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December 30, 2002
Wave beats BC in biggest win
New Orleans Times Picayune
Down by five at halftime, Tulane was wearing blue -- but that was hardly what the team was feeling. Sure, No. 20 Boston College was dominating the boards. But the Green Wave came out of the locker room confident...
December 30, 2002
It's all about family
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane coach Chris Scelfo developed a reputation as a top-notch recruiter and a player's coach when he was an assistant at Georgia from 1996-98...
December 29, 2002
Over the top
Baton Rouge Advocate
Ronald Dupree has been trying to be an outsider for going on two seasons now with the LSU basketball team...
December 29, 2002
Good ol' fashioned basketball
Baton Rouge Advocate
It will be an all-Southeastern Conference final today in the Sugar Bowl Classic as LSU and Mississippi State won opening-round tournament games Saturday at the New Orleans Arena...
December 29, 2002
Dupree sparks LSU with outside shooting
New Orleans Times Picayune
The scouting report on LSU's Ronald Dupree was straight-forward: Don't let him get the ball in the low post...
December 29, 2002
Dupree sparks LSU with outside shooting
New Orleans Times Picayune
The scouting report on LSU's Ronald Dupree was straight-forward: Don't let him get the ball in the low post...
December 29, 2002
Tigers' defense silences Brown
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane senior Waitari Marsh had another high-scoring game at New Orleans Arena. Entering his final season, Marsh's career-high of 23 points came last December against Vanderbilt in the arena...
December 29, 2002
Finishing kick helps LSU put away rival Tulane
Alexandria Town Talk
Just after LSU's defense had used one last stop to all but secure the Tigers' sixth straight victory, junior forward Jaime Lloreda peered up at the scoreboard, extended his arms outward and flashed a 24-karat smile...
December 29, 2002
Tigers roll past Tulane in Sugar Bowl hoops
Lafayette Daily Advertiser
For a while Saturday afternoon, Tulane's Waitari Marsh probably thought he was in a five-on-one game...
December 28, 2002
LSU's focus is forward; TU improves
New Orleans Times Picayune
When LSU and Tulane meet in the Nokia Sugar Bowl Classic at the New Orleans Arena today, it will be the first meeting between the two one-time rivals in 21 seasons...
December 28, 2002
BREAKING DOWN THE TEAMS
New Orleans Times Picayune
A closer look at how LSU and Tulane stack up...
December 28, 2002
Second half has been kind to Green Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
Seventeen days earlier, the Tulane women's basketball team had been in a similar predicament. On Dec. 5, the Wave trailed Alabama State at halftime. On Dec. 22, the players felt a similar burden at Arkansas State, sitting in their locker-room chairs at halftime down by four...
December 28, 2002
Tigers back on court, out to avoid letdown
Baton Rouge Advocate
LSU point guard Torris Bright would rather be playing No. 5 Oklahoma (6-1) instead of Tulane (5-5) in the Sugar Bowl tournament today in the New Orleans Arena...
December 27, 2002
Brown performs to his own tune
New Orleans Times Picayune
When Tulane forward Brandon Brown begins preparing for a game, everybody in the house knows it. And for his four teammates who live with him, it's often a jagged little pill to swallow...
December 27, 2002
LSU, Tulane set to resume basketball rivalry
Baton Rouge Advocate
Former Tulane basketball coach Roy Danforth used to mock former LSU coach Dale Brown's familiar courtside crouch during their matchups...
December 27, 2002
Wave thwarts odds with toughness, faith
New Orleans Times Picayune
At halftime Wednesday, amid the chaos heading back onto the field, Tulane coach Chris Scelfo was handed a traditional ti leaf lei, which in Hawaii is given for good luck...
December 26, 2002
Green Wave rally to upset Hawaii
ESPN.com
Tulane coach Chris Scelfo got everybody's attention on the first play in ConAgra Foods Hawaii Bowl history. Tulane recovered an onside kick on the opening play, and Lynarius Elpheage had two long punt returns in the Green Wave's 36-28 victory over Hawaii on Wednesday night...
December 26, 2002
ALOHA, WAVE
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane seemed determined to prove that Coach Chris Scelfo deserved his new contract extension. After falling behind early, the Wave, behind Lynaris Elpheage's two outstanding punt returns, pulled ahead midway through the third quarter and held on for...
