Tulane Green Wave men's basketball

Tulane Green Wave

2014–15 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team

University

Tulane University

Conference

The American

Location

New Orleans, LA

Head coach

Ed Conroy (5th year)

Arena

Devlin Fieldhouse
(Capacity: 3,600)

Nickname

Green Wave

Colors

Olive Green and Sky Blue

Uniforms

Home

Away

Alternate

NCAA Tournament Round of 32

1992, 1993, 1995

NCAA Tournament appearances

1992, 1993, 1995

The Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team represents Tulane University in NCAA Division I college basketball. The team competes in the American Athletic Conference. They play home games on campus in Devlin Fieldhouse, the 9th-oldest active basketball venue in the nation.^[1] The team's last appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was in 1995.

Tulane is the only school from the original Metro Conference that remained in the conference through its 1975 founding, the 1991 breakup that saw several schools form the Great Midwest Conference, the 1995 reunification that created today's Conference USA, and the 2004 realignment of conferences. It rejoined many of its previous conference mates when it became a member of the American Athletic Conference in 2014.

History

Tulane's men's basketball team played its first game on December 9, 1905.^[2]

The program fell victim to one of the biggest scandals of the 1980s in college sports when four players, including star forward "Hot Rod" Williams, were accused of taking money and cocaine to alter the final point spreads of games they played in. Clyde Eads and Jon Johnson were granted immunity to testify against Williams, the alleged ringleader. Although he was indicted, the judge eventually declared a mistrial, and no sentence was handed down. Williams spent the next nine years with the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. Within days of Williams' indictment, the entire basketball coaching staff and the athletic director resigned. Shortly afterward school president Eamon Kelly disbanded the basketball program. He didn't intend to ever allow its return but relented in 1988 after several students convinced him that they were being punished for something that occurred when they weren't at Tulane.^[3]

New head coach Perry Clark rebuilt the program to unprecedented success, including a 1991–92 season that started 13–0 and ended in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The 1992–93 and 1994–95 teams matched that team's success, but Tulane hasn't approached such heights since. Clark resigned in 2000 to coach the Miami Hurricanes. The Green Wave failed to make any postseason tournament under Clark's successor, Shawn Finney, or under former Maryland assistant Dave Dickerson.

Ed Conroy was hired as the new head coach in 2010. His teams have seen initial success against out-of-conference foes in each of its seasons but have done poorly in conference games. The 2010–11 team finished 13–17 after a 12–3 start, while his 2011–12 team finished 15–16 after starting 14–6.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Postseason

NCAA Tournament results

The Green Wave have appeared in three NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 3–3.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1992	#10	First Round Second Round	#7 St. John's #2 Oklahoma State	W 61–57 L 71–87
1993	#11	First Round Second Round	#6 Kansas State #3 Florida State	W 55–53 L 63–94
1995	#9	First Round Second Round	#8 BYU #1 Kentucky	W 76–70 L 60–82

NIT results

The Green Wave have appeared in six National Invitation Tournaments (NIT). Their combined record is 7–6.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1982	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	LSU UNLV Bradley	W 83–72 W 56–51 L 61–77
1983	First Round	Nebraska	L 65–72
1994	First Round Second Round	Evansville Siena	W 76–63 L 79–89
1996	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Auburn Minnesota Illinois State Nebraska Alabama	W 87–73 W 84–65 W 83–72 L 78–90 W 87–76
1997	First Round	Oklahoma State	L 72–79
2000	First Round	NC State	L 60–64

CBI results

The Green Wave have appeared in one College Basketball Invitational (CBI). Their combined record is 0–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2014	First Round	Princeton	L 55–56

CIT results

The Green Wave have appeared in one CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Their combined record is 1–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2013	First Round Second Round	South Alabama Bradley	W 84–73 L 72–77

Green Wave in professional basketball

The following Green Wave players have played in the NBA:

References

↑ "Tulane Unveils Devlin Fieldhouse, the Newly Restored Facility for Basketball, Volleyball". TulaneGreenWave.com. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
↑ "Men's Basketball History". tulanegreenwave.com. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
↑ Perry Vanglider (2010-03-25). "A Sad Anniversary: 25 Years Since Tulane Basketball's Point Shaving Scandal". SportsNOLA.com. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
↑ "Tulane Basketball 2010-11 Schedule". TulaneGreenWave.com. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
↑ "Tulane Basketball 2011-12 Schedule". TulaneGreenWave.com. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
↑ Matt Norlander (2012-09-11). "Trippin': Tulane rebuilds its program from players to facilities". CBS Sports. Retrieved 2012-09-13.

External links

Tulane Green Wave men's basketball

Venues	Devlin Fieldhouse (1933–present) Smoothie King Center (alternate; 1999–present)

Culture & lore	SoundWave

People	Head coaches Professional players

Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–87 1986–88 1987–89 1989–90 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

American Athletic Conference men's basketball

Teams	Cincinnati Bearcats Connecticut Huskies East Carolina Pirates Houston Cougars Memphis Tigers SMU Mustangs South Florida Bulls Temple Owls Tulane Green Wave Tulsa Golden Hurricane UCF Knights

Championships & awards	Conference Tournament Player of the Year

Seasons	2013–14 2014–15