April 2005 NewsStand
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April 30, 2005
Bill paying off: Losman impresses in camp
USA Today
They began getting to know one another early last season, while rehabbing their broken bones at Ralph Wilson Stadium. The more veteran Buffalo Bills safety Lawyer Milloy conversed with rookie quarterback J.P. Losman, the more he felt like he was experiencing deja vu...
USF Falls To No. 1 Tulane
Tampa Tribune
Tulane brought its No. 1 ranking to Red McEwen Field on Friday and proved why it's ranked in at least the top five of five different national polls as it beat USF 8-7 in 12 innings...
April 29, 2005
Wave's Crowel ready to shoulder the load
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Four months ago, J.R. Crowel's left shoulder was hurting so much because of tendinitis that there was a huge question mark concerning how effective the Tulane pitcher would be this season...
USF Player Makes A Name For Himself
Tampa Tribune
For as long as he can remember - more like since Dec. 19, 1982, to be exact - Jeff Baisley has been known for being one of the Baisley twins...
April 28, 2005
Proposals for BCS come in varied, simple
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Three days of meetings moved the BCS closer, but not to a definitive decision, on how to select the teams to play in college football's national championship game...
April 27, 2005
Green Wave trio no-hits Colonels
New Orleans Times-Picayune
What started out as a plan to get one pitcher ready for this weekend's Conference USA series and to get another more extensive work nearly ended in a perfect game for Tulane. J.R. Crowel, Billy Mohl and Daniel Latham combined for the Green Wave's first no-hitter in seven seasons as Tulane defeated Nicholls State 3-0 on Tuesday night at Turchin State...
April 26, 2005
Perfect game carried into the eighth inning
ESPN.com
J.R. Crowel, Billy Mohl and Daniel Latham combined on Tulane's first no-hitter in more than seven years as the Green Wave beat Nicholls State 3-0 on Tuesday night...
April 25, 2005
Wave men, women win C-USA championships
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Top-seeded Tulane defeated host Louisville 4-1 on Sunday at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center to capture its third consecutive Conference USA men's tennis championship...
TCU women stumble against Tulane again
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Tulane junior Julie Smekodub kept reminding herself of the conversation she had with one of her closest friends before Sunday's Conference USA championship match against TCU...
Cold Cardinals lose C-USA tennis title to hot Tulane
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Tulane University men's tennis team did something no other school had done in more than three years. The Green Wave left the University of Louisville's Bass-Rudd Tennis Center with a victory, snapping the Cardinals' 42-match home winning streak...
Agony ends when Titans pick Green Wave's Williams
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Ugh, there it is again, Roydell Williams said silently, with disgust and visible frustration. Down in bottom third of the TV screen above the meaningless April Major League Baseball scores, popping up every minute like vindictive clockwork: Roydell Williams, WR, Tulane...
Southern Miss blanks Tulane
New Orleans Times-Picayune
After hammering Southern Mississippi's pitchers for 29 runs in the first two games, Tulane's hitters were silenced as the Golden Eagles got a bit of revenge for two lopsided losses with a 10-0 victory over the Green Wave at Pete Taylor Park on Sunday...
Owen's 2nd chance pays off for Eagles
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Brad Owen had felt like crud Sunday morning thanks to a bad case of the sinuses. But as crummy as the Southern Miss junior left-hander may have felt, he wound up making the Tulane Green Wave feel even worse...
USM's Owen shuts down Tulane bats
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald
Southern Miss got tired of the beat-downs. The Golden Eagles, drummed in their first two games with Tulane, salvaged something out of their critical Conference USA series, burying the Green Wave 10-0 on Sunday before 3,912 at Pete Taylor Park...
Williams has all tools Titans want
The Tennessean
The Titans have regular conversations about maximizing the value of draft picks, and that's why they're thrilled with Tulane's Roydell Williams. The Titans tracked him all weekend and took him with the last of their three fourth-round picks yesterday, 136th overall...
April 24, 2005
A fan among men
New Orleans Times-Picayune
"He was an ordinary man who did so many extraordinary things," the Rev. Des Crotty told the overflow crowd gathered in St. Francis of Assisi Church at State and Constance streets Monday afternoon...
Wave pounds USM
New Orleans Times-Picayune
The second game of Tulane's series with Southern Mississippi was a lot different from the first one, but the result was the same -- another thumping by the Green Wave...
