Tulsa almost never trailed....almost. The Hurricane led Kent State most of the night but down the stretch the Golden Flashes made one more play than Tulsa could and beat TU 75-74 in a first round NIT match up in Akron.

Tulsa looked to be in good shape at the half, leading 35-28. But Kent State heated up in the second, shooting 53% from the field including knocking down five threes. 

TU was led by Jerome Jordan who scored 23 points and brought down 12 rebounds in his final game while Justin Hurtt added 22. Ben Uzoh, playing the last game of his magnificent Tulsa career put in 14 for the Hurricane.

Tulsa closes the year 23-12.]]> http://krmg.com/blogs/krmg_sports_with_rick_couri/2010/03/tulsas-season-ends-with-a-firs.html http://krmg.com/blogs/krmg_sports_with_rick_couri/2010/03/tulsas-season-ends-with-a-firs.html Ben Uzoh Doug Wojcik Kent State basketball NIT Tulsa basketball Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:47:10 -0600

The Tulsa Drillers revealed new team uniforms and caps during a press conference Monday afternoon at ONEOK Field. The new look for the Drillers will feature a rich, royal blue as the team's new primary color. With the new uniforms, the Drillers have kept their primary logo, while tweaking the colors within it.

The new home uniforms are white with blue trim and feature the Drillers script logo across the front. The home jerseys will also have the player's names across the backs. The road uniforms feature light grey pants and jerseys with Tulsa printed across the front.

The Drillers will now have only one on-field game cap. It is also a solid, royal blue with the team's "T" logo in front outlined in a light blue. It is the same "T" that was introduced in 2004, but the colors have been changed and enhanced to approve its appearance. It will be worn for all home and road games. A third, alternate jersey was also introduced during the press conference. It is solid blue with copper piping and has the Drillers logo across the front. This jersey will be worn on special occasions for both home and road games.

To view a photo album of the new uniforms, Click Here. Drillers General Manager Mike Melega said the team wanted to take advantage of its move into a new stadium to change and improve the club's look on the field. "When we became a Colorado Rockies affiliate in 2003, we did not change our uniforms until the following year," Melega said. "In the end, we felt like that was a mistake, and we wanted to make sure we took advantage of our move into a brand-new facility and offer a brand-new look," he added. "Part of the thinking with our change is to give the team a strong, primary color that will allow our fans to relate with our players. We want to encourage fans to wear blue to the games and turn ONEOK Field into a sea of blue."

The new caps are already on sale at ONEOK Field and at TulsaDrillers.com. An assortment of T-shirts, jerseys and sweatshirts will also be available shortly. The Drillers are scheduled to open the 2010 season with the opening of ONEOK Field on Thursday, April 8. Tulsa will host Corpus Christi at 7:05PM in the first game. ]]> http://krmg.com/blogs/krmg_sports_with_rick_couri/2010/03/see-the-drillers-new-uniforms.html http://krmg.com/blogs/krmg_sports_with_rick_couri/2010/03/see-the-drillers-new-uniforms.html new uniforms ONEOK Field Texas league baseball Tulsa Drillers Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:07:01 -0600

Oklahoma State is 22-10 overall this season with a 9-7 mark in the Big 12 Conference, good for a tie for sixth place. OSU is competing in its 24th NCAA Tournament and has an all-time record of 38-22. The Cowboys defeated No. 1 national seed Kansas 85-77 earlier this season in Stillwater, and defeated No. 2 seed Kansas State 73-69 in Manhattan, Kan. OSU is 32nd in the latest RPI ratings.

Oklahoma State is led by James Anderson who ranks third nationally in scoring at 22.6 points per game. Obi Muonelo is the lone senior for the Cowboys this season, and he has become one of the best all-around players in school history. Keiton Page, along with the aforementioned two players, form one of the best trios of long-range shooters in the country. Matt Pilgrim and Marshall Moses combine to average 16 points and 15 rebounds in the post position for OSU.

