Exclusive: Tulsa’s Eric Konkol fires back at ‘meaningless’ preseason polls as quest for NCAA Tournament begins

Eric Konkol is coming off his best regular season with the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, recording 30 wins for the first time in his head coaching career. Expectations may be high on the program with the NCAA Tournament being the next objective for them as the American Conference preseason poll ranked them high, but the head coach isn’t putting any stock in it. “It really is meaningless. We’re just going to control what we can control. If anything, it says that some people think that we’re going to be good. But again, this is for fans.