2005 January NewsStand
Feb 17, 2005 | General
Feb. 17, 2005
January 31, 2005
Tulane women top ECU
New Orleans Times-Picayune
D'Aundra Henry's free-throw shooing and a 12-foot jumper with 13.6 seconds left gave Tulane a 64-62 win over East Carolina on Sunday. The Pirates (7-13, 3-4 Conference USA) had a chance to tie the score when Ebonee Downey was fouled on a 3-point attempt in the final seconds. But she made only one of the three free throws...
Few free throws cost Lady Pirates in defeat
Greenville (N.C.) Daily Reflector
Nothing was free Sunday afternoon at Minges Coliseum. Especially for the host East Carolina women's basketball team. After exchanging leads with Tulane 16 times, ECU found itself down three with less than one full second left in the game...
Mobile LB commits to Tulane
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane has received a commitment from linebacker David Kirksey of Davidson High in Mobile, Ala. Kirksey is the Green Wave's 21st commitment and its fifth from a linebacker...
January 30, 2005
Louisiana college baseball is second to none
Shreveport Times
Mitch Gaspard knows college baseball in the South. He played and coached at two Southeastern Conference schools and, for the past three seasons, has been the head coach at Northwestern State in the up-and-coming Southland Conference...
Cards routs Green Wave
New Orleans Times-Picayune
On Thursday morning, less than 12 hours after his team had broken an 18-game road losing streak, Tulane coach Shawn Finney admitted to not getting much sleep the previous night. The reason? The Green Wave's next opponent -- Louisville -- had just claimed a 47-point victory over Marquette...
Cards bat around against Tulane
Louisville Courier-Journal
The big draw at last night's college basketball game between the University of Louisville and Tulane was a pregame autograph session by the Green Wave baseball team, ranked No. 1 in the preseason by Baseball America magazine...
January 29, 2005
Pitino brings back passion
New Orleans Times-Picayune
The billboards said it all: "Got Pitino?" Only in eyes of many, the question mark should have been replaced with an exclamation point, maybe several...
Full court press
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane athletic director Rick Dickson says he hopes to sell out tonight's Green Wave game against Louisville. The Green Wave will be taking on the No. 12 team in the country, but the game was switched to 3,600-seat Fogelman Arena instead of the New Orleans Arena...
Pitino's guys on the radar, like it or not
Louisville Courier-Journal
University of Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino takes second billing about as often as he wears suits off the rack. Yet there he was Wednesday night after his team tap-danced past Marquette by 47 points, asking reporters to help keep the Cardinals "under the radar"...
January 28, 2005
Wave hires Kritza to coach volleyball
New Orleans Times-Picayune
After scanning stacks of résumés and searching the country for its next volleyball coach, Tulane officials didn't have to look far after all. The Green Wave promoted former Tulane standout Liz Kritza, who has served as assistant coach at her alma mater the past six seasons...
Wave finds another scorer
New Orleans Times-Picayune
For much of the season, there has been a void. When opponents double-teamed Tulane power forward Lakethia Hampton or slowed point guard D'Aundra Henry, Coach Lisa Stockton had few other options. The Green Wave lacked a third player capable of keeping defenses honest, and the team faltered...
Wave's Williams eager to impress
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane wide receiver Roydell Williams said he plans to take full advantage of an 11th-hour opportunity to play in the 56th annual Senior Bowl on Saturday at Ladd-Peebles Stadium...
Green Wave lands LB Dillard
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane's recruiting totals continue to grow with the addition of linebacker James Dillard of Monsignor Pace High in Miami...
Cards having a blast with press from past
Louisville Courier-Journal
University of Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino wasn't watching tape of Lancaster Gordon, Milt Wagner or any of the Cardinals' great teams of the 1980s when he decided to go to a 2-2-1 full-court press...
January 27, 2005
Rochestie saves Tulane again
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Taylor Rochestie now has another reason to like Wednesday night games. For the second straight Wednesday, Rochestie hit the winning shot, this time lifting the Green Wave to a 63-61 Conference USA victory over Houston at Hofheinz Pavilion...
UH offers helping hand
Houston Chronicle
For a few precious seconds, it seemed as if the Houston Cougars were going to be able to overcome not only the Tulane Green Wave but their own bad habits as well. As usual, the Cougars shot free throws as if they were blindfolded...
Tulane reels in wide receiver
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane has received a commitment from wide receiver Charles Harris of MacArthur High in Irving, Texas. The 6-foot-3, 175-pound Harris caught 36 passes as a senior for 572 yards and 16 touchdowns, an average of 15.9 yards. He has 4.43 speed for 40 yards...
