January 2006 NewsStand
Feb 5, 2006 | General
Feb. 5, 2006
January 30, 2006
Tulane rally comes up short
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane rallied behind sophomore Nikki Luckhurst's career-high 28 points, but Rice used its superior size to thwart the rally and defeat the Green Wave 82-69 on Sunday at Autry Court...
January 29, 2006
Green Wave turns tables on Rice
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane wanted revenge, a little payback after a three-point buzzer-beating home loss to Rice earlier this month. The Green Wave got it. Sparked by a 14-0 run in the closing minutes, Tulane pulled away from the Owls for a 70-53 win Saturday night at Autry Court in a Conference USA game...
Wilson blasts Owls' effort after defeat
Houston Chronicle
Rice coach Willis Wilson was quick to admit the words spewing out of his mouth Saturday evening were as much an indictment of his ability to reach his players as it was a denouncement of their ability to comprehend what he has been trying to teach them...
January 28, 2006
TU on mark in crunch time
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane's leading scorers were limited by Houston's defense for much of their Conference USA women's basketball game Friday evening at Hofheinz Pavilion, but down the stretch they all stepped up to lead the Green Wave to a 61-54 road victory over the Cougars...
UH slide continues with loss to Tulane
Houston Chronicle
In their previous two losses the Cougars had a hard time getting started, falling into early holes they couldn't escape. In Friday's game against Tulane, they couldn't get it finished. The Cougars fumbled away a chance to break their two-game slide, instead watching it turn into three straight with a 61-54 loss to the Green Wave before a crowd of 1,006 at Hofheinz Pavilion...
January 26, 2006
Baseball returns to Zephyr Field
The Tulane Hullabaloo
The Green Wave baseball team held its first practice in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina on Tuesday at Zephyr Field, the team's home for the 2006 season. Turchin Stadium, the on-campus field, was damaged by the storm...
Finally Fogelman
The Tulane Hullabaloo
Prior to Tulane University men's basketball team's first competition on its home floor against Richmond Dec. 27, 2005, the Hurricane Katrina evacuees played eight regular season games; four on the road as the away team, and four on the road as the home team...
Growing pains evident as Wave takes its lumps
New Orleans Times-Picayune
The day will come when Tulane is the diner, rather than the meal. It'll come to pass, in future seasons under Dave Dickerson, that the Green Wave will do the running and gunning, rather than the huffing and puffing. But this day and this season aren't that day and that season...
Cougars overrun Green Wave with 1st-half scoring outburst
New Orleans Times-Picayune
As Houston walked off of the court at Fogelman Arena at halftime Wednesday night, Cougars guard Oliver Lafayette and assistant coach Melvin Haralson were laughing and joking and having a good time...
TU hopes Texas Tech is a big hit
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Texas Tech, which served as home for the Tulane baseball and women's basketball teams during the fall semester after they were displaced by Hurricane Katrina, is putting its heart into this baseball season...
Tulane adds three from out of state
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane and LSU have each increased their recruiting totals. The Green Wave has added running back Andre Anderson of Stone Mountain, Ga., linebacker Jeremy McKinney of Clear Lake in Houston and offensive tackle Peter Hendrickson of Jesuit in Tampa, Fla...
UH puts it together on both ends
Houston Chronicle
This city is called "The Big Easy," and was that ever the case for the Houston Cougars on Wednesday night. Playing a deliberate Tulane team that tries to keep the score as low as possible, the Cougars hit the "go" button and breezed to an 82-57 victory. The Cougars steamrollered the Green Wave from the beginning, putting on an early shooting display that had the crowd of 1,403 at Fogelman Arena gasping in astonishment...
January 25, 2006
Green Wave finally back on campus
Scout.com
Tulane finally got to come home. The Green Wave just had their first visit weekend as they hosted 26 prospects. "It was a huge success," Tulane head coach Chris Scelfo said. "We got back on campus last week for classes. Our kids, coaches and players were so excited. It was a great weekend for us and I am very happy with where we are in terms of recruiting. In fact, this should be one of our better recruiting classes"...
Early Ascendance - Wave freshman Langford has risen to the challenge
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Ashley Langford's arrival at Tulane wasn't expected to be one of major impact. But when senior point guard D'Aundra Henry was sidelined for the season, that left Langford holding the ball, literally....
Houston? No problem - Tom Penders takes over a losing situation and thrives
New Orleans Times-Picayune
When Houston athletic director Dave Maggard interviewed Tom Penders for the Cougars' basketball coaching job, it began as a frank conversation and quickly turned into a job offer. "How good a job is it?" Penders asked Maggard...
Five more defenders commit to Wave
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane's recruiting numbers continue to grow with commitments from five more defensive players. Linebacker Troy Wilson and defensive end Markus James of Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy, linebacker Logan Kelly of Cypress Creek in Houston, linebacker Cody Sparks of Bridge City, Texas, and cornerback Alex Wacha of Clements in Sugar Land, Texas, have picked the Green Wave...
January 22, 2006
Wave finds winning way
New Orleans Times-Picayune
It seemed like a small step, but Tulane coach Dave Dickerson knew better. The Green Wave, which has struggled trying to start a winning streak, made seven of its final eight free throws Saturday night to pull away from East Carolina for a 60-52 victory at Fogelman Arena...
