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 4 | Wichita State | Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 | 6:00 p.m. | Reynolds Center (8,355) 2020-21 Schedule Date: Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 Time: 6:00 p.m. (CT) Date Opponent Time/Result Location: Tulsa, Okla. Nov. 28 vs. TCU (ESPN3)^ L, 65-70 Arena: Reynolds Center (8,355) 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 Wichita State Dec. 8 Arkansas Postponed Television: ESPNU Golden Hurricane Ted Emrich (pxp) & Bryndon Manzer (analyst) Shockers Dec. 12 at Oral Roberts% Postponed Location: Tulsa, Okla. Location: Wichita, Kan. Dec. 15 Wichita State (ESPNU)* 6:00 PM 2020-21 Record: 1-2 2020-21 Record: 1-2 Dec. 18 Northwestern State (ESPN+) 6:00 PM The American Record: 0-0 The American Record: 0-0 Dec. 21 at Memphis (ESPN2)* 7:00 PM Dec. 29 Houston (ESPN2/ESPNU)* 8:00 PM Head Coach: Frank Haith, 7th year Interim Head Coach: Isaac Brown, 1st year Career Record: 1-2 (First Season) Jan. 2 at Cincinnati* TBA Career Record: 322-207 (17 years)* Record at TU: 117-78 (7 years) Record at WSU: same Jan. 6 at USF* TBA *on-court record Jan. 9 UCF* TBA Jan. 13 at Wichita State * TBA Fast Break Points 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 Hurricane captured its first win of the season, defeating UT Arlington at home, 79-64 on Dec. 4. 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 A Game of Firsts for Tulsa Feb. 24 Cincinnati* TBA • Tulsa, in its first game in the Reynolds Center during the 2020-21 season, defeated UT Arlington to capture its first Feb. 27 ECU* TBA win of the season. March 2 at Temple* TBA • The Hurricane played every active player giving Ryan Gendron, Christian Shumate, Ari Seals, Peyton Urbancic and March 7 at SMU* TBA Bradley Alcime their first minutes of action in their career. March 11-14 AAC Tournament+ TBA • Junior transfers Curtis Haywood II and Austin Richie both scored their first baskets wearing a Tulsa uniform ... Haywood II scored 8 in the game, while Richie added in 5 points. All times Central and subject to change for television Games in Bold played at the Donald W. Reynolds Center • For the first time since opening in the 1999-00 season, the Reynolds Center hosted a game without fans ... Tulsa ^ Hall of Fame Classic (Kansas City, Mo.) fans are not permitted into games thru at least Dec. 19 due to Covid-19 precautions. % 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 2.7 1.7 2.7 1 Brandon Rachal F 6-6 220 Sr-1L Natchitoches, La./Pearl River CC 17.3 4.3 1.3 2 Keyshawn Embery-Simpson G 6-3 200 So-TR Midwest City, Okla. / Arkansas 11.0 1.3 0.7 3 Elijah Joiner G 6-3 200 Sr-3L Chicago, Ill./Curie Metropolitan HS 11.7 7.0 3.0 12 Emmanuel Ugboh C 7-0 245 Sr-1L Lagos, Nigeria/Iowa Western CC 4.3 1.0 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 1.7 5 Peyton Urbancic G 6-6 185 Fr-HS Naples, Fla. / First Baptist Academy 0.0 1.0 0.0 We are ....... The University of Tulsa 10 Ryan Gendron G 6-4 200 So-TR Tulsa, Okla. / Oklahoma State 0.0 1.0 0.0 11 Darien Jackson G 6-3 189 Sr-3L Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley Northwest HS 7.0 5.0 3.7 not Tulsa University 13 Bradley Alcime F 6-8 200 Fr-HS Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / Archbishop McCarthy HS 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 2.0 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 7.7 5.7 0.7 32 Austin Richie G/F 6-6 225 Jr-TR Glenwood, Ill. / Triton College 1.7 1.3 0.0 TulsaHurricane.com Tulsa Men’s Basketball Game Notes Quick Facts The Game • Tulsa will take on the Wichita State Shockers in its American Athletic Conference opener in the Reynolds Center Location ________________________ Tulsa, Okla. Tuesday night on ESPNU. Enrollment ____________ 4,380 (3,296 undergraduate) • The game is the fourth contest for Tulsa this season ... the Shockers are 1-2 on the season dropping their last game Founded ____________________________ 1894 67-64 to the Oklahoma State