Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball
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| University | University of Tulsa | |||
| Conference | The American | |||
| Location | Tulsa, OK | |||
| Head coach | Frank Haith (3rd year) | |||
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Reynolds Center (Capacity: 8,355) |
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| Nickname | Golden Hurricane | |||
| Student section | The Storm Front | |||
| Colors | Old Gold, Royal Blue, and Crimson |
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| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1955, 1994, 1995, 2000 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Round of 32 | ||||
| 1955, 1982, 1984, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | ||||
| 1955, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2014, 2016 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 1982, 1984, 1986, 1996, 2003, 2014 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| MVC: 1955, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1994, 1995, WAC: 1999, 2000 C-USA: 2002, 2014 |
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The Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team represents the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The team participates in the American Athletic Conference. The Golden Hurricane hired Frank Haith from Missouri on April 17, 2014 to replace Danny Manning, who had resigned to take the Wake Forest job after the 2013–14 season.
The team has long been successful, especially since the hiring of Nolan Richardson in 1980. Many big-name coaches previously worked at Tulsa, like University of Kansas coach Bill Self and Texas Tech coach Tubby Smith. The Hurricane have been to the NCAA Tournament 14 times in their history. In addition, they have won two National Invitation Tournaments, in 1981 and 2001, and one CBI tournament. In 2005, Street & Smith's named the University of Tulsa as the 59th best college basketball program of all time.
Clarence Iba, brother of Henry Iba, helped to springboard Tulsa to success when named the head coach in 1949. He coached at the school for 11 years, the longest tenure of any Tulsa coach, and is the second all-time winningest coach at the school with 137 wins in his 11 seasons.
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