Despite a tough loss to ORU, Tulsa men's basketball has now increased almost 100 spots in KenPom's rankings since the start of the season and nearly 30 spots since last week. Beating #108 Loyola Chicago just a few days ago was a huge part of that.

With Matt out this week, Ryan covers the transfer portal, the AAC, men's and women's basketball, and answers a listener question.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

0:52 - Transfer Portal Updates

5:30 - Around the American

12:33 - Men's Basketball Recap

24:02 - Oklahoma State Preview

29:06 - Women's Basketball

30:35 - Kevin Wilson's Impact on the Program

34:00 - Outro

It was Homecoming weekend for the Golden Hurricane which made the loss to a 2-6 Charlotte team all the more painful. We talk about the specifics of that game, but also on what that loss means for the rest of Tulsa's season. After that we bring on Kelly Comarda from @FTWCollective to talk about the 2023 iteration of the #BattleOfTheColorBasedWaterPhenomena.

But it's not all bad for Golden Hurricane sports as the men and women's basketball teams both started off their seasons with wins! We break down those games and talk about what we liked (and a little on what we didn't like so much).

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro and Charlotte Recap

29:16 - Football Players of the Game

37:19 - Interview with Kelly Comarda from @FTWCollective⁠

1:14:42 - Around the American

1:22:21 - Basketball Opening Thoughts

Tulsa lost to SMU by 59 points on Saturday, and that's about all there is to say about that one.

Jk, we spent 40+ minutes breaking down that game. Everything from the historic beatdown, to Braylon Braxton's very bad day, to our confidence levels in Kevin Wilson going forward. It was a sad, but actually pretty interesting, discussion in our opinions.

Aside from that, we also preview this week's Homecoming game against Biff Poggi and the Charlotte 49ers, take a look around the league, and take one more chance to get you ready for basketball season! The exhibition game is on Wednesday the 1st, and the regular season opener is at home on Monday the 6th.

Finally, we will have a merch sale live on the site this week for homecoming! Keep an eye on the website at thegoldenhurricast.com for some pretty steep discounts on all of our merchandise.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

2:15 - SMU Recap

5:11 - Braylon Braxton's Bad Day1

3:34 - Confidence in Kevin Wilson

39:01 - Anti-Players of the Game

43:14 - Charlotte Preview

55:23 - Around the American

1:02:13 - Basketball is Here!

1:17:59 - Outro and Merch Sale

We are back and in a big way! To talk about team #113 for Tulsa basketball we brought on Head Coach Eric Konkol to talk about roster construction, how the team looks so far, goals for this season and so much more.

But, unfortunately its not all good this episode as we start off breaking down the rough 42-10 loss to Rice and look ahead to a good and surprisingly balanced SMU team coming up this weekend.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

1:51 - Rice Recap

30:55 - Players of the Week

38:01 - SMU Preview

52:52 - American News

1:02:39 - Interview with Eric Konkol

Tulsa routed Temple to establish themselves as AT LEAST the second-best TU in the league. It was the most complete game we've seen from the Golden Hurricane in a long time and hopefully a good look into the future.

We recap that game before previewing the upcoming road trip against the FAU Owls, who draws Tulsa as their first-ever AAC game.

We also touch on the men's basketball non-conference schedule, the passing of George "Doc" Mauerman, and more.

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

02:01 - Men's Basketball Non-Conference Schedule

05:50 - George "Doc" Mauerman

07:05 - Temple Recap

08:54 - Who Starts at QB Going Forward?

21:20 - Defense Looking Good

28:53 - End-of-Half Strategy

34:50 - Players of the Game

43:15 - Penalties & Injuries

44:30 - FAU Preview

58:06 - Around the American

1:03:25 - Outro

Tulsa got handed a tough loss at home from the #19 Oklahoma Sooners to move to 1-2 this season. But the the rest of the season looks much more manageable. To recap the game we talk about the QB situation (again), whether or not the defense is bad (again), and some key pieces missing in action.