December 26, 2002
Bah, humbug! Warriors lose
Honolulu Advertiser
For Christmas, the University of Hawai'i football team received a heartbreak that was gift-wrapped in eight sacks...
December 26, 2002
Tulane gives Scelfo two more years
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane coach Chris Scelfo was handed a nicely-wrapped Christmas present -- a two-year extension Tuesday night that pushes the length of his contract back to five years, its original length...
December 26, 2002
Losman's slip of lip inspired teammates
Honolulu Advertiser
When Tulane quarterback J.P. Losman popped off last week about the need to "smash Hawai'i in the mouth" he was afraid he'd also put a size-11 foot in his own mouth and fired up the University of Hawai'i...
December 26, 2002
Giving a boost at right time for Tulane
New Orleans Times Picayune
There was one thing that Lynaris Elpheage hadn't done this season. The second team All-American at cornerback, second in the nation with eight interceptions, had scored a touchdown via an interception and a kickoff return. They even tried him on offense against Southern Mississippi, and on his first play, he rushed for a touchdown. But Elpheage had yet to run a punt back...
December 26, 2002
Green Wave had many happy returns
Honolulu Advertiser
Tulane football coach Chris Scelfo said about four or five plays in a game can determine the outcome. All-purpose player Lynaris Elpheage had two against Hawai'i in the Green Wave's 36-28 win in last night's inaugural ConAgra Foods Hawai'i Bowl at Aloha Stadium...
December 26, 2002
Marler's kicking gamble pays off
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane kicker Seth Marler is known for his powerful foot, but to start the ConAgra Foods Hawaii Bowl on Wednesday, he took a little off to be effective...
December 26, 2002
LSU, Tulane rivalry renewed
New Orleans Times Picayune
In the ever-changing landscape of college athletics, one casualty has been the competition between LSU and Tulane in a number of sports...
December 25, 2002
Hawaii (10-3) at Tulane (7-5)
ESPN.com
With all but three of Tulane's 90 players making their first trip to the Hawaiian islands, coach Chris Scelfo told his team to enjoy the sun, sand and sights -- but not too much...
December 25, 2002
RIDING A NEW WAVE
New Orleans Times Picayune
Unlike previous seasons,Tulane counting on defense this year Turnovers expected to be critical against Hawaii...
December 25, 2002
Scelfo has earned respect for keeping Wave afloat
New Orleans Times Picayune
They don't hand out a lot of gold retirement watches to Tulane football coaches. In the history of the school, no Green Wave coach has lasted that long...
December 25, 2002
QB seeks consistency
New Orleans Times Picayune
At Saturday's practice, Tulane assistant coach Don Mahoney looked at quarterback J.P. Losman and the offensive players and asked: "Do you want to be Vanilla Ice or the Rolling Stones?"...
December 25, 2002
Bearcats coach Minter compares Green Wave, Hawaii
New Orleans Times Picayune
Rick Minter's Cincinnati Bearcats are the only team to play Tulane and Hawaii this season. The Bearcats were solidly beaten by Tulane in the Superdome and later had won four straight before losing to Hawaii. Here is Minter's take on the two teams...
December 25, 2002
Bearcats coach Minter compares Green Wave, Hawaii
New Orleans Times Picayune
Rick Minter's Cincinnati Bearcats are the only team to play Tulane and Hawaii this season. The Bearcats were solidly beaten by Tulane in the Superdome and later had won four straight before losing to Hawaii. Here is Minter's take on the two teams...
December 25, 2002
Bowl appearance boosts recruiting
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tonight's ConAgra Foods Hawaii Bowl will air on ESPN at 7 p.m., giving Tulane a chance to gain national visibility, which is valuable for recruiting...
December 25, 2002
Mewelde Moore Postcard
New Orleans Times Picayune
Game day is finally here, and this game is something the whole team has been waiting for. I think we're ready to play, and everyone has been focused throughout everything that we have been going through...
December 25, 2002
Warriors in a giving mood
Honolulu Advertiser
They are sons and brothers and, yes, some are fathers. But instead of spending Christmas Eve with their families, the University of Hawai'i football players went through their usual pre-game routine in preparation for today's ConAgra Foods Hawai'i Bowl...
December 25, 2002
Warriors, Green Wave share more than colors
Honolulu Advertiser
The University of Hawai'i has been designated as the visiting team for today's ConAgra Foods Hawai'i Bowl, and Tulane, visiting from New Orleans, will wear green jerseys similar to the ones UH uses for home games...
