Tulane Green Wave NCAA Basketball News

Challenging, but not too difficult. That was Steve Roccaforte's criteria as he went about setting up the Lamar University 2009-10 men's basketball schedule.

FINAL RECORD: 14-17, 7-9, sixth-place tie in Conference USA. WHAT WENT RIGHT: The Green Wave played very good defense, holding teams to just 66.3 points per game.

Johnson, 6 feet 4, 295 pounds, said he chose Tennessee from a final list of schools that included LSU , Alabama and UCLA.

Hornets owner George Shinn's pledge of support wasn't the only good news for UNO athletics Wednesday.

Tulane went into the spring basketball recruiting period seeking two post players, and the Green Wave has its first one - 6-foot-8, 250 pounder Kelth Cameron from East St.

Tulane junior Kevin Sims has been named to the Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana Basketball Third Team following a vote by the LSWA membership.

LSU 's Allison Hightower was named Player of the Year, while teammate LaSondra Barrett was selected at the state's Freshman of the Year on the 2009 All-Louisiana Women's College Basketball Team as chosen by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL'S silly season has to put a spring in your step if you are a fan of any of the 11 Conference USA schools not named Memphis .

I'm browsing through this year's Sweet 16, looking for story lines, and I come across the usual suspects, three of them, taking me back to the Final Four of 1996.

While basketball's best played on last week, Tulane stayed home -- again. It's been nine years since the Green Wave last appeared in a postseason tournament -- the 2000 NIT -- and 14 years since its last NCAA berth.

After a six-week search, Tulane selected one of its own as the new volleyball coach.

It was the highest compliment - honest. Coming from Steve Martin, it was a ringing endorsement.

The Commercial Appeal Originally published 09:21 a.m., March 13, 2009 Updated 09:21 a.m., March 13, 2009 University of Memphis freshman guard Tyreke Evans was named National Freshman of the Year by The Sporting ...

For the second time in less than a week, Tulane threw a scare into mighty Memphis.

The Tulane Green Wave opens the 2009 Conference USA Tournament against the East Carolina Pirates at 6 p.m. this Wednesday at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn.

Kevin Sims paced Tulane to a 69-69 win over East Carolina Wednesday and the unenviable task of taking on Memphis in the Conference USA Tournament.

Mar 11, 2009 Kevin Sims scored 23 points and handed out six assists in Tulane's 69-59 defeat of East Carolina in the opening round of the Conference USA tournament on Wednesday night.

Said Tulane senior forward Daniel Puckett, about the Conference USA Tournament: 'This is March MadA ness.

The Tulane men's basketball team will be the eighth seed in the upcoming 2009 Conference USA Tournament and will face the ninth-seeded East Carolina Pirates in the first round on Wednesday, March 11 at the ...

For the second straight season, Tulane has failed to land anyone on the All-Conference USA Men's Basketball Team.