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1 Tulane s All-Conference USA Candidates #1 KEVIN SIMS Point Guard Junior-2L Jackson, Miss. (Forest Hills HS) The only point guard in Conference USA named to the Bob Cousy Award Watch List just one of three players and one of two point guards in the league to lead their respective teams in both scoring (13.0) and assists (4.0) has reached double figures in 20 games this season, including six 20+ point performances has dished out five or more assists in a single game 12 times this season dished out 100+ assists in each of his first three seasons reached the 1,000-point plateau as a junior. #0 KRIS RICHARD Guard Sophomore-1L Beaumont, Texas (Ozen HS) Tulane s second leading scorer (11.2) and top steals leader (2.0) one of the top scoring sophomores in the league ranks fourth among C-USA players in steals, but is the second-ranked steals leader during C-USA play (2.13) has scored in double figures in 17 games, including 11 times in conference play, and has three 20+ point games has two or more steals in 20 games and has three games with 4+ steals is two steals shy of moving into the school s top-10 single season leaders. Tulane All-Defensive Team Candidate #0 KRIS RICHARD Guard Sophomore-1L Beaumont, Texas (Ozen HS) One of the top steals leaders in Conference USA ranks fourth among C-USA players in steals (2.0), but is the second-ranked steals leader during conference play (2.13) has collected two or more steals in 20 games and has three games with 4+ steals, including five steals vs. Southern Miss (1/14) and four vs. Tulsa has at least one steal in all but one league game this season is two steals shy of moving into the school s top-10 single season leaders. TulaneGreenWave.com

2 TULANE GREEN WAVE BASKETBALL Contact: Roger Dunaway (Cell /Office ), Asst. AD-Athletic Comm. James W. Wilson Center, Ben Weiner Drive New Orleans, La Tulane Basketball Schedule/Results (13-15, 7-8 C-USA) Date Day Opponent Time/Result November 15 Sat. McNeese State W, Tue. at #7/8 Texas (FSN) L, Sat. Nicholls State W, Tue. Albany State W, USA Basketball Classic Mobile, Ala. 28 Fri. vs. UC Davis L, Sat. vs. Maine W, December 3 Wed. at New Orleans L, Sat. Western Kentucky L, Thurs. North Carolina A&T W, Mon. at George Mason L Sat. Binghamton L, Mon. Grambling State W, January 3 Sat. at Auburn (CSS) L, Wed. at East Carolina* L, Sat. Rice* (CST) W, Wed. Southern Miss* L, Sat. at SMU* (Metro Sports) L, Wed. Tulsa* W, (ot) 28 Wed. at Rice* (CBS C) W, Sat. UCF* L, (ot) February 4 Wed. at UAB* L, Sat. at Marshall* (CBS C) L, (ot) 11 Wed. East Carolina* W, Sat. at Houston* L, Wed. UAB* L, Sat. Marshall* W, Tue. at Southern Miss* (CSS) W, Sat. UTEP* W, March 7 Sat. at Memphis* (CSS) 12:00 p.m. Conference USA Tournament Memphis, Tenn Wed.-Sat. TBA All times CST and subject to change Bold denotes home games *Conference USA game CBS C- CBS College Sports CSS- Comcast Sports South CST- Cox Sports Television New Orleans Tulane Basketball Quick Facts Head Coach:... Dave Dickerson Alma Mater:...Maryland, 1990 Record at Tulane (Years): (4) Career Record (Years):... Same Assistant Coaches:...Dick Bender,...Kim Lewis, Andrew Novick Dir. of Basketball Ops:... Yotam Yemini Basketball Athletic Trainer:... Andy Massey Record: Conference USA Record (Finish): (9th) GAME 29 2 Tulane (13-15, 7-8 C-USA) vs. No. 5/3 Memphis (27-3, 15-0 C-USA) Saturday, March 7, p.m. (CST) FedExForum (18,400) Memphis, Tenn. TV: Live on Comcast Sports South * Probable Starter THE TULANE GREEN WAVE No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Ppg Rpg Other *4 Asim McQueen F Jr apg 11 double digit scoring games and 9 outings with 8+ rebs; 10 pts, 11 reb vs. UTEP *45 Robinson Louisme C Sr bpg 17 double fi gure games, including 10 of last 12; 15 pts vs. UTEP; avg 13.5 last 4 gms *44 Daniel Puckett F Sr apg Has played in 118 career games (6th all-time); Finished with 12 pts at Southern Miss (2/24) *0 Kris Richard G So spg No. 2 C-USA steals leader in league play (30) and 4th overall; Avg 14.8 pts last 6 games; 23 pts at USM (2/24) *1 Kevin Sims G Jr apg A Bob Cousy Award Candidate; 20 double digit games; has pt games; 22 pts vs. UTEP 2 David Booker F So.