Friday, October 23
Stillwater, OK
2:30 p.m.
University of Tulsa
at
Oklahoma State
10/22/2026 1:59:00 PM | Men's Basketball
STILLWATER, Okla. — Tulsa men's basketball heads to Stillwater to take on in-state rival Oklahoma State in its final tune up before the regular season in an exhibition.
Date/Time: October 23, 2026 / 2:30 PM
Site: Stillwater, Oklahoma
Arena: Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
STORY LINES
• Tulsa is coming off a 30-win season in 2025-26, the second-most wins in a single season in program history. Only the 1999-00 team under Bill Self and reached the Elite Eight won more with 32.
• The Golden Hurricane became just the ninth program in American Conference history to reach 30 wins.
• Tulsa set a number of program records last season. They broke the program single season records in points (3,233), made three-pointers (399), made free throws (722), free throw percentage (.780), games scoring 80-plus points (26), games shooting .500 or better (12), and games shooting .400 or better from three-point range (17).
• The Golden Hurricane led the American Conference in field goal percentage (.467), three-point percentage (.380), and free throw percentage (.780), becoming the first school in league history to led in all three categories in a single season.
• The team's 399 made three-pointers shattered the American Conference record of 337 set by Houston in 2018-19.
• Tulsa's 17-win improvement last season was the second-largest improvement in the country behind Miami (FL) who had a 19-win improvement.
• Under head coach Eric Konkol, Tulsa is 3-1 in season openers, winning each of the last three.
• This marks the fourth straight season the Golden Hurricane open the year in the Reynolds Center, and 10 of the last 12 seasons overall. The team is 7-4 in that span.
• Tulsa is 21-6 in Reynolds Center openers, dating back to the 1999-00 season, the program's first full season in the Reynolds Center.
• TU has won eight home openers in a row, with the last defeat coming against Lamar, 74-67, in 2017-18.
• The 2026-27 season marks the 116th season of Tulsa Men's Basketball and the programs 13th as a member of the American Conference.
• Tulsa used only two starting lineups all of last season and return zero starts from last season.
• Jaylen Lawal and Myles Rigsby return after playing major roles off the Golden Hurricane bench a year ago. Lawal averaged 7.3 points, scoring 279 points, the ninth-most by a freshman in program history. Rigsby averaged 6.2 points and was terrific at the free throw line, going 62-for-71 (.873) the sixth-best single season percentage in program history.
BACK ON TRACK
• Tulsa returned to the postseason for the first time in a decade last year, reaching the finals of the NIT and winning 30 games, the second most in school history.
• The Golden Hurricane reached the American Conference semifinals for the first time since 2014-15.
• Tulsa was No. 27 in the initial NET Rankings, the program's highest ever ranking. They would finish the year No. 51, the program's highest final ranking. The Golden Hurricane finished the 2024-25 season No. 271, marking the largest final NET increase in the nation last season.
• The Golden Hurricane played in the postseason for the first time since 2016 when they fell to Michigan in the First Four of the NCAA Tournament, 67-62.
• Tulsa went undefeated in the month of December, 7-0. It was the team's first perfect month since January 2015 when the Golden Hurricane went 7-0. The program last went undefeated in the month of December in 1983 when Nolan Richardson's squad went 7-0 before finishing the season 27-4.
• Tulsa twice won a road game last season in which the opponent shot .500 or better from the field and made 10 or more threes. They were one of five teams along with Central Arkansas (3), North Dakota (2), Oakland (2), and Wisconsin (2) to win such a game more than once in 2025-26.
• The Golden Hurricane won 10 straight games last season for the first time since winning 12 in a row in 2014-15.
AWESOME OFFENSE
• Tulsa had one of the top offenses in the country in 2025-26. The team finished third in school history in points per game and scored more points than any Golden Hurricane team in history.
• The team also led the American Conference in field goal percentage (.467), three-point percentage (.380), and free throw percentage (.780), becoming the first program to lead the American in all three categories in the same season.
• The Golden Hurricane finished among the top-25 in the country last season in the following offensive categories: scoring offense (85.1, 16th), scoring margin (11.5, 18th), free throw percentage (.780, 16th), made free throws per game (19.0, 13th), three-point percentage (.380, 19th), and three-pointers per game (10.5, 23rd).
