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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] Game 13 | Houston | Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 | 7:00 p.m. CT | Fertitta Center (7,035) 2020-21 Schedule Date: Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 Time: 7:00 p.m. (CT) Date Opponent Time/Result Location: Tulsa, Okla. Nov. 28 vs. TCU (ESPN3)^ L, 65-70 Arena: Fertitta Center (7,035) Radio: Big Country 99.5 FM Nov. 29 vs. South Carolina (ESPN2)^ L, 58-69 Bruce Howard (pxp) & JR Rollo (analyst) Dec. 4 UT Arlington (ESPN+) W, 79-64 Audio: tulsahurricane.com, TuneIn app Tulsa No. 8 Houston Dec. 8 Arkansas Postponed Television: ESPN+ Golden Hurricane David Saltzman (pxp) & Reid Gettys (analyst) Cougars Dec. 12 at Oral Roberts% Postponed Location: Tulsa, Okla. Location: Houston, Texas Dec. 15 Wichita State (ESPNU)* L, 65-69 2020-21 Record: 8-4 2020-21 Record: 11-1 Dec. 18 Northwestern State (ESPN+) W, 82-55 The American Record: 5-2 The American Record: 6-1 Dec. 21 at Memphis (ESPN2)* W, 56-49 Dec. 23 Southwestern Christian (ESPN+) W, 102-45 Head Coach: Frank Haith, 7th year Head Coach: Kelvin Sampson, 7th year Career Record: 650-331 (32 years) Dec. 29 No. 5 Houston (ESPN2)* W, 65-64 Career Record: 329-209 (17 years)* Record at TU: 124-80 (7 years) Record at Houston: 150-61 (7 years) Jan. 2 at Cincinnati (ESPN+)* W, 70-66 *on-court record Jan. 6 at USF (ESPN+)* W, 61-51 Jan. 9 UC F (ESPN+)* Postponed Fast Break Points Jan. 13 at Wichita State (ESPN+)* L, 53-72 • Tulsa is in its 110th season of basketball and 7th season in the American Athletic Conference. Jan. 17 Memphis (ESPN+)* W, 58-57 • Coach Frank Haith is 3rd all-time in school history with 124 wins ... the record is 140 held by Doug Wojcik. Jan. 20 at Houston (ESPN+)* 7:00 PM • Senior Brandon Rachal was selected to the Preseason American Athletic Conference all-league team, after being selected to the 2019-20 third team all-AAC team … Rachal averaged 12.1 points and 5.8 rebounds last season Jan. 23 Tulane (ESPN+)* 2:00 PM • Tulsa has been picked to finish 6th in the preseason Coaches’ poll after coming off of their first American Athetic Jan. 30 at ECU (ESPN+)* 11:00 AM Conference regular season championship. Feb. 3 USF (ESPNU)* 8:00 PM • Tulsa is in its 7th year in the American Athletic Conference with the 3rd most conference wins among the league Feb. 6 at UCF (ESPN2/ESPNU)* 11:00 AM members in that time span with 72 victories, behind only Cincinnati (86) and Houston (79). Feb. 10 at Tulane (ESPN+)* 7:00 PM Feb. 13 SMU (ESPNU)* 1:00 PM Joiner’s Leadership Feb. 16 Temple (ESPNU)* 6:00 PM • Elijah Joiner is the most seasoned Hurricane having played in 104 games with 36 starts over four seasons for Tulsa. Feb. 24 Cincinnati (ESPNU)* 8:00 PM ... he is second in scoring and rebounds for TU, averaging 9.8 points and 5.1 rebounds ... he leads the team in assists Feb. 27 ECU (ESPN+)* 6:00 PM with 3.8 a game for the Hurricane. March 2 at Temple (ESPNU)* 6:00 PM • The guard is 6th in the AAC in assists and assist to turnover ratio while also being 10th in field goal percentage. March 7 at SMU (ESPN+)* 2:00 PM • Against Memphis, Joiner tied his season-high in scoring with 14 points, putting in 10 points in the second half ... the Chicago native led the team in rebounds for the third time this season with 5. March 11-14 AAC Tournament+ TBA • He was named to the American Athletic Conference week one honor roll after averaging 12.5 points and 4 rebounds All times Central and subject to change for television Games in Bold played at the Donald W. Reynolds Center in games against Wichita State and Memphis. ^ Hall of Fame Classic (Kansas City, Mo.) % Mayor’s Cup * American Athletic Conference game 2020-21 TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE + American Athletic Conference Tournament (Fort Worth, Texas) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown/Last School PPG RPG APG Projected Starters 0 Curtis Haywood II G 6-5 200 Jr-TR Oklahoma City, Okla./Georgia Tech 4.0 3.1 1.9 1 Brandon Rachal F 6-6 220 Sr-1L Natchitoches, La./Pearl River CC 14.6 7.2 2.1 2 Keyshawn Embery-Simpson G 6-3 200 So-TR Midwest City, Okla. / Arkansas 7.9 2.3 0.9 3 Elijah Joiner G 6-3 200 Sr-3L Chicago, Ill./Curie Metropolitan HS 9.8 5.1 3.8 12 Emmanuel Ugboh C 7-0 245 Sr-1L Lagos, Nigeria/Iowa Western CC 3.7 2.3 0.2 Off the Bench The University of Tulsa 4 Keshawn Williams G 6-3 200 Fr-HS Chicago, Ill. / Bloom HS 4.1 1.4 1.8 5 Peyton Urbancic G 6-6 185 