Location: Tulsa, Okla. | Founded: 1894 | Enrollment: 4,100 | Colors: Old Gold, Royal Blue and Crimson
Coach: Doug Wojcik | Home Court: Reynolds Center | Capacity: 8,355 Record:
(20-13, 8-8
Conference USA)
The Final Four. Tulsa is one of the last four teams left in the inaugural College Basketball Invitational.
Tulsa hadn't played in the postseason since 2003 and hadn't hosted a postseason game since the 2001 NIT, so no one connected with the basketball program really knew how Tulsa fans would respond to the Golden Hurricane's first-round College Basketball Invitational home game against Miami (Ohio).
Tulsa fans responded with a crowd of 5,365 and the Golden Hurricane did its part to reward the fans with a 61-45 win. The Hurricane responded with more of the same Monday in downing Utah to advance to the CBI semifinals.
"What a great crowd. It was absolutely exciting to the players, to the staff, just to see how the fans turned out," Tulsa coach Doug Wojcik said. "It is important for the CBI. It was a great win for us. I thought our kids played very alert."
Miami coach Jermaine Henderson praised the way Tulsa took advantage of its home-court atmosphere.
"What Tulsa did is exemplify why it's important when you're at home during some of these tournaments," Henderson said. "They were alive. They were energetic. It looked like they were ready for postseason. You have to tip your hats to them, especially because I thought they played well on both ends of the floor."
The continuation of the postseason is a thrill for Tulsa.
"I don't care if it's the NIT or the CBI, I'm really happy that we have a chance to play in the postseason," Wojcik said. "This gives us a great opportunity. This whole setting was fantastic."
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I don't care what anyone else on these boards say. First of all, winning the tournament is an accomplishment and with two excellent sophmores and two good recruits coming in next year, this tournament will go a long way toward building your program and making you a contender for the NCAA's next year.
i believe they will win in three. i hope everyone gets out to the game to night i hear on the radio that 7,000 plus tickets have been sold, it would be nice to see a sell out.
i hope every one is coming out to the game tomoorow. i know it just the cbi but i think it would be great spring board for tulsa to win it all, i think the score tomorrow will be 72-64 tulsa, you guys got any picks.
I can't believe it, Tulsa has a real shot at making the finals of C-usa, finally we are starting to get back to the way tulsa play about 6-7 years ago. It would be a total mind trip to see tulsa win the whole thing. Lets go Golden Cane's
Being a student during the Tubby Smith era and a season ticket holder during the Bill Self era, it's gratifying to see Doug W. take an 8 man team to the C-USA tourney finals.
But who the heck schedules a final game 12 hours after the semi-final game? This definitely favors Memphis.
Hopefully, this run solidifies TU's chances at the NIT, which they won under Buzz Pe
