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1 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Basketball Final Release Overall Record: 9-20 WAC Record: 5-12 (9th place) TULSA HAS UNUSUAL SEASON... After graduating a group of seniors following the season that had been a part of 108 wins, it left Tulsa with just one senior Jason Parker and one junior Jarius Glenn and the only returning players with valuable playing time... the Hurricane had seven newcomers, three of whom redshirted... with nine players with one or less years on the roster, the Hurricane struggled with its youthful team... Tulsa posted an overall 9-20 record and placed ninth in the WAC with a 5-13 mark... Tulsa's schedule was ranked as the 28th toughest schedule in the nation by the Sagarin ratings of the losses were by single digits, and two of those games went into doubleovertime RESULTS NOVEMBER 22 Northwestern State (La.) W #14Oklahoma (WB19)L TCU W DECEMBER Georgia State L Oral Roberts (Cox) L New Mexico State W Wichita State (Cox) L Texas State W Arkansas (Cox) L PARKER, GLENN EARN ALL-WAC HONORS... Senior guard Jason Parker was named to the Western Athletic Conference s second-team and junior forward Jarius Glenn earned alldefensive teams honors as voted on by the WAC s coaches... it is the second consecutive season that Parker has earned Western Athletic Conference honors... he was a second-team selection last year as well... the award for Glenn was his first WAC honor in his career... Parker completed the season averaging 16.9 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.6 steals... he led Tulsa in scoring, assists and steals... Glenn was Tulsa s second-leading scorer with a 12.6 average, while leading the team in rebounding with a 6.1 average... he also averaged 1.5 steals per game. PARKER NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN... For the second straight year, Jason Parker was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America team this season... he was a secondteam selection... last season, Parker was named to the 2003 CoSIDA/ Verizon Academic All-America third-team... he has maintained a 3.52 grade point average in management information systems... Parker earned his degree in May 2003, and is currently working on a second degree in economics... to be eligible for the team, players must possess at least a 3.20 overall grade point average and be a starter or top reserve... in the last eight seasons, Parker is the 21st Hurricane JANUARY Louisiana Tech* L SMU* (Cox) L UTEP* (Cox) L Boise State* W Rice* (ESPN2) W Nevada* L Fresno State* L San Jose State* W Hawaii* (SportsWest) L 71-73/2OT FEBRUARY 2 Nevada* (Cox) L Boise State* L UTEP* (SportsWest) L Rice* L /2OT 18 Fresno State* (Cox) L #6 Gonzaga (ESPN2) L Hawaii* (Cox) L San Jose State* W MARCH 4 SMU* (Cox) L Louisiana Tech* (Cox) W WAC Tourn. L *WAC Games %NCAA Tournament student-athlete to earn Verizon Academic All-America honors... Tulsa s last Verizon Academic All- American for basketball was Michael Ruffin in the season... Ruffin was a first team selection. TULSA WINS TWO OF LAST FOUR GAMES... Tulsa closed out the regular season by winning two of its final three games, however, Tulsa dropped its first round game in the WAC Tournament... Tulsa snapped an eight-game losing streak at San Jose State with a win, and then won the regular season finale with an victory against Louisiana Tech... Tulsa's eight-game losing streak was the longest losing streak for Tulsa since losing nine straight, including the last two games of the season and first seven games of the campaign... with Tulsa trailing against San Jose State, Jarius Glenn made two huge plays, including a block of a Maurice Moore layup attempt with 0:24 left on the clock and scored a layup at the 0:16 mark to give Tulsa the lead for good.

2 page 2/tulsa golden hurricane final release JOHN PHILLIPS COMPLETES THIRD YEAR AS HEAD COACH... Tulsa s John Phillips (Oklahoma State 73) completed his third season as head coach of the Golden Hurricane with a record for a.615 winning percentage. Phillips ranks 10th on the career victories list for a Tulsa coach with 59 wins. Phillips was only the second coach in school history to win 50 games in his first two seasons. The only other coach to do so was Nolan Richardson ( ) when he had a two-year record of In his first season, Phillips led the Hurricane to a 27-7 overall mark, and had a mark in his second year. A longtime Oklahoman, Phillips was introduced as The University of Tulsa s 28th head basketball coach on April 9, He was born in Tulsa and attended Tulsa s McLain High School. Phillips' 27 wins in surpassed Buzz Peterson s ( ) and Nolan Richardson s ( ) 26 wins for the most wins by a first-year head coach.with the Hurricane sharing the conference title, Phillips became the first coach in school history to win a league crown in his first season as head coach. With back-to-back 20+ win seasons, Phillips becomes just the fourth head coach in school history to win 20+ games in their first two years. The others were Nolan Richardson, J.D. Barnett and Steve Robinson. Before taking over as head coach, Phillips spent the previous four seasons as an assistant coach. In his six-plus seasons at Tulsa, Phillips has been an integral part of the most successful time in Golden Hurricane basketball history. During that time, Tulsa has posted a record of (.685), won the Western Athletic Conference regular season title once ( ), shared the WAC Championship twice ( and ), won the WAC Tournament Championship once (2003), made four NCAA Tournament appearances, advancing to the second round all four years and to the 2000 NCAA South Regional finals, and won the 2001 NIT Title. In 17 seasons in the Oklahoma prep ranks as a head coach, Phillips compiled an overall record for a.629 winning percentage and averaged 16 wins per season. His teams made seven state tournament appearances, won one state title and placed as state runner-up twice. Phillips is in his