Sunday, February 22
Tulsa, Okla.
3 p.m.
Tulsa
vs
UTSA
Tulsa Welcomes UTSA on Sunday
2/21/2026 10:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa welcomes UTSA to the Reynolds Center on Sunday for Legends Day, looking to complete a perfect week. At halftime, the team will honor 40 legends of Tulsa men's basketball.
Date/Time: February 22, 2026 / 3 PM
Site: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Arena: Reynolds Center (8,355)
Radio: 99.5 FM KVOO Big Country, Learfield Network affiliates, and Varsity Network App
Talent: Bruce Howard (pxp) & J.R. Rollo (analyst)
Video: ESPNews
Talent: Mike Daley (pxp) & Mark Adams (analyst)
History: Tulsa leads, 9-1
In Tulsa: Tulsa leads, 8-0
Series Streak: Won 2
STORY LINES
• The 2025-26 season is the 25th 20-win season in Tulsa history. The Golden Hurricane last won 20 games in 2019-20 when they went 21-10 and claimed a share of the American Conference regular season title.
• Tulsa's starting five of Barnstable, Behrend, Green, Popoola, and Riley leads the American Conference with a +/- of +143. That ranks them fourth in the country as a group per EvanMiya.com, trailing the starting units for Arizona, Houston, and Purdue. The next closest 5-man unit in the American Conference belongs to Wichita State's starting five at +83.
• Tulsa is closing in on the program record for threes in a single season. They have hit 280 threes so far, needing just nine to break the record of 288 set in 2000-01. The 2018-19 Houston squad holds the American Conference record with 337.
• Last time out Tulsa tied the program record with 18 threes in a game. Miles Barnstable led the way with six, finishing with 25 points, while Ade Popoola connected on five threes to finish with 18 points.
• Tulsa's nine conference wins are its most since finishing the 2019-20 season with 13.
• Tulsa is one of five programs to use the same starting five all season along with: Houston, Merrimack, Oklahoma, and Stephen F. Austin.
• Tulsa is only school in the country to not have a double figure rebounder this season but have seven players averaging more than three boards per game.
• Last Thursday, Miles Barnstable was named to the State Farm Dunk and Three-Point Championship Watch List. The 37th annual event is slated to take place April 3 in Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis and broadcast nationally on April 5 on ESPN at 12:30 p.m. CT. Barnstable leads the American from three, shooting .424 percent.
• Tulsa also looks to set the school free throw percentage record, this season they are shooting .782 which would break the current record of .753 in 2001-02. The .782 mark would be third best in American Conference history, just behind UTSA in 2024-25 (.792) and UConn in 2015-16 (.793).
SERIES HISTORY
• This is the 11th meeting between the programs; Tulsa leads the series 9-1.
• The Golden Hurricane swept the season series last season and are 8-0 all-time in Tulsa.
• Eric Konkol is 11-5 in his career against UTSA.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• UTSA is 5-12 and 1-13 in American Conference play in Austin Claunch's second season.
• The Roadrunners are just 2-10 on the road this season, with wins over Denver and Charlotte.
• Jamir Simpson leads their offense at 15.8 points per game.
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.
• 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.
• Ade Popoola had it going at South Florida, Popoola hit eight threes for the Golden Hurricane matching Corey Henderson Jr. (vs. UConn, Jan. 3, 2018) and Jason Parker (vs. Wichita State, Dec. 4, 2002) for the second most threes in a game in school history. Only James Woodard hit more in a game with 10 vs. SMU on Mar. 8, 2015.
• Tulsa is 6-1 in coaches challenges this season.
OVER 80
• Tulsa started the season with six straight games with 80-plus points, 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 19 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.
• 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, 20-6) - 85.4*
• 1972-73 (Ken Hayes, 18-8) - 85.3
• 1970-71 (Ken Hayes, 17-9) - 84.2
• 1993-94 (Tubby Smith, 23-8) - 83.4
EFFICIENT OFFENSE
• Tulsa is 21st in the country in points per game (85.4), 25th in scoring margin (12.4), 12th in three-point percentage (.387), 12th in free throw percentage (.782), and 23rd in free throws made (18.6).
• Miles Barnstable is fifth in the country at the free throw line, 85-for-91 (.924). The senior is also shooting 76-for-177 (.429) to lead the conference and rank 22nd in the nation in three-point shooting.
• Before this season the school record for free throw percentage is .753 (545-for-724) in 2001-02 by a team and .903 (121-for-134) by Rick Park in 1963-64. Those records are all in danger as the team is currently .782 (503-for-643) from the free throw line, while Miles Barnstable (.924), Myles Rigsby (.902), and Tylen Riley (.879) have a shot at the individual record.
• Barnstable's .924 percentage at the charity stripe would be the second highest in American Conference history by an individual with 2.5 FT attempts per game while Rigsby would be fifth all-time. Atin Wright of North Texas holds the record with a .945 percentage in 2024-25.