January 26, 2005
Tulane's No. 1 for now, but that seems to be the easy part
New Orleans Times-Picayune
There's a lot of pressure that comes with being the nation's top-ranked college baseball team, but Tulane's players aren't showing it. What they're anxious to show, however, is that the team is worthy of the No. 1 ranking by Baseball America Magazine...
Green Wave looking to end road slide
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Playing on the road is always tough. Winning on the road, at least for Tulane, has been even tougher. During the past 2½ seasons, the Green Wave is 2-24 in regular-season road games and has lost 18 in a row on opponents' home courts. Of the 18, 14 have been in regular-season Conference USA games...
RB Ducre commits to Tulane
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane and Ole Miss each have added local football commitments. Fontainebleau All-State running back Christian Ducre picked the Green Wave, and John Ehret All-State defensive back Jabarre Mitchell chose the Rebels...
January 25, 2005
Laying a foundation: Lisa Stockton has spurned offers from other schools in order to finish what she's started
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Trash -- there's a Subway sandwich wrapper, looks like a couple of napkins, some crumpled letters -- bonds like water molecules in a fifth-grade science lab, overflowing but somehow not spilling onto the carpet...
January 24, 2005
Defense lifts Wave women
New Orleans Times-Picayune
For the first time this season the Tulane women's basketball team defended and moved the ball the way Coach Lisa Stockton preaches. The Green Wave refused to allow Marquette to penetrate the lane or rotate the ball in its set offense...
January 23, 2005
Prospect's spouse pitches in
Cleveland Plain-Dealer
Not much has sidetracked Michael Aubrey in two seasons as one of the Indians' top minor-league prospects. He's hit for average -- .320 in 136 games at Class A Lake Country, Class A Kinston and Class AA Akron. He's shown some pop with the bat -- 34 doubles, 20 home runs, 101 RBI and a .516 slugging average...
TU falls short against USM
New Orleans Times-Picayune
One game after making all the big shots in a dramatic overtime victory, Tulane couldn't find a way to make or defend them Saturday afternoon. Southern Mississippi's Rashaad Carruth and Michael Ford were unstoppable when it counted most...
The streak is dead
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American
It wasn't easy, but it was a win. The University of Southern Mississippi ended a six-game losing streak Saturday with the Golden Eagles' first Conference USA win, a 61-60 victory against Tulane...
USM, Eustachy get 'needed' win
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Even without its leading scorer and rebounder, Southern Miss managed to do something it hadn't done all year: win a Conference USA basketball game...
January 22, 2005
Benfield energizing Tulane again
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Before Tulane's overtime victory over Alabama-Birmingham on Wednesday, senior guard Ben Benfield had seen his minutes decline drastically with the start of league play. He played in only one of the Green Wave's first four Conference USA games...
DePaul routs Tulane women 80-50
New Orleans Times-Picayune
At times Friday night, the Tulane women's basketball team defied the logic of Coach Lisa Stockton and attempted to run with DePaul. Such defiance turned out to be foolish...
Eagles keep up fight for 1st C-USA victory
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Southern Miss guard Rashaad Carruth is not ready to run up a white flag on a basketball season turned sour. He just hopes that the rest of his Golden Eagles teammates will follow suit...
January 21, 2005
Slumping Wave faces the fast-paced Blue Demons
New Orleans Times-Picayune
DePaul isn't an average women's college basketball team. The Blue Demons play more like Jerry Tarkanian's UNLV teams than the typical half court motion offense usually used by women's college teams...
January 20, 2005
Two for one deal
Baseball America
Stephen Head wakes at 5 a.m. three or four times a week during the spring to meet Mississippi football players Robert Lane and Andrew Wicker--shotguns in tow--to go turkey hunting. Head schedules his classes to begin no sooner than 10 a.m., leaving himself ample time in the woods before reporting to school. He goes hunting before every baseball game he can because he finds it relaxing. Sometimes he arrives at Swayze Field still wearing his camoflague...
Freshman guard propels Tulane to C-USA win
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Big shots are not supposed to be taken by little freshman, but Tulane's Taylor Rochestie shot down that theory Wednesday night. The 6-foot-1 Rochestie made three huge shots, including the winning 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Green Wave a 76-73 Conference USA victory over Alabama-Birmingham in overtime at Fogelman Arena...
Green Wave beats buzzer, Blazers
Birmingham News
There's something about playing in Fogelman Arena that brings out the worst in the UAB Blazers. For the third straight year, a UAB club walked onto the home court of the Tulane Green Wave heavily favored only to walk away with a head-scratching loss...
January 19, 2005
Wave has been safe at home vs. UAB
New Orleans Times-Picayune
After struggling in its first two weeks of Conference USA play, Tulane may finally meet the opponent it needs -- Alabama-Birmingham. By no means are Mike Anderson's Blazers a patsy. UAB is coming off an NCAA Sweet 16 appearance and is 13-4 this season. The Blazers are tied for second place in C-USA with Cincinnati and Louisville...
