Just watched Union vs Jenks. There are a couple of TU connections with this game. 1st is Shea Seals is an assistant coach at Union now. The 2nd is Chris Dodder, former TU goalkeeper, has a son that plays for Jenks. Unfortunately, the kid didn't inherit Chris' size. He played a lot.

This was actually a pretty bad basketball game. Not sure there is a D1 prospect on either team and that's saying something because Union has a 7-footer. Jenks' tallest player was about 6'5" and it was comical watching him trying to defend him. Eric Madrid is the 7' kid and he weighs about 350. He's not the typical scrawny waif most 7-footers seem to be. He doesn't move well and he doesn't really jump.

Union won 65-64 in double OT. It was really a poorly played game overall.

Good for him playing in the big dance!

Just Google 2023 Men's College Basketball Transfer Portal Candidates. I believe this is the first day and already hundreds listed. Mostly from mid to low majors. Surely there are some who want to come to a small private university in the upper southwest and bring their skills. There will probably be upwards to 2,000 student athletes available.

Having been a Massachusetts resident for the same duration as Charlie Bakers two terms as governor, I think he is a great hire for the NCAA. Being a Republican and getting elected twice in Massachusetts says something about his people and political skills. He is not easily provoked and demonstrates a practical approach to consensus building. I think he will see that the two issues fans at TU and other like minded schools get addressed. The Portal and NIL need to be reigned in and clearly defined if we have any semblance of competitive balance in college sports.

Welcome Charlie Baker and good luck!

Wes Thompson, a long-time, die-hard fan of TU football, died Friday morning, apparently of heart-related issues. For decades, Wes was part of a very vocal group whose season tickets were on the 50-yard line of Skelly's east side. He also was a long-time tailgater.

Pistol Pete achieved his record in only 3 seasons as Freshmen were not eligible then and there was no three point line. All of Pete's goals only counted for 2 points each.

Davis has now played for 5 seasons and had the three point line every year.

Thus no comparison whatsoever. But his coach is making a big PR thing about it.

Let the carousel begin.

Day 1 of Conference Tournaments

Atlantic Sun – Feb 27-28, March 2, 5

Tournament starts today. First round is today with the quarterfinals tomorrow. One bid league.

ASUN – First Round – Campus Sites


Tuesday, February 28 will start the following Tournaments

Sun Belt – First Round
Horizon – First Round
Patriot League – First Round

These Tournaments will have another game

ASUN - Quaterfinals

Check back each day for new updates

Automatic Qualifiers


Looking for an at Large Bid – These are the top NET teams and if the AQ from 1 Bids were the top NET.

Up 18-11 on Memphis at end of 1st qtr.

Boynton’s and Moser’s seats may be feeling some warmth radiating from Wichita. All three were expected to do better. Particularly Boynton has been a disappointment as he had the talent to easily get to the NCAA. Moser and Konkol don’t have the talent yet.

Thankfully this is over.

We are so bad.

I know we have injuries. But this is bad.

I’d fire Konkol now. With my luck we will be in Sweet 16 next year and he will be coach of year. But I doubt. It’s probably going to be terrible and he will be fired. So let’s speed that up. Thank me later.

Coach Brown is fired after 3 seasons...

Everyone and his dog checked out Friedrichsen and Montonati last night, including ITS’s very own I.I. Also on Tulsa’s radar was freshman teammate of Montonati, Boden Williams. Tulsa has been recruiting Williams, although they have not offered yet. He is the son of former TU player Shawn Williams.​

Four-star Parker Friedrichsen leads the way in battle of top five teams​

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BIXBY, Okla. -- Friday night 247Sports made the trek to Bixby (Okla.) High. The reason, a matchup of two teams ranked in the top five of Oklahoma 6A East as No. 3 Bixby hosted Owasso (Okla.) High in a late season matchup. A battle between two highly ranked teams is always a good reason to get out to a game, but the matchup also featured Bixby's four-star senior guard Parker Friedrichsen who just got his release from Notre Dame while Owasso has highly regarded freshman Jalen Montonati.
The game was nip and tuck all the way. Each time Bixby would open up some breathing room, Owasso would come storming back. In the end, though, it was a big night from Friedrichsen while Montenati struggled that allowed Bixby to prevail 61-59.
Because of Mike Brey's retirement, Friedrichsen got his release from Notre Dame two weeks ago and the four-star who ranks No. 99 overall in 2023 is now the highest ranked shooting guard left on the board. Based on what he did on Friday night he could be in a position to move up a bit more when we finalize rankings.

