On This Date in TU Sports History – March 15
3/15/2021 11:21:00 AM | Tulsa Hurricane
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March 15, 2003 Tulsa captured the Western Athletic Conference men's basketball title with a 75-64 win over Nevada at the Donald W. Reynolds Center.
Dante Swanson's 23 points and Kevin Johnson with 18 paced Tulsa, while Jarius Glenn added 15 points and 13 rebounds.
It was the third straight season that Tulsa hosted the WAC Championship.
March 14, 2002 Tulsa pulled out a 71-69 victory over Dwyane Wade and No. 12-ranked Marquette in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in St. Louis.
Greg Harrington hit a 5-foot running jumper with 0:15 remaining in the game to give the Hurricane its 2-point lead. A last second shot attempt by Marquette fell short putting Tulsa in a second-round matchup against Kentucky.
March 12, 1955 Tulsa basketball won its first game in the NCAA tournament in its first-ever NCAA appearance with a 68-67 consolation game victory over SMU in Manhattan, Kansas.
March 10, 1980 Nolan Richardson was named the Tulsa men's basketball coach after leading his Western Texas Junior College team to the NJCAA national title with a 33-0 record.
March 6, 2006 The Jack Zink Indoor Rowing Center was dedicated on March 6, 2006.
March 5, 1986 Tulsa hosted the Missouri Valley Conference Basketball Championship at the Tulsa Convention Center and in the title game handed the No. 9 Bradley Braves a 74-58 setback to claim the crown as MVC Champions.
March 5, 2003 Dante Swanson knocked down an off-balance 3-pointer with no time remaining to give Tulsa a 62-59 win over Fresno State.
In the final regular season game at the Reynolds Center the win clinched at least a tie for the No. 1 seed at the Western Athletic Conference tournament.
With the game tied at 59, Tulsa had possession for the final 0:29. At the 0:02 mark, the Hurricane called a timeout and after the in-bounds to Swanson the senior made the spectacular shot to end the game. The win set-up a showdown with Tulsa and Nevada three days later to see which team would earn the first seed for the WAC Tournament.
Tulsa went on to win the Nevada contest, 79-73, in Reno and was the No. 1-seed for the WAC Tournament a few days later in Tulsa.
March 4, 1974Tulsa faced cross-town rival Oral Roberts in the first-ever game between the two schools as the Mayor's Cup series began in the 1974-75 season with Tulsa pulling out an 85-84 victory.
In its final year as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference, the Tulsa basketball team won the MVC Championship by taking Arch Madness with a 60-46 win over Bradley in St. Louis, Mo.
March 3, 1973 In the final game of his junior season, Willie Biles scored a school record 48 points in a 97-91 win over Wichita State at the Fairgrounds Pavilion.
It's a scoring record that Biles tied the next season and one that still stands today.
February 23, 2002The first softball games played on campus at the Donna J. Hardesty Sports Complex resulted in a Tulsa doubleheader sweep over Bacone College, 4-0 and 7-0.
February 20, 1993The first pitch in Tulsa softball history occurred on this date as the Hurricane played at Texas-Arlington to kick-off its inaugural season.
February 19, 2005Jillian Robbins scored a school record 38 points in a 62-57 victory over Nevada, a record that still stands today.
Robbins 38 points broke the previous mark of 34 points by Allison Curtin in December 2002.
February 18, 2000The groundbreaking ceremony took place for the Donna J. Hardesty Sports Complex, Tulsa's 30-acre 'Field of Dreams', on the west side of Delaware avenue that would house home fields for soccer, softball and track & field.
February 16, 1981It was a basketball showdown in the rugged Missouri Valley Conference and Tulsa came out ahead with a 74-72 double overtime road win over No. 16 Wichita State.
February 8, 1975Tulsa men's basketball defeated #3 Louisville in a Missouri Valley Conference matchup 84-77 at the Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion.
The victory still stands as the highest-ranked opponent that the Hurricane has defeated.
February 7, 1952In a meeting of the Iba brothers, Clarence's Tulsa team defeated Henry's 16th-ranked Oklahoma A&M Aggies by a score of 46-33, giving the younger Iba his first win over his brother.
February 1, 2020 Elijah Joiner's 3-pointer as time expired gave Tulsa a 54-51 win over the No. 23-ranked Wichita State Shockers in front of 8,089 fans at the Donald W. Reynolds Center.
Tulsa forced a shot clock violation by the Shockers with 0:03 remaining, thus giving the Hurricane one last chance in regulation to break the tie. Joiner took the inbounds pass from Brandon Rachal near the top of the key, and with one 10th of a second left on the game clock Joiner launched the game-winner.
Joiner ended the game with a career-high 22 points, along with a career-best five 3-pointers made. Martins Igbanu was the only other Tulsa player in double-digits with 10 points.
The win, coupled with a Houston loss, put the Hurricane in sole possession of first place in the American Athletic Conference with a 7-1 record and an overall 15-6 mark.
January 28, 2001The Tulsa women's basketball team won the programs' 100th game with an 82-80 victory at San Jose State.
January 25, 1964 Rick Park connected on a school record 23-of-24 free throws in a 95-86 home win over Arkansas.
January 24, 2002Alyssa Shriver blocked a school record 14 shots against the No. 8-ranked Louisiana Tech Techsters
It is still the third-most blocked shots in an NCAA Division I women's basketball game. Three players have blocked 15 shots and just one holds the record with 16 blocks.
January 22, 2020The Tulsa men's basketball team captured an 80-40 victory over the No. 20-ranked Memphis Tigers at the Reynolds Center,
Tulsa held Memphis to 17 points in the first 20 minutes and 23 in the second half. Jeriah Horne led 5 Tulsa players in double-digit scoring with 21 points going 9-16 (56%) from the field and grabbed 8 rebounds to lead Tulsa. Brandon Rachal and Martins Igbanu both put in 11 points, while Elijah Joiner and Darien Jackson added 10 points.
The 40-point win was the largest margin of victory against a ranked opponent in school history. The previous margin of victory was 26 when Tulsa defeated #10 LSU 84-58 at the Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion on December 22, 1952.
Tulsa defeating the ranked Tigers by 40 is the worst loss for a ranked team by a non-ranked team in 27 years in NCAA DI basketball.
January 21, 2008 Kyle Cussen was named the head coach of the Tulsa women's soccer program on January 21, 2008 and has now concluded his 13th year at the helm.
January 16, 1997 In a Western Athletic Conference game that was moved to the ORU Mabee Center, Tulsa handed the No. 12-ranked New Mexico Lobos a convincing 80-57 setback.
Shea Seals scored a game-high 23 points as all but two of those points came in the first half when Seals outscored the Lobos by himself, 21-20
January 15, 1963Tulsa defeated No. 7-ranked Wichita State 85-83 in double overtime at the Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion.
January 14, 1921It was the opening game in Harwell Gymnasium as Kendall College defeated the Chilocco Indian School 38-36.
January 14, 1999 In the first game in their new home, the Donald W. Reynolds Center, the Tulsa women's basketball team went on for a 78-54 win over Air Force.
January 11, 1969Tulsa's 86-78 win over the No. 18-ranked Drake Bulldogs on this date capped a 9-day period that saw the Hurricane also defeat #10 Cincinnati (57-50) and #14 Louisville (85-69).
January 9, 1985Billy Tubbs brought his 8th-ranked Oklahoma basketball team to the Tulsa Convention Center only to vow afterwards never to come back after a 104-89 loss to Tulsa.
The outside-inside punch of Steve Harris and Herb Johnson had 35 and 24 points, respectively, for the win over the Wayman Tisdale-led Sooners. Tubbs did return to Tulsa, but as the head coach at TCU and Lamar.
January 8, 2009
Wilson Holloway was presented with the FedEx Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award on this date.
Holloway was in the midst of his battle with Hodgkins Lymphoma after a softball sized mass was discovered in his chest in the spring of 2008. Wilson Holloway passed just over two years later on February 16, 2011.
January 7, 1984Two of the most colorful coaches in college basketball, Tulsa's Nolan Richardson and Bradley's Dick Versace, led their teams into this early conference game when the scoreboard went out at the Tulsa Convention Center. Without a functioning scoreboard, Tulsa pulled away for an 82-69 victory.
January 6, 2008
Tulsa captured a 63-7 win over Bowling Green in the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Alabama, setting an NCAA record for the biggest margin of victory in a Bowl Game.
January 6, 2009
For the second straight year, Tulsa made an appearance in the GMAC Bowl and handed No. 22-ranked Ball State a 45-13 loss at Ladd-Peoples Stadium.
January 1, 1942
Tulsa made the school's first-ever bowl game appearance in the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, and came away with a 6-0 win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
January 1, 1945
Tulsa defeated Georgia Tech by a score of 26-12 in the Orange Bowl to finish the year with an 8-2 record.
January 1, 1946
Tulsa became the first school in the history of college football to play in 5 straight New Year's Day Bowl Games as the Hurricane met Georgia in the 1946 Oil Bowl.
The Oil Bowl game was the fifth of five straight New Year's Day Bowl games as the others included the 1942 Sun Bowl, 1943 Sugar Bowl, 1944 Sugar Bowl and the 1945 Orange Bowl.
December 31, 2005
The Hurricane made an appearance in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl as Conference USA Champions 15 years ago on this date and captured a 31-24 win over Fresno State of the Mountain West Conference.
Tulsa amassed 430 yards and scored 14 points in the fourth quarter to capture the win in front of 54,894 fans at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
Tulsa sophomore Paul Smith, who completed 18-of-27 passes for 234 yards and one touchdown and scored the winning TD on a four-yard run, was named the Most Valuable Player. Senior Ashlan Davis had his first career 100+ receiving game with 128 yards on eight catches, while being named Tulsa's Offensive Player of the Game and sophomore defensive back Anthony Germany was selected as Tulsa's Defensive Player of the Game after intercepting one pass and breaking up two passes.
Trailing 24-17, the Hurricane early in the fourth quarter, Tulsa gained 162 yards while holding the Bulldogs to 77 yards in the final stanza as the Hurricane tied the score at 24 with 10:35 remaining and went ahead on Smith's TD run with 2:55 left. Fresno State's drive to try to tie the game ended with a Nelson Coleman interception.