-RS Played in every game; Posted 6 pts vs. UTEP; earned fi rst collegiate start at Marshall (2/7) 3 Trent Rogers G Fr apg Scored a career-high 9 pts vs. Western Kentucky; 5 pts vs. UAB (2/18), Marshall (2/21) and UTEP 13 Jon Andersen F/C Fr.-RS Has played in 14 games; Earned his fi rst career start at Marshall (2/7) and played 8 minutes 14 Nick Scott G Sr A fi rst-year walk-on; Has played in 2 games; Saw his fi rst collegiate action vs. NC A&T 22 Kendall Timmons G Fr Injured-Out for the Year; Scored a career-high 18 pts at George Mason Johnny Mayhane G So Scored season-high 10 pts Grambling State; 6 pts, 5 rebs., vs. UTEP Eric Vianney G Jr apg Hit all 5 treys and fi nished with a career-high 18 pts vs. Rice; 16 pts, 3 asts at Houston 25 Geoff Hogan F So A fi rst-year walk-on; Has played in 13 games; 2 pts, 1 reb and 1 ast at SMU; 2 pts vs. UTEP RADIO TULANE-ISP SPORTS NETWORK Live on AM 690 WIST Play-by-Play: Todd Graffagnini Internet: Live Audio at TulaneGreenWave.com TELEVISION COMCAST SPORTS SOUTH Live in New Orleans on Charter Cable Play-by-Play: Matt Stewart Color Analyst: Brian Oliver Tulane...Statistical Comparison... Memphis Record Field Goal Percentage Opponent Field Goal Percentage Point Field Goal Percentage Free Throw Percentage Rebound Average Opponent Rebound Average Rebound Margin Points Per Game Points Allowed Per Game Point Differential Turnovers Per Game TulaneGreenWave.com 1

3 TULANE CLOSES OUT REGULAR SEASON THIS SATURDAY AT No. 5/3 MEMPHIS The Tulane men s basketball (13-15, 7-8 C-USA) concludes the regular season this Saturday when the Green Wave treks to Memphis, Tenn., to take on the No. 5/3 ranked Tigers at the FedExForum at Noon. The game will be aired live by Comcast Sports South and is available in the New Orleans area on Charter Cable. The Wave has won three straight and four out of its last six contests heading into the Memphis contest. Over its last three outings, Tulane has topped Marshall (57-51), won at Southern Miss (73-59) and downed UTEP (86-77). TU s two losses were to UAB and Houston, the league s third- and fourth-place teams, respectively. Tulane is tied with Marshall for sixth place in the Conference USA standings and can finish anywhere from sixth to eighth place depending on tiebreakers with UCF and the Herd. The Wave is 2-9 overall on the road this season, including 2-5 in Conference USA games, but did post a 14-point victory at Southern Miss in its last road outing on Feb. 24. Junior Kevin Sims leads TU in scoring with 12.6 points per game and assists with 4.0 per outing, while sophomore Kris Richard and Robinson Louisme are second and third in scoring with 11.2 and 10.4 points per contest, respectively. Louisme is also the top rebounder with 7.2 boards per outing. SCOUTING THE TIGERS Memphis (27-3, 15-0 C-USA), the 2008 NCAA National Runners-up, is ranked No. 5 in the Associated Press poll and No. 3 in ESPN/USA Today poll and The Tigers clinched their fourth-straight Conference USA regular season title with their victory over UAB on Feb. 26. Memphis enters Saturday s encounter on a 21-game win streak, which is currently the longest in the nation. The Tigers are 15-1 overall at home this season, including a perfect 7-0 in league play. Memphis lone loss at home this season came to Syracuse (72-65) on Dec. 20. Freshman point guard Tyreke Evens leads four Tigers in double figure scoring with 16.9 points, while senior Robert Dozier is second with 12.8 points, and senior Antonio Anderson and Shawn Taggart each averaged 10.5 and 10.2 points per game, respectively. Taggart is also the leading rebounder with 7.3 boards per outing. SIMS CITY Kevin Sims is just one of three Conference USA players (Jeremy Wise-USM; Ben Uzoh-Tulsa), and one of two point guards (Uzoh), that lead their respective teams in both scoring (13.0) and assists (4.0). Sims has reached double figures in 20 games this season, including six 20+ point performances, and has dished out five or more assists in a single game 12 times this season. He has dished out 100+ assists in each of his first three seasons. RACING UP THE CHARTS Kevin Sims is 15 assists shy of moving into seventh place on the school s career assists