THE COURTMASTER RULES ON COLLEGE SPORTS: Tulane Basketball

THE COURTMASTER RULES ON COLLEGE SPORTS

Covering NCAA football and basketball with insight and irreverence. Unlike some blowhard columnists and/or sports talk hosts, I'll give you ideas to consider and form your own opinions about rather than tell you how to think. This blog also features "Good News In College Sports," the stories that don't get the headlines but should. I belong to the FWAA (Football Writers Association of America) and the USBWA (United States Basketball Writers Association).

Saturday, February 18, 2006

Tulane Basketball - Growing Up the Hard Way

I've kept an eye on the Tulane basketball program as they have dealt with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina this season. My interest has been piqued because of their new head coach, Dave Dickerson. He was an assistant coach at Maryland for nine years prior to taking the Tulane job. I got to know him a little bit (I wrote about that last April) and was very impressed with him both as a coach and a person.

Needless to say, this season has been a challenge well beyond what Coach Dickerson anticipated. This feature by Kyle of The Sporting News looks at the personal challenges players and coaches faced in dealing with the new reality Katrina brought to New Orleans, the Tulane campus, and their own lives. It is an outstanding piece I strongly recommend for you to read.

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=63252

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At 7:34 AM, Anonymous said...: Coach D has been doing a fine job. He has a chance to get the Wave to .500 in CUSA- ap retty good chance at that- and they ought to win a tournament game.

More than I expected. Now he's got to get some players on here.

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I am a lifelong sports fan, and as a University of Maryland alum one of the highlights of my life was watching the Terps winning the 2002 NCAA basketball championship and being able to share it with my late wife and best friend. I've been writing about sports since 1998. In that time, I've learned how to step back and take a "big picture" look at the games and the people who play them. There are a nearly infinite number of stories to tell, both on and off the field, and I will try to tell them with an awareness of how important these teams, players, and coaches are to a lot of people while still having fun in the process.

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Saturday, February 18, 2006

Tulane Basketball - Growing Up the Hard Way

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