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Tulsa opens with Tulane in the AAC Tournament Thursday

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No. 7 seeded Tulsa will face No. 10 seeded Tulane at 2 p.m. Thursday in the opening round of the American Athletic Conference Championship in Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. Tulsa (11-11, 7-9 in the AAC) lost to Tulane (9-12, 4-12), 48-58, in their only meeting this season. That game was originally scheduled for…

The pandemic has kept college sports departments very busy

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Looking back to last August when college athletic conferences and universities were trying to decide whether to begin fall sports, or if the pandemic would keep them from being able to participate, we knew that if all the sports were pushed to the spring semester, it would make for a very busy time. That’s exactly…

OSU replaces AD Holder with Weiberg

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STILLWATER — Chad Weiberg is replacing Mike Holder as athletic director for Oklahoma State University as of July 1. Outgoing Oklahoma State University President Burns Hargis met with the OSU/A&M Board of Regents Friday. He recommended Mike Holder’s appointment as athletic director emeritus to recognize him over the past 16 years and the selection of…

College Basketball

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On Monday, night No. 17 Oklahoma State completed the regular season sweep of No. 16. Oklahoma, 79-75, in Stillwater. Cowboy Cade Cunningham, who leads the Big 12 in scoring, only had 15 points but he scored 13 key points in the second half as OSU prevailed. Kalib Boone had 17 points and nine rebounds, and Bryce…

NCAA Tournament hopes

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Oklahoma and Oklahoma State look like locks for at-large bids to the NCAA Basketball Tournament. The first hurdle for the Sooners and Cowboys will be the Big 12 Tournament. It is very likely that both will be in the top six in the conference standings and avoid the two play-in games on March 10. And…

Limited Big 12 tickets

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 The Big 12 Conference will have a limited number of tickets available for the 2021 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championship, scheduled for March 10-13 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Each ticket includes all five (5) sessions. Tickets are on sale online only at T-MobileCenter.com. Seating capacity for the Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championship…

ORU tops Western Illinois

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Oral Roberts closed its regular season Sunday evening routing Western Illinois, 95-59, at the Mabee Center. The Golden Eagles had all 13 players play and score at least two points, while the defense shut down the visitors allowing just 59 points, the fourth time surrendering less than 60 points in a game, and 25 percent…

Led by Max Abmas, ORU heads to the Summit tourney

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It’s been a turnaround season for the ORU men’s basketball team, led by the nation’s leading scorer Max Abmas. Abmas who has averaged 36 points per game this season, took the top spot in the nation after scoring 41 points against Western Illinois on Saturday. In Sunday’s rematch with WIU, Abmas added another 25 points,…

TU’s Gillespie is National Linebacker Coach of the Year

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University of Tulsa Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers coach Joseph Gillespie has been selected as the FootballScoop Linebackers Coach of the Year presented by AstroTurf. Gillespie completed his sixth season coaching the linebackers and his second full season as defensive coordinator. Gillespie tutored Consensus All-America linebacker and the 2020 Chuck Bednarik, Bronko Nagurski Trophy and the…

Williams to coach TU DL

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A college coaching veteran of 32 years, Jesse Williams was named defensive line coach at The University of Tulsa. Williams has coached the defensive line for all 32 of those seasons. He started his career at his alma mater, Sonoma State, in 1988, and has also coaches at Portland State, Eastern Washington, Holy Cross, San…