chart. With 334 for his career, Sims is looking to catch Brandon Spann s ( ) mark of Leaders (by average/percentage): Scoring- Kevin Sims, 13.0 (363) Field Goals- Robinson Louisme, (.522) Three-Pointers- Kevin Sims,.367 (44-113) Free Throws- Kevin Sims,.818 (99-121) Rebounds- Robinson Louisme, 7.1 (198) Assists- Kevin Sims, 4.0 (112) Steals- Kris Richard, 1.96 (55) Blocked Shots- Robinson Louisme, 1.3 (37) Minutes Played- Kevin Sims, 34.8 (973) SERIES RECORD & NOTES Saturday s game marks the 48th all-time meeting in the last 32 years between Tulane and Memphis, and the Tigers lead the series, Tulane s last win in the Memphis series came at home with a last second victory at Fogelman Arena on Feb. 9, TulaneGreenWave.com Series History Games Played Series Record...Memphis leads, 38-9 First Meeting... Jan. 10, 1977, L, Last Meeting... Mar. 13, 2008, L, At Memphis... Memphis leads, 22-2 Current Streak... Memphis W15 Dickerson vs. Memphis The Green Wave s last win in Memphis came at The Pyramid in 1992, The highest ranked team Tulane has ever upset was No. 2 Cincinnati (78-75) at the Louisiana Superdome in The Green Wave s last victory over a Top-25 team was over No. 25 North Carolina State (73-62) at New Orleans Arena in Tulane has squared off against Memphis over the last three years in the Conference USA Tournament and the two schools also met twice in the Metro Conference Tournament (1977, 1991). TU has faced Memphis the second-most of Conference USA s current membership. The Wave has battled Southern Miss 68 times, while the Tigers are second with 47 meetings. Tulane and Memphis have been affiliated together in two different conferences for 30 of the last 33 years. The Green Wave and Tigers each joined the Metro Conference in 1975 and were members together until Memphis left the league for the Great Midwest Conference from The two schools were reunited when they become inaugural members of Conference USA in THE LAST TIME The last time Tulane and Memphis met was last season at the FedExForum in the 2008 Conference USA Quarterfinal Round. In that game, Senior David Gomez led all scorers with 18 points and junior Robinson Louisme added 13 points but top-seeded and second-ranked Memphis scored a combined 43 points from the free-throw line to dispatch Tulane, 75-56, in the quarterfinal round of the 2008 Conference USA Tournament at the FedExForum. NEXT UP The Green Wave will open play in the 2009 Conference USA Tournament on Wednesday, March 11 at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn. TU s opponent and tip time will be announced late Saturday.

4 Tulane Green Wave Roster No Name Pos Ht Wt Cl. Exp Hometown/Last School 0 Kris Richard G So.-1L Beaumont, Texas/Ozen 1 Kevin Sims G Jr.-2L Jackson, Miss./Forest Hills 2 David Booker F So.-RS. Moss Point, Miss./Charlotte 3 Trent Rogers G Fr.-HS Houston, Texas/Strake Jesuit 4 Asim McQueen F Jr.-2L Auburn, Ala./Auburn 13 Jon Andersen F Fr.-RS Metairie, La./Country Day 14 Nick Scott G Sr.-WO Seattle, Wash./Lakeside HS/Lafayette 22 Kendall Timmons G Fr.-HS Fort Worth, Texas/Souothwest 23 Johnny Mayhane G/F So.-1L Mobile, Ala./LeFlore 24 Eric Vianney G Jr.-1L Yaounde, Cameroon/Illinois State 25 Geoff Hogan F So.-WO Kalispell, Mont./Flathead HS 44 Daniel Puckett F Sr.-3L McEwen, Tenn./McEwen 45 Robinson Louisme F/C Sr.-3L Fort Myers, Fla./Fort Myers Head Coach: Assistant Coaches: Dave Dickerson (Maryland, 1989), 4th year Dick Bender (Western Maryland, 1986), 2nd year Kim Lewis (Tulane, 1994), 1st year Andrew Novick (Chicago, 1999), 4th year Director of Basketball Operations: Yotam Yemini Program Coordinator: Leeann Laing Athletic Trainer: Andy Massey Strength and Conditioning Coach: Derick Atchley Equipment Manager: Tommy Meyers Pronunciation Guide Jon Andersen...Yoon Robinson Louisme...Loo-IZ-mee Eric Vianney...Vee-in-Aye Johnny Mayhane...May-han Asim McQueen...Ah-Seem Andrew Novick...NAW-vik TULANE WINS 10 HOME GAMES FOR THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR Tulane has won a combined 31 games on its come floor the last three seasons, including 10+ win campaigns in all three years. The Wave reached the 10-win plateau for the third straight season with its win over