Blazers try to solve riddle with Tulane
Birmingham News
The UAB players probably didn't bother unpacking their bags after last week's win at East Carolina. Just days after bagging their second straight Conference USA road win and their fourth win overall on the road, the Blazers are on the road again...
Mandeville LB, four others commit to TU
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane added five commitments from players who made official visits to the Green Wave this past weekend. Mandeville linebacker Ace Foyil and Baton Rouge-Dunham player Cary Koch picked the Green Wave, as did three Texans: linebacker James McMurchy of Clear Lake in Houston, athlete Brandon Brinkley of Bay City and defensive back Corey Sonnier of Friendswood in Clear Brook...
January 17, 2005
Hot Billikens down Tulane
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Freshman Kia Johnson scored 26 points and Saint Louis shot 52.2 percent and pulled away in the second half to snap a 13-game losing streak with an 81-70 Conference USA victory over Tulane on Sunday at the Bauman-Eberhardt Center in St. Louis. It was the Billikins' second win of the season...
Harvey's dream becomes reality
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Dreams come in all sizes, and on a holiday where Americans celebrate the grandest of dreams, New Orleanians will get a chance to witness others possibly come to fruition...
January 16, 2005
NCAA's D-I schools sweat out graduation ratios
Orlando Sun-Sentinel
When the NCAA established the passing grade for all Division I teams Monday, it predicted 51 percent of the 325 D-I universities would have at least one team that failed to meet it...
First-half fizzle dooms Wave
New Orleans Times-Picayune
A six-minute stretch was all DePaul needed Saturday afternoon to put Tulane in a position from which it could not recover. The Green Wave went without a field goal for the final 6:14 of the first half, and the Blue Demons went on a 14-4 run that powered its 81-63 Conference USA victory over Tulane at New Orleans Arena...
Familiar song and dance for Wave
New Orleans Times-Picayune
The beat goes on, but it's not music to which Tulane wants to be dancing. The Green Wave men's basketball team has been tripping over its own feet, the latest misstep an 81-63 loss to DePaul on Saturday afternoon at New Orleans Arena. The loss dropped Tulane to 6-9 overall and 0-4 in Conference USA...
January 15, 2005
TU seeks to reduce turnovers
New Orleans Times-Picayune
In all three of its Conference USA games, Tulane has led at halftime or been within striking distance midway through the second half. But in each game, a series of mistakes has prevented the Green Wave from sticking around for a close ending. And what makes matters worse is that most of the turnovers have been unforced...
January 13, 2005
TCU takes advantage of Tulane turnovers
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane once again couldn't overcome numerous turnovers, this time falling 73-62 to TCU in a Conference USA game Wednesday night at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. The turnovers, many when the game was on the line, led to the Green Wave's third straight C-USA loss...
Win a slam dunk for Horned Frogs
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Before the Horned Frogs showed up at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum on Wednesday night, the team had been giving freshman guard Neiman Owens grief over an embarrassing play in practice...
West Monroe DE chooses Tulane
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane has received a commitment from West Monroe defensive end Matt Slocum, and Hahnville quarterback Bryant Lee has chosen Southern. As a senior, Slocum had 42 tackles and three sacks in the regular season despite missing three games with a slight stress fracture in his back...
January 12, 2005
Green Wave not rolling
New Orleans Times-Picayune
While inconsistency has been Tulane's biggest problem this season, it isn't the only problem the Green Wave needs to resolve quickly. When Tulane takes on Texas Christian tonight, it has a short list of key items to contend with before it begins worrying about stopping the Horned Frogs...
Transfer's gas tank never needs a refill
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
During rigorous preseason practice drills, TCU senior guard Marcus Shropshire came to a fairly obvious conclusion about teammate Nile Murry...
January 10, 2005
Despite late rally, Wave falls to TCU
New Orleans Times-Picayune
After everything that had transpired Sunday afternoon, with Texas Christian mounting a huge lead and scoring at will, Tulane -- somehow -- managed to make a game of it. It was just a little too late...
January 9, 2005
Marquette shoots past Green Wave
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane couldn't have executed its game plan to stop Marquette guard Travis Diener better. The only problem was the Green Wave's defense on Diener worked for only a half...
Diener starts off slow, then takes control
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Two seasons ago, Dwyane Wade turned the Big Easy into his own personal playground in leading the Marquette Golden Eagles to victory. On Saturday night, it was Travis Diener's turn...
January 8, 2005
Kinzer, Green Wave looking to rebound
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane senior guard Marcus Kinzer knows a lot is expected of him this season. But he doesn't look at it as pressure. "It's not really pressure, it's more of a challenge," Kinzer said. "It can be tough leading a group of guys and trying to get them on the same page. That's when it can get to be pretty challenging"...
