Year: | 2019–20 |
Team: | Tulsa Golden Hurricane |
Sport: | Basketball |
Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
Short Conf: | AAC |
Record: | 21–10 |
Conf Record: | 13–5 |
Hc Year: | 6th |
Asst Coach2: | Kwanza Johnson |
Champion: | AAC regular season co-champions |
The 2019–20 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team represented the University of Tulsa during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Hurricane, led by sixth-year head coach Frank Haith, played their home games at the Reynolds Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma as members of the American Athletic Conference.[1] They finished the season 21–10, 13–5 in AAC play to finish in a three-way tie for first place. Frank Haith was named AAC Coach of the Year for the season. Due to tiebreaking rules, they received the No. 3 seed in the AAC tournament, which was canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.[2] Shortly thereafter, the NCAA Tournament and all postseason tournaments were canceled, effectively ending Tulsa's season.[3]
The Golden Hurricane finished the 2018–19 season 18–14, 8–10 in AAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the AAC tournament to SMU.[4]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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Chris Barnes | 0 | G | 6'4" | 200 | Transferred to Eastern Michigan | |||
DaQuan Jeffries | 2 | G/F | 6'5" | 230 | Graduated | |||
Sterling Taplin | 4 | G | 6'1" | 195 | Graduated | |||
Curran Scott | 10 | G | 6'4' | 208 | Graduate transferred to Clemson | |||
Lindsay Deline Jr. | 14 | G | 5'11" | 189 | Walk-on; graduated | |||
Zeke Moore | 23 | G | 6'7" | 210 | Mid-season transferred to SIU Edwardsville | |||
Pete Hewitt | 32 | F | 6'10" | 225 | Transferred to Point Loma Nazarene | |||
Alex Foree | 34 | F | 6'5" | 214 | Walk-on; graduated | |||
Simon Falokun | 44 | F | 6'8" | 240 | Left team |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brandon Rachal | 0 | G | 6'6" | 220 | Junior college transferred from Pearl River CC | |||
Keyshawn Embery | 2 | G | 6'3" | 202 | Transferred from Arkansas. Under NCAA transfer rules, Embery will have to sit out the 2019–20 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. | |||
Emmanuel Ugboh | 24 | C | 6'11" | 242 | Junior college transferred from Iowa Western CC | |||
Curtis Haywood | 33 | G | 6'5" | 202 | Transferred from Georgia Tech. Under NCAA transfer rules, Haywood will have to sit out the 2019–20 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. |
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1.Cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Frank Haith