Post by Admin on Nov 27, 2014 4:02:46 GMT
Auburn and Tulsa are meeting in the Heavyweight Bracket of the MGM Grand Main Event. The other half of the bracket includes Oklahoma State and Oregon State. The Championship Game will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 10:30 p.m. CT while the Consolation Game will tip at 8 p.m. CT.
Auburn is 2-0 all-time against Tulsa with the last meeting coming in the Second Round of the 2009 NIT. Auburn won, 74-55, to move onto the NIT Third Round.
Auburn is playing in Las Vegas for the first time since facing UNLV in the 2003 Las Vegas Showdown.
» Watch TULSA vs Oklahoma St Cowboys Online
» Watch TULSA vs Oklahoma St Cowboys Online
Cinmeon Bowers has had three straight double-doubles to start his Auburn career and currently leads the SEC in rebounding (14.0 rpg)
KT Harrell has scored a team-high 20-or-more points in each of the first three games this season. He has now topped the 20-point mark 15 times in 33 career games at Auburn.
Auburn is in its 109th season of basketball and has an all-time record of 1,254-1,119-1 (.528) Bruce Pearl is the 21st coach in Auburn history
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The Tulsa men's basketball team plays Oklahoma State in the Heavyweight Bracket championship game of the MGM Grand Main Event at 10:30 p.m. CT Wednesday at the MGM Grand Main Event. The game will be televised on ESPN2.
On Monday, the Golden Hurricane defeated Auburn, 53-35, and the Cowboys defeated Oregon State, 66-53.
TULSA (3-1) vs. OKLAHOMA STATE (5-0)
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014 • 10:35 p.m. CT • MGM Grand Garden Arena (16,800)
TV: ESPN2 (Dave Flemming and Stephen Howard)
Radio: News 102.3 and AM 740 KRMG and the Golden Hurricane Radio Network (Bruce Howard and Rick Couri)
Internet: Live Audio on Hurricane Vision Twitter: @tumbasketball | @tulsahurricane
Instagram: TulsaMBasketball
The Coaches
Tulsa: Frank Haith (Elon '88)
Career Record: 208-130 (11th year) Record at Tulsa: 3-1 (first year)
Oklahoma State: Travis Ford (Kentucky '94) Career Record: 320-223 (18th year) Record at Oklahoma State: 130-73 (seventh year)
The Series
This will be the 108th meeting between Tulsa and Oklahoma State. Oklahoma State leads the series, 69-38. The series dates back to the 1907-08 season. This will be the first meeting between TU and OSU since 2011, a 59-56 Cowboys win in Stillwater. OSU also won 71-54 in 2010 at the BOK Center in Tulsa. The last Tulsa win was 86-65 in 2009 at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. The teams split the first two meetings in 1907-08, with each winning at home. The schools have met only six times at neutral or non-home sites. TU is 2-4 in those games, five of which were played in Oklahoma City, and one at the BOK Center.
Auburn is 2-0 all-time against Tulsa with the last meeting coming in the Second Round of the 2009 NIT. Auburn won, 74-55, to move onto the NIT Third Round.
Auburn is playing in Las Vegas for the first time since facing UNLV in the 2003 Las Vegas Showdown.
» Watch TULSA vs Oklahoma St Cowboys Online
» Watch TULSA vs Oklahoma St Cowboys Online
Cinmeon Bowers has had three straight double-doubles to start his Auburn career and currently leads the SEC in rebounding (14.0 rpg)
KT Harrell has scored a team-high 20-or-more points in each of the first three games this season. He has now topped the 20-point mark 15 times in 33 career games at Auburn.
Auburn is in its 109th season of basketball and has an all-time record of 1,254-1,119-1 (.528) Bruce Pearl is the 21st coach in Auburn history
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The Tulsa men's basketball team plays Oklahoma State in the Heavyweight Bracket championship game of the MGM Grand Main Event at 10:30 p.m. CT Wednesday at the MGM Grand Main Event. The game will be televised on ESPN2.
On Monday, the Golden Hurricane defeated Auburn, 53-35, and the Cowboys defeated Oregon State, 66-53.
TULSA (3-1) vs. OKLAHOMA STATE (5-0)
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014 • 10:35 p.m. CT • MGM Grand Garden Arena (16,800)
TV: ESPN2 (Dave Flemming and Stephen Howard)
Radio: News 102.3 and AM 740 KRMG and the Golden Hurricane Radio Network (Bruce Howard and Rick Couri)
Internet: Live Audio on Hurricane Vision Twitter: @tumbasketball | @tulsahurricane
Instagram: TulsaMBasketball
The Coaches
Tulsa: Frank Haith (Elon '88)
Career Record: 208-130 (11th year) Record at Tulsa: 3-1 (first year)
Oklahoma State: Travis Ford (Kentucky '94) Career Record: 320-223 (18th year) Record at Oklahoma State: 130-73 (seventh year)
The Series
This will be the 108th meeting between Tulsa and Oklahoma State. Oklahoma State leads the series, 69-38. The series dates back to the 1907-08 season. This will be the first meeting between TU and OSU since 2011, a 59-56 Cowboys win in Stillwater. OSU also won 71-54 in 2010 at the BOK Center in Tulsa. The last Tulsa win was 86-65 in 2009 at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. The teams split the first two meetings in 1907-08, with each winning at home. The schools have met only six times at neutral or non-home sites. TU is 2-4 in those games, five of which were played in Oklahoma City, and one at the BOK Center.