Non-conference no problem for Wave
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane took a break from Conference USA play to face Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday, and won 69-62. The Green Wave (7-7) ended a four-game losing streak. Nine of Tulane's 14 games have been decided by 10 points or less...
January 21, 2006
Along with New Orleans, Tulane is in revival mode
Greenville (N.C.) Daily Reflector
Life as a first-year college basketball coach can provide more than its share of bumps in the road. But for Tulane's Dave Dickerson, those bumps have seemed more like mountains this season. Late last summer, Dickerson, who was hired April 1 as the 22nd head coach in Green Wave history, had settled in and was anticipating what he hoped would be a successful first season at the helm...
Green Wave to try East Carolina
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane is hoping a return to Fogelman Arena will reverse its fortunes. The Green Wave has lost three consecutive games, all in Conference USA play, heading into tonight's game against East Carolina at 7 p.m...
January 20, 2006
Players look toward future
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Alex Wacha has heard the stories about New Orleans -- how much of the city is still under water and what isn't has pretty much been destroyed. This weekend, Wacha gets to see for himself what stories are true and what are not when the senior defensive back from Sugarland Clements High School near Houston takes his official visit to Tulane...
Happy for some home-field advantage
New Orleans Times-Picayune
With piles of clay here and piles of sand there, shredded outfield fences and largely inoperable lights, UNO's Maestri Field doesn't look like much these days. Except home. And even if it's not quite ready for occupancy by the UNO baseball team, spending the first two weeks of preseason drills in Mobile, Ala., is a small price to pay after Hurricane Katrina's devastation forced it to relocate to New Mexico State during the fall semester...
Late Wave of recruits are arriving
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Under normal circumstances, a college football coaching staff would be overjoyed about having a dozen high school players on campus for official weekend visits. But, courtesy of Hurricane Katina, normalcy has been displaced at Tulane. As a result, the Green Wave will have to squeeze all of its visits by prospective signees into the next two weekends, including an almost unheard of 30 recruits on campus, beginning today...
January 18, 2006
Humble beginnings
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane's Dave Dickerson is only halfway through his first season as a head coach, and no one can blame him for thinking "what if." What if Hurricane Katrina hadn't displaced his team?...
Tulane reinstates 2 sports shelved in wake of storm
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane men's golf coach Tom Shaw will see his team's season unfold the way he thought it should -- with a full schedule. The golf team, along with the Green Wave women's swimming and diving team, will compete this spring after all. The sports were among the eight the school temporarily suspended Dec. 8 because of financial difficulties brought on by Hurricane Katrina...
January 16, 2006
Wave loses heartbreaker to Rice
New Orleans Times-Picayune
After burning Tulane for 39 minutes Saturday night, it took one final shot as time expired for Rice's Morris Almond to really add insult to injury. Almond's 3-pointer at the buzzer ruined a comeback by the Green Wave while lifting the Owls to a 60-57 Conference USA victory over Tulane at Fogelman Arena...
January 15, 2006
Wave loses heartbreaker to Rice
New Orleans Times-Picayune
After burning Tulane for 39 minutes Saturday night, it took one final shot as time expired for Rice's Morris Almond to really add insult to injury. Almond's 3-pointer at the buzzer ruined a comeback by the Green Wave while lifting the Owls to a 60-57 Conference USA victory over Tulane at Fogelman Arena...
Green Wave working to catch up
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Much like a sprinter hesitant in the starting blocks, Tulane must make up large ground in a short time. The Green Wave has three football commitments and two critical weeks of visits remaining before national signing day on Feb. 1. The Wave will be seeking to increase those numbers significantly during a recruiting process that has been hampered by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina...
Dome repairs: Clock is ticking
New Orleans Times-Picayune
It was an eerie sight: Slivers of sunshine, like some giant floodlights, slanting down from the ceiling, onto the home field of the New Orleans Saints. It was littered with trash, but this was no celebration...
Almond's 3 caps wild finish
Houston Chronicle
Rice junior guard Morris Almond spent the better part of Saturday evening making the difficult look routine. So when it came time for him to make the impossible look easy, Almond approached the task with his typically placid demeanor...
January 14, 2006
Wave seeks to make turn over to smoother offense
New Orleans Times-Picayune
After Tulane's loss to Southern Mississippi this week, Coach Dave Dickerson couldn't help thinking what would have happened if the Green Wave had played better offensively. "We're playing good enough defense to win games," Dickerson said...
January 12, 2006
USM tops Green Wave
New Orleans Times-Picayune
When Tulane committed 30 turnovers three weeks ago in an overtime loss to St. Edward's, it was a sign that the Green Wave had a major problem handling the basketball. On Wednesday night against Southern Miss, the turnover bug made another appearance and sunk any chance the Green Wave had of opening Conference USA play on the right foot...
Eagles make fresh start in conference
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
With Southern Miss clinging to half of what had been a 12-point lead only three minutes earlier against Tulane, USM freshman guard Courtney Beasley found himself having very bad flashbacks to the last time the Golden Eagles had played at Green Coliseum...
