December 2003 NewsStand
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Jan. 1, 2004
Dec. 31, 2003
Tulane's offense is sputtering
New Orleans Times Picayune
If Tulane was going have a chance at success this season, Coach Shawn Finney knew the Green Wave would have to improve on defense...
LSU HITS WINNING NOTE
New Orleans Times Picayune
Lady Tigers' strong second half is to much for Green Wave to counter...
Guard trio sparks Lady Tigers' win
Baton Rouge Advocate
eimone Augustus scored 18 points and Doneeka Hodges and Temeka Johnson combined for 31 points to lead LSU to a 65-42 win over Tulane at the New Orleans Arena on Tuesday night...
Final Four officials take a look
New Orleans Times Picayune
Testing, testing. NCAA officials were at New Orleans Arena on Tuesday, examining the Tulane-LSU game as a test for the Women's Final Four, which Tulane will host at the Arena on April 4 and 6...
Tweaking the system
New Orleans Times Picayune
It's not easy being the BCS. Unveiled in 1998 with such mind-numbing terms as "quartile ranking" and "maximum adjusted deviation," it has been tweaked over and over in an effort to correct flaws in the formula...
Dec. 30, 2003
Lady Tigers wary of Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
Final Four site setting for tonight's game. If Sue Gunter can't find her stopwatch, there's one at the corner of Loyola and Poydras...
Finally going back home
Baton Rouge Advocate
For the first time this season, LSU guard Doneeka Hodges wasn't able to look to point guard Temeka Johnson for an assist.
With both New Orleans natives returning to play in their hometown for the first time in their college careers, the demand for tickets has far surpassed the supply...
Dec. 29, 2003
Wave holds off Yale rallies
New Orleans Times Picayune
Senior guard Delacey Joseph scored 13 second-half points to lead Tulane to a 74-62 victory over Yale in the consolation bracket of the Doubletree Tournament on Sunday at Fogelman Arena...
Dec. 28, 2003
Tulane coach sees big things for MSU
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Shawn Finney has seen a lot of good basketball teams in his three-plus years as the Tulane coach...
Punchless Wave no match for Bulldogs
New Orleans Times Picayune
For the second straight game, a scoring drought late in the first half left Tulane in a winless situation...
Lloreda gets 5th double-double
New Orleans Times Picayune
While freshmen Brandon Bass and Tack Minor led LSU to its 78-62 victory against Alabama-Birmingham on Saturday at New Orleans Arena, two Tigers veterans provided consistent performances...
Green Wave falls to Marist
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane lost only its sixth non-conference game at Folgelman Arena in Coach Lisa Stockton's 10 seasons, as Marist defeated the Green Wave 60-46 in the first game of the Doubletree Tournament on Saturday...
Dec. 27, 2003
Wave gains experience, gets back on right track
New Orleans Times Picayune
After a 1-3 start this season, it might have appeared the Tulane women's basketball team's streak of nine consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances is in jeopardy -- particularly after the Green Wave lost to 10th-ranked Louisiana Tech by 59 points...
Finney wants consistency from freshmen
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane forward Dan Fitzgerald didn't imagine the speed at which he would have to move to make things happen. Neither did teammate Chris Moore...
Dec. 26, 2003
Momentum Lost
New Orleans Times Picayune
A year ago Thursday, Tulane was wrapping up its stay on Waikiki Beach with a come-from-behind victory over Hawaii in the inaugural Hawaii Bowl. It was riding its biggest wave since going 12-0 in 1998 and defeating BYU in the Liberty Bowl...
Dec. 24, 2003
Mitchell gives Tigers needed spark vs. Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
Darrel Mitchell will tell you he just wants to help the team, but he sure looked like he was auditioning for a starting role Tuesday against Tulane...
Wave's early fizzle its downfall
New Orleans Times Picayune
There were several stretches in Tuesday night's game against LSU that were critical for Tulane. None, however, was more crucial than the final eight minutes of the first half...
Short guys shine
Baton Rouge Advocate
Good presents can come in small packages.
Just ask LSU coach John Brady, who watched a pair of sub-six-footers combine for 31 points and eight assists for a 67-48 victory over Tulane at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Tuesday night...
Dec. 23, 2003
LSU's Hudson likely to miss Tulane game
Baton Rouge Advocate
LSU will likely be without a veteran starter for the second time this season when the Tigers host Tulane at 7 p.m. today in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center...
LSU center of TU's focus
New Orleans Times Picayune
Following Saturday night's lackluster performance, Tulane centers Quincy Davis and George Brown realized the need to reestablish their presence in the post...
Tulane visits LSU for first time in 22 years
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane's men's basketball team will make its first appearance at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in almost 22 years when the teams play at 7 tonight...
Dec. 21, 2003
SLU surprises TU with win
New Orleans Times Picayune
During Southeastern Louisiana's past four trips to Fogelman Arena, the Lions left with a check and a thank you...
Tulane spurts past Nicholls
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane jumped to a 21-2 lead, and 12 Green Wave players scored in a 77-55 non-conference victory against Nicholls State on Saturday at Fogelman Arena...