Friedrichsen is still pretty lean, but he didn't show any lack of toughness and he's as skilled as they come in the senior class. One of the country's premier jump shooters, Friedrichsen made four of seven from beyond the three-point line. That's expected with him. What is even more important with his game is his ability to create off the dribble and the impressive arsenal of pull-up jumpers, floaters and clever finishes he's able to make at the rim. For the evening, he finished with 27 points, four rebounds and four assists.
Since opening up he's heard from programs like Creighton, Nebraska, Rice, Tulsa and Vanderbilt while others like Kansas and Villanova have been dipping their toes in the water. This weekend, he'll head to Wake Forest for an official visit and head coach Steve Forbes will be in Oklahoma to see him next Tuesday. After Friday night's game, Friedrichsen is just 12 points of 2,000 for his career. We'll have much more on him and his recruitment soon.

On the other side, Montonati has been in the middle of a big freshman year. We were able to see him during the fall at the Pangos All-South Camp and USA Basketball and the 6-foot-7 small forward impressed with his skill, mobility and shooting range. On Friday night, we could see the skill and footwork -- he's really crafty in the post thanks to that footwork -- but the shots just weren't falling for him. Montonati finished with just eight points on the night. However, he's just a freshman and there are going to be some up and down moments as a young player develops. Oklahoma State and Tulsa have both offered and assuming the shots go down like we've seen them before, he'll be a candidate for our first ranking of the class of 2026.
While Montonati is the headliner, he's not the only impressive freshman for Owasso. Combo guard Boden Williams scored 11 points and is certainly going to be one to watch. He's got a pretty stroke, makes good reads, is really competitive and has good bloodlines given that his father played at Tulsa and mother at Oklahoma State. We'll look forward to seeing more of him down the road.

Season Wrap-up

Obviously one of the most disappointing seasons in TU history but when one looks at the roster compared to the other AAC teams you see why we were picked near the bottom in the pre-season poll and finished at the bottom.

Konkol did not achieve the number of wins I expected especially after seeing the first half of the Oregon State game. I can’t believe his defense and offensive sets are that poor but the execution was the worst I have seen.

I truly expect that with early disappointments, there were two or three “cancers” on this team that prevented any sense of team chemistry. I’ve seen this in a variety of teams at different levels. With summer teams you can just get rid of them but it is difficult on a college team.

On the skill set side, this was the worst ball handling and passing team in TU history. There is no rim protector so teams score at will inside without worrying about getting their shots blocked. Also a lack of urgency on loose balls and 50-50 rebounds.

The Freshmen were very slow to develop. You expect more after this many minutes of play.

Only Selebangue stands out with all round play and he is a little short to compete against Memphis.

The recruits from November look really good but may not be instant producers. Thus the April signings will be the most important in years. Not only to regain the skill sets needed to compete in the AAC but the chemistry to maintain enthusiasm and aggressiveness to want to win.

I know Konkol has a long contract and he is doing this the right way but many fans are too impatient to wait and find out. He was hit with NIL and the portal and all coaches are having to take risks on players that they normally would not have to take. This is the trickiest part of the new recruiting process.

I didn’t mention many players by name as you expected but the roster change is going to be the biggest I have ever seen and not knowing the inside reasons for player change I will not speculate.

I will say I think it will take year 3 to get our heads completely above water. And that’s if we can keep our best players each year.

On a positive note I really appreciated loca’s efforts in keeping tabs on 100’s of teams and the continued intelligent breakdowns of each game on the message board by some really good basketball minds. Obviously we can only go upward from here and hopefully we can again enjoy the ride.

Saw that Jim Boeheim was hanging up his whistle after a long career at Syracuse. All of us old-timers can remember the thrill of the Golden Hurricane beating the Orange in the 1981 NIT final, and this was when the NIT was a "Big Deal" with 32 qualifying teams. TU won a lot of very close games on the way to the final, and then overcame an extremely biased Digger Phelps who was doing the game for television. How sweet it was, and TU was on it's way to 2 solid decades of great basketball.

I just want to thank the seniors for staying around for their college career and putting in the efforts. I want to also thank the rest of the team and the coaching staff for grinding it out. I know it was tough for everyone, but we got this season across the finish line. Now it is time to focus on next season. Let’s make it a better one.

GO TU!!!

The following is an in-depth recap of Tulsa's 2023 recruiting cycle, with a focus on in-state prospects, battles with Power Five schools and AAC foes, as well as what's left for TU as they could add more in the spring.

not starting off well

And have more turnovers. Being a 16 point underdog in the Aac tournament is probably the highest since joining the Aac.

Do you think Bryant Selenbangue is deserving of 2nd/3rd team. He was #1 in rebounding in league, like # 3 in fg% and 22 in scoring. On the absolutely trash board for AAC no one is even bringing him up but I think he should be deserving of the conversation.

And we think our men’s team is bad. Tennessee is ranked #23 in the nation. I like how they defend the breakaway.

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