First-Round Matchup
Oklahoma State will travel to Milwaukee, Wis., this week to take on Georgia Tech in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Cowboys and Yellowjackets will tip off at 6:15 p.m. inside the Bradley Center on Friday, March 19. Georgia Tech finished with a 22-12 record overall, 7-9 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, good for seventh place in the league. The Yellowjackets are 33rd in the latest RPI ratings.

Up Next
The winner of Friday's game between Oklahoma State and Georgia Tech will play the Ohio State-UC Santa Barbara winner on Sunday, March 21 with the game time to be determined. The Cowboys are 2-0 all-time against both the Buckeyes and the Gauchos, but hasn't played Ohio State since 1989 or UCSB since 1993. The Buckeyes are the No. 2 seed in the Midwest Regional, while UC Santa Barbara is the No. 15 seed.

Quick Notes
James Anderson ranks third nationally in scoring at 22.6 points per game ... Anderson needs three points to move past Byron Houston and into second place on the all-time single-season scoring list in OSU history ... with 255 rebounds this season, Marshall Moses ranks 20th in school history for boards in a single season; he needs just five to move into 17th place ... Oklahoma State ranks 15th nationally in three-pointers made per game, due in large part to three Cowboys individual rankings: Obi Muonelo (78th), Anderson (102nd) and Keiton Page (126th) ... Oklahoma State is 6-6 this season against teams competing in the NCAA Tournament, including wins over No. 1 seed Kansas, No. 2 seed Kansas State, No. 3 seed Baylor and No. 5 seed Texas A&M.

Oklahoma State in the NCAA Tournament
Oklahoma State is making its 24th appearance in the NCAA Tournament. That total ranks 26th among all NCAA Tournament appearances nationally. The Cowboys have 38 NCAA Tournament wins, the 18th-most victories by any team nationally. Oklahoma State returns to the NCAA for the second-straight season after a three-year hiatus. Since the seeding process began in 1979, Oklahoma State's highest seed was a No. 2 on three occasions -- 1992, 2004 and 2005. The Cowboys' lowest seeding was a No. 11 in 2001. Since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985, Oklahoma State is 12-2 in first-round contests. The Pokes are 6-6 in second-round games. Oklahoma State has played just four teams more than once in the NCAA Tournament. The Cowboys are 2-0 against Arkansas, 1-1 vs. Syracuse and Pittsburgh, and 0-2 against Kansas State. Georgia Tech will join that small group this year. OSU is 0-1 vs. the Yellowjackets, having lost in the 2004 national semifinals.

Series History vs. Georgia Tech
Oklahoma State is 2-1 all-time against the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets and all three games have been played on neutral courts. Tech won the last meeting between these two teams, a 67-65 victory over OSU in the national semifinals of the 2004 Final Four in San Antonio, Texas. The previous meeting was in the finals of Preseason NIT in 1993 when the Cowboys handed the Yellowjackets a 78-71 defeat in Madison Square Garden in New York. The first meeting took place in December of 1981 when Oklahoma State defeated Georgia Tech 59-57 in the Sun Bowl Classic in El Paso, Texas.

Against the ACC
Oklahoma State is 8-7 all-time against members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, with the three previous games with Georgia Tech being the most against any ACC member. The Cowboys are 1-0 against Florida State, North Carolina, NC State and Virginia Tech; 1-1 vs. Duke and Wake Forest; and 0-1 against Boston College, Clemson, Maryland, and Miami (Fla.).

OSU's most recent meeting with an ACC school was on March 15, 2006, when the Cowboys lost at Miami, 62-59, in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament.

Last Time vs. Georgia Tech
In the national semifinals of the 2004 Final Four, Joey Graham scored a team-high 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, while Ivan McFarlin added 16 and eight. But, it was the inside play of Luke Schenscher that ended the Cowboys dream season. The Aussie center recorded 19 points and 12 rebounds. John Lucas hit a trey to tie the game with 26 seconds remaining, but a Will Bynum layup with 1.5 seconds left gave Tech the 67-65 victory.