• Tulsa also broke the program single season records in points (3,233), made three-pointers (399), made free throws (722), free throw percentage (.780), games scoring 80-plus points (26), games shooting .500 or better (12), and games shooting .400 or better from three-point range (17).
• The Golden Hurricane had one of the more explosive offenses in the nation, finishing with 32 Kill Shots per EvanMiya.com, a Kill Shot is a 10-0 or better run.
• Last season's starting five of Miles Barnstable, Tyler Behrend, David Green, Ade Popoola, and Tylen Riley finished fourth in the country in +/- as a group at +166 per EvanMiya.com.
• Tulsa scored 80 or more points 26 times, tying for the fifth-most in the country. Only Arkansas (30), Alabama (29), High Point (29), and Michigan (29) had more, while TU tied with Arizona and Vanderbilt.
RETURNING PRODUCTION
• The Golden Hurricane return major contributors, Jaylen Lawal and Myles Rigsby, on the 2026-27 roster. Also returning are Cal Conroy and Leon Sifferlin, who saw limited action, as well as Carter Benton who redshirted the season.
• Lawal and Rigsby averaged a combined 13.5 points or 15.9 percent of TU's points per game.
• Lawal is coming off a terrific freshman campaign, scoring 279 points, the ninth-most in a season by a freshman in Tulsa history.
• The Plano, Texas native also made 43 threes, third-most in program history by a freshman, and was a three-time American Conference Freshman of the Week. He also had three games with 20 or more points, including 24 against Stephen F. Austin in the opening round of the NIT.
• Rigsby saw action in 32 games, playing a team-leading 18.6 minutes per game off the bench.
• The Fort Worth native was terrific at the charity stripe, going 62-for-71 (.873) and matching the sixth-best free throw percentage in a season in program history with at least 65 attempts.
PRESEASON PREDICTIONS
• Tulsa was picked to finish fourth in the American Conference Preseason Coaches Poll.
• Last season the Golden Hurricane were picked to finish eighth in the league before finishing tied for second.
• Tulsa is projected for another strong season by many online outlets as well.
• The Golden Hurricane are ranked second in the American and 90th in the country by Bart Torvik. The outlet projects Tulsa to go 22-10 overall and 11-7 in conference.
• Evan Miya projects Tulsa fourth in the American Conference and among the top 100 programs in the country.
• Tulsa was ranked No. 111 by KenPom in its preseason rankings. It is the team's highest preseason ranking in the KenPom since staring the 2021-22 season No. 93 after winning the American Conference regular season championship the year prior.
• As a conference the American was ranked the ninth best in the country by KenPom.
LONGEVITY IN THE LEAGUE
• Tulsa head coach Eric Konkol enters his fifth season in charge of the Golden Hurricane.
• Konkol enters the season tied for the fourth-longest tenured head coach in the American Conference.
• He trails only Penny Hardaway (Memphis, 9th season), Ron Hunter (Tulane, 8th season), and Andy Kennedy (UAB, 7th season) among longest tenured coaches in the league.
• East Carolina head coach, and former Tulsa assistant, Michael Schwartz, also is entering his fifth season at the helm.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
• Kobi and Mike Williams are the ninth pair of teammates in program history to share the same last name.
• The last time it happened, the roster also featured a Cobe Williams, along with Carlous Williams in 2023-24.
•Here is the rest of the TU teammates to share a last name all-time:
- Jim and John Jones (1958-59)
- Dan and Ron McMullen (1970-71)
- Bryan and Vince Williams (1982-83)
- Brian and Jeff Rahilly (1983-86)*
- Greg and Rodney Johnson (1986-87)*
- Jamal and James West (1987-89)
- Jeff and Jay Malham (1992-94)
STAFF CHANGES
• Tulsa added Matty Carney to the bench as Assistant Coach and Director of Player Development and Recruiting.
• Carney was at Oklahoma since 2021, working his way from a student assistant to graduate assistant to Assistant Director of Basketball Operations.
• He worked extensively in player development, video and analytics, and basketball operations for the Sooners and helped develop Jeremiah Fears, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft.
• The team also added Dawson George as an Associate Athletic Trainer.
• George spent the last two seasons at Arkansas State, working with the men's basketball and men's golf programs.
• The team also promoted Allen Massey to Assistant Coach and Director of Scouting and Analytics. Massey has been on the staff for the past four seasons as the Director of Scouting and Analytics.
UP NEXT
• Tulsa opens the regular season against Ottawa on Monday.
