2017–18 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team

The 2017–18 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team represented the University of Tulsa during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Hurricane, led by fourth-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 19–12, 12–6 in AAC play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the AAC tournament to Memphis.

2017–18 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record19–12 (12–6 AAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaReynolds Center
Seasons
2017–18 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Cincinnati 16 2   .889 31 5   .861
No. 21 Houston 14 4   .778 27 8   .771
No. 16 Wichita State 14 4   .778 25 8   .758
Tulsa 12 6   .667 19 12   .613
Memphis 10 8   .556 21 13   .618
UCF 9 9   .500 19 13   .594
Temple 8 10   .444 17 16   .515
UConn 7 11   .389 14 18   .438
SMU 6 12   .333 17 16   .515
Tulane 5 13   .278 14 17   .452
East Carolina 4 14   .222 10 20   .333
South Florida 3 15   .167 10 22   .313
2018 AAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

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The Golden Hurricane finished the 2016–17 season 15–17, 8–10 in AAC play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Tulane in the first round of the AAC tournament to advance to the quarterfinals[1] where they lost to Cincinnati.[2][3]

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Cory Haith 2 G 5'11" 175 RS Senior Miami, FL Walk-on; graduated
Travis Atson 3 F 6'5" 204 Freshman Brooklyn, NY Transferred to Quinnipiac
Pat Birt 11 G 6'5" 182 Senior Plano, TX Graduated
Will Magnay 12 F 6'10" 234 Freshman Brisbane, Australia Signed to play professionally in Australia with Brisbane Bullets
T. K. Edogi 14 F 6'8" 227 RS Junior Surprise, AZ Graduate transferred to Iona
Joseph Battle 15 G 6'3" 181 Freshman Abbeville, SC Transferred to Appalachian State

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
DaQuan Jeffries 2 F 6'5" 201 Junior Edmond, OK Junior college transferred from Western Texas College.
Jeriah Horne 41 F 6'7" 222 Sophomore Overland Park, KS Transferred from Nebraska. Under NCAA transfer rules, Horne will have to sit out for the 2017–18 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.

2017 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Elijah Joiner
PG
Chicago, IL Curie High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) N/A Oct 23, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Darien Jackson
SG
Overland Park, KS Blue Valley Northwest High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Feb 23, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247SportsN/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 2017 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  • "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 14, 2017.