Oklahoma State -- Georgia Tech Ties
Oklahoma State freshman Torin Walker is a native of Columbus, Ga., approximately 110 miles south-southwest of Atlanta, home of the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets. None of the eight players on the Ramblin' Wreck's roster from the state of Georgia lives within 100 miles of Columbus.

Cowboy freshman Ray Penn attended Fort Bend Travis High School in Richmond, Texas. Richmond, a Houston suburb, is located approximately 23 miles from Bellaire, home of Georgia Tech sophomore Nick Foreman. Yellowjacket sophomore Derek Craig is from Klein Collins High School in Spring, Texas, approximately 52 miles north-northeast of Richmond.

Series History vs. Ohio State
Two of the three OSU's in this country -- Oklahoma State and Ohio State -- have played just twice in school history on the hardwood. Oklahoma State has won both games, which were both played on a neutral court. The first game was played on Dec. 20, 1958, as part of the Kentucky Tournament. The Cowboys won 63-59 in overtime behind a game-high 19 points by Arlen Clark, who went 7-of-7 from the charity stripe. That statistic is significant because Clark led the NCAA in free-throw percentage that season at 85.2 percent.

The only other matchup between the two OSUs was on Dec. 2, 1989, as part of the Tournament of Champions in Charlotte, N.C. The 23rd-ranked Cowboys smashed the Buckeyes 81-59. Richard Dumas scored a game-high 24 points on 9-of-12 shooting, and sophomore Byron Houston recorded a double-double with 20 points and 12 rebounds and three other Cowboys also scored in double figures.

Travis Ford is 0-2 all-time against Ohio State, with one loss each at Eastern Kentucky and UMass.

Against the Big Ten
Oklahoma State is 11-11 all-time against members of the Big Ten Conference. The Cowboys are 2-0 against Ohio State; 1-0 vs. Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin; 2-2 against Michigan State; 1-2 vs. Michigan; 2-3 against Minnesota; 1-3 vs. Illinois; and 0-1 against Iowa. Oklahoma State has never played Indiana or Northwestern.

OSU's most recent meeting with a Big Ten school was on Nov. 28, 2008, when the Cowboys fell to fifth-ranked Michigan State, 94-79, in the Old Spice Classic in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Oklahoma State -- Ohio State Ties
Oklahoma State junior forward Matt Pilgrim is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, approximately 102 miles from Columbus, home of the Ohio State Buckeyes. Ohio State has eight players on its roster from the state of Ohio, but none are within 100 miles of Cincinnati.

James Anderson played this summer with the USA Basketball World University Games team in Belgrade, Serbia. One of his teammates on the squad was Ohio State junior Evan Turner. The team finished 6-1 and won the bronze medal.

Series History vs. UC Santa Barbara
Oklahoma State is 2-0 all-time against UC Santa Barbara, including a 1-0 mark in Stillwater and a 1-0 record on neutral courts. The last time these two teams played on the basketball court was on Dec. 29, 1993, when 20th-ranked OSU defeated the Gauchos, 79-74, in the Rainbow Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii. Brooks Thompson scored 20 points on 5-of-8 shooting, including 4-of-5 from beyond the three-point arc, and the Cowboy defense forced 20 turnovers by UCSB.

The only other meeting took place on Dec. 16, 1965, when Oklahoma State hosted UC Santa Barbara inside Gallagher-Iba Arena. Jim Feamster scored 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the floor and the free-throw line, and Bill Fisher added 15 points off the bench. The Gauchos shot just 26.2 percent (11 of 42) from the floor and 15-of-35 (42.9 percent) from the charity stripe. Oklahoma State won 59-37.

Against the Big West
Oklahoma State is 9-3 all-time against members of the Big West Conference. The Cowboys are 2-0 against UC Santa Barbara; 1-0 vs Cal Poly, Cal State Northridge, UC Davis and Pacific; 2-2 against Long Beach State; and 1-1 vs Cal State Fullerton.

