The 2020–21 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team represented the University of Tulsa during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Hurricane, led by seventh-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 11-12, 7-9 in AAC Play to finish in 7th place. They lost in the first round of the AAC tournament to Tulane.

Previous season The Golden Hurricane finished the 2019–20 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.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Martins Igbanu 1 F 6'8" 235 Lagos, Nigeria Graduated Isaiah Hill 4 G 6'0" 165 Bakersfield, CA Transferred to Fresno State. Lawson Korita 5 G 6'5" 205 Little Rock, AR Graduated Reggie Jones 22 G 6'6" 210 Marion, IN Transferred to Ball State. Jeriah Horne 41 F 6'7" 222 Overland Park, KS Graduate transferred to Colorado.

Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Rey Idowu F 6'9" 240 Melbourne, FL Transferred from Illinois State. Idowu was granted a waiver for immediate eligibility. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Austin Richie F 6'6" 225 Glenwood, IL Junior college transferred from Triton College.

2020 recruiting class

Tulsa will also add Preferred Walk-on Ari Seals a 6'3" guard from Frisco High School in Frisco, Texas. Seals is the son of current Tulsa assistant Shea Seals.

2021 recruiting class

Preseason

AAC preseason media poll

On October 28, The American released the preseason Poll and other preseason awards

Coaches Poll 1 Houston 99 (2) 2 Memphis 90 (2) 3 SMU 80 4 Cincinnati 77 5 South Florida 61 6 Tulsa 50 7 Wichita State 44 8 UCF 37 9 East Carolina 34 10 Temple 18 11 Tulane 15

Preseason Awards All-AAC First Team – Brandon Rachal

Roster

Schedule and results

COVID-19 impact

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Golden Hurricane's schedule is subject to change, including the cancellation or postponement of individual games, the cancellation of the entire season, or games played either with minimal fans or without fans in attendance and just essential personnel.

Tulsa added a game vs. Southwestern Christian on December 23. The game vs. UCF rescheduled for March 2 was moved to Orlando. The game @ UCF originally scheduled for February 6 was moved to Tulsa. The game @ Tulane scheduled for February 10 was moved to Tulsa. Tulsa added a game vs. Northeastern State on March 3.

Tulsa announced that home games for the first month of the season would be played in front of no fans.

Schedule

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Awards and honors

American Athletic Conference honors

All-AAC Awards Sixth Man of the Year: Darien Jackson

All-AAC Second Team Brandon Rachal

Source

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