Tulane Green Wave men's basketball

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Tulane Green Wave
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UniversityTulane University
Head coach Ron Hunter (6th season)
Conference The American
Location New Orleans, Louisiana
Arena Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
(capacity: 4,100)
NicknameGreen Wave
ColorsOlive green and sky blue [1]
   
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NCAA tournament round of 32
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Conference regular season champions
1924, 1944, 1976, 1992

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 ninth-oldest active basketball venue in the nation. [2] The team's last appearance in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was in 1995.

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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

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Tulane Green Wave men's basketball at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse

Tulane's men's basketball team played its first game on December 9, 1905. [3]

In March 1976, the Green Wave enticed Syracuse coach Roy Danforth--one year removed from taking the Orange to their first Final Four--to succeed Charles Moir as Green Wave coach when Moir left for the same position at Virginia Tech.

Danforth's successor at Syracuse, Jim Boeheim, coached the Orange for the next 47 seasons, winning 1,116 games and the 2003 national championship. Meanwhile, Danforth was fired by Tulane after the 1980-81 season, which included a 119-81 loss to in-state rival LSU.

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, head coach Ned Fowler and his assistant coaches, and athletic director Hindman Wall all resigned.

On April 4, 1985, president Eamon Kelly disbanded the basketball program. He did not intend ever to allow its return; he relented in 1988 after several students convinced him that they were being punished for something that occurred when they were not at Tulane. [4]

New head coach Perry Clark rebuilt the program to unprecedented success, including a 199192 season that started 130 and ended in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The 199293 and 199495 teams matched that team's success, but Tulane has not 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 201011 team finished 1317 after a 123 start, while his 201112 team finished 1516 after starting 146. [5] [6] [7]

On March 14, 2016, Tulane fired Conroy after six years as head coach. [8] He was replaced by former longtime NBA player and coach Mike Dunleavy Sr. [9] On March 16, 2019, after a 4–27 season, the Tulane athletic department fired Dunleavy. As of 2023, the head coach is Ron Hunter.

In the 1992 sports comedy film White Men Can't Jump , character Billy Hoyle mentions he is a former Green Wave player.

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

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

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
1992 #10First Round
Second Round
#7 St. John's
#2 Oklahoma State
W 61–57
L 71–87
1993 #11First Round
Second Round
#6 Kansas State
#3 Florida State
W 55–53
L 63–94
1995 #9First 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.

YearRoundOpponentResult
1982 First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
LSU
UNLV
Bradley
W 83–72
W 56–51
L 61–77
1983 First RoundNebraskaL 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 RoundOklahoma StateL 72–79
2000 First RoundNC StateL 60–64

CBI results

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

YearRoundOpponentResult
2014 First RoundPrincetonL 55–56

CIT results

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

YearRoundOpponentResult
2013 First Round
Second Round
South Alabama
Bradley
W 84–73
L 72–77

Notable players

The following Green Wave players have played in the NBA:

Others:

See also

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