Tulsa basketball preview 2026-27: roster, transfers and schedule
Tulsa returns 59% of last season's minutes, and adds the No. 131 recruiting class.
Last season it ranked No. 53 in adjusted net rating (No. 33 on offense, No. 121 on defense). The biggest loss is Miles Barnstable, 14.6 points a game. The schedule has 23 games so far, none against last season's adjusted top 25.
2026-27 roster
PPG to MPG are last season’s numbers, wherever he played: a transfer’s line is from his old school. Freshmen have none yet.
Who left
The players who left played 41% of last season’s minutes.
Adjusted net rating, last three seasons
Points per 100 possessions better than an average Division I team. Last season: offense 122.1 (No. 33), defense 106.2 (No. 121).
2026-27 schedule
Rank is each opponent’s adjusted net rank last season; gold marks a top-25 opponent. 23 games. Tip times are set closer to each game.
Questions
Who is back for Tulsa in 2026-27?
10 players who played for Tulsa last season: Ade Popoola, Tyler Behrend, Myles Rigsby, Romad Dean, Ian Smikle, Jaylen Lawal, KJ Martin Jr., Leon Sifferlin, Doryan Onwuchekwa, Cal Conroy. They played 59% of its minutes.
Who did Tulsa add for 2026-27?
No transfers or ranked freshmen yet.