December 24, 2002
MAN WITH THE PLAN
New Orleans Times Picayune
Chris Scelfo is staying true to his vision in guiding Tulane toward consistent respectability...
December 24, 2002
Pro scouts rave about Moore's all-around skills
Honolulu Advertiser
Tulane running back Mewelde Moore does not surf - perhaps the only thing he does not do - but it is easy to surf for Moore...
December 24, 2002
Bowl features sound kicking games
New Orleans Times Picayune
In one word, Tulane assistant coach Trooper Taylor summed up the importance of special teams in Wednesday's ConAgra Foods Hawaii Bowl: huge...
December 24, 2002
Tulane offense hits stride in topping Tigers
New Orleans Times Picayune
The Tulane men's basketball team got a little confidence booster to take into the holiday break...
December 24, 2002
Jones rides wave of affection
New Orleans Times Picayune
Hawaii coach has strong bonds with fans, players...
December 23, 2002
Wave searching for consistency
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane basketball coach Shawn Finney knows it is not realistic to expect his team to score 100 points in every game, but he seemed pleased with his team's effort in a 103-47 victory against Savannah State on Friday...
December 23, 2002
Foul shooting costs Lady Indians
Jonesboro Sun
The free throw bug that bit Arkansas State two weeks ago against Grambling State showed lasting effects in the Lady Indians' system Sunday against Tulane...
December 23, 2002
Scelfo prepares to defy high-pressure defense
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane offensive coordinator Frank Scelfo has heard all the hype and has seen all the head-turning numbers put up by Hawaii quarterback Timmy Chang and the Warriors' offense...
December 23, 2002
Tulane QB enjoys spotlight
Honolulu Advertiser
Jonathan Paul Losman does not believe in wasting time. He goes by the initials, "J.P."...
December 23, 2002
At home in Honolulu, Wave assistants guide tour
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane's football team and staff haven't had to turn to strangers when looking for directions, a place to eat or places of interest while preparing for the ConAgra Foods Hawaii Bowl...
December 23, 2002
Tulane girds for 'run-and-shoot' attack
New Orleans Times Picayune
Three decades ago, a football coach named Mouse Davis decided to play with four wide receivers and a running back. He called it the "run and shoot." Defensive coordinators have been frowning ever since...
December 23, 2002
Tulane Postcard
New Orleans Times Picayune
Hey New Orleans, The team spent another beautiful day in paradise. Boy, I love this place...
December 23, 2002
32,700 tickets gone for Hawai'i Bowl
Honolulu Advertiser
An estimated 32,700 tickets have been distributed for Wednesday's ConAgra Foods Hawai'i Bowl between Tulane and Hawai'i, according to Jim Donovan, the game's director...
December 23, 2002
Hurst has National tryout
New Orleans Times Picayune
The dreams of Britney Hurst and the 100 other women crammed into the Reily Center's main gym did not turn into reality on Sunday. Not yet...
December 22, 2002
Despite ASU's skid, Wave wary
New Orleans Times Picayune
The Tulane women's basketball team will look to extend its winning streak to three games today when the Wave takes on Arkansas State...
December 22, 2002
Hawaii Bowl Special Section
Honolulu Advertiser
After taking over a team that went 0-12 in 1998, University of Hawai'i coach June Jones knew his first recruiting class would form the foundation for future success...
December 22, 2002
Tulane QB exudes wave of confidence
Honolulu Advertiser
For the record, the Tulane football team knows that fame is fleeting...
December 22, 2002
Quick's instincts ease transition
New Orleans Times Picayune
For Brandt Quick, it meant starting from scratch. And the transition wasn't easy...
December 22, 2002
Hawaii LB Tinoisamoa learns from mistake
New Orleans Times Picayune
He sat on his jail cell cot, shoulders slumped, glaring at the cold, steel bars. His mind wandered: How had he gotten to this point?...
December 21, 2002
BOWL WITH A VIEW
New Orleans Times Picayune
As Tulane's football team touches down in Hawaii, it's quite apparent to the Green Wave that it's not in New Orleans any more...
December 21, 2002
Summer dreams, autumn letdown
New Orleans Times Picayune
Weeks before the start of the season, Tulane wide receiver Nick Narcisse was bubbling with enthusiasm...