Visit www.TulsaHurricane.com for the latest news and information on the men's basketball program. Fans can also follow the team on X, Facebook and Instagram.
Date/Time: October 23, 2026 / 2:30 PM
Site: Stillwater, Oklahoma
Arena: Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
STORY LINES
• Tulsa is coming off a 30-win season in 2025-26, the second-most wins in a single season in program history. Only the 1999-00 team under Bill Self and reached the Elite Eight won more with 32.
• The Golden Hurricane became just the ninth program in American Conference history to reach 30 wins.
• Tulsa set a number of program records last season. They broke the program single season records in points (3,233), made three-pointers (399), made free throws (722), free throw percentage (.780), games scoring 80-plus points (26), games shooting .500 or better (12), and games shooting .400 or better from three-point range (17).
• The Golden Hurricane led the American Conference in field goal percentage (.467), three-point percentage (.380), and free throw percentage (.780), becoming the first school in league history to led in all three categories in a single season.
• The team's 399 made three-pointers shattered the American Conference record of 337 set by Houston in 2018-19.
• Tulsa's 17-win improvement last season was the second-largest improvement in the country behind Miami (FL) who had a 19-win improvement.
• Under head coach Eric Konkol, Tulsa is 3-1 in season openers, winning each of the last three.
• This marks the fourth straight season the Golden Hurricane open the year in the Reynolds Center, and 10 of the last 12 seasons overall. The team is 7-4 in that span.
• Tulsa is 21-6 in Reynolds Center openers, dating back to the 1999-00 season, the program's first full season in the Reynolds Center.
• TU has won eight home openers in a row, with the last defeat coming against Lamar, 74-67, in 2017-18.
• The 2026-27 season marks the 116th season of Tulsa Men's Basketball and the programs 13th as a member of the American Conference.
• Tulsa used only two starting lineups all of last season and return zero starts from last season.
• Jaylen Lawal and Myles Rigsby return after playing major roles off the Golden Hurricane bench a year ago. Lawal averaged 7.3 points, scoring 279 points, the ninth-most by a freshman in program history. Rigsby averaged 6.2 points and was terrific at the free throw line, going 62-for-71 (.873) the sixth-best single season percentage in program history.
BACK ON TRACK
• Tulsa returned to the postseason for the first time in a decade last year, reaching the finals of the NIT and winning 30 games, the second most in school history.
• The Golden Hurricane reached the American Conference semifinals for the first time since 2014-15.
• Tulsa was No. 27 in the initial NET Rankings, the program's highest ever ranking. They would finish the year No. 51, the program's highest final ranking. The Golden Hurricane finished the 2024-25 season No. 271, marking the largest final NET increase in the nation last season.
• The Golden Hurricane played in the postseason for the first time since 2016 when they fell to Michigan in the First Four of the NCAA Tournament, 67-62.
• Tulsa went undefeated in the month of December, 7-0. It was the team's first perfect month since January 2015 when the Golden Hurricane went 7-0. The program last went undefeated in the month of December in 1983 when Nolan Richardson's squad went 7-0 before finishing the season 27-4.
• Tulsa twice won a road game last season in which the opponent shot .500 or better from the field and made 10 or more threes. They were one of five teams along with Central Arkansas (3), North Dakota (2), Oakland (2), and Wisconsin (2) to win such a game more than once in 2025-26.
• The Golden Hurricane won 10 straight games last season for the first time since winning 12 in a row in 2014-15.
AWESOME OFFENSE
• Tulsa had one of the top offenses in the country in 2025-26. The team finished third in school history in points per game and scored more points than any Golden Hurricane team in history.
• The team also led the American Conference in field goal percentage (.467), three-point percentage (.380), and free throw percentage (.780), becoming the first program to lead the American in all three categories in the same season.
• The Golden Hurricane finished among the top-25 in the country last season in the following offensive categories: scoring offense (85.1, 16th), scoring margin (11.5, 18th), free throw percentage (.780, 16th), made free throws per game (19.0, 13th), three-point percentage (.380, 19th), and three-pointers per game (10.5, 23rd).
• Tulsa also broke the program single season records in points (3,233), made three-pointers (399), made free throws (722), free throw percentage (.780), games scoring 80-plus points (26), games shooting .500 or better (12), and games shooting .400 or better from three-point range (17).