• Barnstable also currently ranks fourth in league history from beyond the arc at .429 among players with 2.5 attempts per game. Damyean Dotson of Houston holds the record of .443 in 2016-17.
• Tulsa leads the American Conference in point differential (12.3), field goal percentage (.482), three-point percentage (.387), threes per game (10.4), and free throw percentage (.784).
• All 10 regulars in the Golden Hurricane rotation have had at least one game with 10 or more points.
• Tulsa is one of 20 programs with 19 games with 80-plus points, High Point leads the country with 24, while Alabama and Gonzaga have 22.
• Tulsa is one of 18 schools to have 13 or more games in which they've shot 40 percent or better from three. Of those schools, only Tulsa, Miami (OH), and Saint Mary's are undefeated in those games.
OTHER ODDS AND ENDS
• Miles Barnstable is second in the nation with 25 games this season with two or more three-pointers, trailing Kamrin Oriol of North Florida by one. His 26 games in double figures has him tied for 10th in the country. David Green has scored in double figures 23 times, tied for 123rd.
• Six of Tulsa's eight American Conference victories have been by double digits. The Golden Hurricane have 13 wins by at least 10 points this season.
• Tulsa has shot .500 or better from the field 10 times this season, one away from the program record of 11 set in 2009-10.
• Tulsa is tied for 20th in the nation in Kill Shots per EvanMiya.com, which indicates a 10-0 run. Tulsa's 23 leads the American Conference and have only allowed seven all season, second fewest in the American.
• According to EvanMiya.com, Tyler Behrend leads the American Conference in +/- at +247. Tulsa features five of the top seven players in the league in that category, David Green (+212), Miles Barnstable (+197), Ade Popoola (+194), and Tylen Riley (+178). According to the website dating back to the 2009-10 season the following Golden Hurricane have finished above +200, Jerome Jordan +214 in 2009-10, Scottie Haralson +210 in 2010-11, and Steven Idlet +210 in 2011-12.
LAST TIME OUT
• Tulsa got back on track with a 79-74 win over Charlotte on Wednesday.
• The Tulsa defense held Wichita State to just two made three-pointers, but the Shockers scored 52 points in the paint.
• Tylen Riley led the offense with 21 points on 9-of-14 shooting. Miles Barnstable finished with 19 points and a team-high seven rebounds. David Green and Jaylen Lawal each added 10 points to the effort.
UP NEXT
• The Golden Hurricane are back on the road against Tulane on Wednesday before having the weekend off.
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: February 22, 2026 / 3 PM
Site: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Arena: Reynolds Center (8,355)
Radio: 99.5 FM KVOO Big Country, Learfield Network affiliates, and Varsity Network App
Talent: Bruce Howard (pxp) & J.R. Rollo (analyst)
Video: ESPNews
Talent: Mike Daley (pxp) & Mark Adams (analyst)
History: Tulsa leads, 9-1
In Tulsa: Tulsa leads, 8-0
Series Streak: Won 2
STORY LINES
• The 2025-26 season is the 25th 20-win season in Tulsa history. The Golden Hurricane last won 20 games in 2019-20 when they went 21-10 and claimed a share of the American Conference regular season title.
• Tulsa's starting five of Barnstable, Behrend, Green, Popoola, and Riley leads the American Conference with a +/- of +143. That ranks them fourth in the country as a group per EvanMiya.com, trailing the starting units for Arizona, Houston, and Purdue. The next closest 5-man unit in the American Conference belongs to Wichita State's starting five at +83.
• Tulsa is closing in on the program record for threes in a single season. They have hit 280 threes so far, needing just nine to break the record of 288 set in 2000-01. The 2018-19 Houston squad holds the American Conference record with 337.
• Last time out Tulsa tied the program record with 18 threes in a game. Miles Barnstable led the way with six, finishing with 25 points, while Ade Popoola connected on five threes to finish with 18 points.
• Tulsa's nine conference wins are its most since finishing the 2019-20 season with 13.
• Tulsa is one of five programs to use the same starting five all season along with: Houston, Merrimack, Oklahoma, and Stephen F. Austin.
• Tulsa is only school in the country to not have a double figure rebounder this season but have seven players averaging more than three boards per game.
• Last Thursday, Miles Barnstable was named to the State Farm Dunk and Three-Point Championship Watch List. The 37th annual event is slated to take place April 3 in Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis and broadcast nationally on April 5 on ESPN at 12:30 p.m. CT. Barnstable leads the American from three, shooting .424 percent.
• Tulsa also looks to set the school free throw percentage record, this season they are shooting .782 which would break the current record of .753 in 2001-02. The .782 mark would be third best in American Conference history, just behind UTSA in 2024-25 (.792) and UConn in 2015-16 (.793).