Cowboys on Dec. 12. Nickname ___________________ Golden Hurricane Colors _______________ Old Gold, Royal Blue, Crimson Home Court _____________Donald W. Reynolds Center Scouting the Shockers Capacity ____________________________8,355 • Wichita State was picked to finish 7th in the preseason American Athletic Conference Coaches Poll ... the Shockers Conference ____________ American Athletic Conference return eight, including three starters from last season, when the team went 23-8 and 11-7 in conference play. Affiliation _____________________NCAA Division I • The Shockers opened their season with a win at home against Oral Roberts 85-80 ... they have dropped the last Interim President _______________ Janet K. Levit, J.D. two, Missouri 72-62 and Oklahoma State 67-64. Faculty Representative ____________Dr. Adrien Bouchet • The Shockers are led in scoring by guard Tyson Etienne who is averaging 19.7 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists Interim Director of Athletics ____________ Rick Dickson per game ... graduate transfer Alterique Gilbert is averaging 15.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists a game for Athletics Administration _____________ 918-631-2381 Wichita State. Ticket Office Phone ________________ 918-631-4688 • Wichita State is led by Interim Head Coach Isaac Brown, who was promoted to interim after serving as an assistant Internet Address ______________ TulsaHurricane.com TU Athletics Twitter _______________ @TulsaHurricane coach for the Shockers since 2014. MBB Twitter ___________________@TUMBasketball MBB Facebook ________ facebook.com/TulsaMBasketball The Series MBB Instagram ________________ TulsaMBasketball • This will be the 133rd contest between the Golden Hurricane and the Shockers ... the first game between the two teams was in 1930 as Tulsa defeated Wichita State 32-30 on the road. Coaching Staff • Wichita State holds a 70-62 series advantage over TU, with the last home contest coming on Feb. 1, 2020 ... the Head Coach ________________Frank Haith (Elon, ‘88) Hurricane won the contest 54-51, behind a career-high 22 points from Elijah Joiner. Overall Record* ______________ 303-207/17th season • Tulsa and Wichita State split last years meetings with each winning on their home court ... the Shockers defeated On-Court Record _____________________ 322-207 the Hurricane 79-57 on March 8, 2020 to end last year’s regular season. School Record _________________117-78/7th season • Since Wichita State joined the AAC during the 2017-18 season, the Shockers have a 5-1 record. Assistant Coach _________________ Kwanza Johnson _________________________ 2nd year (Tulsa, ‘95) • Tulsa is 7-5 all-time against the Shockers when the two teams play in December ... this will be the first AAC Assistant Coach _____________________Shea Seals matchup played in December. ___________________6th year[9th at TU] (Tulsa, ’97) Assistant Coach _____________________ Toby Lane A Tulsa Win Would ______________ 1st year[7th at TU] (Wichita State, ‘93) • Give the Hurricane its second win of the season, moving Tulsa to 2-2 on the year. Director of Basketball Operations _________ Dave Reiter • Move Tulsa’s all-time record against Wichita State to 70-63. _____________________6th year (Kansas State, ‘01) • Give Head Coach Haith his 118th win which would be for 4th all-time in Tulsa history. Director of Player Development ____________Jim Platt ___________________ 5th year (Concordia [Ill.], ‘73) Last Season Heroics Against Wichita State Director of Scouting __________________ Toby Lane • Tulsa defeated No. 23 Wichita State 54-51 with a last second three-pointer by Elijah Joiner on Saturday, Feb. 1. ________________ 1st year[2nd at TU] (Nebraska, ‘16) Director of Athletic Performance __________ David Deets • Tulsa forced a shot clock violation by the Shockers with 0:03.3 remaining, thus giving the Hurricane one last ____________ 4th year (Northeastern [Okla.] State, ‘00) chance in regulation to break the tie ..