UTEP. The Wave was 11-4 at home in , 10-6 a year ago and 10-5 this season. SCORING FRENZY Since exploding for a season-high 53 points in the second half of the Southern Miss game, Tulane has been on a roll offensively, averaging 46.3 points in its last three halves. In its last game against UTEP, TU scored 41 points in the first half and added 45 points in the second period. The last time TU scored 50 points in one half was 52 during the first period against East Carolina on Feb. 28, 2007 ( season). INSTANT OFFENSE The trio of Kevin Sims, Kris Richard and Robinson Louisme has scored the bulk of Tulane s points over the past 11 games, and is responsible for 58.3 percent of the TU scoring offense and is shooting 53 percent (160-of- 302) from the field, including 44 percent (27-of-62) from behind the threepoint line, and the team has a 6-5 record during the 11-game span. Sims has reached double figures in nine contests with four 20+ point outings, and is averaging 15.6 points during the span. Richard, Tulane s second-leading scorer in conference games with 13.1 points per game, is averaging 13.5 points in the last 11 games and has scored in double figures in nine of those outings, including a 23-point outing at Southern Miss and a 20-point performance at Houston. Louisme has posted nine double figure contests, including a 21-point performance at Marshall, and is averaging 12.2 points in the past 11 outings. SIMS REACHES 1,000-POINT PLATEAU Kevin Sims reached an historic milestone against UAB (2/18) when he finished with 20 points and became the 30th player in school history to score 1,000 career points. Sims is the first junior to surpass the milestone since LeVeldro Simmons ( ) in Media Information All requests for interviews with any Tulane University coach or student-athlete must be arranged through the Tulane Director of Athletic Communications, Roger Dunaway. Practice schedules will be available at the beginning of each week and media representatives are welcome to attend any open practice designated by Coach Dickerson. Player and coaches are generally available following practice. Please contact the TU Athletic Communications Office one (1) day prior to arrange interviews. Tulane Athletic Communications Director (MBB Contact):... Roger Dunaway Office Phone:...(504) Cell Phone:...(504) roger@tulane.edu Fax:...(504) Assoc. Director... Colleen LeMasters Asst. Director:... Richie Weaver Asst. Director:... Kevin Wilkinson Official Athletic Website Fogelman Arena Press Row Fogelman Press Row:...(504) Release Information Releases are ed to media and all available via the official athletic website: TulaneGreenWave.com. Stats are also included in the release in PDF form, or may be obtained via the website, or by fax. Please contact the athletic communications office at (504) The Dave Dickerson Call-in Show Tulane head coach Dave Dickerson s weekly radio call-in show will take place from 7-8:00 p.m. on Monday nights on WIST 690 AM, and is hosted by Todd Graffagnini. The radio show will originate from the Ratskellar inside the Lavin-Bernick Center on the Tulane campus. The call-in number to participate is Call-in Show Dates: (11) Monday, December 1 Monday, December 8 Monday, January 5 Monday, January 12 Monday, January 19 Monday, January 26 Monday, February 2 Monday, February 9 Monday, February 16 Monday, March 2 TulaneGreenWave.com 3

5 Tulane Quick Facts Location...New Orleans, La. Enrollment... 10,606 Founded Colors...Olive Green and Sky Blue Nickname... Green Wave Conference...Conference USA Arena...Fogelman Arena Capacity... 