TU falls short
New Orleans Times-Picayune
This was one Coach Lisa Stockton and Tulane figured they should have won. But they didn't. Down the stretch Friday night, defending Conference USA champion Houston made all the necessary plays as the Cougars defeated the Green Wave 55-54...
Diener nears MU mark
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Dwyane Wade will never forget the first time he saw Travis Diener. He doesn't remember the exact day, but he's pretty sure it was November 8, 2000. Wade, a second-year standout guard with the Miami Heat who is currently among the league leaders in scoring and replica jersey sales...
January 7, 2005
Tulane's Henry making smooth moves at guard
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Despite D'Aundra Henry's lack of experience at point guard, Tulane coach Lisa Stockton didn't have any apprehension about moving her there. While there have been a few kinks in Henry's play, many have been impressed with the results...
Texas cornerback commits to Tulane
New Orleans Times-Picayune
If one of Tulane's recruiting priorities was to add defensive speed, the Green Wave has found some in Garland, Texas. Matt Harding, a 5-foot-11, 185-pound cornerback from South Garland High, has committed to Tulane, which has seven commitments...
January 6, 2005
Baseball America has Wave, Tigers 1-2
New Orleans Times-Picayune
For the first time, the top two teams in college baseball are from Louisiana -- that is, according to one magazine's poll. Tulane and LSU are ranked 1-2 in Baseball America's preseason poll, which was released Wednesday...
Saint Louis turns back sloppy Green Wave
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Just when Tulane seemed ready to make another of its second-half runs, it pulled the plug on its own comeback with turnovers...
Small lineup gives Billikens a big victory
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The chemistry experiment that has been coach Brad Soderberg's pursuit of the proper mix for St. Louis University found an unprecedented balance with the arrival of the Conference USA schedule...
Tulane, LSU 1-2 in Baseball America
Baton Rouge Advocate
For the first time, Tulane is No. 1 in a preseason college baseball poll. But old nemesis LSU is right behind. Tulane and LSU open the new year 1-2 in the preseason poll released Wednesday by Baseball America magazine...
January 5, 2005
Rochestie emerges as scoring threat
New Orleans Times-Picayune
As Tulane heads into Conference USA play tonight against Saint Louis, the biggest surprise is that three freshmen have claimed spots in the starting lineup. Not a surprise is the fact that Taylor Rochestie is one of them...
January 4, 2005
College Presidents Must Take Charge of College Sports
Chronicle of Higher Education
I was present at a recent athletics forum when the Rev. Edward A. Malloy, the president of the University of Notre Dame, expressed dismay over his institution's firing of the head football coach with two years left on his contract. Apparently the coach had done everything right on and off the field -- except win a national championship...
Have-nots hope to make progress in new C-USA
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The prospect of returning to college basketball after three years away was attractive to Tom Penders, but the former Texas coach had certain criteria that any job opening had to meet...
January 3, 2005
Lady Tigers surge by Wave
New Orleans Times-Picayune
LSU's guards were too quick, and the Lady Tigers' post players were too strong. Ultimately, No. 1-ranked LSU was too much for out-manned Tulane, and the Lady Tigers' rolled to a 79-45 victory at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Sunday...
Augustus, Johnson lead LSU over Tulane
Baton Rouge Advocate
The real-life version of the LSU women's basketball team was far greater than the version from the cutting-room floor...
January 2, 2005
Tulane faces tough test in Lady Tigers
New Orleans Times-Picayune
As Tulane wrapped up its final practice of 2004, point guard D'Aundra Henry walked off the court with a little more pep in her step. The ends of her lips curled up a little higher as she smiled. The sparkle in her eyes shined a few shades brighter...
LSU women turn focus toward Tulane
New Orleans Times-Picayune
LSU women's basketball coach Pokey Chatman doesn't expect her team's season-long approach to go on hiatus for one game or one opponent. It's been a singular focus that's served the Lady Tigers particularly well throughout a perfect start to the season...
Eagles gives it their best shot
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
With all the illnesses and injuries surrounding the Marquette men's basketball team, the Golden Eagles found the perfect remedy Sunday night in their long-winded opponent, Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne...
January 1, 2005
Second-half surge propels Wave
New Orleans Times-Picayune
The second half, once again, belonged to Tulane. The Green Wave, which trailed by 19 points in the early minutes of the second half, went on an 18-0 run to overtake Virginia Military Institute on its way to an 82-74 victory over the Keydets on Friday at Fogelman Arena...
Now with Green Wave, former area stars face LSU
New Orleans Times-Picayune
When Tulane's Jami Montagnino returns home Sunday afternoon to play against LSU's top-ranked women's basketball team the former Christian Life Academy standout should be in familiar company...
