# 2019–20 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team represented the University of Tulsa during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Hurricane, led by sixth-year head coach Frank Haith, played their home games at the Reynolds Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma as members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 21–10, 13–5 in AAC play to finish in a three-way tie for first place. Frank Haith was named AAC Coach of the Year for the season. Due to tiebreaking rules, they received the No. 3 seed in the AAC tournament, which was canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Shortly thereafter, the NCAA Tournament and all postseason tournaments were canceled, effectively ending Tulsa's season.

## Previous season

The Golden Hurricane finished the 2018–19 season 18–14, 8–10 in AAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the AAC tournament to SMU.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
| Chris Barnes | 0 | G | 6'4" | 200 | RS sophomore | Compton, CA | Transferred to Eastern Michigan |
| DaQuan Jeffries | 2 | G/F | 6'5" | 230 | Senior | Edmond, OK | Graduated |
| Sterling Taplin | 4 | G | 6'1" | 195 | Senior | Williamsville, NY | Graduated |
| Curran Scott | 10 | G | 6'4' | 208 | RS junior | Edmond, OK | Graduate transferred to Clemson |
| Lindsay Deline Jr. | 14 | G | 5'11" | 189 | Senior | Midwest City, OK | Walk-on; graduated |
| Zeke Moore | 23 | G | 6'7" | 210 | RS sophomore | St. Louis, MO | Mid-season transferred to SIU Edwardsville |
| Pete Hewitt | 32 | F | 6'10" | 225 | RS sophomore | Mountain View, CA | Transferred to Point Loma Nazarene |
| Alex Foree | 34 | F | 6'5" | 214 | Senior | Fort Smith, AR | Walk-on; graduated |
| Simon Falokun | 44 | F | 6'8" | 240 | Sophomore | Houston, TX | Left team |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
| Brandon Rachal | 0 | G | 6'6" | 220 | Junior | Natchitoches, LA | Junior college transferred from Pearl River CC |
| Keyshawn Embery | 2 | G | 6'3" | 202 | Sophomore | Midwest City, OK | Transferred from Arkansas. Under NCAA transfer rules, Embery will have to sit out the 2019–20 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. |
| Emmanuel Ugboh | 24 | C | 6'11" | 242 | Junior | Lagos, Nigeria | Junior college transferred from Iowa Western CC |
| Curtis Haywood | 33 | G | 6'5" | 202 | Junior | Oklahoma City, OK | Transferred from Georgia Tech. Under NCAA transfer rules, Haywood will have to sit out the 2019–20 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. |

### 2019 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Isaiah Hill PG | Bakersfield, CA | Liberty High School | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 160 lb (73 kg) | Aug 27, 2018 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| Josh Earley PF | Shawnee Mission, KS | Bishop Miege High School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 160 lb (73 kg) | Apr 28, 2019 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Tulsa 2019 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

