Sunday, January 18
Birmingham, Ala.
2 p.m.
Tulsa
at
UAB
Tulsa Continues Road Swing at UAB on Sunday
1/17/2026 9:32:00 AM | Men's Basketball
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Looking for their second road win in a row, the Tulsa men's basketball team visits UAB on Sunday in Bartow Arena. The Golden Hurricane are going for their first ever win in Birmingham as they take on the Blazers.
Date/Time: January 18, 2026 / 2 PM
Site: Birmingham, Alabama
Arena: Bartow Arena (8,500)
Radio: 99.5 FM KVOO Big Country, Learfield Network affiliates, and Varsity Network App
Talent: Bruce Howard (pxp) & J.R. Rollo (analyst)
Video: ESPN+
Talent: Curt Bloom (pxp) & Mo Finley (analyst)
History: UAB leads, 12-7
In Birmingham: UAB leads, 8-0
Streak: Lost 6
MEDIA CENTRAL
STORY LINES
• David Green had been on fire over his last five games, averaging 23.2 points per game while shooting 41-of-59 (.695) from the field, 12-for-18 (.667) from three, and 22-of-29 (.759) from the free throw line. He's also averaging 5.2 rebounds and led the team in scoring four times in that time frame.
• In conference play, Green is third in the league in scoring (23.3), second in field goal percentage (.660), and leads the league in three-point percentage (.647). He is the only play in American Conference play over .500 percent from three.
• Tulsa's starting five of Barnstable, Behrend, Green, Popoola, and Riley is tied for the American Conference lead with a +/- of +63. That ranks them 19th in the country as a group per EvanMiya.com.
• Tulsa is one of 17 programs with 14 games with 80-plus points, High Point leads the country at 17.
• Tulsa leads the American Conference in point differential (15.9), field goal percentage (.487), three-point percentage (.393), threes per game (10.3), free throw percentage (.788), and rebound margin (8.4).
• Tulsa is one of the best teams in the country at the free throw line, ranking sixth in the country at .788 percent. The Golden Hurricane have three of the top four shooters in the American with Miles Barnstable leading the league (.943) while Tylen Riley is third (.881), and Myles Rigsby is fourth (.880).
• The trio of David Green, Miles Barnstable, and Tylen Riley have been terrific away from the Reynolds Center. Green is averaging 16.8 points in road games while Barnstable is scoring 16.2 points per game and Riley is averaging 15.2 points. Barnstable leads the team with 5.0 rebounds on the road.
• Ade Popoola is 12-for-25 (.480) from three-point range on the road this season and averaging 10.2 points per game.
• Tulsa is one of 11 programs to use the same starting five all season along with; Arizona, Buffalo, Colorado, Elon, Houston, Manhattan, Merrimack, Oklahoma, Seton Hall, and Stephen F. Austin.
SERIES HISTORY
• This is the 20th meeting between the programs.
• Tulsa has never won in Birmingham in eight attempts.
• The Golden Hurricane look for its first win over the Blazers since Jan. 15, 2011, a 78-62 victory in the Reynolds Center.
• Eric Konkol is 7-8 against UAB.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• The Blazers are 12-6 on the season and 3-2 in conference play after winning their last two contests.
• UAB is 3-0 on the road in league play but are 0-2 at home with losses to Wichita State and Florida Atlantic.
• The team is second in the American Conference in turnover margin at +3.5.
SEASON NOTABLES
• Head coach Eric Konkol reached 200 wins for his career in a 97-48 win over Rice.
• Tulsa won the Mayor's Cup despite Oral Roberts shooting .500 percent from the field and making 14 threes. Since the 2004-05 season per Stathead, it is Tulsa's first road win in which the opponent shot .500 percent or better from the field and made 10 or more threes. Last season, teams were 839-13 (.985) at home, shooting .500 percent or better from the field, and made more than 10 threes.
• The Golden Hurricane won their first in-season tournament, the Acrisure Holiday Invitational, since 2002 with a 63-60 victory over Northern Iowa.
• The Golden Hurricane have played three one-point games this season, with two in back-to-back games (Oral Roberts and Kansas State). It was the team's first back-to-back one-point finishes since 2011. The team is 2-1 in one-point games this season. It's the team's most one-point games since 2008-09.
• Tulsa's 117-point performance against UAPB set a new Reynolds Center facility record for points in a game. It was the ninth-most points in a game in school history and is the program's first game with 115-plus points since 2000.
• Three opponents on the schedule are new to the Golden Hurricane men's basketball program, Oklahoma Christian, Manhattan Christian, and Denver.