second tour of duty with the Hurricane basketball program. His first collegiate coaching experience came in 1977 as a graduate assistant coach at TU under Jim King. He also served two seasons ( ) as an assistant coach at Oklahoma State under Leonard Hamilton. PARKER FINISHES IN 10th PLACE ON CAREER SCOR- ING CHART... Senior guard Jason Parker icompleted his career in 10th place on the school's career scoring list... he had 1,401 career points in 133 career games for a 10.5 career average... Parker became the 28th player in school history to reach the 1,000 point plateau. TEICHMANN SAVES BEST FOR LAST HOME GAME... Junior College transfer GuilhermeTeichmann opened the regular season with a double-doubles by scoring 14 points and grabbing 10 rebounds... he ended the regular season at home with his second double-double by scoring a career-best 24 points and pulling down 10 rebounds against Louisiana Tech... he shot.667 from both the field (10- of-15) and three-point range (2-of-3) in that game... all 10 of his rebounds came in the second half as Tulsa out-rebounded Louisiana Tech in the second half 25 to 8. RELEASE INFORMATION Releases are ed to our media and also available via the official athletic website at Stats are attached as a separate PDF file, or may be obtained via the website, or by fax, if you contact the media relations office at INTERVIEW REQUESTS All interview requests for student-athletes, coaches or administrators should be made with the athletic media relations office. Contact Don Tomkalski, director and men's basketball contact, at HURRICANE ON RADIO The flagship station for Tulsa basketball is Newstalk 740 KRMG, a 50,000 watt AM station. Bruce Howard (play-by-play) and J.V. Haney (color analyst) call the action. TULSA ON THE WEB The official athletic website of The University of Tulsa is The site is a part of the Official Collegiate Sports Network (OCSN). THE JOHN PHILLIPS RADIO CALL-IN SHOW The John Phillips Radio Callin Show aired on Newstalk 740 KRMG Radio live from the Silver Flame Restaurant on Monday nights from 7-8 pm. TU fans can stop by or call THE JOHN PHILLIPS TV SHOW John Phillips TV Show aired on KOTV-Channel 6 on Sunday nights, following the KOTV Sports Blitz Show at approximately 11:00 pm. The show was re-played on Wednesday's at 6:00 pm on Cox- Channel 3. BROADCASTS ON THE WEB Listen to University of Tulsa basketball games on the internet at: TRZ TULSA TEAMLINE Hear live play-by-play coverage of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane when you're away from a TV, radio or computer, call The TU Access Code is Charges are minimal, and you can listen as long as you like.

3 page 3/tulsa golden hurricane final release NEWCOMERS TURNED IN SOLID NUMBERS... Tulsa has seven newcomers on the roster, of which three are redshirting... four newcomers played this year, averaging 18.9 points and 13.0 rebounds per game, while averaging 17.1 minutes of playing time... 6'9" junior college transfer Guilherme Teichmann led the way among the newcomers with 14 points and 10 rebounds in the season opener... in the regular season finale, Teichmann had his first career double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds vs. Louisiana Tech... he had four double-figue scoring and rebounding games with two double-doubles... against TCU, freshman guard Kenneth Kelley had a season-high 17 points and also had 14 points and a season-best 4 steals vs. San Jose State ( )... vs. Oral Roberts, freshman Charles Ramsdell had 13 points and 8 rebounds to lead the newcomers, and scored the game-winning basket with 0:03 left in the game vs. Boise State ( )... he had his second double-digit scoring game of the year with 10 points vs. UTEP (2-7-04)... freshman Brian Cardwell scored a season-high 10 points three times, but missed four games and played sparingly in two more games due to a foot injury. MORE ON PARKER... Senior Jason Parker had a streak of 26 consecutive doublefigure scoring games snapped with just eight points against UTEP ( )... in the eight games prior to that, he averaged 21.6 points... he had a stretch of 10 games in which he scored 20+ points seven times... he scored 30 points for the third time in his career with 30 points against Fresno State ( ), and followed that with a 25-point performance against San Jose State ( ) and 26 points vs. Hawaii ( )... Parker totaled 490 points this year for a 16.9 average and tallied 20+ points in 10 games, and had 17 for his career. GLENN GETS BACK ON TRACK... Junior Jarius Glenn averaged 12.8 points and 5.5 rebounds in the final 12 games, after averaging just 4.3 points and 2.0 rebounds in the previous three games... Glenn scored in double-figures in 19 games on the year, including 11 of Tulsa's first 14 games... in the first 14 games, Glenn averaged 14.2 points and 7.6 rebounds... Glenn had 24 points, 8 rebounds a career-best 7 assists and 3 steals vs. Rice ( )... he had his first career 20-point scoring game with a 26- point performance against Oral Roberts, and bettered that with a career-high 27 points against Arkansas... against Arkansas, Glenn converted 7-of-14 field goals and 13-of-15 from the free throw line... against, ORU, he connected on 10-of-17 from the field and 6-of-8 from the free throw line... he now has four career 20-point scoring games, all this season... Glenn's previous-best was 19 points a year ago against Nevada... he had 19 double-figure scoring games this year and 40 for his career WAC Standings Pl. School WAC OVL 1. Nevada UTEP Boise State Rice Hawaii Fresno State Louisiana Tech SMU Tulsa San Jose State *WAC Games WAC Preseason Polls Media Poll Rk Teams (1st Place) Pts 1. Nevada (15) Fresno State (5) Hawaii (1) Tulsa Rice SMU Boise State Louisiana Tech UTEP San Jose State 26 Coaches Poll Rk Teams (1st Place ) Pts 1. Nevada (8) Rice Hawaii Fresno State Tulsa (2) SMU Boise State Louisiana Tech UTEP San Jose State 9 A SOLID FRESHMAN GROUP... Among the newcomers, three freshmen saw valuable playing time with an average of 15.4 minutes, while also averaging 12.8 points per game between them... guard Kenneth Kelley averaged 18.2 minutes with 5.8 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 0.8 steals... forward Charles Ramsdell averaged 3.7 points and 2.4 rebounds in 14.6 minutes of playing time... forward Brian Cardwell played 13.5 minutes and averages 3.3 points and 2.6 rebounds, but missed four games. The TULSA Key: We are... The University of Tulsa, not Tulsa University We are... TU, not UT We are... the Golden Hurricane, not Hurricanes (No "s")

