College Sports in Louisiana - Tulane Green Wave, List of College Athletic Programs in Louisiana, USA, New Orleans Privateers (Paperback)

Chapters: Tulane Green Wave, List of College Athletic Programs in Louisiana, Usa, New Orleans Privateers, Miss-Lou Junior College Conference. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Green Wave, the nickname of the sports teams of Tulane University, was adopted during the 1920 season, after a song titled The Rolling Green Wave was published in Tulane's student newspaper in 1920. Prior to that, the teams were known officially as "The Olive and Blue" and unofficially referred to as "The Greenies" or "The Greenbacks." Tulane is a member of Conference USA in athletics. The university was a charter member of the Southeastern Conference, in which it competed until 1966. Tulane, along with other academically-oriented, private schools had considered to form the "Southern Ivy League" (Magnolia Conference) in the 1950s. Prior to Hurricane Katrina, the university fielded NCAA Division I teams in 16 sports. As part of the university's Renewal Plan some sports were suspended. Tulane currently has 14 Division I programs football, men and women's basketball, baseball, women's volleyball, track and cross country, tennis, women's golf, and women's swimming and diving however, they plan to field 16 sports by 2011. The Tulane football team, established in 1893, competes in NCAA Division I FBS college football in the West division of Conference USA. They are coached by Bob Toledo and play home games in the Louisiana Superdome and occasionally Tad Gormley Stadium. Men'sTulane's men's basketball 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 i...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=284211