• Tulsa received their highest ever NET ranking in the first batch of rankings, released on Dec. 1 at No. 27 in the country. The program's previous high was No. 52 back in 2020-21. Last season the Golden Hurricane finished ranked No. 271.
• Tulsa's 10-game winning streak was the program's longest since the 2014-15 season when they won 12 straight. It was the longest winning streak of head coach Eric Konkol's career.
• Tulsa went undefeated in the month of December. It was the team's first perfect month since January 2015 when the Golden Hurricane went 7-0 as part of that 12-game winning streak. The program last went undefeated in the month of December in 1983 when Nolan Richardson's squad went 7-0 before finishing the season 27-4.
• Tulsa's 97-48 win over Rice to open American Conference play was the team's largest ever margin of victory in an American Conference game and the second largest ever in a conference game in league history. Tulsa shot 13-of-19 (.684) from three-point range, the best mark in Reynolds Center history.
• Tulsa is 4-0 in coaches challenges this season.
OVER 80
• Tulsa got off to a terrific start offensively, scoring 80+ points in each of the first six contests, they would also have a streak of seven straight games of over 80 points.
• It was the program's longest such streak(s) since the 2001-02 season, a streak of seven games. That team would score 80+ points 19 times.
• The program's single season record is 21 times, set back in 1983-84, under head coach Nolan Richardson. This season Tulsa has scored over 80 points 14 times.
• Tulsa has averaged 80 or more points in a season 14 times but not since 2001-02.
• Tulsa has three games scoring 100-plus points this season, their most 100-point performances in a year since 1995-96.
• Last season the Golden Hurricane scored 80-plus points 10 times, already surpassing that total with 13.
• Tulsa's top five scoring seasons by points per game with head coach and final record:
• 1983-84 (Nolan Ricardson, 27-4) - 90.8
• 2025-26 (Eric Konkol, 13-2) - 87.6*
• 1972-73 (Ken Hayes, 18-8) - 85.3
• 1970-71 (Ken Hayes, 17-9) - 84.2
• 1993-94 (Tubby Smith, 23-8) - 83.4
SPREADING THE LOVE
• Tulsa has had at least 15 assists in 13 of 17 games of the season. The Golden Hurricane reached that mark just 12 times last season.
• Thrice this season Tulsa has had at least 20 assists in a game, tying a school record also set in 1993-94, 2015-16, 2018-19, and 2020-21.
• Tulsa has assisted on .557 of made field goals this season, 270-of-485.
LONGEVITY IN THE LEAGUE
• Head coach Eric Konkol is in his fourth season with the Golden Hurricane.
• Konkol entered the year tied for the fourth-longest tenured coach in the American Conference.
• Only Penny Hardaway (Memphis, 8th season), Ron Hunter (Tulane, 7th season), and Andy Kennedy (UAB, 6th season) have been in the league longer.
• East Carolina head coach, and former Tulsa assistant, Michael Scwartz, is also entering his fourth season leading his program.
EFFICIENT OFFENSE
• Tulsa's starting five of Barnstable, Behrend, Green, Popoola, and Riley is tied for the lead in the American in +/- at +63.
• Per KenPom, Tulsa leads in the country in three-point shooting at .409 percent against D1 opponents and sixth at the free throw line at .793.
• Tulsa is 23rd in the country in points per game (87.6), 23rd in scoring margin (16.0), 12th in three-point percentage (.393), 6th in free throw percentage (.788), and tied for 36th with 10.3 threes per game.
• The Golden Hurricane bench has been terrific, averaging 28.6 points per game, the second best mark in the American Conference, only trailing Memphis (33.2).
• Tulsa leads the American Conference in point differential (15.9), field goal percentage (.487), three-point percentage (.393), threes per game (10.3), free throw percentage (.788), and rebound margin (8.4).
• All 10 regulars in the Golden Hurricane rotation have had at least one game with 10 or more points.
DOING IT DEFENSIVELY TOO
• While the offense is receiving the headlines, the Tulsa defense has been strong this season too.
• Tulsa is allowing 71.8 points per game, the fourth fewest in the American Conference and 126th in the country.
• They are holding opponents to a .424 shooting percentage, fifth in the American and just outside the top 100 in the country.
LAST TIME OUT
• Tulsa got back in the win column with a convincing 86-74 win at Charlotte on Wednesday.
• The Golden Hurricane led by as many as 17 in the second half, with the starting five scoring 81 of their 86 points.
• David Green continues to been an offensive force for Tulsa, scoring 21 points on 8-of-13 shooting and connecting on all three of his attempts from long range. Tylen Riley added 19 points and four assists while Miles Barnstable finished the game with 18. Ade Popoola also finished in double figures with 14 and Tyler Behrend had nine points and eight rebounds.
