March 2004 NewsStand
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April 1, 2004
Mar. 29, 2004
Wave survives rough start
New Orleans Times Picayune
After scrapping for a pair of victories the previous two days against Charlotte, Tulane found itself with a different vantage point less than two innings into the third game of the Conference USA series Sunday...
Mar. 28, 2004
Dini revises role
New Orleans Times Picayune
Seven days earlier, Greg Dini started a four-run 11th inning with a homer that propelled Tulane to a victory at East Carolina...
Wave quarterback spot still up for grabs
New Orleans Times Picayune
Shawn King. Patrick Ramsey. J.P. Losman. Tulane's illustrious list of quarterbacks is waiting for a successor. Waiting indefinitely...
Coach Fitz's Management Theory
New York Times Magazine
...There are teachers with a rare ability to enter a child's mind; it's as if their ability to get there at all gives them the right to stay forever. I once had such a teacher. His name was Billy Fitzgerald, but everybody just called him Coach Fitz...
Mar. 26, 2004
Charlotte next hurdle for Wave
The Times Picayune
Tulane begins the second weekend of its Conference USA baseball schedule in an unfamiliar situation. For the first time since Conference USA came into existence in 1996 and for the first time since Rick Jones became Green Wave coach in 1994, Tulane won an opening league series...
TU signee set for all-star game
The Times Picayune
McMain senior Alendra Brown said she has been attending the Orleans/Jefferson Parish All-Star basketball games since the series started five years ago...
Changes planned for cheerleading squad
The Tulane Hullabaloo
Changes are being made to the Tulane University cheerleading squad after the group lost most of its members at the end of basketball season...
Sports Spotlight: Dmitriy Koch
The Tulane Hullabaloo
After a stellar fall season that included being nationally ranked, tennis player Dmitriy Koch suffered a back injury that prevented him from competeing for nearly three months...
Mar. 22, 2004
Poor play dooms Diamond Bucs versus Tulane
Greenville (N.C.) Daily Reflector
East Carolina ended its first Conference USA home series of the season on a bitter note Sunday, dropping the final game of a three game set with Tulane 9-0 at Harrington Field...
Mar. 21, 2004
Miscues cost ECU in defeat
Greenville (N.C.) Daily Reflector
In a way, Tulane got a little revenge over East Carolina's Pirates. A year ago, the Pirates snapped a 26-game home winning streak by the Green Wave. Saturday night, the Greenies returned the favor, ending a 19-game Pirate streak with a 14-10 11-inning decision that had a wild and wacky ending...
Moore preparing for next challenge
New Orleans Times Picayune
Mewelde Moore is a busy young man this spring, preparing for the NFL draft and working to earn a degree from Tulane in accounting and finance...
Offensive line maturing for TU
New Orleans Times Picayune
When August arrives, Tulane's most experienced group likely will be its offensive linemen. "The offensive line is having a good spring," Green Wave coach Chris Scelfo said. "The front five have been doing a good job."...
Mar. 20, 2004
Diamond Bucs bust out power against Tulane
Greenville (N.C.) Daily Reflector
Trevor Lawhorn knew it was gone the second the ball left his bat. The East Carolina second baseman couldn't help putting his fist in the air to celebrate a two-run homer that not only snapped his 0-for-18 slump but also gave the 18th-ranked Pirates their first lead in a 6-3 victory over No. 14 Tulane on Friday...
Mar. 19, 2004
ECU faces tough foe in Tulane
Greenville (N.C.) Daily Reflector
This time a ranked team has to come onto East Carolina's home turf. Two weeks after traveling across the country to face No. 5 Arizona State, the Pirate baseball team will get to tangle with No. 14 Tulane in a three-game series beginning tonight at 7 p.m...
Southard emerges as power hitter for Green Wave
New Orleans Times-Picayune
While Tulane coach Rick Jones continues to tinker with the Green Wave's starting lineup going into this weekend's series against East Carolina, it appears he's found the team's leadoff hitter: sophomore Nathan Southard...
Mar. 18, 2004
Wave KO's Southern California
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Matt Barket, Joe Holland and Nathan Southard combined for 11 of Tulane's 15 hits Wednesday night, leading the Green Wave to a 12-9 victory and a split of the two-game series with Southern California at Turchin Stadium...
Mar. 17, 2004
Southern Cal turns back Tulane in 12
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Southern Cal's Daniel Perales hit a one-out single through a drawn-in infield in the 12th inning to give the Trojans an 11-10 victory over Tulane on Tuesday at Turchin Stadium...
Mar. 16, 2004
Tulane seeking timely hitting
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane came into the baseball season with an emphasis on pitching. And so far, with a 3.00 ERA, it hasn't let the Green Wave down...