3,600 President...Dr. Scott Cowen Athletics Director... Rick Dickson Faculty Athletics Rep... Michael Hogg Ticket Info WAVE (9283) Website... First year of Basketball All-Time Record /98 seasons Tulane-ISP Radio Network All of Tulane s games can be heard live on the official radio network for Green Wave Basketball at WIST AM 690. Fans can catch Tulane basketball throughout the state with an four-station network across Louisiana. New Orleans native Todd Graffagnini begins his second season handling play-by-play duties while Scott Kushner provides color analysis for all home games Network Affiliates Baton Rouge - WSKR AM 1210 Hammond - WJSH FM Lafayette - KROF AM 960 *New Orleans - WIST AM 690 * Flagship Station TulaneGreenWave.com Keep up with the Tulane Green Wave basketball by accessing the official Tulane University athletic department website: The site features up-to-date information on TU athletics, including game results, press releases, statistics, box scores, schedules, rosters and gameday information Individual Honors Bob Cousy Award Watch List Kevin Sims USA Basketball Classic All-Tournament Team Asim McQueen KEEPING THE SCORING TO A MINIMUM Tulane has held 14 opponents this season to 65 or fewer total points, and the Wave has an 10-4 record in those contests. TU s top defensive efforts have come against Grambling State (37), New Orleans (49), Marshall (51-2/21) and Southern Miss (2/24), Rice (54) North Carolina A&T (55), Maine (56), Albany State and Rice (1/28) (59), George Mason and SMU (60), Southern Miss (61), McNeese State (62) and East Carolina (64-2/11). A BENCH-MARK EFFORT Tulane s bench has been effective for the Green Wave this season, outscoring its opponents bench , and has bettered its opponents bench in 17 games. THE GRAND THEFT During the final seconds of TU s win at home over Marshall on Feb. 21, sophomore Kris Richard might have swiped his biggest theft of the season. Richard finished with two steals, but his final takeaway proved to be the difference when he stole the ball from the Herd s Chris Lutz with 28-seconds in the game and finished the play on a the break with an emphatic slam dunk, giving TU a three-point cushion and eventually the victory. SOMEONE CALL SECURITY TU is one of the top teams in C-USA when it comes to swiping the basketball from its opponents. TU is third in steals during league play with 7.53, and overall with 7.54 per game. Sophomore Kris Richard ranks second among the league s top steals leaders during C-USA contests with 2.13 per game, and is fourth overall with 1.96 per outing. Richard has six games with three or more steals this season, including a pair of contests with five thefts. THE PUCKETT LIST Senior Daniel Puckett will play in his 119th career game this Saturday vs. Memphis and will move into a two-way tie with Carlin Hartman ( ) for fifth place for career games played. Tulane has one league game remaining this season and one guaranteed contest in the Conference USA Tournament. Should Puckett play in both games, he would finish in fifth place for the most games played. The school record for most games played is 125 by three different players. WAVE RUNNERS Senior Robinson Louisme has shot better than 50 percent from the field in 64 percent of the time this season and 74 percent in the Green Wave s games over the last two seasons. Louisme ranks second on the school s career list for field goal percentage,.550 ( ), and is also Tulane s sixth all-time leading shot blocker with 114. Junior Kevin Sims and sophomore Kris Richard are TU s leading scorers during Conference USA play with 13.7 and 13.1 points per game, respectively. Sims has 11 double digits games in league play, including four of 20+ point performances, while Richard has finished in double figures 11 times, including a career-high 23 points at Southern Miss (2/24). Kevin Sims will become just the third player to lead Tulane in assists over the course of three straight seasons. Sims currently has 112 assists with at least two games remaining and is averaging 4.0 per game, which would give him 120 for the season. The only other two players to accomplish the feat were Joe Holston ( ) and Pointer Williams ( ). Kris Richard s 55 steals and 1.96 per game average has him on pace to break into TU s single season steals chart. With his current average, he would finish the year with 59 thefts, which would be good enough for 10th place. Kevin Sims six 20-point games this season are the most by a Green Wave player since Quincy Davis ( ) notched seven in TulaneGreenWave.com

