The Golden Hurricast Ryan Token & Matt Rechtien
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A weekly podcast covering Tulsa Golden Hurricane athletics by Ryan Token and Matt Rechtien. We’re two TU alums, friends, and die-hard fans who love talking Tulsa football, basketball, and all other University of Tulsa sports. Not affiliated with The University of Tulsa. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegoldenhurricast/support
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6-18: It's Been a Pleasure (ft. Rick Dickson)
Rick Dickson joins the podcast for a record 5th and final time... as Tulsa's AD. We talk about his retirement, reminisce on his time at TU, the Blue & Gold weekend, and answer some listener questions.
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6-17: MARCH MARCH MARCH
We're officially in the best sports time of the year in this podcast host's humble opinion. And despite the women bowing out early in the AAC tournament to East Carolina, we're still fired up for March.
We discuss:
- The men's and women's AAC awards
- The women losing to ECU in the AAC quarterfinals and heading to the WBIT
- The men beating #24 USF to close the regular season
- Preview the men's game against ECU with Jared Shafit from The Boneyard Podcast
- Discuss the AAC tournament more broadly
Fun episode! Hope you enjoy it.
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6-16: Basketball CHAOS
For the first time in a month, we've got an episode with both Ryan AND Matt - and we are pumped to be back.
Before we get into the actual games that happened over the last week of actual basketball, we talk about Kelly Hines writing another new article for TU athletics, as well as a new Tulsa student fan group called The CHAOS.
We then get into the games, which included a wild swing on the men's side where TU scored over 100 points in a blowout win, then followed that up by allowing over 100 points in a blowout loss.
The women had a more sane week with two nice wins but get ready for a much more difficult week coming up.
We also take a look around the league and debate who the most important player on the women's team is: Temira Poindexter or Delanie Crawford.
Kelly Hines' article on Isaiah Barnes: https://tulsahurricane.com/news/2024/1/23/mens-basketball-isaiah-barnes-looking-to-be-the-best-version-of-me-every-day
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:34 - Kelly Hines Returns
4:30 - The CHAOS
10:52 - Men's Basketball Overview
20:13 - Tulane OT Loss Recap
31:51 - UTSA Win Recap
43:13 - SMU Blowout Loss Recap
51:53 - Rice Road Preview
56:23 - Wichita State Home Preview
1:04:21 - Around the AAC
1:12:15 - Women's Basketball Overview
1:20:55 - Women's Basketball Previews
1:30:03 - Outro
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6-15: So Much Basketball
We are back! Well, almost. With Ryan out this week, Matt talks on all the football and basketball news from the last four weeks. And there is a-lot to talk about including: updates from the transfer portal (both good and bad), the appearance of a mustachio-ed mascot, and 9(!) games worth of basketball thoughts.
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6-14: Good Signs for the Future
What a week for Tulsa Athletics! Kevin Wilson brought in Tulsa's highest ranked signing class since 2009 which has them sitting second in the AAC and second in the Group of Five.
On top of that both basketball teams had perfect weeks with their best wins of the season - the men over Missouri State and the women over Texas Tech.
We talk about all of that and do some quick previews for the next two(!) weeks while we take a holiday break.
P.S. We recorded before the women's game was over on Wednesday, but did talk about it as it was happening live!
Timestamps:
0:00 - Signing Day and Portal News
26:08 - MO State and MS Valley State Recaps (M)
49:15 - NM State & SWOSU Previews (M)
54:46 - Texas Southern & Texas Tech Previews (W)
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6-13: Growing Pains and Gains
The men's team played an ugly game against Oklahoma State last weekend, but the women's team had a massive win for the program by beating a top 100 Florida team on the same day.
We talk break down both games before previewing matchups against MO State (M), Mississippi Valley State (M), Texas Southern (W) and Texas Tech (W).
We also talk portal news, NIL, and the retirement of a titan in the Tulsa football world.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Portal Updates
10:31 - OSU Recap (M)
26:33 - MO State and MI Valley State Previews (M)
36:42 - Florida Recap (W)
46:22 - Texas Southern and Texas Tech Previews (W)
49:03 - Bill Blankenship Retires
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Customer Reviews
Reign Cane
Great and thoughtful coverage of TU football and basketball with insights on the AAC. Informative and entertaining. Highly recommend the podcast to all fans of the all AAC. Reign Cane.
Must Listen
Ryan and Matt are doing the Lord’s work! Love everything they do for TU athletics. Reign Cane!
Great Pod
As a casual TU fan, the guys do an incredible job covering the Golden Hurricanes! A must-listen pod for anyone who cheers for Tulsa.