University of Tulsa NCAA News

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.

"Free Bishop" signs could have been hot sellers at recent University of Tulsa basketball games.

George Clinkscale saw it coming. But the University of Tulsa linebacker admits it's a different feeling when Senior Day is right around the corner.

While the football team endures hard times at the end of its season, the basketball teams have yet to get a loss.

HATTIESBURG, Miss. a ' Tulsa has grabbed a 14-6 lead over Southern Miss after the first quarter of its Conference USA contest on Saturday night.

Jerome Jordan scored 23 points, Justin Hurtt added a career-high 21 and Stephen Idlet had his first career double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds as Tulsa overpowered South Alabama 84-62 Saturday.

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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.

Tyler Holmes said he couldn't feel sorry for himself if he tried. Not when his University of Tulsa football roommate has had it so much rougher.

Tulsa's football season continued its downward spiral on Sunday night. East Carolina captured a 44-17 win over the Golden Hurricane before a sparse Chapman Stadium announced crowd of 17,453 on a cold, chilly evening.

Three games into his college coaching career, Isiah Thomas was already asking for mercy.

The postgame walk to the locker room won't be forgotten. Tulsa's players had to pass a celebrating East Carolina team last year after the Pirates defeated the Golden Hurricane in the 2008 Conference USA championship game.

Justin Skillens was feeling the heat. He needed to make a play. Fans of the former Booker T. Washington football standout wondered when he was going to start contributing more as a University of Tulsa freshman.

Freshman nose guard Gabe McGee got a rapid introduction to college football . He was part of a goal-line stand in his first University of Tulsa game.

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

Recruiting base: One reason Kevin Sumlin left Bob Stoops' University of Oklahoma coaching staff to become Houston's head coach is the fertile recruiting region he inherited.

While Tulsa's offensive line continues to struggle as a unit, head coach Todd Graham went out of his way to say freshman center Trent Dupy has "improved dramatically" in recent weeks.

Tulsa senior defensive back John Destin said he couldn't believe that he let a sure interception slip through his fingers at UTEP last week.

Bishop Wheatley has had a front-row seat to Tulsa's basketball revitalization. Five years ago, the forward was a raw freshman who joined a hurting program that had just introduced a rookie head coach.