Fr-HS Naples, Fla. / First Baptist Academy 2.3 1.0 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 7.3 4.3 2.3 not Tulsa University 13 Bradley Alcime F 6-8 200 Fr-HS Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / Archbishop McCarthy HS 2.5 1.0 0.0 We are ....... TU, not UT 15 Josh Earley F 6-7 210 So-HS Shawnee Mission, Kan./Bishop Miege HS 0.7 2.3 0.3 22 Christian Shumate G/F 6-6 185 Fr-HS Chicago Heights, Ill. / Bloom HS 2.0 1.7 0.0 We are ....... the Golden Hurricane or Hurricane 23 Ari Seals G 6-3 160 Fr-HS Frisco, Texas / Frisco HS 0.0 0.0 0.0 not Hurricanes (No “s”) 25 Rey Idowu F 6-9 240 Jr-TR Melbourne, Fla. / Illinois State 8.5 4.6 0.8 32 Austin Richie G/F 6-6 225 Jr-TR Glenwood, Ill. / Triton College 6.9 2.3 0.5 TulsaHurricane.com Tulsa Men’s Basketball Game Notes Quick Facts The Game • Tulsa will take on the Houston Cougars in a conference road matchup in the Fertitta Center Wednesday night on Location ________________________ Tulsa, Okla. ESPN+. Enrollment ____________ 4,380 (3,296 undergraduate) • The game is the 13th contest for Tulsa (8-4) this season ... the Cougars are 11-1 on the season winning their last Founded ____________________________ 1894 contest 75-58 in a home conference game against UCF on Jan. 17. Nickname ___________________ Golden Hurricane Colors _______________ Old Gold, Royal Blue, Crimson • The Cougars are ranked 8th nationally in both the Associated Press and the USA Today Coaches Poll. Home Court _____________Donald W. Reynolds Center Capacity ____________________________8,355 Scouting the Cougars Conference ____________ American Athletic Conference • Houston was picked to win the American Athletic Conference championship in the preseason AAC Coaches Poll ... Affiliation _____________________NCAA Division I the Cougars returned 3 starters and top two scorers from last season, when the team went 23-8 and 13-5 in Interim President _______________ Janet K. Levit, J.D. conference play .... splitting the AAC conference regular season championship with Tulsa and Cincinnati. Faculty Representative ____________Dr. Adrien Bouchet • Houston added two key pieces in Arkansas transfer Reggie Chaney and true freshman, Guy V. Lewis award winner Interim Director of Athletics ____________ Rick Dickson Tramon Mark. Athletics Administration _____________ 918-631-2381 • Houston also returned upperclassmen DeJon Jarreau and Quentin Grimes who combined for 21.1 points and 8.0 Ticket Office Phone ________________ 918-631-4688 rebounds per game last season. Internet Address ______________ TulsaHurricane.com TU Athletics Twitter _______________ @TulsaHurricane • The Cougars opened their season scoring a season best 89 points in a win against Lamar ... they won the next MBB Twitter ___________________@TUMBasketball three contests 68-58 against Boise State, 64-53 against Texas Tech and 77-67 against South Carolina ... Houston has MBB Facebook ________ facebook.com/TulsaMBasketball had 4 contests postponed or canceled due to Covid-19. MBB Instagram ________________ TulsaMBasketball • Houston has won their last 4 contests after picking up their only loss of the season to the Hurricane on Dec. 29. • The Cougars are led in scoring by Quentin Grimes who is averaging 17.7 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists per Coaching Staff game ... Marcus Sasser is averaging 16.3 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists a game for Houston. Head Coach ________________Frank Haith (Elon, ‘88) • Houston is led by Head Coach Kelvin Sampson, who was been at the helm of the Cougars for the last 7 seasons and Overall Record* ______________ 311-209/17th season holds a 150-61 record. On-Court Record _____________________ 329-209 School Record _________________124-80/7th season The Series Assistant Coach _________________ Kwanza Johnson _________________________ 2nd year (Tulsa, ‘95) • This will be the 58th contest between the Golden Hurricane and the Cougars ... Tulsa leads the series at 29-28 with Assistant Coach _____________________Shea Seals TU winning the first meeting this season. ___________________6th year[9th at TU] (Tulsa, ’97) • TU won the first contest against the Cougars in Houston 50-45 on Feb. 10, 1951 under Clarence Iba in his second Assistant Coach _____________________ Toby Lane season as the head coach of the Hurricane. ______________ 1st year[7th at TU] (Wichita State, ‘93) • This is the 23rd time the Hurricane has faced off with the same team ranked inside the top-8 in a season ..