December 31, 2012
Tulsa made its second appearance in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl in 8 years and avenged a season-opening loss against the Big 12s Iowa State Cyclones with a 31-17 victory.
Tulsa scored 24 points over the final three quarters giving the Hurricane its seventh
comeback victory of the season. While the offense amassed 410 total yards, the Hurricane defense limited Iowa State to 268 yards, including just 64 yards on 20 plays in the second
half. Tulsa totaled 208 second-half yards, while dominating the time of possession 21:44
to 8:16.
Trey Watts earned AutoZone Liberty Bowl Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of
the Game honors as the junior tallied 249 all-purpose yards. Linebacker Shawn Jackson was named the Defensive MVP, while tallying nine tackles and two sacks for -8 yards.
December 30, 1991
Tulsa captured a 28-17 victory over a Marshall Faulk-led San Diego State team in the Freedom Bowl in Anaheim, California.
Ron Jackson, filling in for starter Chris Hughley, had a bowl game record of 211 yards and 4 TDs on 46 carries.
December 29, 1998 Tulsa opens the Donald W. Reynolds Center in front of a sellout crowd of 8,355 with a 79-51 win over Cleveland State.
The much-anticipated game was surrounded by all the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, even the famous Blues Brothers got into the action, bringing in the game ball to the referees.
The Hurricane had a balanced attack in its 28-point victory against the Rollie Massimino-coached Vikings as Greg Harrington led the way with 15 points, followed by 12 each from Eric Coley, Brandon Kurtz and Michael Ruffin.
December 27, 1969 Dana Lewis set a school record with 26 rebounds against MacMurray College.
December 24, 2010
Tulsa won the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl with a 62-35 victory over the Hawaii Rainbows for its third straight bowl game victory.
The Tulsa defense scored two of Tulsa's three TDs in the first half on INT returns by John Flanders and Curnelius Arnick, both 54-yard returns for a 27-14 halftime lead. The Tulsa offense got going in the third quarter and scored 35 second-half points.
December 23, 1993 Tulsa hosted the nation's No. 1-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks and took the top team to overtime before falling by two points, 93-91.
Gary Collier led the Hurricane with 30 points and 14 rebounds, while four more players added double-figure points. Tulsa played without the services of its super freshman Shea Seals who was sidelined with an injury.
December 23, 1999Tulsa defeated 11th-ranked Tennessee in the championship game of the Puerto Rico Classic by a score of 88-68, after defeating Boston College and UNC Charlotte in Tulsa's first two tournament games.
December 19, 1964
Tulsa closed out the season with a 14-7 win over Ole Miss in the 6th Annual Bluebonnet Bowl at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas.
Jerry Rhome, who completed 22-of-36 passes for 252 yards, was named the game's most outstanding back, while Tulsa defensive lineman Willie Townes, who harassed Rebel quarterback Jim Weatherley, was selected as the game's most outstanding lineman.
December 19, 2016
Tulsa won its 10th game with a 55-10 win over Central Michigan at the Miami Beach Bowl.
Tulsa's offense was unstoppable and the defense was dominant as the Golden Hurricane finished the season with a 10-3 record, the 10th 10-win season in school history, while also capturing the school's 10th bowl game victory.
Tulsa's offense put the Hurricane into NCAA lore, becoming the first team in DI/FBS history to have a 3,000-yard passer (Dane Evans), two 1,000-yard rushers (D'Angelo Brewer and James Flanders) and two 1,000-yard receivers (Josh Atkinson and Keevan Lucas). It didn't take the Hurricane offense long to accomplish that feat as Evans' 30-yard pass to Atkinson in the middle of the second quarter put the Hurricane quintet in the NCAA record books.
While the Hurricane offense gained 581 yards, including 320 passing and 261 on the ground, the defense held Central Michigan to 355 total yards and only 10 points, tying for the fewest points Tulsa allowed on the season. Tulsa's defense had three interceptions, including a bowl record 66-yard return for a touchdown by end Jesse Brubaker.
December 18, 1963Buzzer Beater… Tulsa hosted Michigan State at the Fairgrounds Pavilion and captured an 89-88 win at the buzzer.
December 17, 1982It was the second win over a top-20 team in the first 5 games of the 1982-83 season as the Tulsa basketball team handled the Michael Jordan-led North Carolina Tar Heels in an 84-74 victory.
The game was played in first round action of the Oil Capital Classic, held on the ORU campus. Tulsa won the classic title with a win over Oral Roberts.
December 14, 2001The official dedication of the 54,000-square foot Michael D. Case Tennis Center took place as tennis legend John McEnroe helped to open the facility with a match against TU tennis student-athletes.
December 13, 1998Tulsa basketball played its final game at the Tulsa Convention Center and captured a 73-68 win over cross-town rival ORU.
Tulsa posted a record of 252-65 at its TCC home court that was 3 miles from campus. Tulsa would move into its new digs on campus at the Donald W. Reynolds Center 16 days later.
December 5, 2004The Tulsa men's soccer team advanced to the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals after topping Michigan State, #12 Penn State and #2 SMU before falling to eventual champions, #6 Indiana.
December 4, 1981 In Nolan Richardson's third game as the Tulsa head coach, the Golden Hurricane defeated No. 8-ranked and defending national champion Louisville by a score of 68-60 at the Tulsa Convention Center.
December 4, 1999 Eric Coley had the school's first triple-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in an 88-73 win over UAB.
Coley was just two steals shy of a quadruple double as the Golden Hurricane moved to 6-0 on the season. The Hurricane shot 58-percent from the field and 48-percent from 3-point range in the win as Marcus Hill led six players in double-figure scoring with 22 points.
December 4, 2007
Tulsa quarterback Paul Smith was named the winner of the 3rd annual Wuerffel Trophy by the All Sports Association of Fort Walton Beach.
The Wuerffel Trophy is presented to the college football player who best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement.
Smith was named a first-team Academic All-America while maintaining a 3.84 GPA in communication.
On the field he was equally impressive throwing for a Conference USA record 4,327 yards and 39 touchdowns while passing for more than 300 yards in each of Tulsa's regular season games. Smith was named the Conference USA Co-Offensive Player of the Year and garnered first-team All-Conference honors at quarterback.
Smith led the Golden Hurricane to a berth in the Conference USA championship game against UCF where he threw for an additional 426 yards and three touchdowns.
Smith then led Tulsa to a 63-7 win over Bowling Green in the GMAC Bowl on January 6, 2008, and earning game MVP honors along the way. Under Smith's leadership in 2007, Tulsa to become the first NCAA school to have a 5,000-yard passer, a 1,000-yard rusher, and three 1,000-yard receivers.
December 3, 2005
In its first season as a member of Conference USA, Tulsa claimed the conference title with a 44-27 road win in Orlando, Florida over the UCF Knights in the C-USA Championship game.
In front of a pro-UCF crowd at Citrus Bowl Stadium the Hurricane overcame a 24-21 halftime deficit by outscoring the Knights 23-3 for the school's first league title since 1985.
The first half was an offensive explosion as the two teams combined for 58 points and 520 yards, but in the second half Tulsa's defense held the Knights to only 55 total yards.
Following the game, Tulsa received an invitation to the AutoZone Liberty Bowl by the bowl's executive director Steve Ehrhart.
December 3, 2010The Tulsa volleyball team notched its first NCAA Tournament win with a 3-0 victory over No. 10-ranked LSU. Tulsa won by scores of 25-20, 25-15 and 25-18.
December 2, 1949 The Clarence Iba basketball coaching era began with a 34-27 win over Oklahoma Baptist University.
December 1, 2012
Tulsa claimed the Conference USA Championship with a 33-27 overtime victory over the UCF Knights at Chapman Stadium.
Alex Singleton leaped into the end zone from one yard out and the Tulsa bench flooded the field as the Golden Hurricane won its second Conference USA Championship.
Singleton's touchdown was the fifth play of Tulsa's overtime possession and his second dive toward the end zone, all coming after senior Cory Dorris blocked UCF's 38-yard field goal attempt in its turn in the extra period.
The Golden Hurricane tied the game on a 54-yard punt return by Trey Watts with 5:06 remaining in regulation.
TU trailed 27-21 when the defense forced UCF to punt. The Knights tried to bat the ball back toward the TU defensive goal, but the ball was not downed. Watts picked up the rolling football off the ground and returned it 54 yards for a touchdown to tie the game at 27 after the point-after was blocked.
Watts totaled 210 all-purpose yards and was named Most Valuable Player after rushing for 134 yards.
November 30, 1916
Kendall College hardly needed it in a 117-0 thrashing of Missouri-Rolla, but the players developed a tower play where one player jumped on another's shoulders to catch a pass.
The play never worked in practice, but it did that day.
November 30, 1974
Tulsa closed out an 8-3 season with a 30-14 home victory over the No. 15 Houston Cougars.
November 28, 1946
Buddy Brothers ended his first season as the Tulsa football coach with a 14-13 home win over No. 10 Arkansas to finish the season with a 9-1 record.
Tulsa blocked an Arkansas PAT at the end of the contest to preserve the victory.
November 27, 2004
Tulsa football closed out the season with a 37-35 win over No. 24-ranked UTEP.
The victory gave Tulsa back-to-back wins to close-out the season. In this game, Ashlan Davis had his NCAA single-season record 5th kickoff return for a touchdown with a 74-yarder in the 2nd quarter.
November 27, 2010 Tulsa volleyball clinched a perfect 20-0 record in Conference USA action with a 3-1 win over SMU, winning by scores of 25-14, 25-19, 20-25 and 25-14.
November 25, 1965
Billy Guy Anderson passed for a school record 502 yards as he completed 37-of-57 passes in a 48-20 win over Colorado State.
November 24, 1926
The first Homecoming Parade was held and it became a Tulsa tradition for some 30 years. A day later, the Tulsa football team claimed a 14-7 win over Arkansas.
November 23, 1996It was the first game for the women's basketball team since the program was reinstated after being discontinued for 9 years.
The Hurricane suffered a 3-point setback to Nicholls State.
November 22, 1952
Howard Waugh rushed for a then-school record of 250 yards for a 13.1 average per carry in a 44-34 win over the Arkansas Razorbacks.
November 22, 2003
In Steve Kragthorpe's first season as head coach, Tulsa defied the odds to finish in second place in the WAC when the Hurricane defeated San Jose State 34-32.
