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April 1, 2003
March 31, 2003
This time, Tulane shuts down USM rally attempt
Clarion-Ledger
Standing on third base with no outs and Southern Miss trailing by one run in the bottom of the eighth inning, Jeff Cook just knew the Golden Eagles were about to lay another late-inning comeback on Tulane Sunday afternoon...
March 30, 2003
Willcutt heeds coach's advice, lifts USM 5-4
Clarion-Ledger
With a steady, northwest wind cutting across the drizzle at Taylor Park Saturday afternoon, Southern Miss coach Corky Palmer warned his hitters "there was no money in left (field) today"...
March 29, 2003
Tulane-bound Aaron repeats as All-Southwest Louisiana MVP
Lake Charles American Press
Three of them are finishing stellar high school careers. The fourth is just getting started...
March 29, 2003
USM wins series opener
Hattiesburg American
Last time out, the University of Southern Mississippi baseball team missed several opportunities to score men on base. Friday night, USM started off the same way...
March 28, 2003
Tulane takes break to ready for Eagles
New Orleans Times Picayune
Serving as his team's psychologist after Tuesday's devastating loss to UL-Lafayette, Tulane coach Rick Jones decided the best approach would be to keep his couch empty. So instead of holding a practice Wednesday, Jones made the decision to let his team -- gasp! -- have a day off...
March 28, 2003
USM's King swinging a mean bat this season
The Clarion Ledger
At this time last spring, Clint King's baseball career at Southern Miss consisted of 11 official plate appearances, two hits, an RBI and a .182 batting average...
March 27, 2003
Dramatic win
Lafayette Daily Advertiser
It was the at-bat Ryan Core had been waiting for all his life. The junior catcher capped a stirring comeback for UL Lafayette's Ragin' Cajun baseball team with a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday night, giving the Cajuns a 9-8 win over Tulane's Green Wave...
March 24, 2003
Wave unravels in second half
New Orleans Times Picayune
Once down eight in the first half against Minnesota on Saturday night, Tulane's swagger, albeit temporarily, was back...
March 24, 2003
Wave defense stymies Tigers
New Orleans Times Picayune
After producing 21 runs and scoring in all but five innings in the first two games with Memphis, Tulane had to find another way to win Sunday afternoon...
March 23, 2003
Gophers finish Tulane's season
New Orleans Times Picayune
For one half, Tulane smothered Minnesota's Lindsay Whalen, keeping one of the nation's top shooters scoreless. In the second half, Whalen scorched Tulane for 18 points, and the Gophers ended the Tulane women's season with a 68-48 victory in the first round of the NCAA Tournament's West Region...
March 23, 2003
NCAA women's basketball: Gophers 68, Tulane 48
Minneapolis Star Tribune
For two long weeks, the Gophers women's basketball team stewed and waited. They tried to forget about their short-lived "second season" -- the Big Ten tournament -- and regroup for their third...
March 23, 2003
TU's Crowel 'in a zone' in win over Memphis
New Orleans Times Picayune
For one half, Tulane smothered Minnesota's Lindsay Whalen, keepTulane freshman J.R. Crowel allowed nine hits in eight innings and got all the support he needed as the Green Wave defeated Memphis 12-3 on Saturday afternoon at Turchin Stadium...
March 22, 2003
Wave unfazed by foe's seeding
New Orleans Times Picayune
Call it d?j? voodoo. Last year, the Tulane women worked some magic in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, beating higher-seeded Colorado State, ranked No. 18 in the coaches' poll, in Palo Alto...
March 22, 2003
Aubrey 'carries' TU by Memphis
New Orleans Times Picayune
Even for a player of junior Michael Aubrey's stature, Friday night's performance was special...
March 21, 2003
Green Wave's McKiver finishes with a flourish
New Orleans Times Picayune
For Tulane senior Teana McKiver, it had gotten to the point that the games were all running together. Just another day at the office, another day punching her time card down in the paint, another day that she'd get her points and make her blocks and go through the motions...