4 page 4/tulsa golden hurricane final release BLANKENSHIP GETS HIS CHANCE... Sophomore walk-on Kyle Blankenship received his first career start vs. Rice ( ) and saw the most minutes of his career (34) and had career-highs in points (11) and rebounds (3)... previously, Blankenship had played just 48 minutes in his two-year career prior to the Rice game... he played a total of 11 minutes in , sat out last year and had 37 minutes of playing time coming into the Rice game this year... in the next game, he played 22 minutes in a starting role vs. Fresno State ( )... on the year, he averaged 2.3 points in 14.3 minutes over 14 games and had seven starting assignments... he set new career-highs of 13 points and 3 assists vs. San Jose State ( ). THIS-AND-THAT... Tulsa had nine different starting lineups this year Tulsa players averaged double-figure minutes this year... freshman Charles Ramsdell and sophomore Kyle Blankenship had their first career starts against Rice ( )... Tulsa's streak of five straight 20+ win seasons was snapped... the Hurricane had its second double-overtime loss in five games with a loss at Rice ( )... Tulsa lost on Jan. 31 against Hawaii at home in double-overtime, it marked the 18th time in school history that Tulsa has had a double-overtime game... Tulsa had its second-best field goal percentage shooting half in the history of the Reynolds Center against San Jose State ( ) by shooting.737 from the field in the second half... the best was.743 against Prairie View A&M on Dec. 30, 2000, also in the second half SMU LET'S TALK FREE THROWS... Jason Parker had his streak of 30 straight free throws made snapped with a miss of his first attempt against Rice ( )... his streak began against Fresno State ( )... before his streak began, Parker had a.676 free throw percentage, but finished the season shooting.771 percent from the charity stripe... sophomore Anthony Price connected on just 4-of-21 free throws for 19-percent in Tulsa's first 16 games... in the last 13 games, Price shot.600 from the free throw line while connecting on 24-of in that stretch, he had four games of perfect free throw shooting, hitting 2-of-2 vs. Nevada and Boise State, 5-of-5 at Rice and 1-of-1 at Hawaii... Price's season free throw percentage ended at.459 percent. A LOW POINT... Tulsa scored a season-low 41 points against Fresno State ( )... it's the fewest points ever scored in the Reynolds Center for the Hurricane... the previous low was 53 points against UNLV on Feb. 15, it is also the lowest for the Hurricane since scoring 40 points against Gonzaga on Nov. 21, 1997, in Fairbanks, Alaska in the first round of the Top of the World Classic... Tulsa's previous scoring low this year was 56 points vs. UTEP at home... Tulsa's 20 first-half points vs. Fresno State was also a scoring low for the Hurricane ever at the Reynolds Center... the previous low was 25 points, which occurred in the first half against UNLV on Feb. 16, 1999 and also in the second half against Fresno State on Mar. 5, Tulsa Golden Hurricane Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl-L Hometown High School/JUCO 2 Chris Wallace G So-1L Broken Arrow, Okla. Broken Arrow H.S. 3 Kenneth Kelley G Fr-HS Dallas, Texas Carter H.S. 4 Trevor Meier G So-Sq Alva, Okla. Alva H.S. 5 Brett McDade# G Fr-HS Denton, Texas Ryan H.S. 11 Jarius Glenn F Jr-2L Decatur, Ga. Avondale H.S. 12 Kyle Blankenship G So-RS Shreveport, La. Byrd H.S. 14 Jason Parker G Sr-3L Tulsa, Okla. Memorial H.S. 24 Seneca Collins G So-1L Dallas, Texas Duncanville H.S. 33 Oswaldo Gonzalez# C Jr-JC Caracas, Venezuela Jacksonville (Texas) College 34 Guilherme Teichmann F Jr-JC Santa Cruz, Brazil South Plains CC 41 Charles Ramsdell F Fr-HS Kingfisher, Okla. Kingfisher H.S. 42 Sam Belt# G Fr-HS Broken Arrow, Okla. Broken Arrow H.S. 44 Brian Cardwell C/F Fr. Sapulpa, Okla. Sapulpa H.S. 50 Anthony Price F So-1L Woodlands, Texas The Woodlands H.S. Head Coach: John Phillips (Oklahoma State '73), 3rd year Assistant Coaches: Steve Cooper (Northeastern Oklahoma 78), Kwanza Johnson (Tulsa 95), Alvin Pooh Williamson (Tulsa 96) Director of Basketball Operations: Ja Havens (Northeastern Oklahoma 98) #Redshirting the season

5 page 5/tulsa golden hurricane final release NOT GOOD... In Tulsa's final 10 losses, Tulsa lost two games in double-overtime, and lost seven contests by double digits... in Tulsa's first 10 losses on the year, all the losses were by single digits... the Hurricane had four losses by 20 or more points this year... Tulsa's 22-point loss at home to Nevada was the worst home loss since a 24-point loss against Louisville on Feb. 15, 1977 at the Tulsa Convention Center... it was the worst loss overall since a 23-point setback at Kansas, 92-69, on Dec. 16, Tulsa had three straight double-digit losses coming against Nevada, Boise State and UTEP... the last time Tulsa lost by double-figures in three straight games was in (three losses in five games)... Tulsa was swept in the season series by Nevada, UTEP and SMU for the first time since those teams joined the WAC... Tulsa's 30-point loss at Hawaii was the biggest loss for the Hurricane since a 41-point setback against Duke in the second round of the 1999 NCAA Tournament. RAMSDELL HITS GAME-WINNER TO SNAP LOSING STREAK... Tulsa freshman Charles Ramsdell had a put-back basket off a rebound to score the winning basket with 0:03 left in the game against Boise State ( ) at home... the win snapped a four-game