Tulsa Golden Hurricane

The Golden Hurricane’s games cleared the posted total 21 times in 31 in 2025-26, a rate beaten by just nine teams in Division I. Tulsa finished 26-7 and covered 17 of 31 spreads.

The over

Tulsa scored 85.58 points a game, a figure only 14 Division I teams beat, and allowed 73. The result was 21 overs and 10 unders. The stretch that made it ran from 6 December to 18 January: nine of ten games went over, the only exception a 97-48 win over Rice. The highest number Tulsa saw, 170.5 at South Florida on 8 February, stayed under.

Strong early, flat late

The first two months were the money: 13-1 in November and December, 9 covers in 12 priced spreads, and 4.23 moneyline units. February and March went 8-4 straight up but 4-8 against the number, and the moneyline gave back 1.89 units. The worst of it was UAB winning 68-63 in Tulsa on 11 February with the Golden Hurricane at -625. Across the season one unit on Tulsa in the 31 priced games made 2.67.

Home, road and the underdog games

At home Tulsa covered 8 of 13 and on the road 5 of 12, the other six spreads coming at neutral sites. As favorites they went 21-4 but covered only 13 of 25. They were underdogs six times, won three and covered four. The biggest upset came first: Rhode Island by 17 at +145 in the season’s opening neutral-site game.

Opponents

South Florida beat Tulsa twice, 93-78 at home and 80-74 away, and covered both times. Wichita State took two of three, the last of them the American Conference semifinal, 81-68 with Tulsa a -122 favorite. Tulsa then won four NIT games, the third of them 83-79 over Wichita State, before losing the final 92-86 to Auburn.

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