ABOUT TULSA • Entering Saturday’s game, Tulsa has posted a 12-11 overall record and 6-5 mark in American Athletic Conference play… Golden Hurricane stand in tie with UConn for fifth place in the latest league standings. • Tulsa has lost its last three games and four of its last five… Only a 77-66 home win over UCF on Jan. 28 prevents a longer streak. • In its most recent action, Tulsa dropped a 66-44 decision at Memphis on Tuesday… Golden Hurricane were outscored 34-17 in the second half and limited to only 22.7 percent from the field during the final 20 minutes. • Forward Junior Etou led Tulsa with nine points and nine rebounds, while forward Martins Igbanu and guard Sterling Taplin posted eight points apiece. • This season, Etou leads the Golden Hurricane with 12.7 points and 6.9 rebounds per game… Taplin tops the team with 3.4 assists per game. • Head Coach Frank Haith is in his third season at Tulsa and his 13th season as a collegiate head coach. • Has compiled a 237-163 record during his career and is 55-34 during his Tulsa tenure. • Previously built a 53-28 record at Missouri (2011-14) and was 129-101 at Miami (Fla.) (2004-11). • 1988 graduate of Elon.
Today’s game is crucial. Hope UH wins! We still have an outside shot on making the NCAA tourney without winning the conference tournament. Why ?? Because UH has a chance to beat 2 rank teams (SMU, Cincy) being fully healthy. I think the American is a 3 team tourney conference.
