The 2019–20 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team represented the University of Tulsa during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Hurricane, led by sixth-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 21–10, 13–5 in AAC play to finish in a three-way tie for first place. Frank Haith was named AAC Coach of the Year for the season. Due to tiebreaking rules, they received the No. 3 seed in the AAC tournament, which was canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Shortly thereafter, the NCAA Tournament and all postseason tournaments were canceled, effectively ending Tulsa's season.
Previous season The Golden Hurricane finished the 2018–19 season 18–14, 8–10 in AAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the AAC tournament to SMU.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Chris Barnes 0 G 6'4" 200 Compton, CA Transferred to Eastern Michigan DaQuan Jeffries 2 G/F 6'5" 230 Edmond, OK Graduated Sterling Taplin 4 G 6'1" 195 Williamsville, NY Graduated Curran Scott 10 G 6'4' 208 Edmond, OK Graduate transferred to Clemson Lindsay Deline Jr. 14 G 5'11" 189 Midwest City, OK Walk-on; graduated Zeke Moore 23 G 6'7" 210 St. Louis, MO Mid-season transferred to SIU Edwardsville Pete Hewitt 32 F 6'10" 225 Mountain View, CA Transferred to Point Loma Nazarene Alex Foree 34 F 6'5" 214 Fort Smith, AR Walk-on; graduated Simon Falokun 44 F 6'8" 240 Houston, TX Left team
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Brandon Rachal 0 G 6'6" 220 Natchitoches, LA Junior college transferred from Pearl River CC Keyshawn Embery 2 G 6'3" 202 Midwest City, OK Transferred from Arkansas. Under NCAA transfer rules, Embery will have to sit out the 2019–20 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Emmanuel Ugboh 24 C 6'11" 242 Lagos, Nigeria Junior college transferred from Iowa Western CC Curtis Haywood 33 G 6'5" 202 Oklahoma City, OK Transferred from Georgia Tech. Under NCAA transfer rules, Haywood will have to sit out the 2019–20 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
2019 recruiting class
2020 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
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Source 1.Cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Awards and honors American Athletic Conference honors Coach of the Year: Frank Haith Sixth Man of the Year: Martins Igbanu
All-AAC First Team Martins Igbanu
All-AAC Third Team Brandon Rachal
Player of the Week Week 2: Brandon Rachal Week 11: Brandon Rachal Week 12: Martins Igbanu Week 13: Elijah Joiner
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