Watching Tulsa's depleted squad almost pull off an amazing win was heartening. Especially when you see the four players first year TU coach Eric Konkol signed -- Brandon Betson, Jesaiah McWright, Bryant Selebangue and B.B. Knight -- all showing promise.

Betson led the way with 20 points, but Tulsa fell just short in a 62-60 loss Tuesday night to East Carolina in front of about 500 fans in an announced crowd of 3,002 at the Reynolds Center.

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3rd place at the time of posting... beating Notre Dame, Penn State and others... handily.

So a post on Twitter included a vid of Prince training for the combine and running a 4.4 40 yd. Guy who posted it said Prince only took 18 strides to complete it. If he can sustain and repeat that type of performance, he's going to find himself with his name called in the 3rd or 4th round, especially since he is a pretty good blocker and he's go great size. We didn't feature him much in any passing game, but if he can catch the ball out of the backfield, he's going to be a nice option for a team.

See all the other recent game thoughts. This wasn’t different.

We are terrible at defense.

We also can’t shoot.

We don’t jump high.

We’re slow.

I’m not sure our socks match or we can tie our shoes.

We probably can’t parallel park.

Probably use Bing to search the internet.

We like to talk to check out people at the grocery store and pay by check.

We don’t turn right on red as a rule.

We do drive bicycles on busy streets during rush hour.

We vote straight party.

We have a discount card at Papa Murphy’s.

We put ketchup on steaks.

We order boneless wings without any sauce.

We don’t even know where Tulsa is.

ITS GAMEDAY!!!!

Tulsa Men travel to Philly to take on Temple. Not sure if Pritchard will be out there but if the press conference after the USF game and what has been happening, I am sure he didn’t make the trip.

Yesterday the women got ran over by Memphis which makes both teams 1-7 in their last 8 games.

TCU hang a hundo on Oklahoma State and beat them by 25.

The only game in American action saw Tulane (Tulsa’s only conference win, beat up on South Florida on the road by 18.

Todays Games

There are four game in the American, a double header on the U with Cincy at UCF and Tulsa at Temple. Memphis travels to Houston on ESPN and the Pirates and the Ponies are on the plus.

AND ONE

Antoine Davis of Detroit Mercy scored 30 points in the Titans 20-point win over Oakland. He has 3,471 points so far and 196 from tying Pete Maravich. With a minimum of 4 games left he will need to average 49 points to catch Pete. That will be a massively tall order to fill. So if he has any chance at getting that this season the Titans will have to make the NCAA tournament by winning the Horizon or he will need a couple of Hall of Fame worthy games. That Hall of fame run starts this afternoon against IUPUI.

GO TU!!!

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Off to our usual close start. Will the flood gates open on defense again?

New DB coach . Was already hired has a QC guy by Wilson will take over coach g spot with Dbs

Now that’s a bunch of I know we get out rebounded have 20 plus turnovers and Lose by 25 fans that no longer give a s$it.

I.T.S. faithful and unfaithful, our new D.C. is heading to that bastion of football greatness, Indiana. I find that a little disheartening. Yet, the old head ball coach, Kevin Wilson, has a drawer full of, metaphorically speaking, coaches‘ résumé’s. A savvy head football coach has his IPhone contacts handy for “just” this situation.

If this was the one and only time for a ball coach to grab the “bigger better deal” then I’d be just a bit concerned, but remember America’s mantra has and always will be the “bigger better deal”. I could do a stand up Seinfeld monologue on the “bigger better deal”.

Why did OU and Texas leave for the SEC? Bigger better deal.
Why did USC and UCLA move to the Big Ten? Bigger better deal.
Why did Lincoln Riley leave for USC? Bigger better deal.
Why did the colonies break away from Britain? Bigger better deal.
Why did everyone switch to flat screens? Bigger better deal.

Why have so many college football players hit the portal? A bigger better deal. So they think.

Lance Guidry, Tulane’s one month old coordinator? Leaves for Florida. Why? A bigger better deal.


Phones, houses, cars(Oklahoma it’s pickup trucks), schools, TV’s, marriage partners. Loyalty, value, commitment, integrity, honesty, trust, are still things that a lot of solid core value people cherish. When I look at résumé’s for a prospective hire I look at their work history. Are they “constantly“ moving every 1-2 years over a 10 year period, and we all know that the college coaching profession is not for the faint of heart.

There’s an up and coming smaller school defensive coach just chomping at the bit wanting to get to the next level. What do they want? A bigger better deal.

Must have been right after TU walk through at the basketball court.

Eric Konkol was so disgusted in what he saw. He couldn't take it any more.

And for good reason. It would be hard for any team to play this poorly.

With TU down 29 points at 83-54 with 8:48 left in the game, it was timeout time. Tulsa had just given up another ridiculously easy layup with no defensive effort to a poor South Florida team.

Konkol quickly turned to his bench and motioned the rest of the team to come in. The only 5 available players who weren't in the game. A whole new group was coming in. No matter who.

