The Tulsa–Wichita State men's basketball rivalry is an American college basketball rivalry between the Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team of the University of Tulsa and the Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team of Wichita State University. Wichita State leads the all-time series 80–68.
History The first game played between the two schools took place on January 6, 1931, in Wichita, Kansas. Tulsa won 32–30. The teams would play each other annually as members of the Missouri Valley Conference from 1934 to 1996 and from 2000 to 2005. The rivalry maintained a certain balance between the two schools until a run of Tulsa dominance in the rivalry culminating with thirteen straight wins over Wichita State from 1993 to 2002. Since 2003, Wichita State has won ten of their past eleven matchups with Tulsa, losing only in 2015 as the No. 9 ranked team in the country.
The rivalry was fully renewed when Wichita State joined The American for all sports except for football. In their first game since 1995 as conference-mates, the Golden Hurricane played the No. 5 ranked Shockers close, losing only by three.
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