losing streak, the longest for the Hurricane since the season... against Boise State, after scoring 37 first-half points the Hurricane scored just 10 second-half points in the first 16:50 minutes and 11 points in the final 3:10 of the game. DOUBLE-DIGIT WINS... In Tulsa's nine wins, six of those victories were by double-digits while two wins have been by one point... the Hurricane had a 19.5 scoring margin in those six double-digit victories... Tulsa had a 13.9 win margin in its nine wins... in the three years with John Phillips as head coach, Tulsa has scored double-figure wins in 40 of Phillips' 59 victories of those wins have been by more than 20 points... Tulsa's largest win margin in the Phillips' era was 47 points against Morris Brown on Nov. 24, AGAINST THE WAC... Since joining the Western Athletic Conference, Tulsa has posted an record in WAC regular season games (not including post-season tournament competition) for a.654 win percentage... the only team that Tulsa did not defeat in WAC play was Utah (the Utes left the WAC following the season). Tulsa has won or shared three regular season WAC titles, and has won one WAC Tournament title in 2003 while making it to the championship game of the WAC Tournament four straight years ( ). The Hurricane has a league mark when combined with post-season tournament play for a.651 winning percentage... Tulsa has a record at home against WAC opponents for a.806 winning percentage... Tulsa is vs. the WAC at the Reynolds Center for a.789 win percentage. Since joining the WAC, Tulsa has a record for a.678 win percentage against current WAC members, including 12-5 vs. SMU, 14-1 vs. San Jose State, 12-2 vs. UTEP, 6-9 vs. Hawaii, 13-4 vs. Rice, 5-10 vs. Fresno State, 7-2 vs. Nevada, 5-2 vs. Boise State and 4-2 vs. Louisiana Tech. PRICE NAMED WAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK... Sophomore forward Anthony Price was selected as the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the week of Nov in a pair of road games, Price averaged 15.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks... in an 8-point loss to 14th-ranked Oklahoma, he had 12 points and 3 rebounds... he tallied career-highs of 19 points, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 steals against TCU, while also shooting 82-percent from the field on 9-of for the week, he shot.789 percent on 15-of-19 from the field.

6 page 6/tulsa golden hurricane final release PARKER NAMED PRESEASON ALL-WAC... Senior guard Jason Parker was named to the preseason all-wac teams as selected by both the media and coaches... he was a second-team selection last year after leading the Hurricane in scoring, assists and steals... Parker averaged 15.4 points, 4.1 assists and 1.9 steals a year ago. ON THE ROAD... Tulsa had an unusual 2-12 road record in in recent years, Tulsa has been a good road team... in the previous 10 seasons, Tulsa had only two losing seasons on the road, a 6-8 mark in and a 5-6 record in , and has lost six or more games in just four seasons... the 12 road losses are the most since losing 13 road games in the season when Tulsa posted a 1-13 road record... Tulsa's best road record the last 10 years was 10-2 in HURRICANE AT THE REYNOLDS CENTER... In six seasons in the Donald W. Reynolds Center, the Hurricane has posted a record in their home arena for an.798 winning percentage... the Hurricane ended the home sesaon with a 7-7 record... Tulsa posted a 14-3 record last year, 13-3 in , 16-3 in , 14-1 in and after opening the Reynolds Center on Dec. 29, 1998 a 7-1 in in Tulsa s 14 home wins last year, the Hurricane won by a 15.0 win margin and had 11 double digit wins... in , Tulsa had a 19.8 margin in the 13 home victories... in Tulsa s 71 wins at the Reynolds Center, 53 of those victories have been by double digits... Tulsa has a 24-6 non-conference record at the Reynolds Center. SOPHOMORE IMPROVEMENT... Three Tulsa sophomores saw significantly more playing time in than in their true freshman seasons... forward Anthony Price averaged 28.4 minutes as compared to 8.8 minutes a year ago, an increase of 19.6 minutes... Price averaged 8.2 points and 3.0 rebounds more this year than in guard Seneca Collins averaged 23.9 minutes this year, up 16.6 minutes from 7.3 minutes a year ago... Collins averaged 7.5 points, a 5.7 increase over his freshman season... guard Chris Wallace averaged 11.2 minutes, an increase of 3.6 minutes from last year's total of 7.6 minutes Frosh-to-Soph Difference Min Pts Reb Min Pts Reb Min Pts Reb Price Collins Wallace THE WIN-LOSS DIFFERENCE... In Tulsa's 20 losses, Hurricane opponents made 107 more free throws and went to the line 128 more times... the opposition shot.704 from the line (338-of-480), while Tulsa has a.666 free throw percentage (231-of-347) in those 20 losses... Tulsa shot 49-percent or better from the field only eight times, and won five of those games... Tulsa was out-rebounded by an 8.6 average in the 20 losses (opponents have 782 rebounds for 41.2 average, and Tulsa has 607 rebounds for a 31.9 average)... Tulsa has been out-rebounded in 16 of the 19 losses... the Nevada ( ), UTEP (2-7-04) and Rice ( ) losses, all of the road, were the only times that the Hurricane had 14 or more assists in a loss... every other time Tulsa had at least 14 assists the Hurricane had a 7-0 record... in Tulsa's 20 losses, only seven times had the Hurricane had 11 assists or more. TULSA HAS 37 SELLOUTS AT REYNOLDS CENTER... Tulsa has 37 career sellouts in 89 games at the Reynolds Center, including seven in each of the previous two years... in , Tulsa sold out the arena twice, against Arkansas and Gonzaga... before a crowd of 4,735 fans showed up for the WAC Tournament quarterfinal game against UTEP, Tulsa's previous attendance low at the Reynolds Center was 7,246 fans against Jackson State in the season... Tulsa drew a standing room crowd four times in the season, with the biggest crowd in Reynolds Center history coming against Kansas with 8,555 fans.