December 21, 2002
Tulane rips Savannah
New Orleans Times Picayune
Consider the offensive funk that the Tulane men's basketball team has been in solved for at least one game...
December 20, 2002
Some Teams in Postseason Do Not Make the Grade
New York Times
If graduation rates determined postseason matchups, Tulane would play Notre Dame for the national championship, and Oklahoma and Arkansas would meet in the most minor of the 28 bowl games, according to a study released yesterday by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida...
December 20, 2002
TU's postseason life is a beach
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane's football players were all smiles Thursday morning as they took the practice field. The countdown had begun -- 12 hours until Hawaii...
December 20, 2002
Wave out of sync, so far
New Orleans Times Picayune
With last season's starting lineup back, Tulane wasn't expected to be a team searching for an identity...
December 20, 2002
Wave maintains intensity
New Orleans Times Picayune
Coming off semester exams and playing its first game in 10 days did not add up to a flat performance for the Tulane women's basketball team Thursday at Fogelman Arena...
December 20, 2002
Hawaii football a hard sell
New Orleans Times Picayune
Selling paradise is harder than you think. At the University of Hawaii, seemingly an oasis of bliss, football coaches routinely struggle to sell their program to kids from the mainland...
December 19, 2002
Undersized SLU faces tall test in Green Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
With final exams over, the next test for the Tulane women's basketball team will be today at Fogelman Arena. Southeastern Louisiana, a struggling, undersized squad, will take on Tulane (4-2) at 7 p.m...
December 19, 2002
Season for the ages
New Orleans Times Picayune
For one season not so long ago, the Tulane football team was, essentially, perfect...
December 19, 2002
N.O. is finalist for four Fours
New Orleans Times Picayune
New Orleans' next opportunity to land a Final Four couldn't come at a better time...
December 11, 2002
Despite loss, Tulane coach pleased with Wave's progress
Alexandria Town Talk
With a little over a minute left in the first half of Tuesday night's 76-60 loss to No. 12 Kentucky, Tulane coach Shawn Finney made a comment to Wildcat senior guard Keith Bogans...
December 11, 2002
Wildcats shooting torches Green Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
The only thing surprising about Kentucky's 76-60 victory over Tulane at New Orleans Arena on Tuesday night was that it was only by 16 points...
December 11, 2002
Wildcats teach Wave a thing or three
New Orleans Times Picayune
Call it a favor only in the most generous terms. Only if, somewhere down the line, it proves to have hardened Tulane, steeled the Green Wave for a push through Conference USA, made the team better able to handle a similar onslaught of size and marksmanship...
December 11, 2002
Bogans' exhibition tames Tulane
Lexington Herald-Leader
Tulane Coach Shawn Finney, a former Kentucky assistant, had a question for Keith Bogans with a minute to go in last night's glorified scrimmage. "You going to miss for me?" Finney asked the UK guard...
December 10, 2002
Wave looks for spotlight success
New Orleans Times Picayune
As a member of Minnesota's basketball team four years ago, Nick Sinville grew accustomed to facing big-name programs such as Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State and Indiana...
December 10, 2002
UK goal: an even effort
Lexington Herald-Leader
Stepping lively against Arizona State, Gonzaga and North Carolina. Plodding along against Virginia and High Point. If that up-and-down pattern continues, Kentucky is due for a downturn tonight at Tulane...
December 10, 2002
UK goal: an even effort
Louisville Courier-Journal
Assistant coach David Hobbs started Sunday's basketball practice by reminding the University of Kentucky players that they haven't put together solid back-toback efforts in their first five games...
December 10, 2002
Slaughter dominates vs. Drake
New Orleans Times Picayune
In the past four games, Tulane forward Gwen Slaughter scored a total of 19 points. Monday, in Tulane's 74-61 home win against Drake, she scored 20. And she had 16 rebounds. And she sat out for about 10 minutes in the second half...
December 10, 2002
A SUPER HERO
New Orleans Times Picayune
A diamond-encrusted Super Bowl ring lost and a former pro football player reduced to tears. A velvet bag laying in the middle of a busy street. And the young Tulane student who picked up the bag and answered the man's prayers...
December 9, 2002
McKiver matures with an idle year
New Orleans Times Picayune
The morning after her best game of the season, Tulane's Teana McKiver was not satisfied. Sure, she stole the spotlight from Louisiana Tech star Cheryl Ford by scoring 21 points, grabbling 11 rebounds and blocking seven shots...