March 21, 2003
Freshman a hit for Green Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
Brian Bogusevic knew if he worked hard and performed to his potential, he would play this season at Tulane...
March 20, 2003
Wave overpowers SLU
New Orleans Times Picayune
Michael Aubrey got four hits to lead Tulane to an 8-4 win Wednesday against Southeastern Lousiana at Alex Box Stadium. Tulane swept the season series...
March 17, 2003
Wave women relieved after anxious week of uncertainty
New Orleans Times Picayune
It was a week of uncertainty for the Tulane's women's basketball team leading up to Selection Sunday. After losing its first game of the Conference USA tournament a week earlier, the Wave (19-9) was in limbo...
March 17, 2003
U women get No. 6 seed, will face Tulane
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
So much for catching a break. It took nearly an hour of nail biting and toe tapping Sunday afternoon to confirm what Gophers women's basketball coach Pam Borton already had reluctantly concluded: A No. 5 seed in the NCAA tournament was probably too much to hope for...
March 17, 2003
Home-court edge appeals to Stanford women
San Jose Mercury News
Stanford Coach Tara VanDerveer said, ``Seeds don't mean squat,'' two hours after finding out the Cardinal will open the NCAA tournament Saturday against Western Michigan...
March 17, 2003
West loaded for Stanford women
San Francisco Chronicle
Apparently, there is a price to be paid for all those home games. The NCAA women's selection committee seemed intent to mitigate Stanford's potential home-court advantage of four games at Maples Pavilion by stacking the bracket in the West Region...
March 17, 2003
TCU's bid for sweep of Tulane left on base
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Tulane came into its weekend series with TCU riding a five-game winning streak and a wave of momentum, but one-run losses to the Horned Frogs on Friday and Saturday wiped all that out...
March 17, 2003
Bogusevic's late heroics catapults Tulane past TCU
New Orleans Times Picayune
Freshman right fielder Brian Bogusevic hit a leadoff home run in right center in the 10th inning to lift Tulane to a 6-5 come-from-behind win over Conference USA foe TCU on Sunday afternoon at Lupton Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas...
March 15, 2003
Elpheage upset with workout for NFL scouts
New Orleans Times Picayune
It was not the way former Tulane cornerback/return specialist Lynaris Elpheage envisioned his first encounter with NFL coaches and scouts...
March 15, 2003
Tulane comes up short
New Orleans Times Picayune
For the second straight year, Tulane showed improvement. It went from 14 victories a season ago to 16 victories this season...
March 14, 2003
Wave faces TCU
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane spent little time basking in the afterglow of Tuesday's 5-4, 11-inning thriller against LSU...
March 14, 2003
Louisville pulls away from TU
New Orleans Times Picayune
For 20 minutes Thursday afternoon, Tulane stayed close to 20th-ranked Louisville, and seemed poised for an upset...
March 13, 2003
Green Wave dominates Cougars in first round
New Orleans Times Picayune
Beating a team three times in one season was never so easy for Tulane...
March 13, 2003
Cards work overtime in limbo
Louisville Courier-Journal
A fan at Rick Pitino's weekly radio show Tuesday night asked the University of Louisville basketball coach what he thought of Texas Tech coach Bob Knight's offer to return his $250,000 salary to the school...
March 12, 2003
Conference has 'turned corner,' may turn heads
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Kelly Tires C-USA Tournament that begins this afternoon in Freedom Hall might well be the best the league has held since four nationally ranked teams came into the inaugural one in 1996...
March 12, 2003
It's a whole new ballgame
Louisville Courier-Journal
For the first time in six years, Britton Banowsky won't be attending the Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament. He knew when he left that league to become Conference USA commissioner that he'd be missing quite a show...
March 12, 2003
Truscott eyes a fruitful finish to UH career
Houston Chronicle
As Louis Truscott approaches the end of his University of Houston career, the rebounds keep on coming...