• The Golden Hurricane had one of the more explosive offenses in the nation, finishing with 32 Kill Shots per EvanMiya.com, a Kill Shot is a 10-0 or better run.
• Last season's starting five of Miles Barnstable, Tyler Behrend, David Green, Ade Popoola, and Tylen Riley finished fourth in the country in +/- as a group at +166 per EvanMiya.com.
• Tulsa scored 80 or more points 26 times, tying for the fifth-most in the country. Only Arkansas (30), Alabama (29), High Point (29), and Michigan (29) had more, while TU tied with Arizona and Vanderbilt.
RETURNING PRODUCTION
• The Golden Hurricane return major contributors, Jaylen Lawal and Myles Rigsby, on the 2026-27 roster. Also returning are Cal Conroy and Leon Sifferlin, who saw limited action, as well as Carter Benton who redshirted the season.
• Lawal and Rigsby averaged a combined 13.5 points or 15.9 percent of TU's points per game.
• Lawal is coming off a terrific freshman campaign, scoring 279 points, the ninth-most in a season by a freshman in Tulsa history.
• The Plano, Texas native also made 43 threes, third-most in program history by a freshman, and was a three-time American Conference Freshman of the Week. He also had three games with 20 or more points, including 24 against Stephen F. Austin in the opening round of the NIT.
• Rigsby saw action in 32 games, playing a team-leading 18.6 minutes per game off the bench.
• The Fort Worth native was terrific at the charity stripe, going 62-for-71 (.873) and matching the sixth-best free throw percentage in a season in program history with at least 65 attempts.
PRESEASON PREDICTIONS
• Tulsa was picked to finish fourth in the American Conference Preseason Coaches Poll.
• Last season the Golden Hurricane were picked to finish eighth in the league before finishing tied for second.
• Tulsa is projected for another strong season by many online outlets as well.
• The Golden Hurricane are ranked second in the American and 90th in the country by Bart Torvik. The outlet projects Tulsa to go 22-10 overall and 11-7 in conference.
• Evan Miya projects Tulsa fourth in the American Conference and among the top 100 programs in the country.
• Tulsa was ranked No. 111 by KenPom in its preseason rankings. It is the team's highest preseason ranking in the KenPom since staring the 2021-22 season No. 93 after winning the American Conference regular season championship the year prior.
• As a conference the American was ranked the ninth best in the country by KenPom.
LONGEVITY IN THE LEAGUE
• Tulsa head coach Eric Konkol enters his fifth season in charge of the Golden Hurricane.
• Konkol enters the season tied for the fourth-longest tenured head coach in the American Conference.
• He trails only Penny Hardaway (Memphis, 9th season), Ron Hunter (Tulane, 8th season), and Andy Kennedy (UAB, 7th season) among longest tenured coaches in the league.
• East Carolina head coach, and former Tulsa assistant, Michael Schwartz, also is entering his fifth season at the helm.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
• Kobi and Mike Williams are the ninth pair of teammates in program history to share the same last name.
• The last time it happened, the roster also featured a Cobe Williams, along with Carlous Williams in 2023-24.
•Here is the rest of the TU teammates to share a last name all-time:
- Jim and John Jones (1958-59)
- Dan and Ron McMullen (1970-71)
- Bryan and Vince Williams (1982-83)
- Brian and Jeff Rahilly (1983-86)*
- Greg and Rodney Johnson (1986-87)*
- Jamal and James West (1987-89)
- Jeff and Jay Malham (1992-94)
STAFF CHANGES
• Tulsa added Matty Carney to the bench as Assistant Coach and Director of Player Development and Recruiting.
• Carney was at Oklahoma since 2021, working his way from a student assistant to graduate assistant to Assistant Director of Basketball Operations.
• He worked extensively in player development, video and analytics, and basketball operations for the Sooners and helped develop Jeremiah Fears, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft.
• The team also added Dawson George as an Associate Athletic Trainer.
• George spent the last two seasons at Arkansas State, working with the men's basketball and men's golf programs.
• The team also promoted Allen Massey to Assistant Coach and Director of Scouting and Analytics. Massey has been on the staff for the past four seasons as the Director of Scouting and Analytics.
UP NEXT
• Tulsa opens the regular season against Ottawa on Monday.
Visit www.TulsaHurricane.com for the latest news and information on the men's basketball program. Fans can also follow the team on X, Facebook and Instagram.
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