Thursday, March 5
Greenville, N.C.
6 p.m.
Tulsa
at
East Carolina
Tulsa Closes Road Slate at ECU
3/4/2026 2:29:00 PM | Men's Basketball
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Riding a three-game winning streak, Tulsa looks to make it four as they close out their road slate at East Carolina on Thursday.
Date/Time: March 5, 2026 / 6 PM CT
Site: Greenville, N.C.
Arena: Williams Arena (8,000)
Radio: 99.5 FM KVOO Big Country, Learfield Network affiliates, and Varsity Network App
Talent: Bruce Howard (pxp) & J.R. Rollo (analyst)
Video: ESPNU
Talent: Ted Emrich (pxp) & Perry Clark (analyst)
History: Tulsa leads, 23-10
In Greenville: Tulsa leads, 7-5
Series Streak: Lost 7
STORY LINES
• Tulsa has won 23 games for the first time since the 2014-15 season. The team looks for its first 24-win season since 2008-09 and it would be the 11th 24-win season in program history.
• Tulsa's seven road wins are the program's most since 2014-15 when they won eight road games. A win would be the 11th time that Tulsa has won eight or more road games in program history.
• Tulsa's starting five of Barnstable, Behrend, Green, Popoola, and Riley leads the American Conference with a +/- of +165. 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 at +104.
• Tulsa's 306 made threes this season surpassed the previous school record of 288 set in 2000-01. The program broke the record with 12 makes on Sunday against UTSA. The 2018-19 Houston squad holds the American Conference record with 337.
• Tulsa's 11 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.
• The Golden Hurricane have scored 80 points 21 times this season, matching school record set in 1983-84.
• Tulsa has four games scoring 100-plus points this season, tied for the second most in a season in school history. The school record is seven times in 1983-84. Tulsa also scored 100 points four times in 1972-73, 1974-74, and 1999-00.
• Eight of Tulsa's 11 American Conference victories have been by double digits. The Golden Hurricane have 15 wins by at least 10 points this season.
• Tulsa has shot .500 or better from the field 11 times this season, matching the program record set in 2009-10. They have also broken the school record with 15 games shooting .400 or better from three. Tulsa needs just one more to become the fourth team in league history with more than 15 such games.
SERIES HISTORY
• This is the 34th meeting between the schools, Tulsa leads 23-10.
• The Pirates have won seven straight but all by 10 points or less. Tulsa last won back in 2021.
• Eric Konkol is 0-5 in his career against East Carolina.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• East Carolina is 11-18 overall and 6-10 in league play under fourth year head coach Michael Schwartz.
• The Pirates have won back-to-back games and are just a game behind Temple and Memphis for the last spot in the American Conference Championships.
• Jordan Riley leads the American Conference in scoring at 24.0 points per game and scored 20-plus points in five straight games and eight of nine overall.
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 hit eight threes for Tulsa against South Florida (Feb. 4) 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 tied the program record with 18 threes in a game against Charlotte on Feb. 18.
• Ade Popoola pulled down 10 rebounds against UTSA on Feb. 22, becoming the first player for Tulsa to do so. Tulsa was the last team in the country to have a player record 10 rebounds in a game.
• Tulsa is 7-1 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 team has matched the program record with 21 games, scoring 80 or more points.
• Tulsa has averaged 80 or more points in a season 14 times but not since 2001-02.
• 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, 23-6) - 86.0*
• 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 16th in the country in points per game (86.0), 16th in scoring margin (13.6), 12th in three-point percentage (.390), 14th in free throw percentage (.783), 22nd in made threes (10.6), and 22nd in free throws made (18.4).
• Miles Barnstable is fourth in the country at the free throw line, 85-for-92 (.924). The senior is also shooting 80-for-188 (.426) to lead the conference and rank 19th 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 .783 (535-for-683) from the free throw line, while Miles Barnstable (.924), Myles Rigsby (.902), and Tylen Riley (.877) 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 .424 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 (13.6), field goal percentage (.484), three-point percentage (.390), threes per game (10.6), and free throw percentage (.783).
• 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 21 games with 80-plus points, Alabama and High Point lead the country with 25.
• Tulsa is one of 10 schools to have 15 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
• Tulsa is tied for 15th in the nation in Kill Shots per EvanMiya.com, which indicates a 10-0 run. Tulsa's 27 leads the American Conference and have only allowed seven all season, fewest in the American.
• According to EvanMiya.com, Tyler Behrend leads the American Conference in +/- at +305. Tulsa features five of the top seven players in the league in that category, David Green (+253), Ade Popoola (+240), Miles Barnstable (+234), and Tylen Riley (+226). 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.
• 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 .421 percent.
• Tulsa is one of 20 teams in the country with three players with 55 made threes or more (Miles Barnstable, David Green, and Ade Popoola).
LAST TIME OUT
• Tulsa shot the lights out in a 90-56 dismantling of Tulane on Wednesday in New Orleans.
• It was the fourth-largest road win in program history and the team's largest since 2018. This is the first season since 1999-00 (four times) that Tulsa has multiple 20-plus point road wins.
• David Green had a big night with 19 points in just 20 minutes, going 8-for-12 from the field with five rebounds and matching a career-high four assists. Ade Popoola finished with 16 points, Tylen Riley had 15 points, Miles Barnstable had 11, while Romad Dean added 10 points off the bench.