OSU's most recent meeting with a Big West school was earlier this season, when the Cowboys hosted Pacific inside Gallagher-Iba Arena. James Anderson scored 25 points and Obi Muonelo added 22 as Oklahoma State pulled off the 66-50 victory. The Cowboy defense forced 18 Tiger turnovers and held Pacific to just 25 percent shooting from long range.

Conference USA has released the league football schedule for the 2010 season, and the Golden Hurricane will host Tulane, Rice, UTEP and Southern Miss. Tulsa's non-conference schedule was released on January 8th. The Hurricane will play a total of six Bowl teams from last season.
 
"We have a very challenging overall schedule, both in Conference USA and with our non-league schedule," said Tulsa Head Coach Todd Graham. "We'll play four of the top-5 teams from a year ago, including first-place East Carolina and third-place Southern Miss from the east, and the top two teams from the west division, Houston and SMU. Three of those games will be on the road, so our league schedule will be extremely difficult."
 
"Our non-conference schedule with Bowling Green, who had a really good year last season, Oklahoma State, who was one of the top teams in the country last year, and Notre Dame, is very demanding. The overall schedule is one that creates a lot of opportunities for our football program, and one that we'll have to be at our very best. We're excited about our team and the schedule we're presented with in 2010," added Graham.
 
Four of Tulsa's six road opponents -- Oklahoma State, and C-USA teams East Carolina, SMU and Houston -- were made bowl appearances last year, while a fifth Notre Dame was bowl eligible with six victories in 2009.
 
Tulsa opens the Conference USA schedule on the first weekend of the season as the Golden Hurricane travels to play two-time defending C-USA Champion East Carolina and new coach Ruffin McNeill. The Hurricane and Pirates will play on Sunday, September 5th in Greenville, NC, a game slated for ESPN2 at 2 pm (ET).
 
It's the third straight season that Tulsa has opened the Conference USA slate on the road in the season opener. In 2008, the Hurricane opened up at UAB with a 45-22 victory and last year claimed a 37-13 victory over Tulane in New Orleans.
 
A week later, Tulsa begins its' non-conference schedule with the home opener against Bowling Green on September 11th at H.A. Chapman Stadium. The two teams last played in the GMAC Bowl on Jan. 6, 2008, as the Hurricane claimed a 63-7 victory to improve its' series record against the Falcons to 2-0.
 
BGSU played in the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl last December, losing in the waning seconds to Idaho, 43-42.


The Hurricane will then travel the Cimarron Turnpike to face the Oklahoma State Cowboys a week later on Sept. 18th.  TU and OSU have not played since the 2004 campaign. This contest is the first of a new three-game series that has Tulsa hosting the Cowboys in 2011 and returning to Stillwater in 2012.
 
Tulsa then closes the month of September with another non-league home game against Central Arkansas on Sept. 25th. Tulsa has played UCA once before, capturing a 62-34 win in the 2008 campaign.


Tulsa gets back into Conference USA play to start the month of October and for the second consecutive season the Hurricane will play its' first three league games on the road.
 
On October 2, Tulsa continues Conference USA action with a road game at Memphis. The Tigers are under the leadership of first-year coach Larry Porter. Tulsa captured a 33-30 overtime win in the final game of the 2009 season at Chapman Stadium.
 
Tulsa then will travel to SMU for an October 9th date against the Mustangs. SMU captured a road win in Tulsa last year, 27-13.
 
The Hurricane will get its first C-USA home game in the fourth week of the conference schedule as Tulsa hosts Tulane on Oct. 16th. Tulsa has won the match-up against the Green Wave in each of the last five seasons since becoming league members and has an overall 5-1 record in the series.
 
After an open week (Oct. 23), Tulsa will close out its non-conference schedule in the middle of the Conference USA slate, as the Hurricane visits South Bend, Indiana, to play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, under first-year head coach Brian Kelly, on Oct. 30th. It will be the first time that these two teams have played on the gridiron.
 