March 12, 2003
Wave understands finality of tourney
New Orleans Times Picayune
Having squandered several opportunities to position itself for a postseason tournament berth, Tulane's men's basketball team is down to its final chance...
March 12, 2003
Kaplan's single in 11th lifts Wave past LSU
New Orleans Times Picayune
One Tuesday after Fat Tuesday, Tulane had real cause for celebration...
March 11, 2003
Wave-Tigers game 'gonna be a blast'
New Orleans Times Picayune
There are all kinds are reasons why tonight's game at Zephyr Field should be interesting: Both teams are coming off hot weekends; both open conference play in a couple of days; both are looking for a great tuneup against a quality non-conference opponent...
March 11, 2003
Pitino expects Stone to return
Louisville Courier-Journal
University of Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino said yesterday that he expects good news concerning senior center Marvin Stone as early as today but admitted he has guessed wrong before in the player's NCAA saga...
March 10, 2003
TU keeps the beat, sweeps Manhattan
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane's 13-0 victory against Manhattan on Sunday was almost a carbon copy of Saturday's 15-1 win. Starter J.R. Crowel didn't allow a run, and the Green Wave (13-4) had a quick offensive start to cruise to victory and sweep the three-game series at Turchin Stadium...
March 9, 2003
Freshman lifts Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
On a night when Tulane was honoring its five seniors, a freshman pushed them aside and stole the show...
March 9, 2003
Wave drowns Golden Eagles 74-61
Clarion Ledger
Instead of his normal stalking of the sideline, Southern Miss coach James Green spent a good portion of his Saturday evening sitting on his team's bench, a pained expression often disappearing into cupped hands...
March 8, 2003
Waiting game begins for Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
For the first time since 1994-95 -- the first season in Coach Lisa Stockton's nine-year tenure -- Tulane has failed to win 20 games in the regular season. For the first time in five years, Tulane has failed to reach the Conference USA tournament championship game...
March 8, 2003
Hahn leads Tulane over Manhattan 15-1
New Orleans Times Picayune
When Cory Hahn transferred from the University of Kentucky to Tulane this past summer, Green Wave coach Rick Jones said he envisioned Hahn as a Friday night starter...
March 8, 2003
Tulane's Spann has gotten point the past two seasons
New Orleans Times Picayune
After averaging nearly 16 points a game during his sophomore season, Tulane guard Brandon Spann seemed poised to become the team's go-to guy...
March 8, 2003
Eagles not ready to celebrate yet
The Clarion Ledger
After winning two of its last three games, thereby securing a spot in its conference's postseason tournament, one might expect a somewhat jauntier mood surrounding Southern Miss these days...
March 8, 2003
Wave eliminated by TCU in tourney
New Orleans Times Picayune
One sequence of possessions in the second half was a perfect example of the futility No. 4 seed Tulane endured in its 78-65 loss to Texas Christian on Friday night in the Conference USA tournament...
March 8, 2003
Balanced TCU tops Tulane
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
In order to beat Tulane, the Lady Frogs knew they needed to have a great night. So a few of them had season-best nights...
March 7, 2003
Tulane ready to battle TCU
New Orleans Times Picayune
When the Tulane women's basketball team beat Texas Christian on Feb. 23, the 74-65 victory clinched a first-round bye in the Conference USA tournament for the Wave. Eleven days later, the Wave watched from the stands of The Pyramid as the Horned Frogs battled to a 54-44 first-round win against East Carolina on Thursday...
March 7, 2003
TCU wins in C-USA tourney
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
When a team goes nearly eight minutes without a basket, chances are it isn't going to win. But somehow, the Lady Frogs found a way to get chance working in their favor...
March 6, 2003
Spirit of Saint Louis
SI.com
Marquette's Dwyane Wade is clearly Conference USA's Player of the Year. The league's Most Valuable Player, though, is Saint Louis' Marque Perry...
March 6, 2003
Tulane in solid shape
New Orleans Times Picayune
The Tulane women's basketball team will leave New Orleans and Bourbon Street for Memphis and Beale Street to play in the Conference USA tournament, but the Wave knows it won't be a leisurely stroll down Easy Street en route to its fourth C-USA tournament championship in the past six years...