Mar. 15, 2004
Devils win weekend series
Arizona Republic
Arizona State got the best of its weekend series with Tulane. In Sunday's final game, No. 5 ASU beat No. 11 Tulane 5-1 at Packard Stadium...
Mar. 14, 2004
Wave WR Williams nears 200 pounds
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane wide receiver Roydell Williams, a player synonymous with skinny during his time with the Green Wave, has added 10 pounds in the offseason and is now near 200 pounds, Coach Chris Scelfo said...
Mar. 13, 2004
Tulane handcuffs ASU offense, halts Devils' 9-game win streak
Arizona Republic
So much for Arizona State's Packard Stadium winning streak. Tulane handed Arizona State its first loss at Packard since last April and ended ASU's season-high nine-game win streak Friday night behind Billy Mohl's dynamite pitching performance, beating the Sun Devils 5-3...
Season a disappointing roller coaster for TU
New Orleans Times-Picayune
When Tulane's season came to an end Wednesday, senior forward Wayne Tinsley, the last player to leave the team's locker room, sat and reflected on a disappointing loss that concluded a disappointing season for the Green Wave...
Wave holds off Arizona St.
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane scored two runs in the first inning, and the combination of starter Billy Mohl and reliever Jason Latham made the early lead stand up, as Tulane defeated Arizona State 5-3 Friday night at Packard Stadium in Tempe, Ariz...
Mar. 12, 2004
TU eager for desert test
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Just one week ago, a nationally ranked Conference USA baseball team headed to Arizona State, only to become a mirage of itself while in the desert...
QBs Manning, Losman earn passing grades
New Orleans Times-Picayune
NFL draft-bound quarterbacks Eli Manning and J.P. Losman appeared to pass their "pro day" workouts Thursday with flying colors...
Mar. 11, 2004
Blue-Gray coaches look to tough field
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser
Coaches were uneasy on the eve of the 54th annual Blue-Gray National Collegiate Tennis Classic. The majority of the tournament's 16 teams gathered at Wynlakes Golf and Country Club Wednesday night for the annual players and coaches dinner...
Green Wave falters in opening round
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane coach Shawn Finney said he knew his team would have to play possibly its best game of the season to defeat fifth-seeded Charlotte...
49ers make day of it
Charlotte Observer
If the Charlotte 49ers are to successfully navigate a four-game, four-day path through the Conference USA basketball tournament, it might well be because of the early wake-up calls they're getting all week...
Mar. 10, 2004
Wave blows by UNO
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Mother Nature must have caught a glimpse of the first Tulane-UNO game this season. That night at UNO, Wave starter Brian Bogusevic pitched effectively, allowing two runs - one earned - and just three hits in five innings. Privateers starter J.P. Martinez pitched magnificently, allowing one run on four hits in six innings of a 4-1 UNO win...
Green Wave is looking to play two good halves
New Orleans Times-Picayune
For the second time in three seasons, Tulane is entering the Conference USA tournament as the No. 12 seed. And just like the last time, its first-round game is against the team it lost to in the final game of the regular season...
Mar. 9, 2004
UNO, Tulane ready for Game 2 of Cup series
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Less than a month ago, UNO pitcher J.P. Martinez struck out seven to help propel the Privateers to a 4-1 victory over Tulane...
Mar. 8, 2004
Tulane stymies Pepperdine 4-2
New Orleans Times-Picayune
With each team scoring 21 combined runs in the previous two games of the three-game series, another high-scoring contest would have been fitting. But Tulane's Sunday starter, Cory Hahn, had other plans...
Mar. 7, 2004
Green Wave outlasts Pepperdine
New Orleans Times-Picayune
For the second consecutive day, Tulane baseball coach Rick Jones watched his team hit well, score at least 10 runs, commit errors and end up in a high-scoring game against Pepperdine that was decided by one run...
Wave QBs can expect to take their lumps in spring drills
New Orleans Times-Picayune
It was an odd scene, something so out of place that average onlookers could have found themselves in momentary bewilderment, thinking, "Did he just do what I think he did?"...
Green Wave can't finish off 49ers
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Finding consistent scoring has been a season-long problem that Tulane hasn't been able to solve...
Cowen's unlikely battle a success
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Sometimes even Don Quixote wins a battle. And this was a big one for Tulane president Scott Cowen, who conceded he might have been tilting at windmills last June when he began his quest to reform the Bowl Championship Series, whose member conferences receive 95 percent of the money paid out by college bowl games...
Mar. 6, 2004
Green Wave's rally comes up short
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane's offense finally showed up Friday night at Turchin Stadium. But its pitching and defense took the night off...
Tulane hoping to slow down 49ers in regular-season finale
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane has had more than its share of trouble sustaining defensive intensity this season. While it has played well at times going from man-to-man to zone, the Green Wave hasn't been tested the way it will be today against Charlotte...