The month of November has the Hurricane closing out the regular season with three home games at H.A. Chapman Stadium beginning with the Rice Owls on Nov. 6th. Tulsa has won the last three meetings against the Owls, including a 27-10 win last year.
 
Tulsa's lone road game in November comes against the defending C-USA West Division Champion Houston Cougars and quarterback Case Keenum. The Hurricane travels to play Houston on Nov. 13th. Last year's game saw the nation's 13th-ranked Cougars kick a last second field goal in Tulsa to claim a 46-45 victory.
 
The Hurricane returns home for the final two weekends to face West Division foe UTEP on Nov. 20th, and the Eastern Division favorite Southern Miss on the final Saturday of the regular season, Nov. 27th.
 
 
Tulsa 2010 Football Schedule
Date        Opponent    
Sept.    5    at East Carolina*
Sept.    11    BOWLING GREEN
Sept.    18    at Oklahoma State    
Sept.    25    CENTRAL ARKANSAS
Oct.    2    at Memphis*
Oct.    9    at SMU*
Oct.    16    TULANE*
Oct.    30    at Notre Dame
Nov.    6    RICE*
Nov.    13    at Houston*
Nov.    20    UTEP*
Nov.    27    SOUTHERN MISS*
 
* Conference USA Games

 

No one gave the Cougars much of a chance, but no one told them. Houston finished the game on a 17-4 run to stun #1 seed UTEP and win the Conference USA tournament 81-73. UH now gets the leagues automatic bid to the NCAA tournament while the rest of the conference waits for post-season assignments. Read the quotes, see the stats, and the all tournament team below.

All-Tournament Team

• Kelvin Lewis, Houston (MVP)
• Aubrey Coleman, Houston
• Randy Culpepper, UTEP
• Arnett Moultrie, UTEP
• Gary Flowers, Southern Miss

General Notes

• This is Houston's first Conference USA Tournament title.  UH's last conference tournament title came in 1992 when the Cougars won the Southwest Conference Tournament.  
• The Cougars became the seventh team in C-USA history to win the Conference USA Tournament.
• The seventh-seeded Cougars are the second-lowest seed to win the C-USA Tournament.  Saint Louis was the lowest, winning the 2000 Tourney as a No. 9 seed.  In all 15 years of the Conference USA Tournament, an odd numbered seed has won the event.
• Houston becomes the first school in Conference USA to win a men's basketball championship, a football championship and a baseball championship. The Cougars won football titles in 1996 and 2006, postseason baseball crowns in 1997, 2000 and 2007 and regular season baseball titles in 1999, 2000 and 2002.
• Houston improved to 12-12 all-time in the Conference USA Tournament and is now 1-1 in the championship game.
• UTEP dropped to 5-5 all-time in the C-USA Tournament and is now 0-1 in the championship game.
• UH's victory snaps a six-year streak of the regular season champion winning the C-USA Tournament title.
• The No.1 overall seed now has an overall record of 7-3 in the championship game.
• UTEP leads the overall series 10-8.

Houston Notes

• Houston is now 19-15 on the season.
• UH became the fourth team to win in C-USA history to win four games in four days to claim the tournament title. Marquette (1997), Charlotte (1999) and Saint Louis (2000) are the only other teams to accomplish this feat.
• The Cougars closed out the game on a 25-8 run and a 13-3 run.
• Aubrey Coleman finished the Conference USA Tournament with 90 points scored, breaking the previous record set by Saint Louis' Justin Love in 2000 (84). Coleman averaged 22.5 (29-21-27-13) points for the tournament.
• Houston's 12-made three pointers set the record for most in a title game, which was previously set at 10 by Louisville (2005) and Charlotte (1999).
• UH had a team-total of 20 assists to break Memphis' previous record of 19 set in 2005 and 2008.
• Kelvin Lewis broke the Conference USA Tournament Championship Game record for made 3-point field goals with six on 6-of-10 shooting. Lewis had 28 points in the contest and was one shy of tying Marquette's Aaron Hutchins (29) for the most points scored in a C-USA title game set in the inaugural 1996 championship.
• Lewis (28), Coleman (13) and Zamal Nixon (13) all finished in double figures.
• Coleman had four steals in the contest which breaks the C-USA Championship game record previously set at three by seven players.  He also tallied a game-high six assists and team-high nine rebounds.
• Coleman also had a game-high six assists and nine rebounds.
• The Cougars were 46.6 percent from the field on 27-of-58 shooting.
• Houston held a 29-14 advantage in points off the bench.