SERIES HISTORY
• This is the 11th meeting between the programs; Tulsa leads the series 9-1.
• The Golden Hurricane swept the season series last season and are 8-0 all-time in Tulsa.
• Eric Konkol is 11-5 in his career against UTSA.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• UTSA is 5-12 and 1-13 in American Conference play in Austin Claunch's second season.
• The Roadrunners are just 2-10 on the road this season, with wins over Denver and Charlotte.
• Jamir Simpson leads their offense at 15.8 points per game.
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.
• 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.
• Ade Popoola had it going at South Florida, Popoola hit eight threes for the Golden Hurricane matching Corey Henderson Jr. (vs. UConn, Jan. 3, 2018) and Jason Parker (vs. Wichita State, Dec. 4, 2002) for the second most threes in a game in school history. Only James Woodard hit more in a game with 10 vs. SMU on Mar. 8, 2015.
• Tulsa is 6-1 in coaches challenges this season.
OVER 80
• Tulsa started the season with six straight games with 80-plus points, 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 19 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.
• 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, 20-6) - 85.4*
• 1972-73 (Ken Hayes, 18-8) - 85.3
• 1970-71 (Ken Hayes, 17-9) - 84.2
• 1993-94 (Tubby Smith, 23-8) - 83.4
EFFICIENT OFFENSE
• Tulsa is 21st in the country in points per game (85.4), 25th in scoring margin (12.4), 12th in three-point percentage (.387), 12th in free throw percentage (.782), and 23rd in free throws made (18.6).
• Miles Barnstable is fifth in the country at the free throw line, 85-for-91 (.924). The senior is also shooting 76-for-177 (.429) to lead the conference and rank 22nd in the nation in three-point shooting.
• Before this season the school record for free throw percentage is .753 (545-for-724) in 2001-02 by a team and .903 (121-for-134) by Rick Park in 1963-64. Those records are all in danger as the team is currently .782 (503-for-643) from the free throw line, while Miles Barnstable (.924), Myles Rigsby (.902), and Tylen Riley (.879) have a shot at the individual record.
• Barnstable's .924 percentage at the charity stripe would be the second highest in American Conference history by an individual with 2.5 FT attempts per game while Rigsby would be fifth all-time. Atin Wright of North Texas holds the record with a .945 percentage in 2024-25.
• Barnstable also currently ranks fourth in league history from beyond the arc at .429 among players with 2.5 attempts per game. Damyean Dotson of Houston holds the record of .443 in 2016-17.
• Tulsa leads the American Conference in point differential (12.3), field goal percentage (.482), three-point percentage (.387), threes per game (10.4), and free throw percentage (.784).
• All 10 regulars in the Golden Hurricane rotation have had at least one game with 10 or more points.
• Tulsa is one of 20 programs with 19 games with 80-plus points, High Point leads the country with 24, while Alabama and Gonzaga have 22.
• Tulsa is one of 18 schools to have 13 or more games in which they've shot 40 percent or better from three. Of those schools, only Tulsa, Miami (OH), and Saint Mary's are undefeated in those games.
OTHER ODDS AND ENDS
• Miles Barnstable is second in the nation with 25 games this season with two or more three-pointers, trailing Kamrin Oriol of North Florida by one. His 26 games in double figures has him tied for 10th in the country. David Green has scored in double figures 23 times, tied for 123rd.
• Six of Tulsa's eight American Conference victories have been by double digits. The Golden Hurricane have 13 wins by at least 10 points this season.
• Tulsa has shot .500 or better from the field 10 times this season, one away from the program record of 11 set in 2009-10.
• Tulsa is tied for 20th in the nation in Kill Shots per EvanMiya.com, which indicates a 10-0 run. Tulsa's 23 leads the American Conference and have only allowed seven all season, second fewest in the American.
• According to EvanMiya.com, Tyler Behrend leads the American Conference in +/- at +247. Tulsa features five of the top seven players in the league in that category, David Green (+212), Miles Barnstable (+197), Ade Popoola (+194), and Tylen Riley (+178). According to the website dating back to the 2009-10 season the following Golden Hurricane have finished above +200, Jerome Jordan +214 in 2009-10, Scottie Haralson +210 in 2010-11, and Steven Idlet +210 in 2011-12.
LAST TIME OUT
• Tulsa got back on track with a 79-74 win over Charlotte on Wednesday.
• The Tulsa defense held Wichita State to just two made three-pointers, but the Shockers scored 52 points in the paint.
• Tylen Riley led the offense with 21 points on 9-of-14 shooting. Miles Barnstable finished with 19 points and a team-high seven rebounds. David Green and Jaylen Lawal each added 10 points to the effort.
UP NEXT
• The Golden Hurricane are back on the road against Tulane on Wednesday before having the weekend off.
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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