Roster

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2017–18 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Junior Etou 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) RS Sr Bishop O'Connell HS
Rutgers
Republic of Congo
F 1 Martins Igbanu 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 244 lb (111 kg) So Covenant Christian Ministries Academy Lagos, Nigeria
G/F 2 DaQuan Jeffries 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Santa Fe HS
Oral Roberts
Western Texas CC
Edmond, OK
G 3 Elijah Joiner 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Curie Metropolitan HS Chicago, IL
G 4 Sterling Taplin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr St. Thomas More School Williamsville, NY
G 5 Lawson Korita 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) 207 lb (94 kg) So Pulaski Academy Little Rock, AR
G 10 Curran Scott 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS So Edmond Memorial HS
Charlotte
Edmond, OK
G 11 Darien Jackson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Fr Blue Valley Northwest HS Overland Park, KS
G 13 Jaleel Wheeler 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr St. George's School
Kilgore College
Newark, NJ
G 32 Corey Henderson Jr. 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Episcopal School
Wichita State
Blinn College
Abbeville, SC
F 34 Alex Foree (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Jr Southside HS Fort Smith, AR
F 35 Geno Artison 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Jr Franklin HS
College of Southern Idaho
Seattle, WA
F 41 Jeriah Horne   6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 219 lb (99 kg) So The Barstow School
Nebraska
Overland Park, KS
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2017*
7:00 pm
Northwestern Oklahoma State W 96–65 
Reynolds Center (3,133)
Tulsa, OK
November 4, 2017*
3:00 pm
Missouri S&T W 113–56 
Reynolds Center (3,088)
Tulsa, OK
Non-conference regular season
November 10, 2017*
12:00 pm
Lamar L 67–74  0–1
Reynolds Center (7,431)
Tulsa, OK
November 13, 2017*
7:00 pm
Oral Roberts
Mayor's Cup
W 90–71  1–1
Reynolds Center (4,437)
Tulsa, OK
November 16, 2017*
7:00 pm, ESPNews
vs. Western Michigan
Puerto Rico Tip-Off quarterfinals
W 81–74  2–1
HTC Center (704)
Conway, SC
November 17, 2017*
6:00 pm, ESPNU
vs. Iowa State
Puerto Rico Tip-Off semifinals
L 78–80  2–2
HTC Center (1,827)
Conway, SC
November 19, 2017*
4:00 pm, ESPNU
vs. Illinois State
Puerto Rico Tip-Off 3rd place game
L 68–84  2–3
HTC Center (2,119)
Conway, SC
November 25, 2017*
11:00 am
Central Arkansas W 92–72  3–3
Reynolds Center (3,259)
Tulsa, OK
November 28, 2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
UTSA W 100–96  4–3
Reynolds Center (3,237)
Tulsa, OK
December 2, 2017*
3:00 pm, ESPN3/NBCSC+
at Illinois State L 58–65  4–4
Redbird Arena (5,803)
Normal, IL
December 9, 2017*
7:00 pm, FSKC/ESPN3
vs. Kansas State
Wichita Wildcat Classic
W 61–54  5–4
Intrust Bank Arena (7,180)
Wichita, KS
December 14, 2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Prairie View A&M W 77–73  6–4
Reynolds Center (3,315)
Tulsa, OK
December 16, 2017*
6:00 pm, ESPN3
Manhattan W 80–66  7–4
Reynolds Center (3,382)
Tulsa, OK
December 19, 2017*
8:00 pm, FSOK
at Oklahoma State L 59–71  7–5
Gallagher-Iba Arena (5,412)
Stillwater, OK
AAC regular season
December 28, 2017
4:00 pm, ESPNU
East Carolina W 79–53  8–5
(1–0)
Reynolds Center (8,355)
Tulsa, OK
December 31, 2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Tulane W 65–56  9–5
(2–0)
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,518)
New Orleans, LA
January 3, 2018
6:00 pm, ESPNews
UConn W 90–88 2OT 10–5
(3–0)
Reynolds Center (3,903)
Tulsa, OK
January 6, 2018
3:00 pm, ESPNews
at Memphis L 67–76  10–6
(3–1)
FedExForum (6,004)
Memphis, TN
January 11, 2018
6:00 pm, ESPNU
at Houston L 71–104  10–7
(3–2)
H&PE Arena (2,666)
Houston, TX
January 13, 2018
6:30 pm, ESPNU
No. 5 Wichita State L 69–72  10–8
(3–3)
Reynolds Center (8,355)
Tulsa, OK
January 17, 2018
5:00 pm, ESPNews
at Temple L 58–59  10–9
(3–4)
Liacouras Center (4,694)
Philadelphia, PA
January 20, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPNU
Memphis W 64–51  11–9
(4–4)
Reynolds Center (5,189)
Tulsa, OK
January 28, 2018
5:00 pm, CBSSN
at No. 17 Wichita State L 71–90  11–10
(4–5)
Charles Koch Arena (10,506)
Wichita, KS
February 1, 2018
7:00 pm, CBSSN
SMU W 76–67  12–10
(5–5)
Reynolds Center (4,337)
Tulsa, OK
February 4, 2018
12:00 pm, ESPN3
at South Florida W 63–54  13–10
(6–5)
USF Sun Dome (2,484)
Tampa, FL
February 8, 2018
6:00 pm, ESPNews
Tulane W 91–89 OT 14–10
(7–5)
Reynolds Center (4,019)
Tulsa, OK
February 15, 2018
6:00 pm, ESPNU
at UConn W 73–71  15–10
(8–5)
XL Center (10,656)
Hartford, CT
February 18, 2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
South Florida W 73–61  16–10
(9–5)
Reynolds Center (4,120)
Tulsa, OK
February 21, 2018
8:00 pm, ESPNews
UCF W 70–61  17–10
(10–5)
Reynolds Center (3,342)
Tulsa, OK
February 25, 2018
11:00 am, CBSSN
at No. 11 Cincinnati L 74–82  17–11
(10–6)
BB&T Arena (8,911)
Highland Heights, KY
March 1, 2018
6:00 pm, ESPNU
at East Carolina W 72–58  18–11
(11–6)
Williams Arena (3,205)
Greenville, NC
March 4, 2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Temple W 76–58  19–11
(12–6)
Reynolds Center (5,303)
Tulsa, OK
AAC tournament
March 9, 2018
1:00 pm, ESPN2
(4) vs. (5) Memphis
Quarterfinals
L 64–67  19–12
Amway Center (8,491)
Orlando, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source[4]

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