Afterwards we bring back Eddie Carifio (@DDCEddieCarifio), Sports Editor from the DeKalb Daily Chronicle (@Daily_Chronicle) to break down the matchup with the Huskies.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:31 - Tailgate Thoughts

7:30 - Gus T Revisited

13:31 - Oklahoma Recap Pt. 1 - QBs

31:19 - Oklahoma Recap Pt. 2 - Defense

42:04 - Oklahoma Recap Pt. 3 - Key Pieces Missing

50:28 - Players of the Game

1:02:40 - Interview with Eddie Carifio (⁠@DDCEddieCarifio⁠)

1:44:36 - Final Thoughts on NIU Matchup

1:46:48 - Around the AAC

Tulsa fell hard to #8 Washington 48-10 despite a solid effort from 3rd string QB Roman Fuller. To recap that game, we discuss the current QB situation, whether or not the defense is actually bad, and the returns of Keuan Parker and Braylin Presley before awarding our players of the game.

Following that, we turn our attention toward the #19 Oklahoma Sooners. OU comes to (sold out) Chapman Stadium for the first time since 2014 in a huge game for TU. To help us break down the Sooners, we welcome Kegan Reneau from The Franchise and RPM Data.

We get into some great stuff with Kegan, including his thoughts on Washington's receivers vs OU's receivers, the Sooners' vastly improved defense, Dillon Gabriel, the Jeff Lebby/Art Briles situation, and his thoughts on how this game goes.

After wrapping up the OU preview, we take a quick look around the conference in what was a pretty terrible week 2 for the AAC and close things down with a request for feedback.

If you have audio quality issues, specifically on Spotify, Matt's recommendation is to go into Spotify's settings and disable the "Audio Normalization" setting in Settings -> Playback.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:41 - Wear Blue against OU

2:10 - Washington Recap

4:38 - QB Situation

26:21 - The Defense... Might Be Bed

34:09 - The Returns of Keuan Parker and Braylin Presley

35:47 - Update on the Running Backs

37:50 - Players of the Game

48:46 - Oklahoma Preview ft. Kegan Reneau

1:02:21 - OU's Offense

1:25:43 - OU's (much improved) Defense

1:39:37 - The Jeff Lebby Situation

1:48:42 - Brent Venables Temperature Check

1:51:15 - Venables and Wilson Relationship

1:55:59 - Dillon Gabriel

1:58:15 - Potential Mismatches

2:00:51 - Score Predictions

2:09:41 - Post-Kegan Thoughts

2:13:26 - Around the American

2:22:24 - Outro

Despite a shaky start and an injured Braylon Braxton, Tulsa routed Arkansas - Pine Bluff to go 1-0 and kick the Kevin Wilson era off right.

We talk the biggest news of the week (SMU –> ACC) before getting into the game day experience and recapping the UAPB game.

After that, we welcome in some new friends from Washington! Noah and Izzo from Dub'd Up join the show to help us break down the #8 Washington Huskies and get us ready for Saturday's game.

Finally, we answer some listener questions, take a look at what happened in the AAC during week 1, and give some props to GJ Kinne and the Texas State Bobcats.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:28 - SMU –> ACC

8:04 - Replacing SMU

14:21 - End of the P6 Moniker

17:34 - The Return of Kelly Hines

18:48 - Game Day Experience

23:32 - Gus T

30:37 - UAPB Recap

1:00:25 - Players of the Game

1:10:45 - Washington Preview ft. Dub'd Up

1:55:35 - Post-Dub'd Up Thoughts

2:02:11 - "You Got Me, I Got You"

2:05:52 - Which Week 1 Game Troubled You the Most?

2:11:20 - Around the American

2:16:07 - GJ Kinne and Texas State

2:18:42 - Outro

The first game of the Kevin Wilson era at Tulsa begins this week when Arkansas Pine-Bluff come to town.

Before getting to our preview of that game we provide our early (and optimistic?) predictions for this season, hand out our annual preseason awards, and take a look at where TU finishes in the first year of the new American.

We wrap up the episode with our thoughts on why Herc >> any of the other mascot options.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

2:40 - Record Predictions

4:28 - Schedule Breakdown

23:00 - Conference Standings?

27:30 - Offensive Player(s) of the Year

37:20 - Defensive Player(s) of the Year

44:55 - Breakout Player(s) of the Year

52:25 - Special Team Roster Makeup

56:52 - Arkansas Pine-Bluff Preview

1:04:59 Mascot Predictions plz not Gale