UTEP Notes

• UTEP's overall record dropped to 26-6 and snapped its 16-game winning streak, the second-longest in school history and the third-longest in the nation. The streak lasted from Jan. 16 to March 13.
• Randy Culpepper had a team-high 20 points.  
• Julyan Stone tied a game-high in rebounds with nine.
• Culpepper (20), Derrick Caracter (18) and Arnett Moultrie (12) each scored in double figures for the Miners.

Houston Cougars

Player	POS	MIN	FGM-A	3GM-A	FTM-A	O	D	T	AST	PF	ST	TO	BS	PTS
Sean Coleman	F	19	2-2	2-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6
Kendrick Washington	F	15	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	3	4	1	0	1	0	0	2
Kelvin Lewis	G	39	11-15	6-10	0-0	1	2	3	3	0	2	1	0	28
Desmond Wade	G	15	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	3
Aubrey Coleman	G	32	4-20	0-4	5-8	3	6	9	6	0	4	2	0	13
Zamal Nixon		25	3-5	2-3	5-6	0	1	1	4	0	0	3	0	13
Maurice McNeil		25	3-7	0-0	3-4	1	4	5	0	0	1	0	2	9
Adam Brown		18	2-4	1-2	0-0	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	5
Kirk Van Slyke		12	1-4	0-3	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total		200	27-58	12-25	15-20	7	23	30	20	22	8	8	2	81
Percentage			46.6%	48.0%	75.0%				Team Rebounds: 2

UTEP Miners

Player	POS	MIN	FGM-A	3GM-A	FTM-A	O	D	T	AST	PF	ST	TO	BS	PTS
Arnett Moultrie	F	36	5-11	1-1	1-2	3	5	8	1	0	0	1	1	12
Derrick Caracter	F	30	6-10	0-0	6-8	4	5	9	1	0	1	3	0	18
Jeremy Williams	F	24	1-3	0-2	2-2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	4
Randy Culpepper	G	39	8-20	1-7	3-6	3	3	6	0	0	1	3	0	20
Julyan Stone	G	37	2-5	1-3	0-0	0	9	9	4	0	2	4	1	5
Myron Strong		3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
Isaac Gordon		2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Claude Britten		9	1-3	0-0	5-6	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	7
Christian Polk		20	2-5	1-3	2-2	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	7
Total		200	25-58	4-16	19-26	13	28	41	9	19	6	15	3	73
Percentage			43.1%	25.0%	73.1%				Team Rebounds: 2

"This is the most gratifying because in many ways when I came to Houston, it was almost considered Mission Impossible and we came so close a couple of times maybe with some more talented kids but not as gutty a group. It reminds me of my Rhode Island team but we didn't have to win our way in. We got an automatic. I think an 11th seed that ended up beating Missouri and Syracuse and losing by a point to Duke and that we were picked like eighth in the league and finished second to Temple, who was No. 1, and I have that same feeling like, Wow. What heart. What heart. Heart and execution. To play against a team like that and only make eight turnovers, to battle as hard as we did on the boards, giving up height. For the most part of the second half we went with four guards and gave up the height and these little guys and whoever we had in there, Maurice and Kendrick, did a super job defensively and on the backboard, I'm very proud. You know, when you don't expect it, it's even sweeter. But the way I know I'll feel tomorrow is we ain't done yet. As Abe Lemon said, we ain't dead yet."

Tulsa fell behind again in the Conference USA tournament but this time, the other team was UTEP. The Miners, the regular season conference champions, shot 52% from the field and forced 18 Hurricane turnovers on their way to beating TU 75-61 in the semi-finals.

