEC opponent, falling to TCU by 5 and South Feb. 10 Tulane (ESPN+)* L, 48-58 Carolina by 11, in Kansas City, Mo. Feb. 16 Temple (ESPNU)* W, 72-66 • Tulsa had 2 early non-league games (Arkansas & ORU) canceled due to COVID on the Tulsa team … through the Feb. 24 Cincinnati (ESPNU)* L, 69-70 AAC schedule, 5 games were postponed or canceled due to COVID-relaated issues at those schools … 2 of those were Feb. 27 ECU (ESPN+)* Canceled rescheduled and played … Tulsa played ECU, USF, SMU and Tulane only one time this season. March 2 at UCF (ESPNU)* L, 69-73 • The Hurricane team began AAC play with a 4-1 record, including a home win over #5 Houston (65-64) and road March 4 Northeastern State (ESPN+) W 107-74 wins at Memphis, Cincinnati and USF … Tulsa had a 1-5 record in its last 6 AAC games, including a 1-4 mark at home. March 7 at SMU (ESPN+)* Canceled • Tulsa had a 6-game winning streak to take a 7-3 record on Jan. 6, before finishing 4-8 the rest of the way. March 11 vs. Tulane+ 2:00 p.m. March 12-14 AAC Championship 2020-21 TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE Feb. 10 game was moved from New Orleans to Tulsa No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown/Last School PPG RPG APG All times Central and subject to change for television Projected Starters Games in Bold played at the Donald W. Reynolds Center 0 Curtis Haywood II G 6-5 200 Jr-TR Oklahoma City, Okla./Georgia Tech 5.4 3.5 1.9 ^ Hall of Fame Classic (Kansas City, Mo.) 1 Brandon Rachal F 6-6 220 Sr-1L Natchitoches, La./Pearl River CC 14.7 6.9 2.3 % Mayor’s Cup 2 Keyshawn Embery-Simpson G 6-3 200 So-TR Midwest City, Okla. / Arkansas 7.1 2.3 0.9 * American Athletic Conference game 3 Elijah Joiner G 6-3 200 Sr-3L Chicago, Ill./Curie Metropolitan HS 11.0 4.1 3.6 + American Athletic Conference Tournament (Fort Worth, Texas) 12 Emmanuel Ugboh C 7-0 245 Sr-1L Lagos, Nigeria/Iowa Western CC 3.2 2.2 0.1 Off the Bench The University of Tulsa 4 Keshawn Williams G 6-3 200 Fr-HS Chicago, Ill. / Bloom HS 3.1 0.9 1.3 5 Peyton Urbancic G 6-6 185 Fr-HS Naples, Fla. / First Baptist Academy 2.2 0.7 0.3 We are ....... The University of Tulsa 10 Ryan Gendron G 6-4 200 So-TR Tulsa, Okla. / Oklahoma State 1.5 0.5 0.5 11 Darien Jackson G 6-3 189 Sr-3L Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley Northwest HS 7.7 3.9 2.4 not Tulsa University 13 Bradley Alcime F 6-8 200 Fr-HS Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / Archbishop McCarthy HS 2.7 1.0 0.0 We are ....... TU, not UT 15 Josh Earley F 6-7 210 So-HS Shawnee Mission, Kan./Bishop Miege HS 1.3 1.4 0.1 22 Christian Shumate G/F 6-6 185 Fr-HS Chicago Heights, Ill. / Bloom HS 1.5 1.4 0.0 We are ....... the Golden Hurricane or Hurricane 23 Ari Seals G 6-3 160 Fr-HS Frisco, Texas / Frisco HS 0.0 0.3 0.3 not Hurricanes (No “s”) 25 Rey Idowu F 6-9 240 Jr-TR Melbourne, Fla. / Illinois State 8.0 3.8 0.9 32 Austin Richie G/F 6-6 225 Jr-TR Glenwood, Ill. / Triton College 6.7 2.1 0.5 TulsaHurricane.com Tulsa Men’s Basketball Game Notes Quick Facts THE GAME Location ________________________ Tulsa, Okla. • Tulsa and Tulane meet for the second time this year as the Green Wave won the previous meeting in Tulsa … Enrollment ____________ 4,380 (3,296 undergraduate) the game at Tulane was moved to Tulsa on Feb. 10 and there was not a game played in New Orleans. Founded ____________________________ 1894 • Tulsa is the No. 7 seed and Tulane is the No. 10 seed. Nickname ___________________ Golden Hurricane • The two teams have played 3 times before in conference tournament action as Tulsa has a 2-1 record … twice in Colors _______________ Old Gold, Royal Blue, Crimson Home Court _____________Donald W. Reynolds Center Conference USA and one meeting in the AAC Tournament. Capacity ____________________________8,355 • The previous meeting in the AAC Championship came in 2017 when Tulsa grabbed a 66-60 win in Hartford, Conference ____________ American Athletic Conference Conn. Affiliation _____________________NCAA Division I Interim President _______________ Janet K. Levit, J.D. THE SERIES Faculty Representative ____________Dr. Adrien Bouchet • This is the 32nd meeting in the series as Tulsa leads 24-7. Director of Athletics ________________ Rick Dickson • The Hurricane has a 14-2 mark at home, 8-4 on the road and 2-1 in neutral site games … Tulane’s win at Tulsa Athletics Administration _____________ 918-631-2381 this year snapped an overall 7-game winning streak in the series. Ticket Office Phone ________________ 918-631-4688 • Tulane’s win this year also snapped an 11-game Hurricane winning streak at Tulsa’s Donald W. Reynolds Center. Internet Address ______________ TulsaHurricane.com TU Athletics Twitter _______________ @TulsaHurricane • Tulsa has won 15 of the last 17 games and 20 of the last 23 games. MBB Twitter ___________________@TUMBasketball MBB Facebook ________ facebook.com/TulsaMBasketball A TULSA WIN WOULD MBB Instagram ________________ TulsaMBasketball • Give the Hurricane its 12th win of the season, moving Tulsa to 12-11 on the year. • Move Tulsa’s all-time record against Tulane to 25-7 Coaching Staff • Improve Tulsa’s overall postseason conference tournament record to 53-36 and first round record to 6-10. Head Coach ________________Frank Haith (Elon, ‘88) • Give Tulsa a 3-5 record in the histroy of the The American Tournament. Overall Record* ______________ 314-216/17th season On-Court Record _____________________ 332-216 LAST GAME AGAINST TULANE School Record _________________127-87/7th season • Tulane used 15 and 11-0 runs to take control of the game and held on for a 58-48 win over Tulsa on Feb. 10. Assistant Coach _________________ Kwanza Johnson _________________________ 2nd year (Tulsa, ‘95) • Brandon Rachal had his fifth double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Hurricane, while Elijah Assistant Coach _____________________Shea Seals Joiner added 9 points. ___________________6th year[9th at TU] (Tulsa, ’97) • Tulane was led by Jaylen Forbes and Jadan Coleman with 15 and 13 points, respectively. Assistant Coach _____________________ Toby Lane • Trailing 34-23 at halftime, Tulsa began the second half on a 10-0 run to cut its halftime deficit from 13 to 4 ______________ 1st year[7th at TU] (Wichita State, ‘93) points at 38-35 on a Joiner layup off a turnover at the 16:08 mark.