Tulane overpowers Golden Eagles 29-6
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American
After falling behind 15-0 Friday, things couldn't get much worse for the University of Southern Mississippi. But Saturday wasn't much better. When Friday's game, which was suspended due to weather Friday night, resumed Saturday, the Green Wave cruised to an 18-4 win. And when the teams met against Saturday afternoon, Tulane came out 11-2 winners...
Eagles can't contain Wave, suffer pair of lopsided losses
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Coach Corky Palmer had expressed concern about Southern Miss' ability to win close baseball games recently, especially in light of the good pitching he expected USM to face. As it has turned out, close games haven't been a problem...
Green Wave rolls with momentum against USM
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald
Southern Miss began the day down by 15 runs and ended it trailing Tulane by four full games in the Conference USA standings. The Green Wave, ranked in the top three in all the major polls, took care of business in the resumption of a game suspended by rain Friday night, winning 18-4...
BCS is continuing to poll for answers
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Picking a new pope took two days. Fixing the BCS will take a little longer. Commissioners from the 11 Division I-A conferences convene near Phoenix this week for their annual meetings to chart the course of college football's championship. The No. 1 item on the agenda is coming up with a replacement for The Associated Press poll, which will no longer be part of the standings formula -- but a quick announcement of a substitute appears unlikely...
April 23, 2005
NCAA to review alcohol policies
New Orleans Times-Picayune
When Rick Dickson became Tulane's athletic director in 2000, perhaps his biggest surprise was that beer was sold at Green Wave home games. "It was something that I'd never experienced before," Dickson said. "But I guess seeing a drive-though daiquiri shop coming in from the airport should have been a tipoff"...
Tulane on a roll in delayed game
New Orleans Times-Picayune
What Southern Mississippi pitchers couldn't do Friday night, Mother Nature did. Tulane's hitters pummeled the Golden Eagles pitchers for four innings before rain forced suspension of the game with the Green Wave leading 15-0...
Green Wave show why top billing is deserved
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American
Corky Palmer had warned his team. The University of Southern Mississippi baseball coach talked earlier this week about his team's alarming propensity for falling behind early. He said the Golden Eagles couldn't afford to fall in a hole against good teams...
Wave leads Eagles 15-0 when rain suspends play
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Rain and lightning turned out to be Southern Miss' best asset at Taylor Park Friday night. A storm cell forced USM and Tulane off the field after four innings with the No. 3 Green Wave holding a 15-0 lead...
Rained out game finishes today
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald
Tulane was in complete control through four innings Friday at Pete Taylor Park, whipping Southern Miss 15-0. The only good news of the night for the Golden Eagles occurred when heavy rainfall and lightning forced a suspension of the final five innings...
Severe weather puts halt to Tulane's drubbing of USM
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American
Rain did what the University of Southern Mississippi couldn't - stop the Tulane offense. The Green Wave scored nine runs in the fourth inning Friday night to take a 15-0 lead before play was halted because of severe weather. The game will be resumed in the top of the fifth inning at 1 p.m. today...
April 22, 2005
Wave aims to 'stay above' rivalry
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Just a few days after playing its biggest state rival, Tulane will face Southern Miss, the school many believe is the Green Wave's biggest rival in Conference USA. The Green Wave, ranked No. 1 by Collegiate Baseball and third by Baseball America, is doing its best to ignore all the hoopla that accompanies a big weekend conference series...
True diamond dandy
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American
Even if it was just Tulane, that would make it a big weekend. But this is No. 1 Tulane - on top of Conference USA, and on top of the national polls. The Green Wave comes into Hattiesburg for three games against the University of Southern Mississippi baseball team this weekend, one of the Golden Eagles' most-anticipated conference series in recent memory...
USM's task: Highly-rated Tulane
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Southern Miss baseball fans will get a double scoop for their dollar this weekend at Taylor Park. Not only will the Golden Eagles be squaring off with Conference USA archrival Tulane, but the Green Wave will roar in as one of the highest-ranked baseball teams to ever hit town...
USM has top team in town for three
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald
Southern Miss, limping to a 4-4 record over the last eight games, jumps into the fire when top-ranked Tulane comes to Pete Taylor Park tonight looking to close in on a national seeding for upcoming regional play...