UP NEXT
• Tulsa returns home to face Memphis on Wednesday in the Reynolds Center.
Visit www.TulsaHurricane.com for the latest news and information on the men's basketball program. Fans can also follow the team on X, Facebook and Instagram.
Date/Time: January 18, 2026 / 2 PM
Site: Birmingham, Alabama
Arena: Bartow Arena (8,500)
Radio: 99.5 FM KVOO Big Country, Learfield Network affiliates, and Varsity Network App
Talent: Bruce Howard (pxp) & J.R. Rollo (analyst)
Video: ESPN+
Talent: Curt Bloom (pxp) & Mo Finley (analyst)
History: UAB leads, 12-7
In Birmingham: UAB leads, 8-0
Streak: Lost 6
MEDIA CENTRAL
STORY LINES
• David Green had been on fire over his last five games, averaging 23.2 points per game while shooting 41-of-59 (.695) from the field, 12-for-18 (.667) from three, and 22-of-29 (.759) from the free throw line. He's also averaging 5.2 rebounds and led the team in scoring four times in that time frame.
• In conference play, Green is third in the league in scoring (23.3), second in field goal percentage (.660), and leads the league in three-point percentage (.647). He is the only play in American Conference play over .500 percent from three.
• Tulsa's starting five of Barnstable, Behrend, Green, Popoola, and Riley is tied for the American Conference lead with a +/- of +63. That ranks them 19th in the country as a group per EvanMiya.com.
• Tulsa is one of 17 programs with 14 games with 80-plus points, High Point leads the country at 17.
• Tulsa leads the American Conference in point differential (15.9), field goal percentage (.487), three-point percentage (.393), threes per game (10.3), free throw percentage (.788), and rebound margin (8.4).
• Tulsa is one of the best teams in the country at the free throw line, ranking sixth in the country at .788 percent. The Golden Hurricane have three of the top four shooters in the American with Miles Barnstable leading the league (.943) while Tylen Riley is third (.881), and Myles Rigsby is fourth (.880).
• The trio of David Green, Miles Barnstable, and Tylen Riley have been terrific away from the Reynolds Center. Green is averaging 16.8 points in road games while Barnstable is scoring 16.2 points per game and Riley is averaging 15.2 points. Barnstable leads the team with 5.0 rebounds on the road.
• Ade Popoola is 12-for-25 (.480) from three-point range on the road this season and averaging 10.2 points per game.
• Tulsa is one of 11 programs to use the same starting five all season along with; Arizona, Buffalo, Colorado, Elon, Houston, Manhattan, Merrimack, Oklahoma, Seton Hall, and Stephen F. Austin.
SERIES HISTORY
• This is the 20th meeting between the programs.
• Tulsa has never won in Birmingham in eight attempts.
• The Golden Hurricane look for its first win over the Blazers since Jan. 15, 2011, a 78-62 victory in the Reynolds Center.
• Eric Konkol is 7-8 against UAB.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• The Blazers are 12-6 on the season and 3-2 in conference play after winning their last two contests.
• UAB is 3-0 on the road in league play but are 0-2 at home with losses to Wichita State and Florida Atlantic.
• The team is second in the American Conference in turnover margin at +3.5.
SEASON NOTABLES
• Head coach Eric Konkol reached 200 wins for his career in a 97-48 win over Rice.
• Tulsa won the Mayor's Cup despite Oral Roberts shooting .500 percent from the field and making 14 threes. Since the 2004-05 season per Stathead, it is Tulsa's first road win in which the opponent shot .500 percent or better from the field and made 10 or more threes. Last season, teams were 839-13 (.985) at home, shooting .500 percent or better from the field, and made more than 10 threes.
• The Golden Hurricane won their first in-season tournament, the Acrisure Holiday Invitational, since 2002 with a 63-60 victory over Northern Iowa.
• The Golden Hurricane have played three one-point games this season, with two in back-to-back games (Oral Roberts and Kansas State). It was the team's first back-to-back one-point finishes since 2011. The team is 2-1 in one-point games this season. It's the team's most one-point games since 2008-09.
• Tulsa's 117-point performance against UAPB set a new Reynolds Center facility record for points in a game. It was the ninth-most points in a game in school history and is the program's first game with 115-plus points since 2000.
• Three opponents on the schedule are new to the Golden Hurricane men's basketball program, Oklahoma Christian, Manhattan Christian, and Denver.
• Tulsa received their highest ever NET ranking in the first batch of rankings, released on Dec. 1 at No. 27 in the country. The program's previous high was No. 52 back in 2020-21. Last season the Golden Hurricane finished ranked No. 271.
• Tulsa's 10-game winning streak was the program's longest since the 2014-15 season when they won 12 straight. It was the longest winning streak of head coach Eric Konkol's career.