Tulsa trailed at halftime 26-14 and lost its quarterback James Kilian to an injury. But, the Hurricane defense and true freshman QB Paul Smith took over in the second half to lead Tulsa to its 5th straight win. Smith led Tulsa to three second-half scores and a huge Hurricane defensive stop on 4th-and-1 at the San Jose State 49-yard line preserved the victory.
November 22, 2008
Tarrion Adams rushed for a school record 323 yards and 3 TDs in a 56-7 home win over Tulane.
The Hurricane built a 28-7 halftime lead and scored 21 points in the 3rd quarter for a 49-7 lead. Adams had 74 yards after one quarter, 198 yards at halftime and 278 yards at the end of three quarters. The Hurricane totaled 489 rushing yards and 593 total yards on the day.
November 21, 1999 Tulsa basketball opened what would be its winningest season in school history with a 91-66 road shellacking of Rhode Island.
Tulsa jumped on the host Rams early and built a 43-26 halftime lead and held off Rhode Island in the second half with a 48-40 advantage. Eric Coley led Tulsa with 19 points, followed by 16 from Brandon Kurtz, 14 from Greg Harrington and another 12 points from David Shelton.
November 21, 2008The Tulsa men's soccer team captured a 1-0 win over UMKC in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at the Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium.
This game marked a 16-game unbeaten streak, including a 7-0-1 mark in Conference USA play. TU also had a program-best 16 wins during the season, including a 10-game winning streak.
November 20, 1996 The Tulsa basketball team went to historic Pauley Pavilion for a season-opening 77-76 win over the No. 5-ranked UCLA Bruins in a preseason NIT contest.
Tulsa came away with the one-point victory as Zac Bennett knocked down 1-of-2 free throws in the final seconds. Shea Seals led Tulsa with 19 points.
November 18, 2007 Tulsa volleyball won its first conference championship with a 3-2 victory over UAB to capture the 2007 Conference USA Tournament.
November 18, 2007Tulsa men's soccer won its first Conference USA Tournament championship with a 3-2 win over FIU.
November 18, 2012 The Tulsa volleyball team won its second Conference USA tournament title with its third straight sweep of a tournament opponent cruising to a 3-0 win over UCF in the championship match.
November 17, 1997 Tulsa basketball's all-time leader for blocked shots, Michael Ruffin, was just one block shy of double digits when he blocked 9 shots in an 86-80 win over Tulane.
Ruffin added 17 rebounds and 11 points to his stat line in the season-opening win over the Green Wave. Rod Thompson led the Hurricane with 24 points in the double-overtime victory.
November 17, 2015 Tulsa men's basketball took down the No. 9-ranked Wichita State Shockers with a 77-67 win at the Reynolds Center.
The Shockers held a 31-30 halftime lead, but the Hurricane had a strong second-half outscoring WSU 47-36 for the 10-point win for its first win over a ranked opponent since Tulsa defeated #22 Dayton in March of 2003.
Tulsa shot 52-percent in the second half and knocked down 4-of-9 three-pointers for 44-percent to wage the comeback. Shaquille Harrison led the way with 20 points, followed by Marquel Curtis with 16, Pat Birt with 14 and 13 from James Woodard.
November 16, 1985
In the final football game of the season, a contest that was designated as a Missouri Valley Conference game for Tulsa and the final MVC game in school history, the Hurricane defeated East Carolina 21-20.
Tulsa trailed 17-6 at halftime , but scored 12 3rd quarter points to take an 18-17 lead, while in the 4th quarter the teams exchanged field goals.
It was Tulsa's 25th Missouri Valley Conference football title, but it didn't come without some excitement as a 63-yard ECU field goal attempt in the waning seconds fell short and wide thus preserving the Hurricane victory.
November 16, 1991The Tulsa men's soccer team made its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 1991.
The Golden Hurricane lost in the first round to SMU, 5-3, in Dallas.
Tulsa claimed both the 1991 Missouri Valley Conference regular season and tournament championships, the first of four regular season titles and eight tournament titles in program history. TU posted a 14-3 mark, including a perfect 4-0 MVC regular season record, and topped Southwest Missouri State (2-1) and Illinois State (2-1) in the MVC Tournament.
The 1991 team went on to earn distinction as a TU Hall of Fame Honor Team in 2011.
November 16, 2008 Tulsa's men's soccer team used a 4-2 advantage in penalty kicks to defeat No. 24-ranked Kentucky for the Conference USA tournament title.
November 16, 2014The Tulsa soccer team went scoreless with USF after two overtime periods but claimed its first American Athletic Conference Championship with a 6-5 advantage in penalty kicks.
November 15, 2009 The Tulsa men's soccer team claimed a third straight Conference USA title with a 3-0 win over Marshall.
November 15, 2015Tulsa men's soccer went to penalty kicks for all three of its American Athletic Conference tournament games and claimed the title 4-3 in the shootout after a 1-1 tie over UConn.
November 13, 2016Tulsa's men's soccer team claimed its third straight American Athletic Conference title with a 4-2 penalty kick victory over USF.
November 11, 2012The Tulsa men's soccer team won its fourth Conference USA title by scoring the most goals in a C-USA championship game with a 5-0 win over SMU.
November 8, 1986
Steve Gage became just the second quarterback in NCAA history to rush and pass for over 200 yards in a game, rushing for 212 yards and passing for 209 yards against New Mexico.
In the 34-27 road victory over the Lobos, Gage became Tulsa's career total offense leader, while running back Derrick Ellison became just the 5th back in school history to rush for over 1,000 yards in a single season.
Gage's 40-yard touchdown run with 5:41 remaining in the contest gave the Hurricane a 14-point lead at 34-20.
November 6, 1965
Howard Twilley scored 36 of Tulsa's points in a 51-18 victory over Louisville at Skelly Stadium.
The Hurricane had 362 of its 420 total yards through the air, as Twilley amounted for 230 of those yards on 15 receptions.
November 6, 1976
Jimmy Stewart had the 1st of four 100-yard kickoff returns in Tulsa history in a 35-31 road win at Virginia Tech on this date.
Stewart's kickoff return at the 0:54 mark of the second quarter gave the Hurricane a 21-17 lead at halftime lead.
The Hurricane has had three 100-yard KO returns since then.
November 4, 1972
In just his second game after taking over the coaching reins, F.A. Dry led the Golden Hurricane to a 28-26 road win over the No. 17-ranked Louisville Cardinals.
The victory was the first of 3 wins in Tulsa's final 5 games of the season.
November 2, 1985
QB Steve Gage and RB Gordon Brown became the first set of backs in NCAA history to each gain 200 yards rushing in the same game in a 42-26 win over Wichita State.
Brown rushed for 214 yards on 23 carries and Gage had 206 yards on 26 attempts as the Hurricane for the second consecutive week set a school rushing record with 554 yards. Gage and Brown combined for three TDs, but Bobby Booker had three TD runs of his own to lead the Hurricane.
November 2, 1991
Tulsa needed a 'Hail Mary' pass and a field goal in the waning seconds of a heavy snowstorm for a 13-10 win over Southern Miss.
Trailing 10-0, Tulsa scored the last 13 points in heavy snow as Eric Lange's second shot at the game-winning field goal went through the uprights from 24 yards out to defeat the Golden Eagles. It was a T.J. Rubley to Chris Penn 'Hail Mary' pass of 65 yard that put Tulsa at the Eagles' 15-yard line with 0:01 left on the clock to set up the game-winner.
October 31, 1964
One of the biggest football wins in school history resulted in a most shocking score as Tulsa defeated Oklahoma State 61-14, behind the passing combination of Jerry Rhome to Howard Twilley.
Tulsa had additional motivation supplied by OSU's announcement that they were suspending the long series that had been played for 39 straight years and 43 of the previous 47 seasons. The teams met in 1965 but did not play again until 1976.
October 31, 2017Tulsa women's soccer player Rachel Thun-Blankenship was named first-team American Athletic Conference, thus making her the first four-time first-team honoree in program history.
A midfielder from Oklahoma City, Okla., Thun-Blankenship started in 70 of 75 career contests and had 31 goals and 28 assists for 90 points. She still ranks first in assists, fifth in points and sixth in goals in the Tulsa record books.
October 30, 2010 Perhaps the most prestigious victory in school history, Tulsa went into South Bend and came away with a 28-27 win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in front of 80,795 fans on this date 10 years ago.
A 98-yard blocked PAT return by Curnelius Arnick, a 66-yard interception return by Shawn Jackson and a 59-yard punt return by Damaris Johnson led Tulsa to the victory.The Hurricane took a 28-27 lead on a 27-yard Kevin Fitzpatrick field goal at the 3:23 mark.
The Irish drove down the field and went for the victory with a pass in the end zone that Tulsa's John Flanders picked off with 0:36 left on the game clock.
October 27, 1990
Mark Brus rushed for a then-school record 312 yards on 43 carries in a 35-10 road win at New Mexico State.
Brus scored three of Tulsa's five touchdowns including runs of 29, 9 and 67 yards as the Hurricane extended New Mexico State's losing streak to 25 games. Tulsa had 416 total yards, including 382 on the ground.
October 25, 1994Jimmy Dowell (1990-94) scored a goal in a school-record 10-straight games leading up to October 25, 1994.
Dowell netted a goal against Little Rock, Texas-Pan American, Saint Louis, Illinois State, Bradley, Creighton, Drake, Southwest Missouri State, UMKC and Oral Roberts. He finished the season with a team-high 15 goals and 33 points.
October 23, 2004Tulsa captured the gold medal in the Club 4+ race at the 2004 Head of the Charles.
October 16, 1926
In a game that Tulsa suited up just 13 players compared to Oklahoma A&M's 125, the Hurricane scored a stunning 28-0 upset in Stillwater.
October 16, 2004Ashlan Davis took a kickoff back 100 yards against No. 18-ranked Boise State marking the first of four straight games that he had a kickoff return for a touchdown.
Davis scored on a kickoff return in the next three games, thus setting an NCAA record for consecutive games with kick-off return for a TD.
October 15, 1915
The Kendall College-Oklahoma A&M football game in Stillwater was cold, muddy and slippery so Kendall players removed their shoes and finished the 0-0 game barefooted.
