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Last night, the Green Wave managed to pull away from the UTSA Roadrunners en route to 68-56 victory at Devlin Fieldhouse.

While the Roadrunners led at the half, the Green Wave picked up the pace in the second and ultimately notched their seventh Conference USA win of the year.

This marks the first time in the Ed Conroy era that Tulane has had 7 or more wins in-conference, and the Green Wave are on the inside track to a first round bye in the Conference USA tournament.

To top it off, Jay Hook, who was 4-4 from three point land against UTEP, continued his hot streak while putting up 25 points on the Roadrunners.

Tulane picks it up again with a home matchup against Florida Atlantic, who we have at 9th in our power rankings, on Feb. 26.

This also marks another game in Tulane's streak of seven consecutive wins against C-USA teams with a worse record (matched by an 0-6 streak when facing teams with a superior record).

The Marshall Thundering Herd are in town today for a 1 PM matchup against Tulane. The Green Wave will look to seize an opportunity to boost their 4-4 in-conference record above .500 on the year.

Of course, Tulane is coming off of a great home win against the Charlotte 49ers, perhaps the most erratic squad in the conference this season.

Let's put it this way... Charlotte (now 5-4 in CUSA) has wins over Kansas State, UTEP, and the top-10 Michigan Wolverines. The flip side: their losses on the road now include both Tulane and Rice.

The Green Wave definitely established some momentum against a competent opponent in that game, capped off by Jay Hook nailing two go-ahead free throws for the win. Although, it should be noted that the 49ers almost hit a crazy buzzer beater. Check out the fan video below.


So turning to the Marshall Thundering Herd, here is the breakdown.

1. Marshall isn't very good this year. Their record of 8-16 is pretty reflective of the season they have been having. They have only two wins in-conference so far, over the struggling Rice Owls as well as Florida International. We had them ranked 14th coming into this week in our Power Rankings.

2. Senior forward Elijah Pittman is a prolific scorer. His 21.1 points per game makes him the biggest threat on this squad, hands down.

3. Marshall has only won one game on the road this season (a Jan. 23 victory over Rice). Other than that, they have not had success away from West Virginia.

4. That said, the Thundering Herd are coming off perhaps the best game they've played this year... They took the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles to the wire in Hattiesburg, ultimately falling 60-57. As you probably remember, USM mauled Tulane in Devlin last week.

This should be a good opportunity for Coach Conroy to notch another win with several tougher games coming down the road. Roll wave.

Tulane basketball continues its road trip with a stop at Old Dominion today to face the Monarchs. Here's our preview of the game.

Team Records: Tulane (11-9 / 3-2 CUSA) @ Old Dominion (9-10 / 3-1 CUSA)

 Game Time: 6 PM Central

Tulane Storyline: The Green Wave is actually on the upswing. A calamitous non-conference schedule gave way to a decent start in Conference USA at 3-2. Tulane will look to notch another rare road win to keep a two game win streak alive.

Old Dominion Storyline: The Monarchs took a lot of losses in November and December, yet Old Dominion managed to make its C-USA debut with a 3-0 start. A loss to Southern Miss brought them back to earth, as the Monarchs are a middle-of-the-pack team at best.

Rankings (KenPom.com):  Tulane (#269) vs. Old Dominion (#160)

C-USA Ranking (Fear the Wave): Tulane (#12) vs. Old Dominion (#8)

Guys to Watch: Jay Hook drained three huge 3 pointers in the final two minutes to take down East Carolina on the road. Tulane will need to make this a close game on the road and grind in the final minutes to find another victory. On the Monarchs' side, Aaron Bacote is the guy. He leads the team in scoring at 17.6.

Spread: Tulane +8.5

Here's your weekend link roundup of Green Wave stories. Since last week...

1. Ed Conroy gets another addition to next year's freshman class. LA Times reports that Josh Hearlihy, a Harvard-Westlake product, will be taking his talent to New Orleans. He's 6'7" and formerly was headed to play for Utah. Here's the full story on JH.

2. Yulman Stadium, the new on-campus football facility, is on its way to 2014 completion, according to the Times Pic. Pretty aggressive construction schedule, all things considered. Couple of interesting quotes on the new stadium as a recruiting tool.

