Forty Years Ago an NIT Championship Comes to Tulsa

2/20/2021 10:28:00 AM | Men's Basketball

A Golden Moment

In was 40 years ago that Tulsa basketball put its name among the top collegiate programs in the nation when a coach, fresh off of a national junior college championship, would become the head coach for the 1980-81 Golden Hurricane. In the first week of the season, Tulsans knew there was something special about Nolan Richardson and his brand of basketball as defending national champion and No. 8-ranked Louisville left Tulsa in the third game of the season with a 68-60 loss. Names like Paul Pressey, Mike Anderson, David Brown, Phil Spradling Greg Stewart and others became household names as the Hurricane team brought home the 1981 NIT Championship

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