October 15, 1995It was the first-ever regatta for the Tulsa women's rowing team at the Head of the Kaw in Kansas City.
October 14, 1949
Tulsa traveled back east and captured a 21-19 win over No. 17-ranked Villanova in Philadelphia.
October 11, 1919 Hundreds of Kendall College supporters took a special train to Norman to see Kendall shut-out the OU Sooners 27-0.
October 9, 1965
In the first game since Skelly Stadium was expanded to 40,235, Tulsa opened the home season after three straight road games with a 32-28 win over Memphis.
Howard Twilley caught 16 passes for 267 yards for the Hurricane.
October 7, 1967
The 23,500 fans in attendance saw Tulsa pass for a school record 698 yards in a 58-0 win over Idaho State.
Rick Eber caught 20 passes for 322 yards and Harry Wood had 13 receptions for 318 yards.
October 6, 2010 Three-time Volleyball All-American Tyler Henderson set a school record with 45 kills on this date against SMU.
October 4, 1930 (PHOTO)It was 90 years ago that Tulsa opened the brand new Skelly Stadium with a 26-6 victory over Arkansas for the first of seven consecutive wins on the year.
October 3, 1942 (PHOTO)
Legendary Glenn Dobbs had a school record 87-yard punt in a 23-0 win over Oklahoma in Skelly Stadium.
October 1, 1926
Tulsa's 35-0 football win over Northwest Oklahoma at McNulty Park was the first live radio broadcast of a Tulsa sporting event, aired on KVOO.
September 29, 1920Harwell Gymnasium, which still exists today on campus as Harwell Hall, was dedicated on this date with guest speaker Dr. James Naismith, the man who invented the game of basketball in 1891.
September 28, 1996 Tulsa goes to Norman and defeats Oklahoma 31-24 as Troy DeGar's 99-yard touchdown pass to Wes Caswell became the longest pass play in school history.
The completion put Tulsa ahead 17-7 at the 5:55 mark of the 2nd quarter. The Hurricane scored one more time in the quarter to take a 24-7 halftime lead, while a Solomon White's 4-yard TD run with 7:22 left in the game sealed the victory for the Hurricane.
For the game, DeGar completed 18-of-38 passes for 277 yards and 2 TDs, while Caswell grabbed 7 passes for 194 yards and the one touchdown.
September 28, 2002Tulsa defeated the nation's top-ranked Stanford Cardinal 3-1 at the Nike Invitational at Harry Maloney Field in Palo Alto, California.
TU freshman Ryan Pore scored two goals and sophomore Kyle Brown added a score and an assist in leading the unranked Golden Hurricane to the biggest soccer win in school history
September 25, 1971
Trailing 20-0 against the 7th-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks, Tulsa scored 21 points in the 4th quarter for a 21-20 victory in Fayetteville.
September 25, 1976
Tulsa used three Steve Cox field goals for a 9-3 victory over the No. 12 Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville.
The Arkansas native kicked field goals of 28, 39 and 40 yards with the final 40-yarder coming at the 10:21 mark of the 4th quarter. A year later, Cox transferred to his home state team.
September 24, 2005
In its first game as a member of Conference USA, Tulsa went to overtime to defeat the Memphis Tigers 37-31 at Skelly Stadium.
Memphis scored the final 10 points of regulation to tie the game at 31-31. Garrett Mills took-in a 25-yard pass from Paul Smith to score on its first play of overtime, while on Memphis' possession the Tigers had a 4th-and-9 from the 24-yard line.
Everyone in the stadium knew that Memphis star running back DeAngelo Williams would get the call, and he did, but Tulsa's Bobby Blackshire stopped Williams one-yard shy of the first down.
September 24, 2016It was the second biggest comeback in NCAA history as Tulsa rallied back from a 31-0 deficit for a 48-41 double overtime road win over Fresno State.
Down 31-0 in the first 19:44 of the game, Tulsa rallied for three TDs in the final 8:52 of the first half to make the halftime score 31-21. Trailing 34-21 in the 3rd period, the Hurricane scored the next 17 points to take a 38-34 lead with 8:20 left in regulation.
The two teams exchanged scores as FSU took a 41-38 lead at the 5:02 mark and then Tulsa tied the score at 41 on a 28-yard Redford Jones field goal with 1:09 remaining in the game. There was no score from either team in the first OT period, but Tulsa quarterback Dane Evans raced 18 yards to give Tulsa the victory in the second overtime.
September 23, 2006
In its first-ever trip to the Naval Academy, Tulsa took the Midshipmen to overtime and came out with a 24-23 victory.
The game was tied 17-17 after regulation and Tulsa took a 7-point lead on a Paul Smith 6-yard pass to Donnie Johnson for the first OT score. Navy responded with a 25-yard TD pass on the first play from scrimmage, but on the ensuing PAT Tulsa's Nick Graham and Moton Hopkins each got a hand on the attempt, thus giving Tulsa the victory.
September 21, 1990 and 1992 Tulsa women's soccer scored a school record 12 goals twice in school history, first against St. Mary of the Plains on September 21, 1990 and then two years later against Loyola (Illinois).
In the first game, Janette Javet scored a school-best five goals and 10 points. The two 12-0 wins are the most goals scored for TU in a single game.
September 21, 1991Trailing 27-10 at halftime Tulsa came back and claimed a 35-34 win over No. 15 Texas A&M at Skelly Stadium.
The Hurricane emerged from the locker room after halftime and turned the tide immediately as Chris Bratcher recovered an A&M fumble on the first play from scrimmage. On Tulsa's initial offensive play, Chris Hughley rushed 10 yards for a score. Hughley added a 53-yard touchdown run less than four minutes later to cut the Aggies lead to five points, 28-23.
Tulsa took the lead 29-28 two minutes later as Mark Matheson threw a 6-yard pass to Fallon Wacasey. Texas A&M went on top at the 1:33 mark of the 3rd quarter 34-29 and held that lead until the final three minutes.
T.J. Rubley zipped a pass over the middle of the defense to Chris Penn, who eluded two A&M defenders and raced down the right sideline for a 63-yard score and 35-34 lead. A Billy Cole fumble recovery preserved the Tulsa victory over the 15th-ranked Aggies.
The Tulsa World newspaper dubbed the Tulsa victory as the "Miracle on 11th Street."
September 21, 1996
Tulsa football defeats No. 19-ranked Iowa 27-20 at Skelly Stadium.
Trailing 17-10 late in the 2nd quarter, the Hurricane scored the next 17 points and held on for the 7-point victory. John Fitzgerald completed 22-of-37 passes for 357 yards, while Reggie Williams led the ground attack with 106 yards.
September 20, 2008 Tulsa's 78-year-old football stadium had just gone through a renovation and the new venue opened to a sellout crowd of 30,000 as the Golden Hurricane captured a 56-14 win over New Mexico.
The Hurricane built a 35-0 halftime lead and went ahead 42-0 in the 3rd quarter before the Lobos would get on the board for the first time. Tulsa gained 606 yards, while holding New Mexico to 216 yards. David Johnson completed 24-of-39 passes for 469 yards and six touchdowns.
September 19, 1984Bobby Ryan had Tulsa men's soccer's first 4-goal game by an individual in a 14-0 win over Phillips University.
September 16, 1989The Tulsa men's soccer team garners a 3-1 win over No. 8-ranked Illinois State for Tulsa's first-ever win against a ranked opponent.
September 11, 2003 The Michael D. Case Tennis Center was recognized by the USTA as the 2003 Most Outstanding Collegiate Tennis Center of the Year.
September 9, 1995Tulsa scores three TDs in the final six minutes for a come-from-behind 24-23 win over Oklahoma State at Skelly Stadium.
Troy DeGar threw 25 yards to Jeff Utter on 4th-and-15 to make the score 23-10 at the 5:41 mark of the 4th quarter. Tulsa's Levi Gillen recovered the onside kick and DeGar led Tulsa on a 58-yard, 7-play drive and threw a 19-yard TD to Marshall Gordon with 4:12 remaining to cut the deficit to 7 points at 23-17.
Tulsa's defense held OSU to three downs and Tulsa took over possession at its own 32-yad line with just 1:41 left on the game clock. DeGar's 13-yard scramble put Tulsa 1st-and-goal at the OSU 6-yard line. DeGar then hit Michael Kedzior on a 6-yard strike in the corner of the end zone with 0:16 to play and James Anderson added the PAT for the 24-23 win.
September 9, 2017The Tulsa men's soccer team defeated No. 1-ranked Stanford 2-0, marking the 14th time that Tulsa had defeated a top-10 team.
September 7, 2010The Tulsa men's soccer team received it's highest national ranking on September 7, 2010 when it was ranked No. 2 by Top Drawer Soccer. TU was ranked No. 2 for three-straight weeks in either the Top Drawer Soccer, Soccer Times or NSCAA (now United Soccer Coaches) poll.
September 6, 1980The first-ever men's soccer game in Tulsa history was played on this date against the nation's No. 3-ranked SMU Mustangs.
September 5, 2014 Tulsa men's soccer defeated defending national champion and third-ranked Virginia with a 1-0 double-overtime game at the Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium.
September 2, 2011 Rachel Garcia scored the fastest goal in Tulsa women's soccer history as she punched the ball into the back of the net with just six-seconds ticked off the clock against No. 7 Notre Dame.
August 28, 1997 Levi Gillen had the most recorded tackles for a single game in school history with 27 stops at Cincinnati.
Gillen recorded 19 solos and 8 assisted tackles in a 33-24 road loss against the Bearcats.
August 4, 1990Bob St. Clair was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on this date.
St. Clair transferred to Tulsa for the 1952 season after the University San Francisco dropped its program. Standing 6-feet, 9-inches, St. Clair went on to an illustrious pro career with his hometown San Francisco 49ers, where he was named first- or second-team All-NFL nine times and was selected to play in five Pro Bowls.
August 3, 1995Tom McIntosh took over the reins as head coach of the Tulsa men's soccer program on this date.
McIntosh took over the reins of the Tulsa men's soccer program on August 3, 1995 and is currently in his 26th season at the helm. McIntosh is truly the epitome of Tulsa men's soccer. Since he first walked on campus as a student-athlete in 1986, McIntosh has been a part of 324 of TU's 411 victories either as a player (29; 1986-88), an assistant coach (41; 1989-91) or as the head coach (254; 1995-Present).