7 page 7/tulsa golden hurricane final release TULSA'S LAST DECADE AMONG NATION'S BEST TEAMS... Tulsa has become one of the nation's winningest basketball programs throughout the 1980s, '90s and into the 2000s... entering this season, Tulsa's 243 wins over 10 years ranked eighth nationally, while its.732 winning percentage in that same time was 11th in the nation... Tulsa's 131 wins in the previous five years ranked sixth nationally... since the season, Tulsa has now posted a record (including ) for a winning percentage of Tulsa has had 22 winning seasons in the last 23 years and has had 15 seasons with 20 or more wins in that time span. TULSA CLOSED THE SEASON WITH 20+ WINS AGAIN... With a overall record last year, the Hurricane hit the 20- win plateau for the fifth straight year... the five straight years of 20+ wins is the longest string of 20+ win seasons in a row... the previous-best was four times, which occurred twice ( to and to )... Tulsa's 23 wins mark the ninth time in the last 10 years in which Tulsa has won 20 games... Tulsa has reached at least 23 victories 13 times in school history. TULSA GRABS WAC TITLE A YEAR AGO... Tulsa reached the championship game of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament for the fourth straight year last season, and this time the Hurricane captured the league crown with a win over Nevada... Tulsa had lost the three previous years in the championship game... Tulsa is in its eighth year as a league member. TULSA MADE THE BIG DANCE AGAIN IN Tulsa made its eighth appearance in the past 10 years with an NCAA appearance in since the season, Tulsa has played in eight NCAA Tournaments, and has advanced to the second round in seven of those years... the Hurricane defeated Dayton in the first round of the 2003 NCAA event by a score... the double-digit victory marked the fourth time in the last eight NCAA tournaments, that the Hurricane has won its first round game by double-figures... Tulsa has seven victories as the lower seeded team since in 2003, Tulsa defeated #22 Dayton, 84-71, in the NCAA first round, then dropped its second round game, 61-60, to Wisconsin on a three-point basket with 0:01 remaining in the game. Career Steal Leaders 1. Eric Coley ( ) Steve Harris ( ) Shea Seals ( ) Paul Pressey ( ) Dante Swanson ( ) Lou Dawkins ( ) Jason Parker (2000-pres.) Herb Johnson ( ) 143 Career Assists Leaders 1. Greg Harrington ( ) Byron Boudreaux ( ) Shea Seals ( ) Lou Dawkins ( ) Eric Coley ( ) Jason Parker (2000-pres.) Antonio Reed ( ) Rod Thompson ( ) 318 Career Points Leaders 1. Shea Seals ( ) Steve Harris ( ) Tracy Moore ( ) Gary Collier ( ) Kevin Johnson ( ) 1577 Greg Harrington ( ) Willie Biles ( ) Bob Patterson ( ) Dante Swanson ( ) Jason Parker (2000-pres.) David Moss ( ) Marcus Hill ( ) 1389 Career 3-Pointers Made 1. Shea Seals ( ) Dante Swanson ( ) Marcus Hill ( ) Greg Harrington ( ) Gary Collier ( ) Jason Parker (2000-pres.) Cordell Love ( ) Rod Thompson ( ) 135 Games Played 1. Greg Harrington ( ) Dante Swanson ( ) Marcus Hill ( ) Jason Parker ( ) Kevin Johnson (1999-pres.) 132 Charlie Davis (1999-pes.) Eric Coley ( ) 131 TULSA STORYLINES... Senior guard Jason Parker, in his fourth season, already graduated last spring. He earned his degree in management information systems and is currently working towards a second degree in economics. He led Tulsa last year in scoring, assists and steals. Brian Cardwell, a 6 10 freshman, played professional baseball the last four years in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He was selected in the fourth round of the 1999 Major League Baseball draft by the Blue Jays. He pitched the 2003 season with Dunedin in the Florida State League. He was an all-state basketball performer as a prep senior at Sapulpa (Okla.) High School. Charles Ramsdell, a 6 10 freshman, won the state championship in the high jump three straight years, and jumped a school record 6-feet, 10-inches. Although Tulsa has added seven newcomers, the Hurricane has added some maturity too. Two JC transfers Oswaldo Gonzalez and Guilherme Teichmann, and freshman Brian Cardwell not only give Tulsa height, all three 6'9" or better, but give Tulsa maturity with ages of 20, 22 and 24 years old. Gonzalez is redshirting this season.

