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Tulsa's Justin Hurtt was named Conference USA's player of the week on Monday. Hurtt tied his career high twice last week with 21 points in victories over Oklahoma State and Ohio.

Tulsa captured a hard-fought 81-80 victory over Ohio on Sunday afternoon. The Golden Hurricane led for all except 15 seconds in the second half, but never could break away from the Mid-American Conference school.

From the moment of tip off the ball to the last second ticking off, the Tulsa Golden Hurricane were dominant against Oklahoma State.

Tulsa coach Doug Wojcik has led the TU basketball program to back-to-back 25-win seasons, but Wednesday's 86-65 victory over Oklahoma State will go down as the first statement victory in his five years at the Tulsa helm.

Missouri State opened a 21-point lead, then held on to beat Tulsa 83-75 Saturday night at JQH Arena in a battle of college basketball unbeatens Adam Leonard scored 24 points and Caleb Patterson added 17 - both career highs - as the Bears improved to 5-0 and dropped the Golden Hurricane to 5-1. Missouri State played a near-perfect first half and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tulsa basketball has been down this ugly road before. The Golden Hurricane's slow start away from home resulted in an 83-75 road loss at Missouri State on Saturday night.

It was enough that FIU traveled nearly halfway across the country to play the preseason Conference USA favorite, Tulsa , but playing without its 6-foot-9 center, Nikola Gacesa who injured his knee Friday night against Monmouth, made it all the more daunting.

Wheatley returns: One of Tuesday night's loudest cheers in Tulsa's 79-65 win over Loyola Marymount came when Bishop Wheatley was announced in the Golden Hurricane's starting lineup.

Tulsaa s basketball record remained spotless following Tuesday nighta s 79-65 victory over Loyola Marymount.

Be like Jerome: No. 23 skied through the air and threw down an emphatic dunk. No, it wasn't Michael.

Sporting News' college basketball columnist Mike DeCourcy addresses five topics currently in his sport's headlines.

Doug Wojcik began Tuesday afternoon's press conference in a light-hearted mood. "I was afraid our maintenance crew put lids on the rim before the game," Wojcik said following Tulsa's 59-45 win over Arkansas-Little Rock.

Tulsa's Bryson Pope accepted the outlet pass, took a couple of dribbles and completed the fastbreak with a thunderous slam dunk.

The smile didn't form on Steven Idlet's face until the final moments. The Tulsa sophomore punctuated his career night with a steal and a full-court breakaway layup in the final three seconds of the Golden Hurricane's 72-47 victory over St.

Tulsa wants to seize control of its basketball season from day one. That may be no more essential than in this season, given the NCAA Tournament selection committee's history of selecting fewer at-large berths for non-power conferences in recent years.

Jerome Jordan scored 16 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead Tulsa to an 82-47 exhibition win over Southern Nazarene Monday evening at the Reynolds Center in Tulsa.

Tulsa basketball gets one dress rehearsal before the regular season begins later this week.

The University of Tulsa men's basketball team is considered one of the teams to beat in Conference USA this season.

Key Returners: Ben Uzoh , Jerome Jordan , Justin Hurtt A Strengths Tulsa probably has the two best players youa TMve never heard of in Ben Uzoh and Jerome Jordan.

Angel Garcia hasn't played a minute for Memphis since he arrived a year ago. Yet, the news that he tore his ACL made headlines across the country, including on the front page of ESPN.com. "I had never heard of the kid, I wasn't aware he was on the roster," Houston coach Tom Penders said.