McIntosh has led TU to 10 conference championships, including seven tournament and three regular season titles. McIntosh has also put the Hurricane into the national spotlight as Tulsa has advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 10 of the last 17 seasons, including national quarterfinal appearances in 2004 and 2009.
McIntosh's tenure is the longest in the history of the TU men's soccer program. He has an overall record of 254-182-52 and has notched a conference mark of 100-80-24 as a member of four conferences.
Under McIntosh, the Hurricane has 14 seasons with 10-plus wins, while six of his players have achieved All-America status. Tulsa student-athletes have also excelled in the classroom as 229 (20 WAC; 29 MVC; 111 C-USA; 69 The American) players have received conference academic honors, 35 have earned Academic All-District accolades and nine have received Academic All-America recognition. Over the past 16 years, 17 players have been drafted or gone on to play professionally.
July 29, 1995Steve Largent was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, in his first season of eligibility.
Largent completed his career at Tulsa in 1975 as an All-American and had career totals of 136 receptions for 2,385 yards and 32 touchdowns.
Drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 4th round, Largent was slated to be cut after four preseason games but was instead traded to the expansion Seattle Seahawks. He spent 14 years with the Seahawks, initially reuniting with his college offensive coordinator Jerry Rhome.
When Largent retired from professional football, he held all major NFL receiving records, including: most receptions in a career (819), most receiving yards in a career (13,089), and most touchdown receptions (100). He was also in possession of a then-record streak of 177 consecutive regular-season games with a reception.
Largent also holds the distinction as the first receiver in NFL history to achieve 100 touchdown receptions in his career.
July 15, 1991 Vince Westbrook hired as Tulsa's men's tennis coach on this date.
Since that time, Westbrook's teams have won over 400 matches, claimed eight conference championships and made 18 NCAA tournament appearances.
July 9, 2002 Kevin Harris was named head women's rowing coach on July 9, 2002, and since then has steadily built TU towards a stronger position within the rowing world.
During his tenure, Harris' teams have recorded 337 first-place finishes and medaled 815 boats in 163 regattas. He has seen 135 student-athletes receive Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) National Scholar Athlete honors and his team has won TU's Outstanding Team Community Service Award 11 times for their community and campus involvement.
July 3, 1997 Bill Self was named the head basketball coach at Tulsa and coached the Golden Hurricane for three seasons.
In his three years at the school led the Hurricane to 74 wins, two NCAA appearances including an Elite Eight run in 2000. Self came to Tulsa from cross-town Oral Roberts University, where he served as head coach for four seasons.
July 1, 1996, 2005 and 2014After nine seasons as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (1996-2005), The University of Tulsa began its membership in Conference USA in 2005 (2005-14), and then in 2014 joined our current conference - The American Athletic Conference.
June 24, 2005After 12 years as assistant men's tennis coach, Dean Orford was named Tulsa's head women's coach.
In his first season, Orford led the Tulsa women to a 14-12 record, but in his second season the Hurricane went 21-5, won the Conference USA Championship and made the women's first appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
June 19, 1982
The Tulsa women's golf team won the final AIAW National Golf Championship ever played, less than a month after winning the first-ever NCAA Championship.
Tulsa was too greedy to relinquish its' hold on the claim of "National Champions" that the Hurricane ushered out the 11-year-old Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) with that organizations last national crown.
Tulsa entered the final day two strokes behind team leader Florida but rallied on the final six holes at the Ohio State Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio, to win another national championship. The Hurricane claimed a 3-shot win over Texas (1205-1208), while Florida finished in third place.
June 17, 1969Tulsa baseball team defeated New York University 2-0 to advance to the College World Series championship series against the Arizona State Sun Devils.
Jay Weinheimer got the win, pitching 6 innings, allowing 4 hits and striking out 4 batters.
June 7, 2017 Marc Scott became Tulsa's second track and field national champion by winning the 10,000-meters at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Scott took the lead and pulled away down the stretch to win the 10,000-meters at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. The redshirt senior won the event with a time of 29:01.54 as he earned his eighth All-America honor.
June 6, 2008Tulsa rowing competed at the IRA National Championship for the first time in school history as the Lightweight 4+ placed fifth.
June 6, 2012
The All-America doubles team of junior Cliff Marsland and senior Ashley Watling ended the season ranked as the highest-ever doubles team in school history at No. 7 nationally.
The pair posted an overall 29-9 record and had a 10-7 record against ranked opponents. They became the fifth double team in school history to earn All-America distinction.
June 5, 2012Stephanie Rogers was named a CRCA All-American, the first in the history for the Tulsa rowing program.
June 1, 2000After 26 years as head coach, Dale McNamara handed over the coaching reins of the Tulsa women's golf team to her daughter, Melissa McNamara, only the second coach in school history.
June 1, 2011Tulsa freshman Aimee Creger was named to the 2011 NFCA All-America Third Team.
Creger ended her first season with an overall 24-3 record, 1.05 ERA and 256 strikeouts in 36 appearances and 193 innings pitched.
May 30, 1999Tulsa's doubles tandem of Gareth Williams and Nenad Toroman made it to the NCAA Singles Tennis championship match but fell to the 8th-ranked duo from Stanford. The Tulsa duo was looking to become the school's first tennis national champions, but lost to KJ Hippensteel and Ryan Wolters of Stanford.
May 30, 2018It was announced on this date that the Tulsa women's tennis team finished the season ranked 19th nationally in the ITA poll, which bettered the team's previous-high of 21st in 2011. Tulsa completed the season with an overall 23-6 record.
May 29, 1982Tulsa won the first NCAA Women's Golf Championship ever played with a 36-stroke victory at the Stanford Golf Course. The Hurricane occupied the first three positions in the race for the individual title, as junior Kathy Baker claimed medalist honors with a score of 295, Jody Rosenthal was second at 296 and Barb Thomas in third place with a 299 total.
May 29, 2009Arnau Brugues ended the tennis season ranked No. 2 in the final ITA poll, which still stands as the highest ranking for a Tulsa player. He ended his career with a school record 116 victories.
May 28, 1988 The Tulsa women's golf team won its fourth national title at the 1988 NCAA Championship with a 7-stroke victory at the University Course on the campus of New Mexico State University. Tulsa won the national crown with a record nine-under par 1,175. Senior Melissa McNamara was the individual medalist with a nine-under 287 for the four-day event.
May 25, 2019
Katharina Pesendorfer sets a new program record at the NCAA West Prelims in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, clocking a time of 10:14.44.
May 24, 1941Palmer Kise became the first Tulsa golfer to win a conference championship, as he won the Missouri Valley Conference title on this date.
May 23, 2008This date was the second competition day of the 2008 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. It was the first time that the NCAA hosted the men's and women's championships at the same site. Tulsa previously hosted the men's championship in 2004.
May 22, 2011Tulsa softball pushed #13 Oklahoma to a deciding game of the NCAA Regional final with a 4-3 win in 9 innings. Tulsa fought through the loser's bracket after opening the tournament with a 9-7 win over Missouri State Friday night, and falling to Oklahoma, 6-0, Saturday afternoon. The Golden Hurricane rebounded to eliminate Missouri State with an 11-0 victory Saturday night, and forced the deciding contest with a thrilling, 4-3, nine-inning win over the Sooners.
May 21, 2019The doubles team of Martina Okalova and Vera Ploner advanced in the NCAA Doubles Championship, thus earning All-American honors. Tulsa's No. 14-ranked doubled team claimed a 7-6 (6), 6-2 win over Miami's No. 13-ranked duo to advance to the round of 16 and a day later defeated the No. 6-ranked team from Kansas to move into the quarterfinals.
May 20, 1999On this day, the first round of the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship took place in Tulsa for the first time ever. The event was hosted by TU and took place at the Tulsa Country Club. The tournament's final round on Saturday would eb cut short due to a a strong spring storm that brought heavy rain and hail. Duke , the 3rd round leader, was crowned the champion.
May 19, 2006Tulsa softball made its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance after winning the C-USA title a week earlier. The Hurricane traveled to Fresno State and fell in its first NCAA contest 8-0 to the nation's 7th-ranked Stanford Cardinal.
May 17, 2015The Tulsa rowing team placed second at the American Athletic Conference Championship for its first of four straight runner-up performances.
May 16, 2009 Tulsa softball advanced to the NCAA Regional final for the first time in school history with a 5-3 win over the nation's 10th-ranked OU Sooners on a 3-run walk-off home run by Kelly Chapman. Jordan Kinard got the win limited the Sooners to three runs on eight hits.
May 14, 2011A day after defeating No. 20 Oklahoma, the Tulsa men's tennis team upsets #13 Texas to advance to the school's first-ever "Sweet 16" of the NCAA tournament. With the match tied 3-3, the stage moved to the No. 5 position where Tulsa's Grant Ive and Texas' Vasko Mladenov were Ive clinched the match 6-3.
May 14, 2011The Tulsa women's tennis team sets the school record for wins with a 26-3 record after defeating Nebraska 4-2 in the first round of the NCAA Regional in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
May 14, 2016Tulsa softball won its first of 3 straight American Athletic Conference championships with its 3rd straight shutout, this time a 4-0 win over #24-ranked USF. Tulsa scored three runs in the 4th inning and pitcher Caitlin Sill held the Bulls scoreless on four hits en route to being named the Tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
May 13, 1961Tulsa nudged the Drake Bulldogs, 56.5 to 55.5 as the Hurricane scored eight points in the final event, the pole vault, to upset Drake and win the school's first Missouri Valley Conference title in Wichita, Kansas. David Smoot skied 13-6 to win the pole vault and David Hickman took third with an 11-6 vault. Bill Brown was the meet's top scorer with 10.5 points. Check out this Golden Moment
May 13, 2006Brooke Smart's 3-run walk-off home run gives Tulsa softball the C-USA Championship with a 3-0 win over Marshall. Tulsa had seven hits compared to three for Marshall as Julie Fennell pitched Tulsa to the victory.
May 12, 1962 Tulsa wins its second straight Missouri Valley Conference track & field championship as the Hurricane surprised heavily favored Drake, 63.5 to 56.5. Pole vaulter David Smoot set a conference record of 14 feet, 2 ¾ inches, while Bob Newell took both hurdle titles. The 440-yard relay team set a school record and grabbed first place in 42.3 seconds. Newell accounted for 11 points, while Bill Brown tallied 10.5 points.
