Black Tuesday: Charting the Tulane Basketball Exodus on Social Media

So... if you know anything about Tulane basketball, you are aware that today was crazy. The Green Wave program - fresh off its first postseason appearance in 13 years - was rocked by a rapid series of transfers by key members of the program.

You can read a million articles with news of the unexpected exodus from Ed Conroy's program. Like here, here, here, and finally... here too. Conference USA first team selection Josh Davis, second team selection Ricky Tarrant, redshirt senior Ben Cherry, and Lotanna Nwogbo are headed out of the program.

Here's a little breakdown of the action on Twitter.

First, Ricky Tarrant declares that he's transferring out of the program:

I will not be attending nor playing basketball for Tulane University next year..
— Ricky Tarrant (@RickyTarrant2) April 2, 2013

Tulane beat writer Scott Kushner confirms that Tarrant would be granted a release and announced two other departing players:

Ricky Tarrant confirms he'll receive a release from #Tulane. It appears Davis & Nwogbo will be getting the same. Quite a day for Dickson.
— Scott Kushner (@ScottDKushner) April 2, 2013

Graduating senior Kendall Timmons - after retweeting several messages about the transfers - tweets:

Hahaha
— Kendall Timmons (@ktimmons22) April 2, 2013

Big man Lotanna Nwogbo follows with the announcement of his departure with his take on the situation:

Boy its getting wild at Tulane lol
— Lotanna Nwogbo (@Lo_Tunechi) April 2, 2013

Marc-Eddy Norelia, a current member of the team, comments:

"@rickytarrant2: I will not be attending nor playing basketball for Tulane University next year.."April fools?
—Marc-Eddy Norelia (@Marceddy25) April 2, 2013

And finally... a Green Wave fan pretty much hits the nail on the head with this one:

#tulane hoops in big trouble.The fact all those players announced on same day suggests organized mutiny.Timmons tweets suggest same
— bham wave (@bhamwave) April 2, 2013 

So there you have it. In spite of a pretty promising season, the team has changed its dynamic dramatically. Worse yet, it's pretty evident that it wasn't a coincidence that these players left at the same time.