April 21, 2005
All TCU, all the time at Grand Bear
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald
Tulane golf coach Tom Shaw watched TCU collect nearly all of the hardware from the Conference USA Tournament and made an admission. "I love having TCU in the conference," Shaw said, "and I hate it"...
April 20, 2005
Green Wave swells to win against Tigers
New Orleans Times-Picayune
It might have been an ugly beginning, but the ending was extremely sweet for Tulane. The Green Wave, which spotted LSU three runs in the first inning, used some clutch hitting that produced a big inning and an 11-8 victory over the Tigers on Tuesday night before a national television audience and a Zephyr Field record crowd of 12,069...
TU's Dickerson makes Taylor his first hire
New Orleans Times-Picayune
It took a little bit longer than Tulane coach Dave Dickerson initially said it would take, but he has hired his first assistant coach. Benjy Taylor, who spent last season at Indiana State, has joined the Green Wave staff...
No. 18 LSU falls No. 1 Tulane
Baton Rouge Advocate
LSU came within one hit of matching Tulane's dozen. Tulane made the game's only two errors. No one had to tell LSU starting pitcher Brandon Nall why his Tigers lost to the Green Wave, 11-8...
Wave topples Tigers
Shreveport Times
Hitting throughout the lineup is a good thing, except when the pitcher gets into the act and he doesn't bat. LSU pitcher Brandon Nall hit four batters, reliever Eric English hit two others, and No. 1 Tulane added 12 hits of its own for an 11-8 victory Tuesday night in front of a Zephyr Field record crowd of 12,069 and a national TV audience on ESPN2...
Extra Innings: Zephyr record set
Baton Rouge Advocate
The LSU-Tulane baseball game Tuesday night broke the attendance record the two teams set three years ago for a college baseball game at Zephyr Field. Despite a national cablecast on ESPN2, a crowd of 12,069 watched the Green Wave defeat the Tigers, 11-8...
April 19, 2005
Laval hopes Tigers keep their edge
New Orleans Times-Picayune
There's never a bad time for LSU and Tulane to play baseball, and tonight's expected sellout crowd at Zephyr Field is evidence of that. Still, LSU coach Smoke Laval likes the timing of the matchup...
Lockout opens door for college baseball
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Low ratings put college baseball on ice back in the early 1990s. But thanks to the NHL lockout, ESPN has added nearly 50 regular-season college baseball and softball games to its spring lineup this year...
April 18, 2005
Shaky Bogusevic turns back Houston
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane's Brian Bogusevic didn't have the kind of outing Sunday he's used to, but that only made the junior left-hander more determined. Bogusevic, who struggled with his control during the 6 1/3 innings he pitched, was still good enough to help the Green Wave to a 7-2 Conference USA victory over Houston at Turchin Stadium...
April 17, 2005
Dickerson gives Green Wave a reason to believe in future of program
New Orleans Times-Picayune
As bad as life seemed for Tulane's basketball players a couple of weeks ago, when they bid an emotional farewell to fired men's coach Shawn Finney, it wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been. Their new coach, Dave Dickerson, is living proof of that...
Emaus calls it, achieves it for Wave
New Orleans Times-Picayune
When Tulane freshman Brad Emaus stepped to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning with the score tied at 4, he had only one thing in mind: Get the game over with...
April 16, 2005
Green Wave blows lead in 8th, loses to Houston
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Going into Friday night's game, Tulane was unbeaten this season when leading after seven innings, and Houston was 0-14 when trailing after seven innings. All that changed in their Conference USA series opener...
April 15, 2005
He's team's top hitter in conference games
New Orleans Times-Picayune
When Micah Owings transferred to Tulane last September, the feeling was Coach Rick Jones had received the final piece to make the Green Wave contenders for this year's College World Series...
April 14, 2005
Locals helping Tulane
Houston Chronicle
For Tulane coach Rick Jones, the move qualified as a stealthy, preemptive strike. With 2003 NCAA champion Rice joining Conference USA next season, Jones picked the perfect time to strike recruiting gold while mining the Houston area for talent...
Wave women pound LSU in Challenge
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane coach David Schumacher says he has been pleased with the direction of his women's tennis team. In recent matches, they've displayed the type of game that could lead to the Green Wave's highest finish ever in the NCAA Tournament. Wednesday was no different...