May 12, 2001Tulsa women golfers won the NCAA Central Regional in a field of 21 teams behind the second-place individual performance of Stacy Prammanasudh. The Hurricane carded rounds of 300-291-313 for a 904 total to capture a two-stroke win over Purdue for the regional title. Behind Prammanasudh's second-place finish, Suzie Fisher placed 4th, while Dani Mallon and Julie Tvede finished inside the top-25 with 21st-place performances. The 2001 season was the first year for a new coach, Melissa McNamara, who took the reins from her mother, Dale.
May 12, 2012The No. 17-ranked Tulsa men's tennis team took down #10 Oklahoma 4-3 in Norman to advance to its second straight NCAA "Sweet 16". Tulsa opened the NCAA tournament with 4-2 win over Minnesota before capturing the victory over the Sooners to propel the Hurricane into the final 16 teams.
May 12, 2018 Tulsa's women's tennis team upset No.3-seed Oklahoma State 4-2 to advance to the first-ever NCAA "Sweet Sixteen" for the women. Martina Okalova's win at the No. 2 spot clinched the victory for the Hurricane.
May 11, 1930Ground-breaking ceremonies for the new football stadium thanks to W.G. Skelly and local businessmen took place on this date.
The 1930 season saw Coach Gloomy Gus Henderson's dream of a new home for Tulsa football became a reality. Though the Depression had hit hard, the need for a new stadium was growing by the day.
McNulty Park, the original home of the Golden Hurricane, had become archaic by modern collegiate standards. In actuality, it was a baseball field that only measured 90 yards. This meant teams had to cross the goal line once, place the ball back on the 10-yard line, and cross the goal line again in order to score.
By 1930, the new stadium had been approved and funding for the $300,000 project had been acquired, so there could be no stopping. The stadium was built to hold 15,000 spectators, and the north and south ends were left open for future growth.
May 11, 2018The 24th-ranked Tulsa women's tennis team defeated #34 LSU 4-2 in the first round of the NCAA Championship
May 7, 2006
Tulsa softball captures its first-ever regular season conference championship with a 4-0 win over Southern Miss. After splitting a doubleheader the day before in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the Golden Hurricane won the third game of the series behind a 3-hit shutout by Maren Genow to claim the regular season title. Tulsa hitters knocked in its four runs on seven hits.
May 3, 1977
Steve August was the first-round draft choice of the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL, being claimed with the 14th overall pick. He played eight seasons and 102 games in the NFL, including seven full seasons and six games (1984) with the Seahawks and then the final six games of the 1984 season with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
April 30, 1993
Tulsa softball won its first home game in its inaugural season with a 2-1 win over Illinois State at the Bishop Kelley Softball Field. Kerri Bartholomew picked up the win for the Hurricane as she limited the Redbirds to one run on six hits. Tulsa's offense scored its two runs on nine hits.
April 30, 1997 The official groundbreaking ceremony took place for the $28 million, 8,355-seat Donald W. Reynolds Center, which became home of Tulsa's basketball and volleyball teams as well as the host site for other university events.
Tulsa would be moving to an on-campus facility for the first time since its last game at Harwell Gym on March 2, 1934. The Hurricane played off campus since 1935 in various venues around town, including the Coliseum, Central HS, Cascia Hall HS, Webster HS, Newblock Park, Rogers HS, Fairgrounds Pavilion, Fairgrounds Armory and the latest the Tulsa Convention Center.
The building occupies a total footprint area of 112,000 square feet. The total square footage is 178,000.
The process began in January 1992 with a feasibility study as part of the University's master plan. Site preparation began on Feb.14, 1997. A private ribbon cutting ceremony took place on Dec. 2, 1998 and the first event was commencement on Dec. 19, while the first athletic event was a men's basketball game on Dec. 29.
April 28, 2006
Tulsa racked up Conference USA men's tennis honors as Arnau Brugues earned C-USA Player of the Year honors and Vince Westbrook was selected as the C-USA Coach of the Year. It was the first of 4 C-USA Coach of the Year honors for Westbrook, while Brugues was named the C-USA Player of the Year for all four of his seasons with the Golden Hurricane.
April 2
6, 2014 Aimee Creger pitched her 7th career no-hitter with nine strikeouts in an 8-0, 5 inning victory over Middle Tennessee State in the first game of a doubleheader sweep that clinched the Conference USA regular season title for the Hurricane.
The win improved Creger's season record to 23-1, while improving the Hurricane overall mark to 43-5.
April 25, 1930
WG Skelly gave a gift of $125,000 as the lead gift for the construction of Skelly Field. The remaining $175,000 was raised by Tulsa businessmen who organized the Stadium Corporation of Tulsa.
Ground-breaking ceremonies would take place 17 days later, while the first game would be played on October 4, 1930.
April 25, 2009
For the third straight year the Tulsa rowing team won the Midwest Intercollegiate Rowing Championship
April 25, 2012
Tulsa led wire-to-wire to pick up the 2012 Conference USA Women's Golf Championship, which was Tulsa's second C-USA title in its seven years as a league member.
Tulsa carded a 54-hole total of 884, including a final round 294, to claim a 13-stroke victory over second-place UCF at the par-72 Peninsula Golf and Racquet Club.
The Hurricane placed all five golfers among the top-13 individuals led by senior Marita Engzelius' third-place performance. Engzelius and junior Kristina Merkle earned all-tournament team honors as the duo finished among the top-5 individuals.
April 24, 2010
Dean Orford reached 100 career wins as the Tulsa women's coach when the Hurricane captured a 4-2 win over Rice in the semifinal round of Conference USA Championship. He became the school's all-time winningest coach a year later.
April 23, 2008
Jordan Kinard pitched a no-hitter in a 1-0 win at Missouri State for her second no-hitter of the season
Kinard struck out nine Bear batters, while not allowing a hit in an eight-inning thriller at the MSU Softball Field. The rookie allowed a two-out walk in the first inning for the only Missouri State baserunner for the game.
In the eighth inning, Tulsa finally got a runner to third base and junior Kailey Yarmer had the game-winning hit that scored Lauren Lindsay.
April 22, 2012
The Tulsa women's tennis team won its 5th Conference USA title with a 4-2 win over #40 Rice
April 21, 2018
Tulsa's 26th-ranked women's tennis team defeated SMU 4-0 in Dallas to claim the American Athletic Conference Championship, which was Tulsa's third league title in four years.
April 20, 2014
In its final season as a Conference USA member, the Tulsa men's tennis team won a 7th league title with a 4-0 win over Tulane. The league title closed Tulsa's 9-year membership in C-USA with seven of nine conference crowns.
April 19, 2001 The Tulsa women's rowing team broke into the top-25 in the USRowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association NCAA Division I Varsity 8+ Coaches poll for the first time on April 19, 2001, coming in at No. 25. Rounding out the top five were Brown, Michigan, Princeton, Southern California and Washington.
April 18, 2014 In news that set the college basketball world afire when the rumors began a day earlier that Frank Haith would be named the head coach at Tulsa. Sure enough, Haith was introduced to the public as Tulsa's 30th head coach in school history on this date.
Haith brought with him 28 years of collegiate coaching experience, including 10 years as a head coach, seven at Miami (Fla.) and the last three at Missouri.
Haith was recently named the American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in his sixth season as Tulsa's head coach.
April 18, 2015 In its first season in the American Athletic Conference the Tulsa women's tennis team captured the league championship with a 4-3 win over Houston at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.
Saana Saarteinen clinched the match from the No. 5 position to lift the No. 3-seeded Tulsa team to the victory over the top-seeded Cougars. Tulsa's win snapped an 18-game Houston winning streak and put the Hurricane into its ninth straight NCAA Tournament.
April 17, 2011
The Tulsa rowers medaled all five boats, including one gold medal (Lightweight 4+), three silver medals (Varsity 4+, Varsity 8+, 2nd Varsity 8+) and one bronze medal (Novice 8+), at the 2011 Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association (SIRA) Championships in Oak Ridge, Tenn. TU also tied Purdue for the women's points trophy, marking the second time in as many years the Golden Hurricane won the team title.
April 16, 2011
Paula Whiting set the fastest time for a Tulsa runner in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:46.91 at the 53rd Annual Mt. Sac Relays.
April 14, 2009
Arnau Brugues wins his 37th singles match of the season in Tulsa's 7-0 blanking of local-rival Oral Roberts, setting a new program record for most singles wins in a season. He finished the year going a perfect 25-0 at No. 1 singles and 44-4 overall.
April 14, 2017 Emily Watson strikes out a school record 21 Houston batters in a 10-inning 1-0 victory.
The game was suspended due to rain from Thursday night after 8.2 innings. Watson had 19 strikeouts on Thursday and punched out two more Friday for the school record. Her 21 strikeouts were the second-most for a pitcher in a Division I game this season, while improving to 20-3 in the circle with her eighth shutout.
The game re-started with two outs and a runner on third for the Cougars in the top of the ninth. Watson kept the Cougars off the board in the ninth and recorded her final two strikeouts in the top of the 10th before Tulsa ended the contest in the bottom of the frame.
A Maggie Withee single to start the 10th was followed by a fielder's choice and a grounder to put Morgan Neal on second with two outs. Tori Stafford came to the plate and lined a single to center field. Neal raced around third and beat the throw home to give Tulsa the 1-0 win.
April 12, 2014
Bryce Robinson set a school record in the 200-meter dash with a time of 20.30 at the John McDonnell Invitational.
April 10, 2011 Tulsa softball wins its 500th game with an 8-5 win over Southern Miss as Lacey Middlebrooks pitched Tulsa to the victory.
The Hurricane (32-9, 13-2 C-USA) held a 4-1 lead until Southern Miss hit a grand slam in the top of the fifth to move ahead, 5-4, but Tulsa answered right away with four runs in the bottom of the inning to take the lead back, 8-5.
Middlebrooks struck out seven batters in 5.0 innings and earned the win, while senior Jordan tossed 2.0 perfect innings to pick up her first save of the season.
