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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.

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.

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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.

The Big Easy brought its A-game to the Big Apple. Tulane laid a second half smackdown on Hofstra for an 83-62 finish in a road matchup at the Barclays Center - the home of the new Brooklyn Nets.

The story of the day? Another slow start followed by a hot second half. But unlike unfortunate losses at Nebraska and San Diego on the road, the Green Wave showed its mettle and lit up the second half.

Guard Ricky Tarrant was the headliner in this game, stealing the limelight from Josh Davis in a stellar 28 point performance.

Davis continued his trend of consistent great play with 18 points and only a rebound short of a double-double. Jordan Callahan also finished well with 15 points.

Hofstra hasn't been a strong team, for sure. They were 3-7 coming into this matchup. However, they did pull off a nice upset of C-USA's Marshall Thundering Herd earlier this year. Getting out of the Barclays Center with a nice road win was critical to building momentum as the tougher schedule approaches.



The team will have an 8 day break before heading to Tuscaloosa, AL to take on the Crimson Tide. Alabama, of course, had a hot start this season and earned some poll votes in the process. Tulane will have a chance to upset a good team on the road and gain some confidence. Good win, and roll wave.
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