April 13, 2005
FAMILY VALUES: Building relationships with his players and his school is the priority for new Tulane men's basketball coach Dave Dickerson
New Orleans Times-Picayune
On Dave Dickerson's first day back on Tulane's campus since being introduced as the Green Wave's basketball coach April 1, it probably was much easier for him to find his way to Fogelman Arena than to maneuver around his office. This past Friday, Dickerson's office was part locker room, part work space...
Wave makes quick work of Colonels
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Nicholls State pitchers had some control problems Tuesday night. Tulane's hitters didn't mind. With the Colonels struggling to throw strikes, the Green Wave, which is ranked No. 3 by Baseball America and No. 1 by Collegiate Baseball, reached on 13 walks, then walked out of Turchin Stadium with a 11-1 victory before 2,594 fans. The game was called because of the 10-run rule...
April 8, 2005
Immediate Impact
New Orleans Times-Picayune
During the past three seasons, the Tulane baseball team has lacked consistent play at third base. This season, the Green Wave appears to have solved that problem in freshman Brad Emaus...
April 7, 2005
Ramsey ready to lead Redskins
Washington Times
The gorgeous weather yesterday wasn't responsible for Patrick Ramsey's sunny outlook on his career with the Washington Redskins. Last April, Ramsey was still recovering from foot surgery, had lost his starting job to Mark Brunell and didn't know the new coaches or their offense...
April 6, 2005
TU's Crowel silences UNO with three-hitter
New Orleans Times-Picayune
So much for the slow start Tulane pitcher J.R. Crowel was experiencing. On a breezy Tuesday night at Maestri Field, the junior left-hander went from struggling to full throttle, striking out a career-tying 10 batters in the third-ranked Green Wave's 6-0 victory over UNO...
Bills Quarterback J.P. Losman to Throw First Pitch at Bisons Home Opener
www.Bisons.com
Buffalo Bills starting quarterback, J.P. Losman, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Buffalo Bisons 2005 Home Opener: Thursday, April 7 at 4:05 p.m. against the Richmond Braves...
April 4, 2005
Green Wave sweeps away UAB
New Orleans Times-Picayune
There are games when the Tulane baseball team gets stellar pitching from its starters. There are others when the Green Wave batters smash the ball all over the park. On Sunday, the fourth-ranked Green Wave got both as it routed Alabama-Birmingham 13-5 to sweep a three-game Conference USA series before 2,731 fans at Turchin Stadium...
April 3, 2005
Gomes, Green Wave shut down Blazers
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Brandon Gomes stood on the mound and stared down the Alabama-Birmingham batters, looking for just the right spot to throw his pitches and daring them to make contact. Gomes was in control Saturday afternoon. And with No. 4 Tulane struggling to score, he needed to be...
April 2, 2005
Dickerson brings 'a lot of positives'
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Dave Dickerson was not a slam dunk to becoming Tulane's new basketball coach, but every time Tulane athletic director Rick Dickson dug into Dickerson's background, he kept getting what amounted to layups...
Tulane names Dickerson coach
Baton Rouge Advocate
Dave Dickerson, a 15-year coaching veteran, was introduced Friday as the new men's basketball coach at Tulane. "If I had to pick a perfect job for me, it would be a school with a profile like Tulane -- a great academic institution in a great city with the potential for tremendous athletic success," Dickerson said...
April 1, 2005
UM's Dickerson to be named head coach at Tulane today
Baltimore Sun
Maryland senior associate head basketball coach Dave Dickerson will be named head coach at Tulane at a news conference in New Orleans this afternoon, according to sources. Dickerson, 38, will replace Shawn Finney, who was fired last month after guiding the Green Wave to a 60-86 record in five seasons. It will be the first head coaching job for Dickerson, who was a captain on Gary Williams' first Maryland team in 1989-90 before returning to College Park as an assistant in 1996 for the first of nine seasons on Williams' staff...
Tulane chooses Maryland assistant
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Maryland senior associate head coach Dave Dickerson will be introduced as Tulane's basketball coach today, The Times-Picayune has confirmed. A press conference has been scheduled for 2:30 p.m. at the James Wilson Center...
Madden back in the swing
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Scanning the statistics of fourth-ranked Tulane's top hitters, Scott Madden is taken aback. His name sits atop the list. There were moments in his career he thought such a feat would never be possible...
