It's conventional NCAA basketball wisdom that great teams come from great recruiting classes. What can we expect from the players coming up the recruiting pipeline for head coach Dave Dickerson in 2009?
Potential Recruits
Ledrick Eackles- This 6-foot 3-inch shooting guard from Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia is the son of former NBA player Ledell Eackles, and Ledrick's […]

After four losing seasons in five years, Tulane Athletic Director Rick Dickson announced Sunday that men’s basketball coach Shawn Finney will not be returning for the 2005-2006 season.
“We are certainly appreciative of the hard work Shawn and his staff have done on behalf of Tulane University over the last five years,” Dickson said. “We have shown […]

After dropping the first two games of last weekend’s three-game series to the defending national champions Cal State Fullerton, the Tulane offense finally came alive in Game Three to earn a 13-9 victory and a little respect.
The much-hyped series pitted the No. 1 Green Wave (15-3) against the No. 3 Titans (14-3), who eliminated the Green […]

When it comes to Tulane baseball, winning is a way of life, especially at home in the increasingly hostile Turchin Field.
After all, it’s never easy for a visiting team to win on the road against a top-ranked team, much less in a place where alumni chant the “Hullabaloo” at the top of their lungs after every […]

Tulane swimming and diving team member Danielle Carrillo participated in the elite NCAA Zone B Diving Championship at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center Saturday.
Carrillo, the lone Green Wave representative, competed against the top collegiate divers in the nation. Carillo finished 41st in the one-meter springboard and 44th in the three-meter springboard.
A freshman from Inglemoor High School in […]

There was joy Uptown when men’s basketball coach Shawn Finney got the boot Sunday. Finally, after five long seasons, Tulane basketball will get a fresh start. The start of next season will herald a new look for Conference USA, a more mature and improved squad, and now, a new head coach minding the bench.
As the search […]

After senior Ivan Pjevcevic gave the Fogelman Fanatics a career outing in his final home game (24 points on six three-pointers) Saturday, Tulane catapulted its way into the Conference USA tournament with a 77-71 win over East Carolina.
Unfortunately, the Green Wave earned the No. 12 seed and a matchup with the fifth-seeded DePaul Blue Demons, a […]

Whatever happened to the great Tulane basketball tradition? Fogelman Arena was once a shrine to the game, feared by opponents and loved by the faithful. Now, dismal crowds watch atrocious squads lose year after year. Rumors circulate of a new, bigger, more profitable arena in the future, yet no one seems to care about the […]

It’s spring!
Midterms are ending, T-shirt printing stores are thriving from the business provided by Tulane’s intramural teams, scraps of eccentric architect projects fill the campus, overweight Green Wave backers once again are dancing at outdoor events and spring break is beckoning.
It’s also that time of the year when the athletic department of Tulane awakens from its winter […]

The Green Wave took down Northwestern in thrilling fashion Saturday, pushing their record to 9-3 on the season.
“I was very pleased with the victory,” Head Coach Robert Klein said. “It was a good win against a very dangerous team.”
As it has all but one time this year, the No. 25 Green Wave began the match by picking […]

 
The Green Wave improved to 10-1 with two wins over Pepperdine and a win over University of New Orleans. The team earned two tough wins in their first road series of the season at Pepperdine last weekend.
The No. 1 Green Wave suffered its first loss to a Pepperdine team that proved to be tough competition.
�We had to […]

 
When Dan Dickau was in college, he was an NCAA legend. As an all-American point guard, he helped transform Gonzaga from an unknown into national powerhouse.
�It was great to be a bracket buster,� Dickau said. �Even today, when we play in a lot of different arenas, people are making mentions of me being from Gonzaga. That�s […]

 
A model of excellence, the Green Wave women�s swimming and diving team captured the 2005 Conference USA title in only its second year of existence.
�The team is still extremely excited and they feel validated,� Head Coach Daniella Irle said. �At first there was excitement, and then satisfaction in knowing that they were rewarded for all of […]

It’s pretty amazing what a No. 1 ranking will do for a team.
In the days leading up to the Green Wave’s home opener at Turchin Stadium against Southeast Missouri State, there was a buzz around campus.
The main question around Tulane Friday was, “Are you going to the game tonight?”
Whoa. What’s this stunning development? People actually talking about going […]

 
It’s about time students paid more attention to the “lower,” non-money making sports when gauging the success of Tulane athletics. I’m speaking specifically about the tennis teams. This year the women are ranked 10th and the men are 19th to start the off season. Last year, the women made it to the Round of 16 […]