### 2020 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2020 recruits :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Keshawn Williams PG | Chicago Heights, Illinois | Bloom High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | Oct 22, 2019 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR |||||||
| Peyton Urbancic SG | Naples, Florida | First Baptist Academy | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Feb 27, 2020 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR |||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: |||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Tulsa 2020 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "2020 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. |||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 31, 2019* 7:00 pm | | Rockurst | W 76–56 | | Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 5, 2019* 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Houston Baptist | W 80–72 | 1–0 | Reynolds Center (3,577) Tulsa, OK |
| November 9, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UT Arlington | L 59–73 | 1–1 | College Park Center (3,722) Arlington, TX |
| November 12, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Oral Roberts PSO Mayor's Cup | W 74–67 | 2–1 | Reynolds Center (3,705) Tulsa, OK |
| November 16, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Austin Peay Vanderbilt Invitational | W 72–65 | 3–1 | Reynolds Center (3,105) Tulsa, OK |
| November 20, 2019* 7:00 pm | | Southeastern Louisiana Vanderbilt Invitational | W 73–66 | 4–1 | Reynolds Center (3,036) Tulsa, OK |
| November 27, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | South Carolina State Vanderbilt Invitational | W 78–47 | 5–1 | Reynolds Center (2,870) Tulsa, OK |
| November 30, 2019* 7:00 pm, SECN+ | | at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Invitational | W 67–58 | 6–1 | Memorial Gymnasium (8,648) Nashville, TN |
| December 4, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 72–39 | 7–1 | Reynolds Center (2,781) Tulsa, OK |
| December 7, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Arkansas State | L 63–66 | 7–2 | Reynolds Center (3,074) Tulsa, OK |
| December 11, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Boise State | W 69–56 | 8–2 | Reynolds Center (3,367) Tulsa, OK |
| December 14, 2019* 12:30 pm, ESPNU | | at Arkansas | L 79–98 | 8–3 | Bud Walton Arena (15,589) Fayetteville, AR |
| December 21, 2019* 1:30 pm, ESPN3 | | vs. Colorado State BOK Center Basketball Showdown | L 104–111 $^{3OT}$ | 8–4 | BOK Center (2,422) Tulsa, OK |
| December 29, 2019* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Kansas State | L 67–69 | 8–5 | Bramlage Coliseum (8,370) Manhattan, KS |
| AAC regular season ||||||
| January 3, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | Temple | W 70–44 | 9–5 (1–0) | Reynolds Center (3,405) Tulsa, OK |
| January 8, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Cincinnati | L 44–75 | 9–6 (1–1) | Fifth Third Arena (10,138) Cincinnati, OH |
| January 11, 2020 3:00 pm, ESPN2 | | Houston | W 63–61 | 10–6 (2–1) | Reynolds Center (3,725) Tulsa, OK |
| January 15, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at East Carolina | W 65–49 | 11–6 (3–1) | Williams Arena (5,332) Greenville, NC |
| January 18, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Tulane | W 67–54 | 12–6 (4–1) | Devlin Fieldhouse (2,189) New Orleans, LA |
| January 22, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | No. 20 Memphis | W 80–40 | 13–6 (5–1) | Reynolds Center (4,668) Tulsa, OK |
| January 26, 2020 11:00 am, CBSSN | | at UConn | W 79–75 $^{OT}$ | 14–6 (6–1) | XL Center (10,509) Hartford, CT |
| February 1, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPNU | | No. 23 Wichita State Rivalry | W 54–51 | 15–6 (7–1) | Reynolds Center (8,089) Tulsa, OK |
| February 6, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | | UConn | L 56–72 | 15–7 (7–2) | Reynolds Center (4,630) Tulsa, OK |
| February 9, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at UCF | L 75–83 | 15–8 (7–3) | Addition Financial Arena (5,349) Orlando, FL |
| February 12, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | East Carolina | W 70–56 | 16–8 (8–3) | Reynolds Center (3,232) Tulsa, OK |
| February 15, 2020 11:00 am, ESPNU | | at South Florida | W 56–48 | 17–8 (9–3) | Yuengling Center (3,095) Tampa, FL |
| February 19, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | at No. 22 Houston | L 43–76 | 17–9 (9–4) | Fertitta Center (6,732) Houston, TX |
| February 22, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPNews | | SMU | W 79–57 | 18–9 (10–4) | Reynolds Center (4,690) Tulsa, OK |
| February 25, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | Tulane | W 62–57 | 19–9 (11–4) | Reynolds Center (3,443) Tulsa, OK |
| February 29, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPNU | | UCF | W 65–54 | 20–9 (12–4) | Reynolds Center (5,304) Tulsa, OK |
| March 4, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Temple | W 61–51 | 21–9 (13–4) | Liacouras Center (5,068) Philadelphia, PA |
| March 8, 2020 3:00 pm, CBSSN | | at Wichita State Rivalry | L 57–79 | 21–10 (13–5) | Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS |
| AAC tournament ||||||
| March 13, 2020 8:30 pm, ESPNU | (3) | vs. (6) Memphis / (11) East Carolina Quarterfinals | Cancelled | Cancelled | Dickies Arena Fort Worth, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||
Source
    1.^ Cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic

## Awards and honors
### American Athletic Conference honors

* Coach of the Year: Frank Haith
* Sixth Man of the Year: Martins Igbanu

#### All-AAC First Team

* Martins Igbanu

#### All-AAC Third Team

* Brandon Rachal

#### Player of the Week

* Week 2: Brandon Rachal
* Week 11: Brandon Rachal
* Week 12: Martins Igbanu
* Week 13: Elijah Joiner
Source