Dec. 20, 2003
Wave to end long layoff vs. SLU
New Orleans Times Picayune
When Tulane defeated Northwestern State last week, the Green Wave looked like a team that needed a break. It had played five games in 11 days...
Dec. 19, 2003
Wave holds off Dukes rally
New Orleans Times Picayune
Center Lakethia Hampton scored a career-high 24 points to lead Tulane to a 66-64 win against James Madison on Thursday night in front of a sparse crowd at Fogelman Arena...
Some belated awards for the stockings
CBS Sportsline.com
Person of the year: Scott Cowen. The Tulane president might not have been on the BCS boys' Christmas card list but he did shake up the system. In Nikita Khrushchev-style fashion (look him up, kids) Cowen banged his shoe on the table and turned the system on its ear beginning in July...
Dec. 18, 2003
Wave women out to rev up again
New Orleans Times Picayune
Although the Tulane women's basketball team hasn't played since Dec. 7, it has had its hands full...
Dec. 17, 2003
Tigers, Green Wave land new recruits
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane and LSU each have increased their recruiting total by three players...
Dec. 10, 2003
Tulane holds off pesky Northwestern State
New Orleans Times Picayune
With Tulane holding a 14-point lead at halftime, Shawn Finney's speech to his team was short and to the point: Let's finish them off...
Dec. 9, 2003
TU's Tatarunas makes most of opportunity
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane forward Ivan Pjevcevic's misfortune has become Vytas Tatarunas' opportunity, and he's taking full advantage of it...
NSU continues road trip tonight against Tulane
Alexandria Town Talk
Northwestern State plays on the road for the fifth time in six games tonight as the Demons visit Tulane for the first time in 11 years in one of the state's oldest college basketball series...
Dec. 8, 2003
2003 CollegeFootballNews.com All-Conference USA
CollegeFootballNews.com
Conference USA Player of the Year: Memphis RB DeAngelo Williams. Before missing the final game of the regular season, Williams cranked out ten straight 100-yard games on his way to a 1,430-yard, ten touchdown season...
Dec. 7, 2003
Green Wave stops Rice
New Orleans Times Picayune
It doesn't often happen the way coaches would like it to, but Saturday night it did for Tulane coach Shawn Finney...
Rice falls to Tulane, turnovers
Houston Chronicle
What happens when your top scorer struggles for good shots, you don't take care of the basketball and you can't buy an offensive rebound?...
Still Ticking
Washington Post
Patrick Ramsey's been sacked more times than a can of chicken soup on special at Safeway. But that doesn't mean he isn't good for the Redskins' soul...
Dec. 6, 2003
Adversity comes early this year for Green Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane forward Wayne Tinsley has seen the Green Wave fight through adversity in each of the past three seasons. But never has Tinsley seen adversity arrive this early in the season...
TU eager to get back on track
New Orleans Times Picayune
Refuge came in the form of a bus and a plane ticket to the Golden State. The Tulane women's basketball team was coming off a 96-37 pie in the face against No. 10-ranked Louisiana Tech...
Dec. 5, 2003
Dickson focuses on Tulane's athletic future
Tulane Hullabaloo
Sitting at his desk on a breezy Wednesday afternoon, Tulane Athletics Director Rick Dickson is the picture of relaxation...
With Robinson out, Johnson makes 1st start
Chicago Tribune
An upper respiratory infection sidelined Eddie Robinson, who missed his first game Thursday night and ended his goal of playing in all 82. Scottie Pippen ended up not traveling here because of a sore left knee. That paved the way for undrafted rookie free agent Linton Johnson to make his first NBA start.
Dec. 4, 2003
3-pointer at buzzer lifts UNO by Tulane
New Orleans Times Picayune
Things looked so bad for UNO midway through the second half that Privateers coach Monte Towe refused to look at the scoreboard...
TU's Moore, Williams lead All-C-USA team
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane running back Mewelde Moore and wide receiver Roydell Williams were selected to the first team All-Conference USA team released Thursday...
Dec. 3, 2003
Techsters trash Tulane
New Orleans Times Picayune
It's not often a coach witnesses perfection, but Tuesday night came pretty darn close for Kurt Budke...
Rare early meeting for Wave, UNO
Monroe News-Star
When Tulane and UNO meet tonight, it will be the second-earliest meeting since the schools began playing in 1973. And just like the last time they met this early, they will both be doing some searching...
Dec. 2, 2003
Joseph returns to face La. Tech
New Orleans Times Picayune
The doghouse is empty. Tulane senior Delacey Joseph, who was suspended for the opener because of attitude problems and then came off the bench in the next two games, is back in the starting lineup for the Green Wave...
Tulane first home opponent for Techsters
Monroe News-Star
After two road wins to open the season, 10th-ranked Louisiana Tech will open the home portion of its schedule today with a 7 p.m. game against Tulane at the Thomas Assembly Center...
Dec. 1, 2003
Tulane pulls away with 2nd-half surge
New Orleans Times Picayune
It didn't take Tulane long to figure out how to beat Loyola. It just seemed that way. Once the Green Wave committed itself to working the ball inside to Quincy Davis, it made easy work of the Wolfpack, taking a 77-57 victory Sunday night at Fogelman Arena...
