The idea that Tulsa football can be successful focusing on NE Oklahoma recruiting is a myth. You need that core group of players, but you can't win recruiting "on a tank of gas."
Basketball, on the other hand, is another story. Once upon a time, you could have put together a team that would have won the national championship, if we would have had a coach that could connect with the city.
I can't speak for today, but if we would have kept three, maybe four of the guys on this list, and stayed off probation, what a year 1990 or 1991 would have been. How many guys went to the pros off this list? At a glance I can spot 3, maybe 4. But look at the names below those guys. We could have put together a pretty darn special team. Yet we only signed one. And he was a transfer.
Basketball, on the other hand, is another story. Once upon a time, you could have put together a team that would have won the national championship, if we would have had a coach that could connect with the city.
I can't speak for today, but if we would have kept three, maybe four of the guys on this list, and stayed off probation, what a year 1990 or 1991 would have been. How many guys went to the pros off this list? At a glance I can spot 3, maybe 4. But look at the names below those guys. We could have put together a pretty darn special team. Yet we only signed one. And he was a transfer.