6 TU S PLAYERS RANK AMONG C-USA S BEST (All games played) Kevin Sims Asim McQueen - 16th in scoring (13.0) - 16th in rebounding (5.3) - 7th in assists (4.0) - 11th in offensive rebounds (2.39) - 9th in assist/turnover ratio (1.93) - 9th for minutes played (34.80) Kris Richard - 11th for free throw percentage (.818) - 4th in steals (1.96) - 14th for three-point field goals (1.48) - 25th in scoring (11.2) Robinson Louisme - 8th for rebounding (7.1) - 5th for field goal percentage (.522) - 5th for offensive rebounds (2.71) - 7th for blocked shots (1.32) - 9th for defensive rebounds (4.36) C-USA STANDINGS TEAM All C-USA Memphis Tulsa UAB Houston UTEP Tulane UCF Marshall East Carolina Southern Miss Rice SMU Today in Conference USA * Tulane at (3) Memphis (CSS) Noon * Marshall at UAB 2:00p * Tulsa at Rice 3:00p * East Carolina at UCF 6:00p * SMU at Houston 7:00p * UTEP at Southern Miss 7:00p * Conference USA game All times Central 20 SOMETHING This season, five players have scored 20 or more points in a game for the Wave. Junior Kevin Sims has six 20+ contests, while senior Daniel Puckett has four, sophomore Kris Richard has three and senior Robinson Louisme and junior Asim McQueen each have one 20-point outing. The five players are the most in a single season for the Wave since the campaign when TU also had five different players go for 20 points that season. THE C-USA TOURNAMENT IN MEMPHIS: The Conference USA Tournament is making its fifth straight appearance in Memphis, Tenn., and has been held in the Bluff City a total of seven times since the league s inception in The tournaments have been hosted at the FedExForum, while The Pyramid hosted the inaugural C-USA Tournament in 1996 and again in SIMS NAMED TO BOB COUSY AWARD WATCH LIST Tulane s Kevin Sims was one of 34 players from around the nation, and the lone representative from Conference USA, that was named to the 2009 Bob Cousy Award Watch List. Sims has started 80 of 90 games and produced 1,053 points and 334 assists, and is one of the top guards in C-USA. The Bob Cousy Award presented by The Hartford is given to the top collegiate male basketball point guard annually spanning across all divisions within the game by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The selection criteria emphasize leadership, team work, success, and fundamentals as being critical parts for the game of basketball as a point guard. Tulane Trends First number is Plays at Fogelman Arena [9-6] Plays at New Orleans Arena [1-0] Plays on a neutral court [3-1] Plays on the road [4-8] Leads at halftime [14-3] Trails at halftime [3-12] Is tied at halftime [0-0] Leads with 2:00 remaining [13-1] Trails with 2:00 remaining [4-14] Is tied with 2:00 remaining [0-0] Outrebounds its opponents [12-2] Is outrebounded [4-12] Is tied in rebounds [1-1] Shoots better or same than opponents [16-6] Shoots worse than opponents [1-9] Shoots % from the fi eld [0-0] Shoots % from the fi eld [0-5] Shoots % from the fi eld [8-6] Shoots % from the fi eld [2-2] Shoots % from the fi eld [7-2] Shoots 60% or better from the fi eld [0-0] Makes more FGs than opponent [10-3] Makes fewer FGs than opponent [2-10] Makes same FGS as opponent [5-2] Shoots better from the FT line [12-6] Shoots worse or same from the FT line [5-9] Shoots the same from the FT line [0-0] Shoots more FTs than opponent [14-3] Shoots fewer FTs than opponent [3-12] Shoots same FTs as opponent [0-0] Makes equal or more FTs than opponent [15-3] Makes less FTs than opponent [2-12] Shoots 70% or better from the line [9-6] Shoots 50-69% from the line [8-7] Shoots less than 50% from the line [0-2] Makes more threes than opponent [2-6] Makes fewer threes than opponent [12-8] Makes same threes as opponent [3-1] Tallies same or more assists than opp. [13-7] Tallies fewer assists than opponent [4-8] Commits fewer TOs than opponent [5-2] Commits more TOs than opponent [8-12] Commits the same TOs as opponent [4-1] Tallies more steals than opponent [5-4] Tallies fewer steals than opponent [10-10] Tallies the same steals as opponent [2-1] Has no players score in double fi gures [0-0] Has 1 player score in double fi gures [1-0] Has 2 players score in double fi gures [3-8] Has 3 players score in double fi gures [10-5] Has 4 players score in double fi gures [3-2] Has 5 players score in double fi gures [0-0] Has 6 players score in double fi gures [0-0] Scores points [1-1] Scores points [0-6] Scores points [6-7] Scores points [7-1] Scores points [3-0] Scores points [0-0] Plays during the day [5-3] Plays at night [12-12] Plays on Monday [2-0] Plays on Tuesday [0-0] Plays on Wednesday [5-5] Plays on Thursday [0-2] Plays on Friday [4-1] Plays on Saturday [6-7] Plays on Sunday [0-0] TulaneGreenWave.com 5