April 9, 2009
The nation's 2nd-ranked Arnau Brugues takes down No. 1-ranked Oleksandr Nedovyesov of Oklahoma State in straight sets 6-2, 6-1, in Stillwater, Okla. Five days later, Brugues was named the nation's No. 1 player, a ranking he held earlier in the season as well.
The victory improved Brugues' singles record to 36-3 on the year, which ties the school record for most singles wins in a season.
April 8, 1998
Tulsa softball won its first game in school history over a top-10 opponent with a 2-0 win at No. 8 Oklahoma State.
April 8, 2008
The men's tennis team reached its second-highest ranking of No. 9 on this date in school history, just behind its highest ranking in early March at No. 8. A day later, the Golden Hurricane defeated No. 19 Oklahoma State, 6-1, on Senior Night at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.
April 5, 2011Tulsa women's tennis moved inside the top-20 national rankings for the first time in school history as Hurricane earned a No. 19 ranking. Tulsa earned its national ranking in the midst of a 13-match winning streak, including wins over seven games among the nation's top 60.
April 4, 2008The inaugural College Basketball Invitational (CBI) championship series pitted former Missouri Valley Conference rivals – Bradley and Tulsa.
Tulsa had wins over Miami (Ohio), Utah and Houston before facing the Bradley Braves in a best-of-3 series. Tulsa gained the home court advantage, so the 1st and 3rd games would be played at the Donald W. Reynolds Center.
The two teams split the first two games, each winning on their home court, thus creating the winner take-all third game.
Bradley jumped out to a 16-2 lead, but the Hurricane cut its deficit to six points at halftime, trailing 34-28. Tulsa outscored the Braves by 12 points in the final 20 minutes, as senior Rod Earls' 3-pointer with 2:26 remaining gave Tulsa the lead for good at 60-59 and the Hurricane went on to win the first CBI tournament ever played with a 70-64 victory.
Earls and fellow senior Calvin Walls played big roles for the Hurricane that night in front of a raucous home crowd. The duo combined for 28 points and 14 rebounds, while shooting 64-percent from the field, 67-percent from 3-point range and 100-percent from the free throw line. Earls had 14 points and eight rebounds, while Walls had 14 points, six rebounds and five steals.
April 4, 2019DaQuan Jeffries won the 31st annual State Farm College Slam Dunk contest during NCAA Final Four festivities in front of a national ESPN audience and 8,597 fans at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Jeffries defeated Northern Colorado's Jordan Davis to win the Slam Dunk title. Jeffries scored a perfect 40 on his first dunk to advance in the competition. In the semifinal round, his two dunks totaled 99.5 out of a possible 100 score (including twitter fan votes) to earn a spot in the final round. There, he took a pass off the side of the backboard and turned it into a windmill slam for a score of 45.4, which bested Davis' 43.7, for the title.
The slam dunk crown put an exclamation point on Jeffries' career at Tulsa. A third-team all-conference pick as a senior, Jeffries led the team in scoring and saw his dunks routinely featured on ESPN's SportsCenter during his time with the Golden Hurricane.
April 2, 2011
Freshman Aimee Creger pitched her third no-hitter with 15 strikeouts and two walks in a 4-1 victory over Memphis.
Tulsa received home runs from junior Skylar Swanson and senior Kelly Chapman in leading the Tulsa softball team to a doubleheader sweep of Memphis. Swanson knocked a three-run homer in a four-run sixth inning to lead the Golden Hurricane to a game one win.
April 2, 2013The Big East Board of Directors, in a unanimous vote, admitted The University of Tulsa to full membership beginning July 1, 2014, in the soon-to-be-renamed and rebranded American Athletic Conference
The new conference affiliation is the sixth home to University of Tulsa athletic teams. Tulsa's first league membership came in the Oklahoma Collegiate Conference from 1914-28, the Big Four Conference (1929-32), the Missouri Valley Conference (1935-85), the Western Athletic Conference (1996-2004) and Conference USA (2005-present).
With the announcement, the 2014-15 academic year the American Athletic Conference would consist of the Central Florida, Cincinnati, Connecticut, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, Southern Methodist, South Florida, Temple U, Tulane and Tulsa. The U.S. Naval Academy would become a football-only member in 2015.
March 31, 2004In the third-ever Border War, where Tulsa, Oklahoma State and the Arkansas softball teams play each other in one day, it was on this date that Tulsa swept the three-team competition for the first time with shutout victories over Arkansas (6-0) and Oklahoma State (4-0).
Ami Day pitched the first game and blanked the Razorbacks on five hits, while Tulsa scored its six runs on 10 hits. In the nightcap, Maren Genow improved to 12-3 on the season with the shutout, as she limited the Cowgirls to just three hits. Tulsa's offense collected seven hits in the 4-0 victory.
With the two wins Tulsa improved its record to 28-12 on the season.
March 29, 2001
Tulsa was looking for the school's second NIT championship 20 years after its' first, as the Hurricane would face the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2001 title game at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The score went back and forth in the first 11:05 with three lead changes and two ties. Alabama had its biggest lead of six points and Tulsa's largest lead was just three points in the game's first nine minutes. A Charlie Davis layup broke a 16-all tie at the 8:33 mark and from that point the Hurricane ended the half on a 20-9 run for a 36-25 halftime lead.
Davis was a force off the bench for Tulsa in the first half, scoring all of his 10 points in the first 20 minutes.
In the second half, Tulsa managed to keep its lead in double digits for all but 0:23 when the Tigers made it an eight-point game at 48-40 with 12:10 remaining. The Hurricane scored the next 11 points for a 59-40 lead at the 9:28 mark. Tulsa led by as many as 22 points, 77-55, and ended with a 79-60 victory for the school's second NIT championship.
Marcus Hill, with a game-high 24 points, was named the NIT MVP, while Kevin Johnson earned all-tournament team honors.
March 27, 1993
In its inaugural season, Tulsa softball won its first game in program history against St. Louis 4-2 as Kerri Bartholomew got the victory. The Hurricane had gone 20 contests without a win until breaking through on this date. Bartholomew limited the Billikens to two runs on seven hits, while the Hurricane had six hits to score its four runs, which was the most runs scored for Tulsa in its first 21 games.
March 27, 2001
Twenty years earlier, Tulsa found itself in this same situation, playing for a chance to compete for a national championship, the NIT title. It was Buzz Peterson's Hurricane team against John Calipari's Memphis Tigers in the semifinal game of the NIT at New York City's Madison Square Garden.
Memphis took an early 9-4 lead, but the Hurricane went on a 13-2 run to take a 17-11 lead at the 12:36 mark. Tulsa built its lead to 12 points at halftime, 41-29, by converting 44-percent of its field goals and shooting 71-percent from the line.
Tulsa increased its lead to 20 points on a Greg Harrington driving layup at the 12:17 mark of the second half. The Hurricane held its double-digit lead until 6:06 when the Tigers cut its deficit to nine points. Memphis got as close as three points, 61-58, but the Hurricane responded with a Marcus Hill free throw and a layup and 10-foot jumper by David Shelton to move its lead to eight points with 1:26 remaining on the game clock.
Tulsa converted all six of its free throw attempts in the final 0:54 for a 72-64 win and a meeting against Alabama in the NIT Championship game.
March 26, 1981With the Tulsa basketball team back in its hometown a day after upsetting Syracuse for the 1981 NIT Championship, a frenzied crowd gathered at Bartlett Square in downtown Tulsa to give the Hurricane team a champions welcome. A night earlier the Hurricane took 'a bite outta the Big Apple' with an 86-84 overtime victory over the Orangemen.
Well over 10,000 fans packed Bartlett Square that afternoon to cheer on Coach Nolan Richardson and his "Ain't No Stopping Us Now" basketball team. The song "Ain't No Sopping Us Now," sung by McFadden & Whitehead, became popular in 1979 and became the Golden Hurricane team motto.
March 26, 2000
With a trip to the Final Four on the line, it was the Tulsa Golden Hurricane taking on one of college basketball's bluebloods, the North Carolina Tar Heels, at the Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, for the South Regional Championship.
A crowd of 16,731 were on hand for this prize fight as the first half saw 11 lead changes and six ties. Tulsa entered halftime with a one-point lead at 31-30, despite UNC having the shooting advantage and an 8-rebound lead on the glass for the first 20 minutes.
The Tar Heels grabbed the lead right out of the gates in the second half and, other than two ties, held onto it the entire 20 minutes. UNC's Joseph Forte scored 17 of his 28 points in the second half as his teammates combined to score only 12 second-half points. The Hurricane was held to 24 points and shot just 31-percent for the half.
Dante Swanson's 3-pointer with 0:21 on the clock closed Tulsa's deficit to two points, 57-55, but the Hurricane missed two shots in the final 0:07 and UNC knocked down 2-of-4 free throws to seal the victory.
Tulsa ended the school's best season ever with a 32-5 record and just a few points shy of ending a fairytale season at the Final Four.
March 25, 1981 It was underdog Tulsa taking on the Syracuse Orangemen in front of a partisan Orange-clad crowd at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Tulsa scored the first basket and other than a 2-2 tie the Hurricane led for the rest of the first half, including its largest lead of 11 points at 43-32. Tulsa ended the first 20 minutes with a 48-42 lead.
Syracuse took its first lead since early with a 56-54 lead at the 15:16 mark of the second half. The Orange took a seven-point lead, 65-58, with just over 11 minutes to play, but the Hurricane scored the next 11 points for a 69-65 lead. Tulsa had an 82-78 lead at the 1:16 mark, but the Orange forced overtime as Erich Santifer's put-back off a rebound knotted the score at 82.
Only a total of six points were scored in the overtime period, including two free throws for both Syracuse and Tulsa. A Greg Stewart lay-in off a lob pass from Bob Stevenson at the 0:30 mark sealed the win.
Stewart's game-winning basket gave him 23 points, the MVP award and the Hurricane an 86-84 victory for the NIT title.
March 24, 2000After wins over UNLV and Cincinnati, Tulsa went into NCAA "Sweet 16" weekend in Austin, Texas, with the No.6-seed Miami Hurricanes next up.
Tulsa jumped out to a 13-point lead in the first 13+ minutes, 25-8, but Miami wouldn't just go away as the Hurricanes cut its deficit to just six points at halftime, 31-25. Miami tied the score at 43 and took its first lead a 3-pointer later at 46-43. Tulsa then rattled off the next 8 points to take a 51-46 lead with 8:13 left to play.
