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Tulsa (9-12) vs. Tulane (11-10)
February 2, 2025 2:00 pm EDT
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The Tulsa Golden Hurricane and the Tulane Green Wave meet Sunday in college basketball action from Devlin Fieldhouse. Here’s a Tulane vs Tulsa prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Tulane vs Tulsa pick.

Tulsa Golden Hurricane Betting Preview

The Hurricane have a couple of instances of solid runs so far this year. Most of their outings have been losses, however, as Tulsa hasn’t been able to keep their heads above the .500 mark. The first seven games were a 4-3 run with wins over Northeastern State, AR-Pine Bluff, Oral Roberts, and Detroit among losses to Missouri State, Little Rock, and Loyola Chicago. After losses to Georgia State, Oklahoma State, Southern, and UCF, the Hurricane beat MS Valley State and Southwestern Christian before two more losses to Rice and UAB. Since then it’s been a 3-3 run for the Hurricane with wins over UTSA, Charlotte, and Wichita State among losses to South Florida, East Carolina, and UAB in that time. The result so far has been a 9-12 overall record through the first 21 games of the season for Tulsa.


In their Wednesday matchup with UAB, the Golden Hurricane took a four-point deficit into the second half. Tulsa was outscored 42-36 the rest of the way, resulting in a 78-68 loss in the end. Dwon Odom led the team in scoring with 17 points, eight boards, and seven assists. Keaston Willis added 16 points with two rebounds, one assist, and one steal, while Isaiah Barnes had 10 rebounds with six points in 33 minutes of work on the floor during the defeat.

Tulane Green Wave Betting Preview

Over on the Tulane side, they had one ugly run of games stretching from mid-November into early December. Outside of that, however, the Green Wave has looked pretty good overall so far this season. Tulane went 4-6 in the first 10 outings, beating Louisiana Monroe, Alcorn State, Bethune-Cookman, and Louisiana Christian in that time among losses otherwise versus Furman, New Orleans, Wyoming, Belmont, SE Louisiana, and George Mason. The next eight games were a 6-2 run with losses to only Florida State and UAB. Otherwise, the victories came versus Southern Miss, Dillard, Charlotte, UTSA, South Florida, and Florida Atlantic. Since then Tulane has gone 1-2 with a lone win over Rice in between losses to Temple and Memphis. That gives the Green Wave an 11-10 overall run through 21 games during this campaign.

Matched up against Memphis in their Thursday outing, the Green Wave took a three-point deficit into halftime. Tulane didn’t end up getting any closer on a 39-30 run from there, however, and took the loss 68-56 in the end. Leading the team in scoring was Rowan Brumbaugh with 19 points, seven rebounds, and four assists. The only other team player to finish in double-figures was Kaleb Banks with 14 points, five rebounds, three assists, one steal, and two blocks. Mari Jordan led the team off the bench with his seven points and two rebounds in 21 minutes.

Why the Tulane Green Wave will win

  • Tulane has won each of its last five home games against non-AP-ranked opponents.
  • Tulsa has lost each of its last five Sunday road games against the American Athletic Conference.
  • Tulane has won the first half in four of its last five home games against non-AP-ranked opponents.

Why the Tulsa Golden Hurricane will win

  • Tulsa has won three of its last four day games at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse.
  • Tulsa has won the first half in six of its last seven day games against non-AP-ranked opponents.

Tulane vs Tulsa Prediction

I’ll stick with Tulane. The Green Wave could use a good showing here after a shaky three-game run. Tulane couldn’t hang very well with Memphis—even at home—in their last outing. The Wave shot just 36.2 percent from the field and 16.7 percent (4-of-24) from outside along with a spotty 58.8 percent (10-of-17) from the line. The rebounding (38) was pretty good, but Tulane also coughed up 12 turnovers for 11 Tigers points. Their 56 points in that one were the lowest total of the year and came on the heels of 73 or more points in four straight (a 3-1 run).

As for Tulsa, they’ve given up 77 or more points in three straight games. That sounds inviting for the Wave, but the Hurricane haven’t been scoring too badly themselves lately. I like a high total in this one with Tulane powering it out.

Andrew's Free Pick: Tulane Green Wave -9

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Andrew

Andrew has been writing about college, professional and fantasy sports betting since 2013. Andrew's goal is to break down the complicated numbers and trends into a language that's easily accessible to novice sports bettors and seasoned professionals alike.

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