7 Double-Doubles Name Career Robinson Louisme 3 5 Daniel Puckett 1 1 Asim McQueen Double Figure Scoring Name Career Kevin Sims Robinson Louisme Daniel Puckett 7 18 Kris Richard Asim McQueen Eric Vianney 5 9 Kendall Timmons 2 2 Johnny Mayhane Double Figure Rebounding Name Career Robinson Louisme 4 6 Asim McQueen 4 4 Daniel Puckett 1 1 Tulane at the Half Opponents Halftime Final McNeese State TU, (+2) TU, Texas Texas, (-17) Texas, Nicholls State TU, (+4) TU, Albany State TU, (+19) TU, UC Davis TU, (+3) UCD, Maine UM, (-10) TU, New Orleans UNO, (-2) UNO, Western Kentucky WKU, (-13) WKU, North Carolina A&T TU, (+15) TU, George Mason GM, (-8) GM, Binghamton TU, (+1) BU, Grambling State TU, (+14) TU, Auburn AU, (-13) AU, East Carolina TU, (+2) ECU, Rice Tied, TU, Southern Miss USM, (-6) USM, SMU Tied, SMU, Tulsa Tied, TU, (ot) Rice Rice, (-14) TU, UCF TU, (+2) UCF, (ot) UAB UAB, (-4) UAB, Marshall TU, (+13) MU, (ot) East Carolina TU, (+12) TU, Houston UH, (-18) UH, UAB TU, (+6) UAB, Marshall UM, (-1) TU, Southern Miss USM, (+8) TU, UTEP TU, (+13) TU, Memphis ROB THE REBOUNDER Senior Robinson Louisme re-established his single game mark for rebounds with 16 at Southern Miss (2/24), which gives him six career games with 10+ rebounds. Louisme leads the team with 7.2 rebounds per contest and has 19 games this season with at least six rebounds. SIMS JOINS ELITE CLUB WITH BUZZER BEATER Kevin Sims became the third player in as many years to come up with a game-winning basket at the buzzer, and joined former teammates David Gomez ( ) and Matt Wheaton ( ) in Tulane s Last Second Hero Club. Sims dribbled the length of the floor with 5.2 seconds remaining and hit a lay-up at the buzzer for a win at Rice this past Wednesday. The basket capped an improbable comeback after the Wave trailed by as many as 19 points. Last year, Gomez drained a three-pointer 0:09 remaining against Georgia to give the Green Wave a come-from-behind victory. Wheaton had two career game-winners during the campaign with a put-back in the final seconds against Arkansas-Pine Bluff and a three-pointer at the buzzer at UAB. TULANE IN OVERTIME: With its overtime loss at Marshall, Tulane now has an overall record of in overtime games. In its 97-year history that spans 2,196 games, Tulane has been involved in 56 single overtime contests, seven double overtime affairs, two three overtime games and two four overtime marathons. VIANNEY HAS RECORD AFTERNOON VS. RICE Junior Eric Vianney set the school s single game record for three-point field percentage after finishing a perfect 5-for-5 from downtown against Rice on Jan. 10. In fact, Vianney nailed all six of his field goal attempts for the day and contributed six rebounds and five assists. Vianney surpassed the previous mark of four, which has been reached by four different players, including most recently by Dylan Osean vs. Marquette on March 4, Vianney s five treys ranks 10th on the school s single game list. TIMMONS TO MISS THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON WITH BACK INJURY Tulane University head men s basketball coach Dave Dickerson announced on Jan. 22 that freshman Kendall Timmons will miss the remainder of the season with a back injury. Timmons a 6-5, 192-pound swingman from Fort Worth, Texas, started four of the nine games he played this season, and registered a career-high 18 points on the road at George Mason on Dec. 22. His season averages included 5.4 points and 2.8 rebounds per game, and he connected on 49 percent of his field goal attempts and shot 75 percent from the free-throw line. 6 TulaneGreenWave.com