Justin Hurtt finally got hot late in the game and scored 22, Jerome Jordan added 11.

Tulsa also lost Dante Medder late in the first half and the freshman never returned.

Now Tulsa can only wait and see if the call from the NIT will come on Sunday night. To see what MIGHT happen take a look at the website NIT-ology. The site updates daily with estimates of the teams that might make the NIT and where they might be seeded.

Tulsa Oilers defenseman Sean Erickson has been named to the Central
Hockey League's all rookie team in balloting conducted among league
coaches, and media personnel.
Erickson, 6-foot, 175 pounds from Eden Prairie, MN is 14th in the CHL in
rookie scoring. The 26 year old has five goals and 13 assists for 18
points. He came to the Oilers after a four year college career at
Connecticut.
"Sean has really shown tremendous poise this season and has gotten
better as the season has gone along," Oiler coach Bruce Ramsay said.
"Sometimes players coming from college have trouble adapting at this
level, especially on defense, but Sean has fit right in."
Erickson was selected to the all-rookie in balloting conducted among CHL
coaches and media personnel. The other members of the all rookie team
are forwards Ryan Garbutt of the Corpus Christi IceRays; Nick Sirota of
the Missouri Mavericks; Sean Muncy of the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees;
defenseman Jake Obermeyer of the Amarillo Gorillas; and goaltender Danny
Battochio of the Rapid City Rush.
The Oilers conclude their season with three road games this week,
playing at Bossier-Shreveport Thursday and a pair of games at
Mississippi Friday and Saturday. All three games start at 7:05 p.m and
can be heard via the internet at www.tulsaoilers.com and viewed at CHL TV.
Season tickets for the 2010-11 season are now available by calling the
Oilers office at 918-632-PUCK (7825).

Tulsa will face UTEP in the semi finals of the Conference USA tournament Friday at the BOK Center. Take a look below at the entire schedule including TV times and channel.

Men's Schedule (BOK Center)
Game	Matchup	Time (CT)	Coverage
Wednesday, March 10 - First Round
1	#7 Houston 93, #10 East Carolina 80	Notes | Recap Quotes | Photos	Gametracker All-Access
2	#6 Southern Miss 57, # 11 Tulane 47	Notes | Recap Quotes | Photos	Gametracker All-Access
3	#5 Tulsa 73, #12 Rice 62	Notes | Recap Quotes | Photos	Gametracker All-Access
4	#9 UCF 69, #8 SMU 53	Notes | Recap Quotes | Photos	Gametracker All-Access
Thursday, March 11 - Quarterfinals
5	#7 Houston 66, #2 Memphis 65 Recap(CBS C)	Notes | Recap Quotes | Photos	Gametracker (CBS C)
6	#6 Southern Miss 58, #3 UAB 44 Recap(CBS C)	Notes | Recap Quotes | Photos	Gametracker (CBS C)
7	#5 Tulsa 80, #4 Marshall 64	Notes | Recap Quotes | Photos	Gametracker (CBS C)
8	#1 UTEP 76, #9 UCF 54	Notes | Recap Photos	Gametracker (CBS C)
Friday, March 12 - Semifinals
9	#7 Houston vs. #6 Southern Miss(CBS C)	5:30 p.m.	Gametracker (CBS C)
10	#5 Tulsa vs. #1 UTEP (CBS C)	3:00 p.m.	Gametracker (CBS C)
Saturday, March 13 - Championship
11	Game 11 (CBS)	10:30 a.m.	Gametracker (CBS C)

There isn't an Oklahoma team left in the Big 12 tournament but Kansas has two! K-State eliminated OSU Thursday night and moved to the semi-finals of the tournament. See the entire schedule, including TV times and channels. 