3. Tulane QB Ryan Griffin made the front page of NFL.com. See that here. In a story about the "diamonds in the rough" of this year's draft class, they cite Griffin as a talented passer who could make waves in his NFL future.

4. Roll Bama Roll announces that former Tulane guard Ricky Tarrant is officially signed to the Crimson Tide. So it goes. That's all I have to say there.

5. Here's Peter Woullard's Instagram announcing his decision to play football for the Green Wave. Woo social media. Full story on the St. Augustine recruit here.
Coach Ed Conroy has signed a fourth 2013 recruit for Tulane basketball. Josh Hearlihy, a 6'7" prep school prospect, has committed to join the Green Wave.

Hearlihy originally committed to Utah earlier in his senior year, but eventually his college search turned to Davidson, Tulane, and Santa Clara.

Adam Finkelstein, northeast recruiting czar for ESPN, confirmed it here: 
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Check out the video below of Hearlihy from his season at Northfield Mount Hermon. He previously played out west for the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. 

Kid is a scorer inside with some mid-range ability to boot. Looks like a much-needed late signing period addition for the Green Wave.

Other Buzz:

In a move that will likely shock no one... former Tulane star Ricky Tarrant announced that he will be taking his talent to Alabama.
Tarrant told an Alabama paper that: "It was about representing the state of Alabama and coming back to play basketball in my home state." Whatever that means.

Unlike some of his transferring comrades, Tarrant is a sophomore and thus will have to sit out the 2013-2014 season for the Crimson Tide.

As a former runner-up for Alabama's Mr. Basketball title, Tarrant drew interest from the likes of Butler, Ohio State, and Marquette. Nonetheless, there was little doubt for outsiders that Tarrant was headed to 'Bama.

After the Tulane guard appeared at Alabama's NIT matchup last month, fans figured a move could be in the works.

Scott Kushner of The Advocate pretty much hit the nail on the head with this one.
So it goes. But still...



Basketball season is over, and the 2013 baseball campaign continues on... So mostly Tulane made headlines for football news this past week. Here is a link roundup.

1. Tulane might be sporting a new helmet look, according to SB Nation. Players showed off 7 new potential helmet designs with a few new logo schemes for the football team.

2. From NOLA.com, the Tulane matchup against new conference foe Louisiana Tech will be moved to a Thursday night (Sep. 12) for a national TV broadcast.

3. Tammy Nunez reports that ex-Tulane guard Ricky Tarrant is making his anticipated visit to Alabama this weekend. The CUSA second-team guard confirmed that report via Twitter.

4. Former Tulane QB merited some attention after his Tulane pro day, held at the Saints practice facility, the Hullabaloo reports. CB Travis Smith laid it down, as well.

That's all for now. Follow Fear the Wave on Twitter.

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:
Tulane beat writer Scott Kushner confirms that Tarrant would be granted a release and announced two other departing players:
Graduating senior Kendall Timmons - after retweeting several messages about the transfers - tweets:
Big man Lotanna Nwogbo follows with the announcement of his departure with his take on the situation:
Marc-Eddy Norelia, a current member of the team, comments:

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

Tulane men's basketball doesn't take the court again until Feb. 23 against a fairly horrific Rice team. So in the meantime, it's worth taking a look at where the team is, at this stage, compared to previous years.

At 17-9 with five games left in the regular season, it is clear that the Green Wave came back to earth after a dominant non-conference season against weak teams. We all knew that would happen, at some level.

That said, four of the last five games this year are against teams in the bottom half of the Conference USA standings: Rice, UAB, Houston, and East Carolina. The fifth game will feature Tulsa, a team Tulane already beat on the road.

If Tulane were to finish 3-2, this would give the Green Wave a 20-win season, a feat that the team hasn't achieved since 1999. Yep. Take that in. No Tulane squad achieved 20 or more wins in the first decade of this millenium.

Worse yet, in that span, no Tulane team achieved more than 17 wins in a single season. As a result, with five games remaining, the Green Wave has already tied its best mark in quite a while... Here's a breakdown of Tulane's record, all-time.

Wow. While there is certainly more work to be done, it is evident that Tulane is heading in a different direction as it prepares for Big East entry in 2014. And of course, that's good news.

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