2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster
Pat Birt
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 182
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Plano, Texas
- High School:
- South Plains College
CAREER AT TULSA –– A two-year letterwinner who appeared in 64 games with 43 starts and averaged 10.4 points and 3.0 rebounds per game … led the team in scoring 12 times during his career … Tulsa was 23-10 when he made at least two 3-pointers.
2016-17 — Saw action in all 32 games with 25 starts and averaged 8.8 points and 2.6 rebounds per game … led the team with 52 3-pointers … averaged 8.8 points and 2.6 rebounds during conference play … scored in double-figures 12 times, including a season-high 20 points in a win over Stephen F. Austin (Dec. 22) … went 7-of-11 from the field and hit six 3-pointers against the Lumberjacks … had eight games with at least three 3-pointers made … added 19 points twice during conference play to aid wins over Tulane (Jan. 18) and UCF (Jan. 28) … pulled down a season-high six rebounds in the win over Oregon State (Nov. 22) … led the team in scoring six times, steals 13 times and assists five times.
2015-16 –– Played in all 32 games with 18 starts . . . averaged 12.0 points and 3.3 rebounds, and made a team-high 78 3-pointers . . . scored double digit points 19 times . . . scored 20-plus points seven times . . . made a season-high seven 3-pointers, scoring 27 points, at Tulane (1-10) . . . scored 20 points on six threes and 7-of-12 field goals at East Carolina (1-19) . . . scored 22 points with five threes at Temple (2-4) . . . scored 27 points on five threes and 10-of-18 field goals, and added six rebounds vs. Houston (2-7) . . . made six treys and 8-of-13 field goals, scoring 24 points at UConn (2-13) . . . scored 26 points on 8-of-16 field goals at UCF (2-21), and then scored 23 points against Temple (2-23).
PRIOR TO TULSA –– Averaged 11.5 points and 3.9 rebounds in one season at South Plains College . . . made 66 3-pointers in 32 games, and scored at least 15 points 10 times . . . attended Illinois-Chicago for one year before transferring to South Plains College . . . during his freshman season at UIC in 2013-14, averaged 19.4 minutes in 29 games with 15 starts . . . averaged 6.3 points and 1.7 rebounds per game, connected on 39 percent of his 3-pointers and 87 percent of his free throws . . . earned Horizon League All-Freshman honors.
HIGH SCHOOL –– Four-year letterwinner at Plano East High School . . . as a senior he averaged 17.0 points and 7.0 rebounds, earning first-team Class 5A All-State and District 10-5A MVP honors . . . earned second-team all-district honors as a junior.
PERSONAL –– Full name is Michael Pat Birt II . . . began playing basketball at age 3 . . . favorite professional basketball player is James Harden . . . favorite movie is Friday and favorite TV show is “Vice Principals” and “Ballers” and favorite book is The Richest Man in Babylon . . . parents are Michael I and Sheila Birt . . . has one sister and two brothers . . . mother played basketball at Oklahoma State for two year, and received her degree from TU . . . brother Anthony played basketball at Liberty University . . . cousin is TU football player Will Barrow . . . born Feb. 26, 1995 in Plano, Texas . . . major is communication.
