To be fair, TU has 2500 students, rarely breaks 20k at football games and has only a handful of living alumni. So it's not like there's a lot of people who are connected to the university.
Same reason why a comparably sized Rice is rarely mentioned in Houston.
And of course, since the university provides no benefit, economic, prestige, or otherwise, the it should be ignored. Hell, the univeristy bears the city's name just like "Tulsa's news channel 8"To be fair, TU has 2500 students, rarely breaks 20k at football games and has only a handful of living alumni. So it's not like there's a lot of people who are connected to the university.
Same reason why a comparably sized Rice is rarely mentioned in Houston.