Tulsa is making its 12th appearance in the NCAA Tournament this year, and 11th since the 1982 tournament. The Hurricane is making its sixth NCAA Tournament appearance in the last seven years, just missing out in the 1998 season. This is the first time in which Tulsa has been selected to play in the South Regional. Tulsa has never been a #7 seed before this year's tournament.
  This year's first round 89-62 win over UNLV marked the fifth time in the last six years of making the NCAA Tournament field that Tulsa advanced past the first round. With a 69-61 victory over Cincinnati, Tulsa advanced to the "Sweet Sixteen" for the third in school history, all coming in the last seven seasons. The two previous times that Tulsa has advanced to the "Sweet Sixteen" came in 1994 and 1995.
  Tulsa has a 9-11 record in the NCAA Tournament. The Hurricane has an 8-5 record in the 1990s. In 1994, Tulsa, a #12 seed, advanced to the "Sweet Sixteen" with victories over UCLA and Oklahoma State. In 1995, as a #6 seed Tulsa defeated llinois and Old Dominion to advance to the round of 16.