The early 80's were good to Tulsa. Oil prices were up (before the industry crashed), and a new coach named Nolan Richardson was coaching the local basketball team. Richardson was wearing loud pocadot shirts at the time, and was bringing his "40 Minutes of Hell" system to big-time basketball. It worked, and he built a big-time program at the University of Tulsa, before moving on to Arkansas.
The Golden Hurricane wore some flamboyant uniforms of their own during this time period. Shown are the home uniforms, as worn during a throwback night earlier this year. They were among schools of this era that wore a gold uniform, with some tiger stripes down the side. At the time, I thought they were cool. What was I thinking?
I'm glad these went out of style.
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Are those stripes down the side or some camo gone wrong?
Those stripes are down the side. The tiger stripes are horizontal. Tulsa wore gold at home, and blue on the road, both with tiger stripes.
Marquette wore them, as well, as did my alma mater OBU.
I noticed the Tulsa guy on the bench wearing a tie-dye warmup.
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