The Hurricane made 8-of-8 free throws to help increase its lead to 63-50 at the 4:42 mark. In the final 4 minutes the two teams combined for 38 points, while in the final 1:53 the Hurricane converted 9-of-14 free throws and went on to an 80-71 win.
All five of Tulsa's starters scored in double-figures as Eric Coley and Brandon Kurtz led the way with 17 points apiece.
The victory put Tulsa one game away from a trip to the Final Four as the perennial power North Carolina Tar Heels awaited the Hurricane in the next round.
March 24, 2013The 16th-seed Tulsa Golden Hurricane put forth a valiant effort against the No. 1 seed Stanford Cardinal, but fell 72-56 in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Championship. The two teams were tied, 24-24, at halftime, but Stanford began the second half with a 19-7 run with 13:00 on the clock and never looked back. Tulsa senior Taleya Mayberry and freshman Kelsee Grovey paced the Hurricane with 18 and 12 points, respectively.
March 23, 1981
In an NIT semifinal matchup at Madison Square Garden, the West Virginia Mountaineers jumped out to a 10-point lead in the first seven minutes. Tulsa cut the deficit and took a one-point with over four minutes left in the first half, but WVU took a four-point lead, 44-40, into halftime.
Tulsa scored the first six points after the break for a 46-44 lead, but the Mountaineers scored the next six points and held a lead for most of the second half. Tulsa outscored West Virginia 14-9 in the final 4:35 to grab an 89-87 victory.
Tulsa was led by Paul Pressey's 20 points, nine assists and seven steals, while four additional Tulsa players scored in double-digits, as Greg Stewart had 19 points and 10 rebounds.
The win lifted Tulsa into the NIT Championship game against the Syracuse Orangemen.
March 23, 2000Senior Angela Wedlake pitched the first perfect game in school history with a 3-0 win over the Arkansas Razorbacks. The Hurricane scored three runs on three hits, while Wedlake improved to 6-4 on the season with the perfect game.
March 22, 2000The groundbreaking for the Michael D. Case Tennis Center took place on this date, named for Michael D. Case, a Tulsa developer and philanthropist who provided the major funding for the building and also raised the additional funds to complete the project.
The state-of-the-art facility included a 54,000 square foot Tennis Pavilion main facility with six indoor courts, 12 outdoor courts, spectator seating, electronic scoreboards, lighting for night competition, athletic training facility, staff offices, pro shop and support facilities. The official dedication of the facility occurred on December 14, 2001.
March 21, 2001After two days earlier winning at Minnesota, 76-73, in overtime, the Hurricane traveled to Starkville, Miss., on game day for an NIT quarterfinal matchup against the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
Tulsa didn't show any signs of fatigue as the Hurricane built an 18-point lead, 33-15, in the first 14 minutes. The Bulldogs sliced into the Tulsa lead and trailed the Hurricane by only seven points at halftime, 38-31.
In the second half, MSU tied the game three times and trailed by one point seven times, but could never overtake the Hurricane. Mario Austin's jumper with 0:20 left on the clock tied the game at 75-75, but Greg Harrington's jumper with 0:03 on the clock clinched the victory.
Tulsa's 77-75 win put the Hurricane in the semifinals of the NIT at Madison Square Garden.
March 20, 1994
After an emotional upset of 17th-ranked UCLA in the first round, Tulsa had to turn its attention to cross-state rival and No. 19 Oklahoma State, a 12-point winner earlier in the year over the Hurricane.
After the game was tied 20-20, the Cowboys closed the half by outscoring the Hurricane 30-19 for an 11-point halftime lead, 50-39. Tulsa came out in the second half on a 15- 6 run to make the score 56-54 with 13:28 left to play. A jumper by Gary Collier tied the score at 61 with 10:41 on the clock and a fast-break finger roll layup by Lou Dawkins put the Hurricane ahead at 63-61 just 50-seconds later.
From that point, the game was tied three times and the lead changed hands eight times. Pooh Williams 3-pointer put Tulsa ahead, 77-75 at the 1:42 mark, but Randy Rutherford's trey at the 1:26 mark gave OSU the lead at 78-77. Collier's put-back off of a Dawkins missed free throw gave Tulsa a 79-78 lead with 1:01 on the clock.
Then it was Dawkins' 3-pointer from the left corner with 0:06 on the clock that gave Tulsa a 4-point lead at 82-78. Bryant Reeves' follow-up layup brought the score to 82-80, but it didn't matter as Tulsa had clinched its ticket to Dallas for a meeting against the overall No. 1 seed Arkansas.
March 20, 2003
Tulsa, a #13 seed, would face the #4-seed Dayton Flyers in first-round NCAA action in Spokane, Washington.
Guards Dante Swanson and Jason Parker each scored 24 points as the Hurricane took a double-digit lead at the 11:35 mark of the first half, 25-13, and held that double-figure advantage for the remainder of the opening period.
Tulsa held a 46-33 halftime lead, but the Flyers would battle back in the final 20 minutes to tie the score twice, at 67 and 69. In the final five minutes, the Hurricane distanced itself from Dayton on a 9-0 run that put Tulsa ahead 78-69 with just 0:43 left tin the contest.
Tulsa closed out the game for an 84-71 win.
March 19, 1995After an opening round win over Illinois, Tulsa would face Old Dominion in East Region second round action.
After a 19-19 tie with 6:13 on the first-half clock, Tulsa went on a 7-0 run for a 26-19 lead and kept its seven point lead at halftime at 33-26.In the first six minutes of the second half, Tulsa built an 11-point lead twice, but the Monarchs chipped away and got as close as two points with 7:43 remaining, 48-46.
Tulsa closed out the game on a 16-6 run for a final 12-point victory at 64-52. With the win, Tulsa advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 for a matchup against the East's No. 2-seed UMass in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
March 19, 2000For 12 weeks, the Cincinnati Bearcats were ranked as the nation's No. 1 team. Cincinnati came into the 2000 NCAA Tournament as a No. 2 seed and without its leader Kenyon Martin.
The No. 7-seed Tulsa, coming off of a first-round win over UNLV, was led by Eric Coley's 16 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 blocks and 4 steals en route to a second round victory.
The Hurricane built a 13-point first-half lead and at halftime led 31-24. In the second half, the Bearcats took its first lead since early in the contest at the 12:56 mark, 39-38, and increased that to five points at 50-45 with 8:11 left to play. Tulsa then kicked it into high gear for a 14-0 run and a 59-50 lead with just under five minutes remaining on the game clock.
UC cut the deficit to five points, but the Hurricane held on for a 69-61 win to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.
March 18, 1994Coming into first round action at the Myriad in Oklahoma City, UCLA players had been quoted saying "where is Tulsa"… after Tulsa jumped out to 10-0 lead, it soon became apparent that this Hurricane team would be one the Bruin team would find out a lot about.
Tulsa increased its lead to a game-high margin of 29 points at 46-17 as the contest hadn't yet hit the 5-minute mark. At halftime, Tulsa held a 63-38 lead. Tulsa coach Tubby Smith knew the second-half effort from the mighty Bruins would be a storm of their own as UCLA, ranked No. 1 nationally just weeks before, chipped away at the Hurricane lead and got as close as 8 points at the 3:51 mark.
Strong free throw shooting and a driving dunk by Kwanza Johnson with 1:12 left on the game clock gave Tulsa a 103-94 lead and sealed the victory.
Gary Collier led Tulsa with 34 points, while Shea Seals and Pooh Williamson added 20 points apiece. Williamson played a near perfect game as the junior point guard added eight assists and zero turnovers in 40 minutes.
March 18, 2006In the first round game of the 2006 NCAA Championship, 12th-seed Tulsa captured a 71-61 win over fifth-seed North Carolina State at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.
The win was just one of three upsets in the first round.
Megan Moody led the Hurricane with 20 points, while Emily Jaskowiak and Tandem Mays both added 17, and Jillian Robbins posted 10.
March 17, 1995Tulsa went into the 1995 NCAA Tournament the ta No. 6 seed and would face Illinois of the Big 10 in Albany New York.
The Fighting Illini built a 13-point lead in the first half and went into intermission with a 34-27 advantage. The Illini maintained its lead in the first 10 minutes of the second half before a three-pointer by Shea Seals made it a 2-point game and two Ray Poindexter free throws tied the game at 54-54 with 9:00 left on the clock.
Illinois retook the lead until Seals nailed two free throws to knot the score at 61 with 1:33 remaining. It wasn't until 0:43.5 that Tulsa took its first lead since an early 6-4 advantage when Pooh Williamson knocked down a three-pointer and free throw. His 4-point play gave Tulsa a 65-62 lead. The Hurricane went 3-of-4 from the charity stripe in the final 0:23 for a 68-62 win.
Tulsa advanced to the second round to face Old Dominion.
March 17, 2000 Tulsa jumped out to a double-digit lead in the first 10 minutes in a first-round matchup against the Runnin' Rebels of UNLV in Nashville, Tennessee. The Hurricane held a 22-point lead at halftime, while shooting 55-percent from the field and holding UNLV to just 24 percent.
Although second half scoring saw the Hurricane only outscore the Rebels by 5 points, Tulsa increased its lead to as many as 33 points and ended with an 89-62 victory. David Shelton came off the bench to lead Tulsa with 21 points, while Eric Coley had a game-high 14 rebounds.
The win put Tulsa into a second-round matchup against 7th-ranked Cincinnati.
March 1
6Host and No. 6 seed Tulsa captured the 2013 Conference USA Championship with a 75-66 win over eighth-seeded UCF at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., on March 16th. The road through the tournament took the Golden Hurricane from the Tulsa Convention Center, with a 74-52 win over Rice and a 75-67 win over Tulane, up to the BOK Center, where it defeated East Carolina, 72-59, and finally, UCF. Tulsa became just the second host team and lowest seed to win the conference title.
Taleya Mayberry, Tiffani Couisnard and Kelsee Grovey were all tabbed to the Conference USA All-Tournament Team, while Mayberry was selected as the tournament MVP. Mayberry set three new Conference USA Championship records, as she had 100 points, 29 free throws and 40 free throw attempts in Tulsa's four games.
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