20 For 20: Tulsa Defeats Nevada for WAC Tournament Title

Our 20 For 20: Two Decades of Reynolds Center Magic series continues this week with a look back at TU's Western Athletic Conference Tournament Championship with a 75-64 win over Nevada on March 15, 2003.

The top-seeded Tulsa Golden Hurricane rolled into the 2003 WAC Tournament title game by defeating UTEP and exorcising some demons with a 10-point win over Hawaii, who had topped TU in the championship game each of the previous two tournaments at the Reynolds Center. This time it was Nevada standing in the way of an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament and the Hurricane fell behind early before Dante Swanson spurred a 21-3 run that helped Tulsa to a 36-30 halftime lead. An early 7-0 spurt in the second half gave TU a double-digit advantage and the Hurricane would go on to claim a 75-64 win for the program's only WAC Tournament championship. Swanson finished with a game-high 23 points, while Kevin Johnson added 18 points and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. In the NCAA Tournament, the 13th-seeded Hurricane would upset No. 4-seed Dayton, 84-71, before falling at the buzzer to No. 5-seed Wisconsin two days later.

Click on the video below for highlights and Bruce Howard's radio call from the game. For a look back at all of our Reynolds Center moments so far, click here.

20 For 20: Tulsa Defeats Nevada for WAC Tournament Title

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