Tulsa still ended up losing badly, but a 2-point improvement from that low mark in effort occurred, and Tulsa lost 96-69 in front of less than 1,000 fans of an announced crowd of 3,019 at the Reynolds Center Wednesday night.

ITS GAMEDAY!!!!

Both the Men’s and Women’s team play today. The Men host South Florida at the Reynolds Center, and the women travel to Wichita.

Yesterday Kansas eased by Oklahoma State 87-76. Also two of the teams in the Myrtle Beach Invitational squared up with Loyola Chicago going to UMass and edging the Minutemen 64-62. Tulsa beat the Ramblers in that tourney and the Minutemen won the tourney. Oh how things change during a season.

Only a few games till we start the Conference Tourney.

Todays Games

Also in American action, Cincinnati travels to East Carolina.

AND ONE

As the AAC Tourney approaches this is how the bracket will look. If Tulsa stays in it they will always be in the late game.

Thursday, March 9

Game 1: 9 Seed East Carolina vs 8 Seed SMU 12:30 p.m. ESPNU
Game 2: 10 Seed South Florida vs 7 Seed Wichita State 2:30 p.m. ESPNU
Game 3: 11 Seed Tulsa vs 6 Seed Central Florida 7:00 p.m. ESPNU

Friday, March 10

Game 4: Game 1 Winner vs 1 Seed Houston 1:00 p.m. ESPN2
Game 5: 5 seed Cincinnati vs 4 Seed Temple 3:00 p.m. ESPN2
Game 6: Game 2 Winner vs 2 Seed Tulane 7:00 p.m. ESPNU
Game 7: Game 3 Winner vs 3 Seed Memphis 9:00 p.m. ESPNU

GO TU!!!

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Knicks To Sign DaQuan Jeffries To Camp Deal​

September 14th, 2022 at 3:48pm CST • By Luke Adams
3:48pm: Jeffries will receive an Exhibit 10 deal, according to Marc Berman of The New York Post (Twitter link).

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3:05pm: The Knicks are signing free agent swingman DaQuan Jeffries to a training camp contract, sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link).
Jeffries, 25, spent most of his first two NBA seasons with the Kings after going undrafted out of Tulsa in 2019. He spent time near the end of the 2020/21 season with the Rockets, then had a brief stint with the Grizzlies in ’21/22. In total, he has averaged 3.8 PPG and 1.9 RPG in 47 appearances (13.7 MPG) for Sacramento, Houston, and Memphis.

Jeffries has had a larger role at the G League level since going pro, recording averages of 15.7 PPG and 5.8 RPG on .469/.342/.778 shooting in 43 games (29.0 MPG) for the Stockton Kings and College Park Skyhawks.

Jeffries, who has also represented Team USA in several World Cup qualifying games over the last year, played for the Knicks’ Summer League team in Las Vegas this July.

The Knicks currently have 15 players officially under contract — 13 on guaranteed standard deals and a pair on two-way pacts. Jean Montero and Garrison Brooks have also reportedly agreed to Exhibit 10 contracts.

While it’s unclear what New York’s plans are for Jeffries, it seems he could claim one of the two open spots on the team’s projected 15-man regular season roster if he has a strong camp and preseason.

The NIL situation is getting buried in a variety of threads and since it and the portal will help decide the future of TU athletics, I thought it might be good to have its own thread. I don't know much about it at TU but other schools are promoting it on their official athletic web sites and it is rumored we have lost a few recruits already because of it.

I know it may be time for someone in the know (Huffy) to explain collectives and how it may be working at TU and why it has not been publicized to our donors.

Eric Konkol was so disgusted in what he saw. He couldn't take it any more.

And for good reason. It would be hard for any team to play this poorly.

With TU down 29 points at 83-54 with 8:48 left in the game, it was timeout time. Tulsa had just given up another ridiculously easy layup with no defensive effort to a poor South Florida team.

Konkol quickly turned to his bench and motioned the rest of the team to come in. The only 5 available players who weren't in the game. A whole new group was coming in. No matter who.

Tulsa still ended up losing badly, but a 2-point improvement from that low mark in effort occurred, and Tulsa lost 96-69 in front of less than 1,000 fans of an announced crowd of 3,019 at the Reynolds Center Wednesday night.

Interesting article… and just another expense that will likely set apart the haves from the have nots

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Any news on Pritchard?

Ol' Gregg is out of contract as of today, 01/01/2023. We'll see soon if the dim bulbs at the USSF rehire the guy. I won't be the only one wishing he won't be. However, he's perfect for the current USSF leadership. Can coach a little bit, has pretty much lost the team (Gio Reyna situation...but who cares) and politically speaking, he marches to their tune.

Glad to see Konkol put Urbancic and Seals in there. It became clear in the last 5-6 minutes that a few players are giving up on the defensive end. If they keep not playing hard they don't need to be here next year.

Just need to get to the end of this season and see what comes of the roster next season.

Final number expected to be close to $50M per school per year. Still far behind the SEC and Big10 but well ahead of ACC and Pac12. Rather surprising for a conference many thought was dead 2 years ago.

Always a chance.

Yes, that’s a football thing, but if the shoe fits.

Weird story