Men’s Basketball Unveils New Locker Room

Locker Room Tour

TULSA, Okla. – The Tulsa men's basketball team opened the doors to its brand new locker room last week, unveiling the 2,640 square-foot space that includes not only a player locker area, but a large team lounge, video theater and coaches locker room.

The Golden Hurricane, which opens the 2015-16 season at home on Nov. 14 against Central Arkansas, will enjoy a top-of-the-line locker room beginning this season. Watch the full video tour above.

"When you have a place like this where guys are going to want to hang out a lot and be at, it helps build chemistry within the program, because they're all going to be here," Tulsa Head Coach Frank Haith said. "I think we've built a place where guys are going to want to come and hang out. Whether it be to come in here and watch a game, to eat, to lounge out in the locker room, or to study. We wanted them to have a place to come to. I think we have as good a locker room as there is in the country."

The entranceway features walls adorned with photos of the TU basketball crowd and student section. Sliding glass doors open up into the Unite Lounge area that features a custom marble island with bar seats and custom marble counter tops. The lounge also includes three large flat screen TV's, couches, a Gatorade and water machine, microwave and ice machine.

A "Family" sign sits above the doorway into the players' locker room. The frosted glass door featuring an etched hurricane flags logo opens to a vertical ball rack and a trophy case. The players' locker room features 16 blue quartz-lined lockers with walnut wood finish. A lit interlocking "TU" logo hangs from the center of the ceiling, and color-changing LED lights add character to the room.

The word "Focus" sits above the doorway of the video room, which features 21 cushioned leather seats, a 90" Smart TV and a 110" HD projector screen. Displayed on the back wall of the video room are the program core values: "Character, skill, toughness." In addition, the locker room features a large flat screen TV, and both the video and locker rooms include a decorative white glass wall that doubles as a dry erase white board.

The coaches' locker room, like the players' locker room, features blue quartz-lined lockers with walnut wood finish. The coaches' locker room and bathroom feature sliding doors on overhead rollers. An office sits at the end of the hallway, and features a leather couch and chair. Haith describes it as a sitting room where he can spend quiet time thinking or talking with players.

Porcelain motion walls line the inside of the locker room area. The corridor outside the locker room suite features a metallic ceiling and walls lined with distinctive words describing the program. Wood framing and lighted signage marks the entrance to each team locker room in the suite, which includes women's basketball and volleyball.

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Men’s Basketball Unveils New Locker Room

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