8 page 8/tulsa golden hurricane final release UNUSUAL... Tulsa's 9-20 record was the worst since the season when the Hurricane had an 8-20 mark... Tulsa started 0-3 in WAC play this year for the first time in Tulsa's eight years in the WAC, and the worst conference start since when Tulsa started 0-3 in the Missouri Valley Conference... Tulsa's eight-game losing streak was the most since losing nine consecutive games in two seasons, losing the last two games in and the first seven games of the season... Tulsa's seven home losses is the most since an 8-7 home record in THE PLAYERS... Kyle Blankenship a walk-on athlete... played in 14 games and averaged 14.3 minutes... averaged 2.5 points... started seven of the last eight games and has played a total of 145 minutes for an average of 18.1 minutes in the final eight games... played a career-best 34 minutes in his first starting role vs. Rice ( ), and had 11 points and 3 rebounds in that game... before the Rice game, he played a total of 37 minutes in just six games for an average of 6.2 minutes... had career-bests of 13 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists at San Jose State ( )... his previous career-high for minutes played was 11 minutes against UTEP (2-7-04)... had his first career 3-pointer for his previous career-high 3 points vs. Nevada ( )... played 2 minutes in the season opener, and did not see playing time again until the seventh game at Wichita State... played 9 minutes vs. WSU... has played in 26 career games... redshirted last year... has 37 career points, 14 assists and 13 steals. Brian Cardwell averaged 13.5 minutes, 3.3 points and 2.6 rebounds in 25 games this year... missed four games due to a foot injury... has started five games... had 24 blocks, including a season-best 5 vs. Texas State... had five games with 2 or more blocked shots... had 9 points and 6 rebounds in 21 minutes vs. Louisiana Tech (3-6-04)... tallied 6 points and 4 rebounds in 13 minutes vs. SMU (3-4-04)... had 4 points, 2 rebounds, one block and one steal vs. Fresno State ( )... had his best game since returning from his injury with 6 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists vs. Boise State (2-5-04)... had 7 rebounds and 2 steals vs. UTEP ( )... has scored a season-high 10 points in three games this year... tallied 10 points, 7 rebounds and a season-high 5 blocked shots vs. Texas State... had 10 points and a seasonhigh 8 rebounds vs. Wichita State... had 10 points on 4-of-5 from the field vs. New Mexico State... had a double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds in the second exhibition game against Northwest Sports... in his first season after playing professional baseball with the Toronto Blue Jays organization since was an all-state basketball player at Sapulpa High School... was a four-year letterwinner and three-year starter... averaged 17.6 points, 11.1 rebounds and 5.2 blocks... helped lead his team to three Oklahoma Class 6A Final Fours. Seneca Collins played in all 29 games this season, and started 17 games, including the first five contests... started 12 games before coming off the bench against Rice ( )... saw his first career start this year vs. Northwestern State... has 8 career double-figure scoring games, including 7 this year... averaged 7.5 points and 2.3 rebounds in 23.9 minutes... had 8 points and 2 blocks vs. SMU (3-4-06)... had 8 points and a career-best 4 assists at San Jose State ( )... tallied a team-high 11 points vs. Fresno State ( )... had 10 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals in 34 minutes vs. Rice ( )... had 9 points and 2 rebounds in 15 minutes vs. UTEP (2-7-04)... tallied 16 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals vs. San Jose State ( )... had 12 points vs. UTEP (1-8-04)... established a new careerhigh for the third time this year with 17 points vs. Louisiana Tech (1-3-04), while knocking down a career-high 5-of-6 three-pointers... started the Arkansas game, and had 8 points... in the three games before that, he came off bench and averaged 10.3 points... had 14 points with 4 three-pointers vs. Texas State... had 8 points off the bench vs. Wichita State... had 9 points off the bench vs. New Mexico State... had 11 points in 24 minutes vs.northwestern (La.) State... played in 31 games as a true freshman... his previous career scoring best prior to this year was 12 points on 4-of-8 three-pointers vs. UTEP ( ) last year... has played in 60 career games and averages 4.6 points (275) and 1.5 rebounds (92).

9 page 9/tulsa golden hurricane final release Jarius Glenn averaged 12.6 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.5 steals in 32.2 minutes... named to the WAC's all-defensive team this year as voted on by the league's coaches... has played in 96 career games and has 50 starts... has 40 career double-figure scoring games, including 19 this year... has four career double-doubles... had four 20-point scoring games in totaled 17 points and 6 rebounds vs. SMU in the WAC Tournament... had 15 points, 4 steals and 3 assists vs. Louisiana Tech (3-6-04)... tallied 13 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks vs. San Jose State ( )... had 13 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals in 27 minutes vs. Gonzaga ( )... had 24 points, 8 rebounds, a career-high 7 assists and 3 steals vs. Rice ( )... had 10 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists vs. UTEP (2-7-04)... had a team-high 18 points and added 4 rebounds, and 2 assists vs. Boise State (2-5-04)... had his fourth career double-double and third this year with 15 points and 10 rebounds vs. Hawaii ( )... had 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 steals vs. Rice ( )... had 12 points and 8 rebounds vs. UTEP (1-8-04)... tallied 11 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks vs. SMU (1-6-04)... had 11 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists vs. Louisiana Tech (1-3-04)... tallied a career-best 27 points and tied a career-high 13 rebounds vs. Arkansas... had 26 points against Oral Roberts and added 8 rebounds... had his first double-double this year with 16 points and 11 rebounds vs. Georgia State... had 10 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists vs. TCU... tallied 15 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals vs. Oklahoma... had his first career double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds vs. Nevada ( ) in the 2003 WAC Tournament Championship game... has career averages of 8.7 points (834) and 4.4 rebounds (422) in 96 games. Kenneth Kelley averaged 5.8 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 0.8 steals in 18.2 minutes... started four games... had five double-figure scoring games... had a five-game stretch (between the two meetings with Nevada) with a 2.6 steals average... tallied 12 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds in 30 minutes vs. Boise State (2-5-04)... had 8 points and a season-best 5 assists vs. Nevada (2-2-04)... tallied 14 points, including 12 in the second-half, and had a career-high 4 steals vs. San Jose State ( )... had 6 points and 4 rebounds vs. Fresno State ( )... tallied 9 points vs. Nevada ( ), all on three-pointers in the first half, and also had a career-high 4 steals in that game... scored 12 points while connecting on 3-of-4 three-pointers vs. SMU... had 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals vs. Louisiana Tech (1-3-04)... had 11 