December 8, 2002
Wave welcomes TV opportunity
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane athletic director Rick Dickson didn't even need to check for the final score Friday night. His cell phone wouldn't stop ringing. People were calling to say "aloha"...
December 8, 2002
La. Tech's 2nd-half surge leaves Tulane tapped 68-53
New Orleans Times Picayune
Entering the game Saturday against Tulane, Louisiana Tech guard Amber Obaze was coming off a pitiful 0-for-13 shooting performance against No. 4 Tennessee. So she stayed late after practice, getting ready for the Green Wave...
December 8, 2002
Costly mistakes keep hindering Green Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
You've got to give Tulane coach Shawn Finney credit for knowing his team. A day after Finney spoke of his team's ability to produce more turnovers than points at crunch time, the Green Wave turned its coach into something of a prophet in falling to Vanderbilt 66-46 on Saturday at Memorial Gym...
December 7, 2002
Tulane can't wait to play in Hawai'i
Honolulu Advertiser
Tulane University could have stayed home and played in a bowl in its own hometown, but to hear the Green Wave tell it, they're looking forward to the 4,200-mile trip to play Hawai'i in the ConAgra Foods Hawai'i Bowl...
December 7, 2002
Wave taking momentum to La. Tech
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane's women's basketball team will take its 3-1 record to New Orleans Arena today, playing host to national powerhouse Louisiana Tech, with all its tradition and No. 13 ranking...
December 7, 2002
Finney trying to wise up Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
If Tulane is going to become a good basketball team this season, it will first have to start thinking like one, Green Wave coach Shawn Finney said...
December 6, 2002
Wave's bowl opponent depends on game result
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane defensive coordinator Eric Schumann admits he owns several Hawaiian shirts. Quarterback J.P. Losman has a few stashed in his closet, as well. And Athletic Director Rick Dickson knows how to say "Merry Christmas" in Hawaiian ("Mele Kalikimaka")...
December 6, 2002
Tulane rallies to win
New Orleans Times Picayune
After trailing 32-29 at the half, Tulane used a 22-point run in the second half to defeat Alabama State 70-57 on Thursday night at Fogelman Arena...
December 6, 2002
Privateers pick up pace, whip Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
After watching his team get off to a slow start Thursday night, UNO coach Monte Towe knew things had to change...
December 6, 2002
Romero's teammates pick up slack
New Orleans Times Picayune
With Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year Hector Romero hamstrung by an off night and foul trouble, UNO could have been in a real bind against Tulane on Thursday night...
December 5, 2002
Outside scoring pleases Stockton
New Orleans Times Picayune
The Tulane women's basketball team was supposed to feed off its dominant front court this season. But, when you're shooting 50 percent from beyond the 3-point arc, it's all right if things don't go as planned...
December 5, 2002
Privateers, Wave eager for rematch
New Orleans Times Picayune
The Tulane-UNO basketball game doesn't tip off until tonight, but the first shots in this year's crosstown rivalry have been taken...
December 5, 2002
Elpheage, Dorsey receive C-USA honors
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane won't know what bowl it's in until Friday, but four players found out they made all-conference teams Wednesday...
December 2, 2002
Tulane gets perfect game, for a half
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane may still be looking for that perfect game, but it at least knows how to get it half right. The Green Wave played its best 20 minutes of basketball of the season in the first half Sunday and defeated Southeast Missouri State 81-60 in the University Hoops Classic at Fogelman Arena...
December 2, 2002
Mckiver leads Tulane's group effort
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane had 12 players score, including three in double figures, as the Green Wave beat Portland 86-56 on Sunday at the Chiles Center...
December 1, 2002
Wave's 'comfort level' is affected by injuries
New Orleans Times Picayune
For the past month, Tulane basketball coach Shawn Finney has been doing his best to ignore his team's injury situation. But four games into the season, Finney said it has become obvious that the lack of practice time for some players is affecting the Green Wave's consistency on offense...
December 1, 2002
Wave working for consistency
New Orleans Times Picayune
The Tulane frontcourt, which was supposed to be the team's anchor, sunk the Green Wave against Oregon State on Friday night. Six-foot-3 post players Teana McKiver and Gwen Slaughter were 3-for-21 from the field, and battled foul trouble and aggressive defenders...