• Tulsa went undefeated in the month of December. It was the team's first perfect month since January 2015 when the Golden Hurricane went 7-0 as part of that 12-game winning streak. The program last went undefeated in the month of December in 1983 when Nolan Richardson's squad went 7-0 before finishing the season 27-4.
• Tulsa's 97-48 win over Rice to open American Conference play was the team's largest ever margin of victory in an American Conference game and the second largest ever in a conference game in league history. Tulsa shot 13-of-19 (.684) from three-point range, the best mark in Reynolds Center history.
• Tulsa is 4-0 in coaches challenges this season.
OVER 80
• Tulsa got off to a terrific start offensively, scoring 80+ points in each of the first six contests, they would also have a streak of seven straight games of over 80 points.
• It was the program's longest such streak(s) since the 2001-02 season, a streak of seven games. That team would score 80+ points 19 times.
• The program's single season record is 21 times, set back in 1983-84, under head coach Nolan Richardson. This season Tulsa has scored over 80 points 14 times.
• Tulsa has averaged 80 or more points in a season 14 times but not since 2001-02.
• Tulsa has three games scoring 100-plus points this season, their most 100-point performances in a year since 1995-96.
• Last season the Golden Hurricane scored 80-plus points 10 times, already surpassing that total with 13.
• Tulsa's top five scoring seasons by points per game with head coach and final record:
• 1983-84 (Nolan Ricardson, 27-4) - 90.8
• 2025-26 (Eric Konkol, 13-2) - 87.6*
• 1972-73 (Ken Hayes, 18-8) - 85.3
• 1970-71 (Ken Hayes, 17-9) - 84.2
• 1993-94 (Tubby Smith, 23-8) - 83.4
SPREADING THE LOVE
• Tulsa has had at least 15 assists in 13 of 17 games of the season. The Golden Hurricane reached that mark just 12 times last season.
• Thrice this season Tulsa has had at least 20 assists in a game, tying a school record also set in 1993-94, 2015-16, 2018-19, and 2020-21.
• Tulsa has assisted on .557 of made field goals this season, 270-of-485.
LONGEVITY IN THE LEAGUE
• Head coach Eric Konkol is in his fourth season with the Golden Hurricane.
• Konkol entered the year tied for the fourth-longest tenured coach in the American Conference.
• Only Penny Hardaway (Memphis, 8th season), Ron Hunter (Tulane, 7th season), and Andy Kennedy (UAB, 6th season) have been in the league longer.
• East Carolina head coach, and former Tulsa assistant, Michael Scwartz, is also entering his fourth season leading his program.
EFFICIENT OFFENSE
• Tulsa's starting five of Barnstable, Behrend, Green, Popoola, and Riley is tied for the lead in the American in +/- at +63.
• Per KenPom, Tulsa leads in the country in three-point shooting at .409 percent against D1 opponents and sixth at the free throw line at .793.
• Tulsa is 23rd in the country in points per game (87.6), 23rd in scoring margin (16.0), 12th in three-point percentage (.393), 6th in free throw percentage (.788), and tied for 36th with 10.3 threes per game.
• The Golden Hurricane bench has been terrific, averaging 28.6 points per game, the second best mark in the American Conference, only trailing Memphis (33.2).
• Tulsa leads the American Conference in point differential (15.9), field goal percentage (.487), three-point percentage (.393), threes per game (10.3), free throw percentage (.788), and rebound margin (8.4).
• All 10 regulars in the Golden Hurricane rotation have had at least one game with 10 or more points.
DOING IT DEFENSIVELY TOO
• While the offense is receiving the headlines, the Tulsa defense has been strong this season too.
• Tulsa is allowing 71.8 points per game, the fourth fewest in the American Conference and 126th in the country.
• They are holding opponents to a .424 shooting percentage, fifth in the American and just outside the top 100 in the country.
LAST TIME OUT
• Tulsa got back in the win column with a convincing 86-74 win at Charlotte on Wednesday.
• The Golden Hurricane led by as many as 17 in the second half, with the starting five scoring 81 of their 86 points.
• David Green continues to been an offensive force for Tulsa, scoring 21 points on 8-of-13 shooting and connecting on all three of his attempts from long range. Tylen Riley added 19 points and four assists while Miles Barnstable finished the game with 18. Ade Popoola also finished in double figures with 14 and Tyler Behrend had nine points and eight rebounds.
UP NEXT
• Tulsa returns home to face Memphis on Wednesday in the Reynolds Center.
Visit www.TulsaHurricane.com for the latest news and information on the men's basketball program. Fans can also follow the team on X, Facebook and Instagram.
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