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists vs. Texas State... saw his first career-start vs. Wichita State, and had 6 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists... had a career-high 17 points and added 3 rebounds and 3 assists at TCU... had 8 points and 4 assists vs. New Mexico State... was a three-year letterwinner and starter at Dallas Carter High School... averaged 22 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 4.1 steals per game as a prep senior... was the District 10-5A Player of the Year... had a prep career scoring average of 21.3 points. Trevor Meier has played in 19 career games, including eight this year... played two minutes vs. Gonzaga ( ), three minutes vs. Rice ( ), one minute vs. UTEP (2-7-04), two minutes vs. Nevada (2-2-04), three minutes vs. Nevada ( ), two minutes vs. Texas State and one minute vs. TCU... played 4 minutes and connected on his only 3-pointer in the season opener vs. Northwestern State... played in 11 games last year after redshirting in the season... played a total of 27 minutes last year... had career-bests of 7 points vs. Hawaii ( ) and 5 rebounds against UTEP ( ). Jason Parker played in all 133 games since coming to Tulsa, and started 63 contests... was a preseason all-wac selection in both the media and coaches polls... named second-team CoSIDA Academic All-America this year... earned second-team all-wac honors for the second straight season... surpassed the 1,000 career point total vs. ORU and completed his career with 1,401 points... ranks 10th on the school's career scoring chart... averaged 16.9 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.6 steals... scored 20+ points in 10 games this year... had 25 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds vs. Rice ( )... had his streak of 26 straight double-digit scoring games snapped with 8 points vs. UTEP (2-7-04)... had 21 points and 3 steals vs. Nevada (2-2-04)... totaled a game-high 26 points vs. Hawaii ( )... had 25 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists vs. San Jose State ( )... had a season-best 30 points vs. Fresno State ( )... had 15 points and a season-best 7 assists vs. Nevada ( )... had a game-high 22 points, and added

10 page 10/tulsa golden hurricane final release 3 steals, 3 rebounds and 2 assists vs. Rice ( )... totalled a game-high 22 points and added 4 steals and 3 rebounds vs. Boise State ( )... had a game-high 19 points and added 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals vs. UTEP (1-6-04)... had 17 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds vs. SMU (1-6-03)... had 18 points, a career-best 9 rebounds, 6 assists and a season-high 4 steals vs. Texas State... tied a season-best with 23 points vs. ORU, while adding 5 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 assists... had team-highs of 20 points and 4 assists vs. Oklahoma... scored a game-high 23 points and added 7 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 assists in the season opener vs. Northwestern (La.) State... was a third-team CoSIDA Academic All-America selection last year... has 71 career double-figure scoring games, including 27 games this season... had 17 career 20+ scoring games, including 10 this season... ranks seventh on the school's career steals list with had 322 career assists to rank sixth on the school's all-time list... had three career 30+ scoring games... had a career-best 33 points at Louisiana Tech ( ) in the season... surpassed 400 points for the second straight year, becoming just the 21st player in school history to surpass 400 points in consecutive seasons... averaged 10.5 points (1,401), 2.5 rebounds (327), 2.4 assists (322) and 1.2 steals (166) in 133 career games. Anthony Price averaged 10.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 0.9 blocked shots in 28.4 minutes per game... has 25 starts this year, including the first seven games... had 16 double-figure scoring games this year, including 12 of the last 17 games, and also has 16 for his career... has three career double-figure rebounding games, all three coming this year... had 7 points and 10 rebounds vs. SMU in the WAC Tournament... had a team-high 16 points and added 3 rebounds at San Jose State ( )... had 17 points and 4 rebounds at Hawaii ( )... tallied 17 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals vs. Rice ( )... had a team-high 13 points vs. UTEP (2-7-04)... totaled 18 points and 8 rebounds vs. Nevada (2-2-04)... had 8 points, 11 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks vs. Hawaii ( )... totaled 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks vs. San Jose State ( )... had 14 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists vs. Fresno State ( )... totaled a team-high 18 points and added 6 rebounds vs. Nevada ( )... had his first career double-double with 16 points and a career-best 11 rebounds vs. Rice ( ), while adding career-bests of 4 steals and 4 blocks... tallied 16 points and tied a career-best 9 rebounds vs. Boise State ( )... scored 12 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks vs. Arkansas to snap a streak of four games of not scoring in double-figures... was named the WAC Player of the Week for his performances vs. TCU and Oklahoma, while averaging 15.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks, and shooting.789 from the field... tallied career-bests of 19 points, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 steals vs. TCU, as his career-bests for rebounds, blocks and steals has since been re-established this year... scored 12 points vs. Oklahoma and added 3 rebounds and 2 blocks... had 16 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals vs. Georgia State... had his first career start in the season opener with 2 points and 3 rebounds in 15 minutes... was the only freshman to play in all 33 games last year... averaged 2.3 points and 1.8 rebounds in 8.8 minutes per game last year... has played in all 62 games since coming to Tulsa... has career averages of 6.1 points (379) and 3.2 rebounds (197) in 62 career games. Charles Ramsdell averaged 3.7 points and 2.4 rebounds in 14.6 minutes... played in all but two games as a true freshman... missed the San Jose State ( ) and SMU (3-4-04) games... received his first career start against Rice ( ), and had 2 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in 19 minutes... had two starts this year, including the Rice ( ) and Fresno State ( ) games... had his second double-figure scoring game of the season with 10 points vs. UTEP (2-7-04), and added 7 rebounds in 17 minutes... tallied 7 points, 5 rebounds and a season-best 3 blocks vs. Hawaii ( )... had 8 points on 3-of-3 from the field and 2-of-2 from 3-point range vs. Nevada ( )... had his only rebound and field goal against Boise State ( ) with a game-winning putback basket with 0:03 remaining in the game... ended the BSU game with 3 points... had a season-best 13 points and 8 rebounds in 35 minutes vs. ORU... also had 8 points each vs. Oklahoma and New Mexico State... had 6 points and 6 rebounds in 19 minutes vs. Northwestern (La.) State... was a three-year letterwinner and starter at Kingfisher High School... was a Tulsa World and Daily Oklahoman all-state selection as a senior... averaged 20.2 points, 10.1 rebounds and 4.0 blocks his senior season... was also the three-time state champion in the high jump, jumping his height 6'10" both his junior and senior seasons.