Wednesday, March 10
G1	(9) Texas Tech 82, (8) Colorado 67 Big 12 Network 11:30 a.m.
G2	(12) Nebraska 75, (5) Missouri 60 Big 12 Network 2:00 p.m.
G3	(7) Oklahoma State 81, (10) Oklahoma 67 Big 12 Network 6:00 p.m.
G4	(6) Texas 82, (11) Iowa State 75 Big 12 Network 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 11
G5	(1) Kansas 80, Texas Tech 68 ESPN2 11:30 a.m.
G6	(4) Texas A&M 70, Nebraska 64 Big 12 Network 2:00 p.m.
G7	(2) Kansas State 83, Oklahoma State 64 Big 12 Network 6:00 p.m.
G8	(3) Baylor 86, Texas 67 ESPN2 8:30 p.m.
Friday, March 12
G9	Kansas vs. Texas A&M Big 12 Network 6:00 p.m.
G10	Kansas State vs. Baylor Big 12 Network 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 13
G11	G9 Winner vs. G10 Winner ESPN 5:00 p.m.

Suspected gang member Willie Clark has been found guilty of murder in the shooting death of Denver Broncos cornerback and former Oklahoma State standout Darrent Williams.   A Denver jury returned the verdict Thursday after deliberating for a day and a half.      Williams was killed on New Year's Day 2007. Prosecutors said Clark fired the fatal shots from an SUV that pulled up beside a rented limo carrying Williams and some friends.      Prosecutors said Clark was angry over an altercation involving friends of Williams and friends of Clark in a nightclub just before the shooting. Defense attorneys said Clark was being made a scapegoat and wasn't in the SUV.

Jamar Samuels scored 21 of his career-high 27 points in the first half, helping No. 9 Kansas State turn a rematch into a rout with an 83-64 win over Oklahoma State Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament.

Kansas State (25-6) had been waiting to play Oklahoma State again since a home loss in January. The Wildcats opened the game with a big run and closed the first half with an even bigger one, leaving no doubt while tying a school single-season record for wins.

Denis Clemente had 12 points and 10 assists, Jacob Pullen added 19 points and Samuels had 10 rebounds to send Kansas State into Friday's semifinals against the Baylor-Texas winner.

Oklahoma State (22-10) shot poorly and defended even worse, following up an impressive win over rival Oklahoma with a clunker.

The Cowboys will still likely get into the NCAA tournament, but their seeding is sure to drop. Big 12 player of the year James Anderson had 27 points to lead Oklahoma State.

Kansas State had been hoping this game would come.

The Wildcats were riding an emotional high into the first meeting on Jan. 23 after knocking Texas from the top spot in the polls earlier that week. Oklahoma State put a quick end to the euphoria, beating Kansas State 73-69 in the Little Apple for its 12th win in 14 games against the Wildcats since the inception of the Big 12.

The Cowboys won that game by packing into a zone and daring K-State's guards to shoot over them. Clemente and Pullen went a combined 8 of 29, including 6 for 21 from 3-point range, and Oklahoma State ended the Wildcats' Bramlage Coliseum-record 14-game winning streak.

Kansas State seemed to be counting the days to get back at the Cowboys.

Charged up by what felt like a home crowd at the Sprint Center, the Wildcats got off to a good start when the Cowboys opened in man-to-man and kept rolling when they switched to zone, working the ball around for open shots to outscore Oklahoma State 23-8 in the first 8 minutes.

Kansas State wasn't bad on defense, either. Oklahoma State had seven turnovers and just six shot attempts in that span.

The Cowboys tried to make a game of it. Behind two 3-pointers by Keiton Page and one from Anderson, Oklahoma State reeled off a 15-4 run to get within 27-23.

All that seemed to do was make the Wildcats angry.

Led by Samuels, Kansas State closed the half with a 24-3 run, scoring the final 16 points as Oklahoma State missed its final eight shots. Samuels matched his career high with 21 points and had nine rebounds by halftime, scoring on jumpers and flying putbacks, and adding his second 3-pointer just before the buzzer to put Kansas State up 51-26.

The Wildcats made sure Oklahoma State never stood a chance after that, pushing the lead to as much as 33 in the second half.