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 2 | South Carolina | Nov. 29 | 12:00 p.m. | T-Mobile Center | Kansas City, Mo. | Hall of Fame Classic 2020-21 Schedule Date: Sunday, Nov. 28, 2020 Time: 12:00 p.m. (CT) Date Opponent Time/Result Location: Kansas City, Mo. Nov. 28 vs. TCU (ESPN3)^ L, 65-70 Arena: T-Mobile Center (18,972) Radio: Big Country 99.5 FM Nov. 29 vs. South Carolina (ESPN2)^ 12:00 PM Audio: tulsahurricane.com, TuneIn app Dec. 4 UT Arlington TBA Television: ESPN2 Tulsa South Carolina Dec. 8 Arkansas TBA Chuckie Kempf (pxp) & Mark Adams (analyst) Golden Hurricane Gamecocks Dec. 12 at Oral Roberts% TBA Location: Tulsa, Okla. Location: Columbia, S.C. Dec. 15 Wichita State* TBA 2020-21 Record: 0-1 2020-21 Record: 0-1 Dec. 18 Northwestern State TBA The American Record: 0-0 SEC Record: 0-0 Dec. 21 at Memphis* TBA Dec. 29 Houston* TBA Head Coach: Frank Haith, 7th year Head Coach: Frank Martin, 8th year Career Record: 264-174 (13 years) Jan. 2 at Cincinnati* TBA Career Record: 321-206 (17 years)* Record at TU: 116-76 (7 years) Record at USC: 147-119 (9 years) Jan. 6 at USF* TBA *on-court record Jan. 9 UCF* TBA Fast Break Points Jan. 13 at Wichita State * TBA Jan. 17 Memphis* TBA • Tulsa is in its 110th season of basketball and 7th season in the American Athletic Conference. Jan. 20 at Houston* TBA • The 21 wins for Tulsa last season was the most since posting a 23-11 record in 2014-15. Jan. 23 Tulane* TBA • 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. 30 at ECU* TBA • Tulsa has been picked to finish 6th in the preseason Coaches’ poll after coming off of their first American Athetic Feb. 3 USF* TBA Conference regular season Championship. Feb. 6 at UCF* TBA • Tulsa is in its 7th year in the American Athletic Conference with the 3rd most conference wins among the league Feb. 10 at Tulane* TBA members in that time span with 67 victories, behind only Cincinnati and Houston. Feb. 13 SMU* TBA Feb. 16 Temple* TBA Leading By Example Feb. 24 Cincinnati* TBA • In the season opener against TCU, the four seniors, Brandon Rachal, Elijah Joiner, Darien Jackson and Emmanuel Feb. 27 ECU* TBA Ugboh combined for 39 points and 18 rebounds. March 2 at Temple* TBA • The group led the team in points (Rachal-19), rebounds (Rachal-8), assists (Joiner-5), Steals (Joiner-3) and blocks March 7 at SMU* TBA (Rachal-2). March 11-14 AAC Tournament+ TBA • Rachal (19) put in his 21st double-figure scoring game, while Joiner (10) added his 14th career double-digit scoring game. All times Central and subject to change for television Games in Bold played at the Donald W. Reynolds Center • The four combined to go 17-28 (61-percent) from the field, grabbed 18 of the teams 32 rebounds and accounted ^ Hall of Fame Classic (Kansas City, Mo.) for 8 assists, forcing 5 turnovers in the process. % Mayor’s Cup * American Athletic Conference game + American Athletic Conference Tournament (Fort Worth, Texas) 2020-21 TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE 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 0.0 2.0 1.0 1 Brandon Rachal F 6-6 220 Sr-1L Natchitoches, La./Pearl River CC 19.0 8.0 1.0 2 Keyshawn Embery-Simpson G 6-3 200 So-TR Midwest City, Okla. / Arkansas 14.0 2.0 1.0 3 Elijah Joiner G 6-3 200 Sr-3L Chicago, Ill./Curie Metropolitan HS 10.0 7.0 5.0 12 Emmanuel Ugboh C 7-0 245 Sr-1L Lagos, Nigeria/Iowa Western CC 4.0 0.0 0.0 Off the Bench The University of Tulsa 4 Keshawn Williams G 6-3 200 Fr-HS Chicago, Ill. / Bloom HS 4.0 2.0 2.0 5 Peyton Urbancic G 6-6 185 Fr-HS Naples, Fla. / First Baptist Academy -- -- -- We are ....... The University of Tulsa 10 Ryan Gendron G 6-4 200 So-TR Tulsa, Okla. / Oklahoma State -- -- -- 11 Darien Jackson G 6-3 189 Sr-3L Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley Northwest HS 6.0 3.0 2.0 not Tulsa University 13 Bradley Alcime F 6-8 200 Fr-HS Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / Archbishop McCarthy HS -- -- -- We are ....... TU, not UT 15 Josh Earley F 6-7 210 Fr-HS Shawnee Mission, Kan./Bishop Miege HS -- -- -- 22 Christian Shumate G/F 6-6 185 Fr-HS Chicago Heights, Ill. / Bloom HS -- -- -- We are ....... the Golden Hurricane or Hurricane 23 Ari Seals G 6-3 160 Fr-HS Frisco, Texas / Frisco HS -- -- -- not Hurricanes (No “s”) 25 Rey Idowu F 6-9 240 Jr-TR Melbourne, Fla. / Illinois State 8.0 5.0 1.0 32 Austin Richie G/F 6-6 225 Jr-TR Glenwood, Ill. / Triton College 0.0 0.0 0.0 TulsaHurricane.com Tulsa Men’s Basketball Game Notes Quick Facts The Game • Tulsa will take on the South Carolina Gamecocks in a neutral site matchup at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Location ________________________ Tulsa, Okla. Mo., during the final round of the Hall of Fame Classic powered by ShotTracker on ESPN2. Enrollment ____________ 4,380 (3,296 undergraduate) • The game will second contest for Tulsa this season ... the Gamecocks openned their season with a 78-62 loss to the Founded ____________________________ 1894 Liberty Falmes on Nov. 28. Nickname ___________________ Golden Hurricane Colors _______________ Old Gold, Royal Blue, Crimson Home Court _____________Donald W. Reynolds Center Scouting the Gamecocks Capacity ____________________________8,355 • South Carolina was picked to finish eighth in the SEC Preseason Poll. The Gamecocks return four starters and 12 Conference ____________ American Athletic Conference letterwinners from last season, when the team went 18-13 and 10-8 in conference play. Affiliation _____________________NCAA Division I • The Gamecocks openned their season with a loss on Nov. 28 to Liberty, 78-62 ... they were led by AJ Lawson who Interim President _______________ Janet K. Levit, J.D. scored 12 points and Keyshawn Bryant who had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Faculty Representative ________ Dr. Christopher Anderson • Lawson is the leading scorer from the 2019-20 season averaging 13.4 points a game ... the junior was also the Interim Director of Athletics ____________ Rick Dickson leader in three-point and free throw percentage ... South Carolina also returned SEC All-Freshman team member Athletics Administration _____________ 918-631-2381 Jermaine Couisnard who averaged 12.1 points and 3.2 assists per game. Ticket Office Phone ________________ 918-631-4688 • The Gamecocks will look to fill the void left by SEC all-conference second team selection Maik Kotsar, who Internet Address ______________ TulsaHurricane.com TU Athletics Twitter _______________ @TulsaHurricane averaged 11.2 points and a team best 6.3 rebounds for South Carolina last season. MBB Twitter ___________________@TUMBasketball MBB Facebook ________ facebook.com/TulsaMBasketball The Series MBB Instagram ________________ TulsaMBasketball • This will be the 2nd contest between the Golden Hurricane and the Gamecocks. • South Carolina holds a 1-0 series advantage over TU, with the only contest coming on Nov. 23, 2015 in St. Thomas, Coaching Staff US Virgin Islands ... the Gamecocks won the contest with a final of 83-75. Head Coach ________________Frank Haith (Elon, ‘88) Overall Record* ______________ 303-206/17th season A Tulsa Win Would On-Court Record _____________________ 321-206 • Give the Hurricane their first win of the season. School Record _________________116-77/7th season • Move Tulsa’s all-time record against South Carolina to 1-1. Assistant Coach _________________ Kwanza Johnson _________________________ 2nd year (Tulsa, ‘95) • Give Head Coach Haith his 117th win which would be tied with Ken Hayes for 4th all-time in Tulsa history. Assistant Coach _____________________Shea Seals ___________________6th year[9th at TU] (Tulsa, ’97) Trio of New Faces Shine in Opener Assistant Coach _____________________ Toby Lane • The trio of Keyshawn Embery-Simpson, Keshawn Williams and Rey Idowu all scored their first points as a ______________ 1st year[7th at TU] (Wichita State, ‘93) Hurricane player. Director of Basketball Operations _________ Dave Reiter • Embery-Simpson led the group scoring 14 points, lead Tulsa in the first half with 7 points ... Idowu finished the _____________________6th year (Kansas State, ‘01) game with 8 points and 5 rebounds. Director of Player Development ____________Jim Platt • Williams, the only freshman that saw action, scored 4 points, grabbed two rebounds and had two assists playing ___________________ 5th year (Concordia [Ill.], ‘73) 18 minutes in the contest. Director of Scouting __________________ Toby Lane ________________ 1st year[2nd at TU] (Nebraska, ‘16) Director of Athletic Performance __________ David Deets LAST SEASON AT A GLANCE ____________ 4th year (Northeastern [Okla.] State, ‘00) • Tulsa shared the American Athletic Conference regular season title with Cincinnati and Houston. Special Assistant to the Head Coach ________ Corey Haith • Tulsa has now won or shared 11 league titles in school history with 10 coming in the last 36 seasons. ___________________ 1st year[3rd at TU] (Tulsa ‘18) • It was the first AAC title for Tulsa in its 6 years as a league member …Tulsa also placed among the top-4 in the *18 wins were vacated when at Missouri AAC regular season in 4 seasons, including 2nd in 2014-15, 3rd in 2015-16 and 4th place in 2017-18.