Wave, Stockton look for positives
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Last season, when Tulane was ousted from the Conference USA tournament, the flight home was filled with anticipation and wishful thinking...
Mar. 5, 2004
Slumping Tulane to meet Pepperdine
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Contrary to rumors, the Tulane baseball team is not going to sacrifice live chickens or pray to the voodoo god Joboo, like in the movie "Major League," to wake up their bats...
Marquette ends season for cold Green Wave
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Last Friday, Kelly Nadeau's 3-pointer against Southern Mississippi with 4:29 left clinched a victory for Tulane, sending the Green Wave to Fort Worth as the Conference USA tournament's 12th and final seed...
Mar. 4, 2004
TU faces tough competition
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Last Friday, Tulane sighed in relief when it defeated Southern Mississippi, snatching the 12th and final seed in the Conference USA tournament. Now it's time to take a deep breath...
Scelfo looking for No. 1 QB, defensive help
New Orleans Times-Picayune
In Wednesday night's game against Southern Mississippi, Tulane was probably in the best position to win on the road this season. But it was wasted...
Southern Miss fights past Wave
New Orleans Times-Picayune
This year's spring football practice promises to be very different for Tulane coach Chris Scelfo. When the Green Wave hits the field this morning for the first of 15 practices, Scelfo realizes that, more than ever, all eyes will be on the quarterback position...
USM's stretch run tops Tulane
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Little has come easy the past few weeks for Southern Miss, and Wednesday night against Tulane at Green Coliseum was no different...
USM climbs back to .500 with victory
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American
On paper, the University of Southern Mississippi finished with a relatively wide victory margin of 10 points. On the court, it was anything but easy for Southern Miss Wednesday...
Mar. 3, 2004
Tulane has tough road test
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane's record on the road this season is not good. The Green Wave is one of two teams in Conference USA that has not won on the road in league play, and the only team in the conference that hasn't won on the road this season...
Golden Eagles host C-USA foe Tulane
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American
Southern Mississippi's Golden Eagles play their next-to-last regular season game tonight when they host Conference USA rival Tulane. While Southern Miss would appear to already be in the 12-team Kelly Tire Conference USA tournament, which will be held next week at Cincinnati, the game could have an impact on the pairings for the event...
LSU's Dirks digs in, stymies Green Wave
New Orleans Times-Picayune
It was LSU coach Smoke Laval who said Monday that he intended for starting pitcher Clay Dirks to pitch "five or six innings." But Tuesday at Zephyr Field, in the bottom of the seventh, there was the redshirt freshman, trotting out to the mound to face Tulane...
LSU blanks Tulane to extend win streak
Shreveport Times
It's only the first week of March, and college baseball games usually mean little this time of year, but this one actually had some meaning, serving as a measuring stick for both LSU and Tulane...
Dirks, Tigers shut down Greenies, 6-0
Baton Rouge Advocate
The LSU Tigers passed their first test of the season against a Top 25 team. So did freshman pitcher Clay Dirks. The Tulane Green Wave did not...
Time may be running out on USM coach
New Orleans Times Picayune
Southern Miss basketball coach James Green heads into the final week of the regular season without much job security...
Mar. 2, 2004
Aubrey finds major success
MLB.com
Yes, it's a full-time job, but first-baseman Michael Aubrey had no idea that his first season as a professional ballplayer would turn out to be so much fun...
Now the entree
New Orleans Times Picayune
LSU and Tulane have scarfed down the cupcakes. Now, the two baseball teams are hungry for the meat of their schedules...
Early-season clash: Tigers play Wave
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane baseball coach Rick Jones has defeated LSU in March in each of the last three years, but in the last two seasons, his team couldn't get past the Tigers in May and June, when losses mean teams go home...
Six 2003 bowl to face Tulane
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane won't have to mess with Texas again this season, but Coach Chris Scelfo said the Green Wave's schedule will be plenty tough without the Longhorns...
Billikens' guarded hopes
New Orleans Times Picayune
Saint Louis' Reggie Bryant and Josh Fisher are proving to be possibly the best guard tandem in Conference USA this season...
Extra BCS game delays the solution
New Orleans Times Picayune
Despite the ridicule and early dismissals, Scott Cowen couldn't be ignored after all. Turns out that the Tulane president and like-minded colleagues weren't just blowing hot air, that their protests did produce change in college football...
Mar. 1, 2004
BCS says it will add bowl in 2006
New Orleans Times Picayune
A fifth BCS bowl -- one that will increase the opportunity for access to those schools which have been shut out of the system, and that will become part of the championship-game rotation -- will be added in 2006, provided the market can support it...
Tulane shuts out Utah again
New Orleans Times Picayune
Utah, in its efforts to possibly score one run against Tulane this weekend, had a couple things going for it Sunday. There was the forceful wind blowing toward center. And they were due...