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    American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Report Tuesday, November 24, 2020 Contact: Tom Fenstermaker, Director of Communications ([email protected]) 545 E. John Carpenter Freeway, Third Floor • Irving, Texas, 75062 • 336.259.1708 TheAmerican.org • Twitter: @American_MBB • Facebook: fb.com/AmericanConf • Instagram: AmericanConf 2020-21 STANDINGS AMERICAN OVERALL SCHOOL W-L PCT PF PA W-L PCT PF PA H A N L10 STREAK NOTABLE UCF 0-0 - - - 0-0 - - - 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Darin Green Jr., shot 41.7% from 3-point range last season Cincinnati 0-0 - - - 0-0 - - - 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Keith Williams Preseason All-Conference First Team East Carolina 0-0 - - - 0-0 - - - 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Jayden Gardner led AAC in scoring in 2019-20 (19.7 ppg) Houston17/18 0-0 - - - 0-0 - - - 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Preseason favorite in The American MemphisRV/RV 0-0 - - - 0-0 - - - 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - D.J. Jeffries and Landers Nolley II Preseason Second Team USF 0-0 - - - 0-0 - - - 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Alexis Yetna returns after missing 2019-20 season SMU 0-0 - - - 0-0 - - - 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Kendric Davis led AAC in assists last season with 6.6 apg Temple 0-0 - - - 0-0 - - - 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Jake Forrester led Owls with 53.3% field goal percentage Tulane 0-0 - - - 0-0 - - - 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Improved total wins by 8 and AAC wins by 4 from 18-19 Tulsa 0-0 - - - 0-0 - - - 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Picked 10th in 2019-20 in AAC, finished tied for 1st Wichita State 0-0 - - - 0-0 - - - 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Return 3 starters from 23-8 squad in 2019-20 Rankings listed as AP/USA Today SCHEDULE & RESULTS THE AMERICAN TODAY PRESEASON HONORS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 2020-21 SEASON GETS UNDERWAY WEDNESDAY Preseason Player of the Year Florida College at USF (ESPN+) .................................11:30 a.m.
  • The American Today 2020-21 Standings All-Conference Honors Schedule & Results

    The American Today 2020-21 Standings All-Conference Honors Schedule & Results

    American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Report March 17, 2021 Contact: Tom Fenstermaker, Director of Communications ([email protected]) 545 E. John Carpenter Freeway, Third Floor • Irving, Texas, 75062 • 336.259.1708 TheAmerican.org • Twitter: @American_MBB • Facebook: fb.com/AmericanConf • Instagram: AmericanConf 2020-21 STANDINGS AMERICAN OVERALL SCHOOL W-L PCT PF PA W-L PCT PF PA H A N L10 STREAK NOTABLE Wichita State-/RV 11-2 .846 72.7 68.5 16-5 .762 72.4 67.4 10-2 5-2 1-1 8-2 L 1 First regular season title since joining league Houston6/6 14-3 .824 74.9 58.9 24-3 .889 77.6 57.9 15-0 5-3 4-0 9-1 W 7 Grimes named to three All-America Third Teams Memphis 11-4 .733 70.1 61.1 16-8 .667 72.1 62.9 10-1 4-3 2-4 7-3 L 1 Tigers recorded 20 steals vs. UCF (conference record) SMU 7-4 .636 68.9 67.2 11-5 .688 74.1 67.1 6-2 5-2 0-1 5-5 L 1 Kendric Davis conference-record 14 assists vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati 8-6 .571 71.1 71.9 12-11 .522 68.9 72.3 5-5 5-5 2-1 6-4 L 1 Won 7 straight conference championship games UCF 8-10 .444 66.9 69.8 11-12 .478 67.2 69.4 6-3 4-8 1-1 7-3 L 1 Knights won 4 in a row to finish regular season Tulsa 7-10 .412 63.5 66.6 11-12 .478 68.4 65.6 7-5 4-4 0-3 3-7 L 1 Win over Houston was 1st top-5 win since 1996 Tulane 5-12 .294 63.6 68.8 10-13 .435 63.9 66.5 6-6 3-6 1-1 3-7 L 1 Collins became 10th player in league with 1,500 pts.