11 page 11/tulsa golden hurricane final release Guilherme Teichmann averaged 6.1 points and 6.0 rebounds... started 24 games... started the first eight games... started 10 straight contests until coming off the bench at Rice ( )... was back in he starting lineup against Gonzaga ( )... averaged 22.0 minutes... had 17 games with six or more rebounds, and seven games with nine or more rebounds... had four doubledigit rebounding and scoring games this year... averaged 19.0 points and 8 rebounds in the final two games of the season... had 14 points and 6 rebounds vs. SMU in the WAC Tournament... had a career-best 24 points and added 10 rebounds for his second career double-double against Louisiana Tech (3-6-04)... tallied 7 points and 5 rebounds at Hawaii ( )... had 7 points and 4 rebounds vs. Rice ( )... had 6 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists vs. Boise State (2-5-04)... had 10 points, 7 rebounds and a career-best 4 blocks vs. San Jose State ( )... had back-toback career-highs in rebounds with 11 boards vs. Nevada ( )... also had a career-best 11 rebounds and added 8 points vs. Rice ( )... had 9 rebounds in starting roles vs. UTEP ( ) and Boise State ( )... had 4 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals vs. SMU (1-6-04)... had 6 points and 6 rebounds vs. Texas State... tallied 8 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals vs. New Mexico State... had 8 points and 6 rebounds vs. Oklahoma... had a double-double in his first career game with 14 points and 10 rebounds in 30 minutes vs. Northwestern State... a transfer from South Plains (Texas) Community College... averaged 7.1 points and 4.4 rebounds... helped his team post a 31-4 record and national ranking of sixth in Chris Wallace played in 26 games this year, and had three starts... started against New Mexico State Louisiana Tech (1-3-04) and SMU (3-9-04)... averaged 1.5 points, 0.9 assists and 1.0 rebounds in 11.2 minutes... had 5 points in 15 minutes at Hawaii ( )... had a season-best 8 points in 14 minutes vs. UTEP... tallied a career -best 7 assists vs. Arkansas this year... was in the starting lineup against New Mexico State for his first career start... missed the Georgia State and Fresno State ( ) games... had a season-best of 6 points vs. ORU and Texas State... also had season-bests of 3 rebounds and added 4 assists vs. ORU... saw his most career minutes with 30 minutes vs. ORU... played 17 minutes and had a game-high 4 assists vs. Northwestern (La.) State... played in 26 games as a freshman last year... averaged 1.2 points in 7.6 minutes of playing time last year... had a career-best 10 points vs. UTEP ( ) a year ago... has played in 52 career games. PLAYERS WHO REDSHIRTED... Sam Belt a walk-on athlete... redshirted this season... averaged 17.7 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists as a senior at Broken Arrow (Okla.) High School... was co-mvp of the Frontier Conference his senior season. Oswaldo Gonzalez an international player, who was reinstated by the NCAA on Jan redshirted the remainder of the year, and will have one season of eligibility remaining... a transfer from Jacksonville (Texas) College... averaged 10.0 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.8 blocks his sophomore season... was an honorable mention all-region selection... had 9 points and 12 rebounds in the National JUCO All-Star Game for the USA All-Star team against the Region II All-Stars. Brett McDade redshirted the season... averaged 26.8 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.9 steals his senior season at Denton Ryan High School... was a Class 4A all-state first team selection... completed his career as the school's all-time leading scorer with 2,132 career points.

12 page 12/tulsa golden hurricane final release Charting Tulsa Basketball Since Year Head Coach Record Conference Titles NCAA/NIT (Record) Nolan Richardson 26-7 NIT Champions (5-0) same 24-6 MVC Tournament Champions NCAA First Round (0-1) same NIT First Round (0-1) same 27-4 MVC co-champions/tourn. Champs NCAA First Round (0-1) same 23-8 MVC Champions NCAA First Round (0-1) J.D. Barnett 23-9 MVC Tournament Champions NCAA First Round (0-1) same 22-8 MVC Champions NCAA First Round (0-1) same same same NIT First Round (0-1) same NIT First Round (0-1) Tubby Smith same same 23-8 MVC Champions NCAA Sweet Sixteen (2-1) same 24-8 MVC Champions NCAA Sweet Sixteen (2-1) Steve Robinson 22-8 MVC Tournament Champions NCAA First Round (0-1) same NCAA Second Round (1-1) Bill Self same WAC co-champions NCAA Second Round (1-1) same 32-5 WAC Champions NCAA Elite Eight (3-1) Buzz Peterson NIT Champions (5-0) John Phillips 27-7 WAC-co-Champions NCAA Second Round (1-1) same WAC Tournament Champions NCAA Second Round (1-1) same 9-20 Totals Reg. Season Titles 13 NCAA Appearances (11-13) (.672) 5 Tournament Titles 5 NIT Appearances (10-3) Coach Phillips and Wife Help Local Schools by Inches and Miles... Tulsa Head Basketball Coach John Phillips and wife Leah purchased 200 of the children s book Inch and Miles: The Journey to Success and donated these books to the school library of local elementary schools. The book, written by Legendary Basketball Coach John Wooden, is based upon Coach Wooden s Pyramid of Success. Inch and Miles: The Journey to Success delivers a gentle message about the personal greatness that lives within all of us. Over 160 local elementary schools have already received the books. Coach Phillips and Tulsa basketball players, Jason Parker and Jarius Glenn, spent some time at Mark Twain Elementary School on Monday, November 10, reading to the school children to kickoff the book campaign. The book's forward reads... Inch and Miles have one final assignment before summer vacation begins. Their wise teacher, Mr. Wooden, has asked them the meaning of success. Using a magic silver whistle, Inch and Miles set out on a journey to discover the blocks of the Pyramid of Success and learn how to try 100 percent to be their personal bests. From Axelrod and Ant, who teaches the two the value of Hard Work, to Albert the Alligator, who stresses Confidence, Inch and Miles meet 14 characters representing values with a certain guarantee of Success. When Inch and Miles have completed their journey and returned to the classroom, they understand when Mr. Wooden says: Success isn t having trophies or toys. It isn t a medal or friends of your choice. What is Success? That s easy to see. It s trying to be the best you can be! Don t worry what others may have or might say. When trying your best, Success comes your way. Coach Wooden amassed 10 national championships, 7 in a row, along with 4 perfect seasons, an 88- game winning streak, and 38 straight victories in tournament play as the Head Basketball Coach at UCLA. The book was written with best-selling author Steve Jamison and Peanut Louie Harper, and illustrated by Susan F. Cornelison.