March 6, 2003
Aubrey powers Wave past ULL
New Orleans Times Picayune
Michael Aubrey hit two home runs to help Tulane end a three-game losing streak with an 11-4 win Wednesday night over Louisiana-Lafayette at Turchin Stadium...
March 6, 2003
Tulane bats too much for Cajuns
Lafayette Daily Advertiser
UL Lafayette head baseball coach Tony Robichaux said before Wednesday night's game that the key to beating Tulane was keeping the top of the batting order in check...
March 6, 2003
South Florida swamps Tulane 72-60
New Orleans Times Picayune
For Tulane to have a chance at beating South Florida on Wednesday night, it needed patience and shot-making were going to be crucial against the Bulls' zone defense...
March 6, 2003
Seniors Shine On Appropriate Night
Tampa Tribune
South Florida's Senior Night couldn't have been scripted any better...
March 5, 2003
Bulls Try To Send Duo Out Well
Tampa Tribune
Reggie Kohn and Will McDonald came to South Florida in 1999 with different expectations...
March 5, 2003
Tulane is at critical point
New Orleans Times Picayune
Whether Tulane accomplishes the goals it set before the season hinges on how it performs in the next 10 days.
March 5, 2003
Jones wants Wave hitters to rebound
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane coach Rick Jones knows exactly what he wants to see from his team against Louisiana-Lafayette tonight at Turchin Stadium.
March 4, 2003
College Baseball Chat
Baseball America
Mike from Lexington, KY asks: Any chance of former UK Pitcher Corey Hahn sliding into the top 3 rounds with a solid season at Tulane?...
March 4, 2003
Tigers heating up
New Orleans Times Picayune
The hot-and-cold Memphis Tigers are hot again. Winners of their past nine games, the Tigers clinched Conference USA's National Division title with a 67-48 victory over Cincinnati on Saturday and are looking like a team capable of beating Marquette in the conference tournament next week...
March 3, 2003
49ers women win 1st C-USA title
Charlotte Observer
Charlotte women's coach Katie Meier knew she had something special after the 49ers' 86-80 win against Tulane on Sunday afternoon at Halton Arena...
March 2, 2003
Sloan takes charge, keeps Bills' streak alive
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Chris Sloan's teammates were wise to step aside when he stormed the team huddle, spewing venom and naming names as the momentum of the last two weeks appeared to be slipping from St. Louis University's grasp...
March 2, 2003
Tulane falls in 2 OTs
New Orleans Times Picayune
If Tulane coach Shawn Finney had it to do over, he'd have the same guys taking the shots...
March 2, 2003
Wave continues hunt for C-USA title
New Orleans Times Picayune
Two of Conference USA's top teams in women's basketball, Tulane and Charlotte, will clash today in Charlotte, N.C., matching Tulane coach Lisa Stockton against her assistant coach of seven years, Charlotte coach Katie Meier...
March 2, 2003
Injuries don't dampen Wave's spring outlook
New Orleans Times Picayune
Some vacancies on the Tulane spring football roster were expected, such as the loss of eight starting seniors on defense. But the ones that bothered Coach Chris Scelfo are the unanticipated ones...
March 1, 2003
Stopping Perry key for TU
New Orleans Times Picayune
Saint Louis' Marque Perry has been a major headache for Conference USA opponents the past two weeks...
March 1, 2003
Despite win streak, SLU is in a precarious spot
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The climb back to .500 was as arduous as it was spectacular during a two-week stretch in which the St. Louis University men's basketball team embarked on a four-game winning streak that caught Conference USA by surprise...
March 1, 2003
AT-LARGE OR AT HOME?
New Orleans Times Picayune
Back in mid-February, NCAA Tournament committee chairman Jim Livengood indicated that teams with losing records in conference play were unlikely to gain at-large berths this season. In this age of parity, he said, it's "really hard to justify..."