UP NEXT
• The Golden Hurricane close the regular season at home against Temple on Sunday.
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: March 5, 2026 / 6 PM CT
Site: Greenville, N.C.
Arena: Williams Arena (8,000)
Radio: 99.5 FM KVOO Big Country, Learfield Network affiliates, and Varsity Network App
Talent: Bruce Howard (pxp) & J.R. Rollo (analyst)
Video: ESPNU
Talent: Ted Emrich (pxp) & Perry Clark (analyst)
History: Tulsa leads, 23-10
In Greenville: Tulsa leads, 7-5
Series Streak: Lost 7
STORY LINES
• Tulsa has won 23 games for the first time since the 2014-15 season. The team looks for its first 24-win season since 2008-09 and it would be the 11th 24-win season in program history.
• Tulsa's seven road wins are the program's most since 2014-15 when they won eight road games. A win would be the 11th time that Tulsa has won eight or more road games in program history.
• Tulsa's starting five of Barnstable, Behrend, Green, Popoola, and Riley leads the American Conference with a +/- of +165. 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 at +104.
• Tulsa's 306 made threes this season surpassed the previous school record of 288 set in 2000-01. The program broke the record with 12 makes on Sunday against UTSA. The 2018-19 Houston squad holds the American Conference record with 337.
• Tulsa's 11 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.
• The Golden Hurricane have scored 80 points 21 times this season, matching school record set in 1983-84.
• Tulsa has four games scoring 100-plus points this season, tied for the second most in a season in school history. The school record is seven times in 1983-84. Tulsa also scored 100 points four times in 1972-73, 1974-74, and 1999-00.
• Eight of Tulsa's 11 American Conference victories have been by double digits. The Golden Hurricane have 15 wins by at least 10 points this season.
• Tulsa has shot .500 or better from the field 11 times this season, matching the program record set in 2009-10. They have also broken the school record with 15 games shooting .400 or better from three. Tulsa needs just one more to become the fourth team in league history with more than 15 such games.
SERIES HISTORY
• This is the 34th meeting between the schools, Tulsa leads 23-10.
• The Pirates have won seven straight but all by 10 points or less. Tulsa last won back in 2021.
• Eric Konkol is 0-5 in his career against East Carolina.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• East Carolina is 11-18 overall and 6-10 in league play under fourth year head coach Michael Schwartz.
• The Pirates have won back-to-back games and are just a game behind Temple and Memphis for the last spot in the American Conference Championships.
• Jordan Riley leads the American Conference in scoring at 24.0 points per game and scored 20-plus points in five straight games and eight of nine overall.
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 hit eight threes for Tulsa against South Florida (Feb. 4) 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 tied the program record with 18 threes in a game against Charlotte on Feb. 18.
• Ade Popoola pulled down 10 rebounds against UTSA on Feb. 22, becoming the first player for Tulsa to do so. Tulsa was the last team in the country to have a player record 10 rebounds in a game.
• Tulsa is 7-1 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 team has matched the program record with 21 games, scoring 80 or more points.
• Tulsa has averaged 80 or more points in a season 14 times but not since 2001-02.
• 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, 23-6) - 86.0*
• 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 16th in the country in points per game (86.0), 16th in scoring margin (13.6), 12th in three-point percentage (.390), 14th in free throw percentage (.783), 22nd in made threes (10.6), and 22nd in free throws made (18.4).
• Miles Barnstable is fourth in the country at the free throw line, 85-for-92 (.924). The senior is also shooting 80-for-188 (.426) to lead the conference and rank 19th 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 .783 (535-for-683) from the free throw line, while Miles Barnstable (.924), Myles Rigsby (.902), and Tylen Riley (.877) 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 .424 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 (13.6), field goal percentage (.484), three-point percentage (.390), threes per game (10.6), and free throw percentage (.783).
• 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 21 games with 80-plus points, Alabama and High Point lead the country with 25.
• Tulsa is one of 10 schools to have 15 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
• Tulsa is tied for 15th in the nation in Kill Shots per EvanMiya.com, which indicates a 10-0 run. Tulsa's 27 leads the American Conference and have only allowed seven all season, fewest in the American.
• According to EvanMiya.com, Tyler Behrend leads the American Conference in +/- at +305. Tulsa features five of the top seven players in the league in that category, David Green (+253), Ade Popoola (+240), Miles Barnstable (+234), and Tylen Riley (+226). 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.
• 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 .421 percent.
• Tulsa is one of 20 teams in the country with three players with 55 made threes or more (Miles Barnstable, David Green, and Ade Popoola).
LAST TIME OUT
• Tulsa shot the lights out in a 90-56 dismantling of Tulane on Wednesday in New Orleans.
• It was the fourth-largest road win in program history and the team's largest since 2018. This is the first season since 1999-00 (four times) that Tulsa has multiple 20-plus point road wins.
• David Green had a big night with 19 points in just 20 minutes, going 8-for-12 from the field with five rebounds and matching a career-high four assists. Ade Popoola finished with 16 points, Tylen Riley had 15 points, Miles Barnstable had 11, while Romad Dean added 10 points off the bench.
UP NEXT
• The Golden Hurricane close the regular season at home against Temple on Sunday.
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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