Eagles soar to win
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald
Southern Miss looked to Jason Forte for a lift in its Conference USA opener against rival Tulane Wednesday at Reed Green Coliseum. And the senior post player from Bay Springs met the challenge with a career-high 20 points in the Golden Eagles' 67-55 win before a Reed Green Coliseum crowd of 3,470...
Great start for Eagles
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American
The University of Southern Mississippi men's basketball team came away with a huge positive from its game against Tulane at Reed Green Coliseum Wednesday night. After a 67-55 victory, Southern Miss sits atop Conference USA with a perfect record...
January 11, 2006
Wave of support
ESPN.com
Among the debris that was flung far and wide by Hurricane Katrina's mighty winds, perhaps nothing was scattered about more than Tulane's football team. Like the Saints, who called San Antonio -- not New Orleans -- home for much of the NFL season, and the Hornets, who turned to Oklahoma City for a place to play their NBA games, Tulane's sports teams were forced to hit the road in the wake of Katrina's wrath...
Wave to begin conference play
New Orleans Times-Picayune
First-year Tulane coach Dave Dickerson isn't pulling any punches with his team. The Green Wave opens play in Conference USA tonight at Southern Miss. "Our guys know the importance of conference play," Dickerson said...
Green Wave coach prefers not to use Katrina as excuse
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American
Tulane University athletics are returning to the New Orleans campus for the first time since leaving the city in late August before Hurricane Katrina struck. Being able to play at home was of little consolation to Tulane men's basketball coach Dave Dickerson after his team's 67-55 loss to Southern Miss Wednesday night...
Golden Eagles to host Wave tonight
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald
Southern Miss, ready or not, opens Conference USA play against rival Tulane tonight at Reed Green Coliseum. The two teams, with just 10 combined wins, are searching for a winning identity. The Green Wave also is having to deal with the effects of Hurricane Katrina. Tulane was forced to leave its New Orleans campus for Texas A&M after Katrina flooded Fogelman Arena...
Cornwell getting better feel for USM, Eustachy
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Growing up in one of the nation's hotbeds of hoops, David Cornwell found himself immersed in basketball. "There's real good basketball there, four or five powerhouses like Ballard, Eastern, Xavier, Male," Cornwell said, who played at Louisville (Ky.) Western High. "Trinity is a private school there. Yeah, there was a lot of good basketball"...
January 10, 2006
Zephyr Field to host Tulane
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane baseball coach Rick Jones can only hope Zephyr Field is as good to the Green Wave in 2006 as it was in 2005. The Green Wave, which won three of its four games played at Zephyr Field last season, will play its entire 38-game home schedule there this season...
January 9, 2006
Green Wave rolls to victory
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane's Chris Moore admitted that he couldn't remember the last time an 18-point victory got him and his teammates a front-row seat in the coach's doghouse. "Not since I've been here," said Moore, a junior from McKinney, Texas...
January 7, 2006
Green Wave falls to SMU
New Orleans Times-Picayune
First it was seven points, then five points, and before Tulane coach Lisa Stockton knew it, the lead and control her team had was gone. Stockton's Green Wave committed a couple of critical turnovers and allowed too many second shots down the stretch Friday night, leading to a 78-66 Conference USA loss to Southern Methodist at Fogelman Arena...
January 6, 2006
Wave facing crucial weekend
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane coach Lisa Stockton knows her team's victory over Texas-El Paso in the conference opener a little more than a month ago was big. But the point is, she said, it was a month ago. This weekend, Stockton said, is when things really heat up for her Green Wave in Conference USA...
January 4, 2006
Thomas secures spot as starter
New Orleans Times-Picayune
After three games as a starter, LSU forward Tyrus Thomas isn't just looking comfortable, he's downright essential. With the Tigers' usual standard bearers Darrel Mitchell and Glen Davis struggling, Thomas scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds to spur the Tigers to a 75-58 victory over Tulane on Tuesday night at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center...
January 3, 2006
Rochestie leaves Wave for Washington State
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane point guard Taylor Rochestie, expected to be an important part of Dave Dickerson's rebuilding of the Green Wave's program before suffering a preseason knee injury, was granted his release and will not return to Tulane. Rochestie, speaking from his father's home in Santa Barbara, Calif., said Monday he will enroll at Washington State during the next few days and will play basketball for the Cougars next fall...
Montagnino's scoring binge powers Tulane victory
New Orleans Times-Picayune
There seems little doubt Jami Montagnino is the hot shooter for Tulane. Montagnino scored a career-high 24 points to lead the Green Wave to an 88-72 victory over Miami (Ohio) on Monday night at Fogelman Arena...
January 1, 2006
Williams' late free throws lift UNO over TU
New Orleans Times-Picayune
When UNO reserve guard Wayne Williams missed a driving layup that would have given the Privateers the lead with 39 seconds remaining, all he could think about was getting another shot. For Williams, that the next opportunity arrived 20 seconds later...
Spreading his wings
New Orleans Times-Picayune
They were just a group of untested coaches trying to give a jolt of excitement to a program in desperate need of some. Little did they know they were starting a revolution...
