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J.R. Rollo Joins TU Basketball Broadcast Team
10/30/2015 10:33:00 AM | Men's Basketball
TULSA, Okla. – Former Tulsa basketball player J.R. Rollo has been added to the TU basketball radio team as color analyst, joining play-by-play announcer Bruce Howard to broadcast Golden Hurricane Basketball for the 2015-16 season.
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Rollo previously served as Tulsa's basketball analyst for two games during the 1998-99 season. He played center for Tulsa from 1992-96. During his career, he was a member of three NCAA Tournament teams (1994-96), including two Sweet Sixteen appearances (1994-95), and two Missouri Valley Conference Championship teams (1994-95). He served as a team captain his senior year, when TU won the 1996 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title.
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Rollo averaged 5.1 points, 4.0 rebounds and a .504 field goal percentage in 122 games during his career at TU, and started all 31 games during Tulsa's 1993-94 Sweet Sixteen run. A native of Baldwin, Mo., Rollo received his bachelor's degree in business administration from TU in 1996.
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Rollo played one season of professional basketball in Luxembourg in 1997. He served as an assistant basketball coach at Union High School from 1996-98. He was head coach of the Athletes First AAU program from 1997-99, winning Oklahoma state championships in 1997 and 1998. Rollo currently serves as a branch manager for BSN Sports in Tulsa.
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The Golden Hurricane plays exhibition games against Haskell Indian Nations on Nov. 7 and Rogers State on Nov. 10 at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. TU opens the season Nov. 14 against Central Arkansas at 7 p.m. at the Reynolds Center.
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Follow Tulsa Men's Basketball on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/TUMBasketball, Instagram at https://instagram.com/tulsambasketball/ and Facebook at www.facebook.com/TulsaMBasketball. Follow Tulsa Athletics on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/TulsaHurricane, Instagram at www.instagram.com/tulsahurricanepics and Facebook at www.facebook.com/TulsaHurricane. For all news and information about Tulsa Basketball, go to www.TulsaHurricane.com.
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Rollo previously served as Tulsa's basketball analyst for two games during the 1998-99 season. He played center for Tulsa from 1992-96. During his career, he was a member of three NCAA Tournament teams (1994-96), including two Sweet Sixteen appearances (1994-95), and two Missouri Valley Conference Championship teams (1994-95). He served as a team captain his senior year, when TU won the 1996 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title.
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Rollo averaged 5.1 points, 4.0 rebounds and a .504 field goal percentage in 122 games during his career at TU, and started all 31 games during Tulsa's 1993-94 Sweet Sixteen run. A native of Baldwin, Mo., Rollo received his bachelor's degree in business administration from TU in 1996.
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Rollo played one season of professional basketball in Luxembourg in 1997. He served as an assistant basketball coach at Union High School from 1996-98. He was head coach of the Athletes First AAU program from 1997-99, winning Oklahoma state championships in 1997 and 1998. Rollo currently serves as a branch manager for BSN Sports in Tulsa.
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The Golden Hurricane plays exhibition games against Haskell Indian Nations on Nov. 7 and Rogers State on Nov. 10 at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. TU opens the season Nov. 14 against Central Arkansas at 7 p.m. at the Reynolds Center.
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Follow Tulsa Men's Basketball on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/TUMBasketball, Instagram at https://instagram.com/tulsambasketball/ and Facebook at www.facebook.com/TulsaMBasketball. Follow Tulsa Athletics on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/TulsaHurricane, Instagram at www.instagram.com/tulsahurricanepics and Facebook at www.facebook.com/TulsaHurricane. For all news and information about Tulsa Basketball, go to www.TulsaHurricane.com.
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