The Golden Hurricast

Week 1 of basketball season is in the books! We discuss how it all went down on the men’s and women’s sides before previewing this week’s games. After that, we take a look around the conference and give some updates on other TU sports ranging from volleyball to tennis. And finally, Tulsa Football welcomes ECU back to Chapman Stadium for the first time since 2020. To help preview the Pirates, we welcome in ⁠Jared Shafit⁠ from ⁠The Boneyard Podcast⁠ to talk all things ECU in their now post-Mike-Houston era. Timestamps: 0:00 – Men’s Basketball Recap 21:17 – Men’s Basketball ORU Preview 25:52 – Men’s Basketball Missouri State Preview 29:57 – Women’s Basketball Recap 39:34 – Women’s Basketball ORU Preview 41:43 – Around the American 52:45 – Volleyball Clinches AAC Tournament Spot 55:16 – Cross Country Regionals & National Championships 58:46 – Soccer is Over 1:00:36 – Tennis Recaps 1:05:37 – ECU Preview with Jared from The Boneyard Podcast 1:40:25 – Final Thoughts & Closing — Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegoldenhurricast/support

Head Volleyball Coach ⁠⁠Lauren Ramatowski⁠⁠ joins the show to shine a spotlight on Tulsa Volleyball, the success they’ve had since she took over the program, and what’s next. Before talking volleyball, we discuss the UAB blowout loss and take a look around the conference before getting into the success a whole bunch of other TU sports are having right now. Timestamps: 0:00 – UAB Recap 24:27 – Hope 28:33 – Concerns 31:00 – Players of the Game 36:13 – Around the American 44:11 – Other Sports + Cross Country 50:27 – Men’s & Women’s Soccer 53:35 – Brief Basketball Talk 1:00:14 – Volleyball Spotlight with Coach Lauren Ramatowski 1:43:53 – Closing Thoughts & Outro — Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegoldenhurricast/support

Tulsa Head Women’s Basketball Coach Angie Nelp joins the show to preview the 2024-25 season! First game is coming up November 6. Also: – Facilities – What football apathy?? – Kevin Wilson on Twitter – Rice fires Mike Bloomgren – Huge weekend for other TU sports – UAB preview Timestamps: 0:00 – Facilities Listener Question 3:55 – Football Excitement & UTSA Recap 24:56 – Hope 29:12 – Kevin Wilson on Twitter 40:49 – Matt’s Concerns 47:25 – Players of the Game 58:08 – Around the American 1:02:51 – Huge Weekend for Other TU Sports 1:07:59 – UAB Preview 1:16:33 – Angie Nelp Interview 1:17:10 – Program Turnaround 1:21:29 – Momentum & Turnover 1:25:58 – Delanie Crawford & Returning Players 1:31:24 – Newcomers 1:37:09 – Vocal Leaders 1:38:56 – Scheme 1:45:38 – Success in Year 4 1:48:12 – NET Rankings & At-Large Bids 1:53:10 – Predictive Metrics 1:55:17 – NIL 2:02:56 – Chalk Talks 2:05:07 – AAC vs. C-USA 2:07:08 – Coach Nelp Closing Comments 2:08:21 – Post-Angie Thoughts 2:10:48 – Closing — Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegoldenhurricast/support

Matt and Ryan are feeling apathetic about the football program. Why? Also, the Kevin Wilson discussion continues, we discuss team talent level, and we preview this weekend’s Homecoming game against the UTSA Roadrunners with ⁠Jared⁠ & ⁠Adrian⁠ from ⁠Alamo Audible⁠. Timestamps: 0:00 – Football Apathy 9:12 – Kevin Wilson & Team Talent Level 38:17 – Temple Recap 44:58 – Hope? 47:12 – Concerns 54:31 – Around the AAC 1:03:30 – UTSA Preview ft. ⁠Alamo Audible⁠ 1:41:25 – Closing Thoughts 1:45:53 – Outro — Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegoldenhurricast/support

Tulsa Head Men’s Basketball Coach Eric Konkol joins the show to preview the 2024-25 Tulsa Basketball season! With football on a bye last week and TU being a 2-point underdog to 1-5 Temple (!) this week, we decided to kick football to the curb for a change and go all-in on basketball. Eric Konkol joins us to break down the 2024-25 season including his recent contract extension, building off a team that lost its two leading scorers, schematic changes, NIL strategies, scheduling philosophies, Slappin’ Glass, and a ton more. We had a blast talking with coach and hope you all get as much out of it as we did. Sign up for the Tulsa Basketball Newsletter here: https://tulsahurricane.com/form/117 Timestamps: 0:00 – Intro 2:27 – Eric Konkol Intro 2:56 – AAC Media Days 5:10 – Year 3 Vibes 6:46 – AD Justin Moore 8:53 – Losing Cobe Williams & PJ Haggerty 12:22 – Preseason Predictive Metrics 16:11 – Returning Players 19:40 – Freshmen & Transfers 24:06 – Schematic Changes 28:19 – Starting Lineups & Trilly Donovan 31:05 – Northeastern State & Coach Ken Hayes 33:37 – Tulsa Basketball Newsletter 34:49 – NIL Strategy 42:24 – Scheduling Philosophy 50:14 – Recruiting Philosophy 52:13 – Halftime Speeches 53:55 – Managers Know Ball 56:14 – Slappin’ Glass & Basketball Immersion 57:47 – Eric Konkol Outro 58:17 – Post-Konkol Thoughts 1:03:34 – Closing — Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegoldenhurricast/support