8 TULANE DEFENSE STIFLES GRAMBLING STATE Tulane s defense notched his finest performance of the season in its last outing against Grambling State. In the second half, TU allowed Grambling State just two field goals during the final 14:33 and went over nine minutes without surrendering a field goal. The Green Wave gave up just 37 points, which marked the fewest points by an opponent since Marshall scored 36 points in a loss to Tulane in the first-ever meeting between the two schools at Fogelman Arena on Dec. 4, THE GREAT CHRISTMAS HEIST In its final game on its home floor prior to the Christmas holiday, the Tulane men s hoops team robbed North Carolina A&T of 15 steals en route to forcing the Aggies into 20 turnovers. The 15 steals are the most in a single game for the Green Wave since a similar 15-steal performance in an walloping of Morris Brown at Fogelman Arena on Jan TULANE SIGNS A PAIR OF STANDOUT GUARDS TO NATIONAL LETTERS-OF-INTENT Tulane University head men s basketball coach Dave Dickerson signed of two standout basketball players- Jordan Callahan and Aaron Holmes- to national letters-of-intent on Nov. 12, the first day of national signing day. Callahan is a 5-11, 170-pound point guard who graduated from Blessed Trinity in Roswell, Ga., in 2008 and is currently enrolled at The New Hampton School, a prep school in New Hampton, New Hampshire. As a high school star at Blessed Trinity under head coach Brian Marks, he led the team to a overall record during his final two years and earned honorable mention all-state and team MVP honors both seasons. During his senior campaign, Callahan averaged 14.3 points and 4.8 assists per game and set the school s single-season scoring mark with 443 points. A 6-5, 195-pound shooting guard from St. Petersburg, Fla., and 2006 graduate of St. Petersburg Catholic, Holmes originally signed with Florida State out of high school, but transferred to South Florida following his first semester. After sitting out one full year due to NCAA Transfer rules, he played in 18 conference games with the Bulls, but left USF after the campaign due to a coaching change. Holmes is currently enrolled at Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Fla., and will have two years of eligibility remaining. Rated as a top 50 national prospect as a senior, Holmes scored 2,748 career points, the most in school history, and led St. Petersburg Catholic to four straight district titles and three trips to the state Final Four. He is the only player to be named All-Suncoast Player of the Year three times by the St. Petersburg Times ( ), and was also runner-up for Florida s Mr. Basketball in He also led his AAU team to the Showtime National title Tulane Starting Lineups McQueen-Puckett-Louisme-Richard-Sims McQueen-Puckett-Louisme-Timmons-Sims McQueen-Puckett-Timmons-Vianney-Sims Timmons-Puckett-Louisme-Richard-Sims McQueen-Puckett-Louisme-Vianney-Sims McQueen-Andersen-Puckett-Richard-Sims Booker-Mayhane-Louisme-Richard-Sims Miscellaneous Stats Led Team in Scoring Kevin Sims (25) Robinson Louisme (12)... 4 Daniel Puckett (6)... 4 Kris Richard (7)... 7 Asim McQueen (3)... 3 Kendall Timmons (1)... 1 Eric Vianney (1)... 1 Led Team in Rebounds Robinson Louisme (25). 11 Asim McQueen (11) Daniel Puckett (10)... 5 Kevin Sims (1)... 0 Johnny Mayhane (1)... 0 Kris Richard (3)... 2 David Booker (1)... 1 Led Team in Assists Kevin Sims (53) Daniel Puckett (7)... 2 Kris Richard (12)... 6 Eric Vianney (8)... 5 Johnny Mayhane (2)... 2 Trent Rogers (2)... 2 Asim McQueen (1)... 1 David Booker (1)... 1 Double Digit Scoring Kevin Sims (61) Robinson Louisme (40). 17 Daniel Puckett (18)... 7 Kris Richard (18) Asim McQueen (13) Eric Vianney (9)... 5 Kendall Timmons (2)... 2 Johnny Mayhane (2)... 1 Twenty-Point Games Kevin Sims (10)... 6 Daniel Puckett (4)... 4 Kris Richard (3)... 3 Robinson Louisme (2)... 1 Asim McQueen (1)... 1 Double Digit Rebounds Robinson Louisme (6)... 4 Asim McQueen (4)... 4 Daniel Puckett (1)... 1 Double-Doubles Robinson Louisme (5)... 3 Asim McQueen (2)... 2 Daniel Puckett (1)... 1 Five+ Assists Kevin Sims (31) Kris Richard (3)... 2 Trent Rogers (1)... 1 Eric Vianney (1)... 1 Dunks Robinson Louisme (17)... 9 Daniel Puckett (14)... 2 Kris Richard (10)... 9 Asim McQueen (5)... 2 Kendall Timmons (1)... 1 Johnny Mayhane (1)... 1 (Numbers in parentheses are career totals) TulaneGreenWave.com 7

9 THE DAVE DICKERSON FILE Dickerson s Year-By-Year Record as a Head Coach Year School Record Team Accomplishments Tulane C-USA Tourn. Quarterfi nals Tulane C-USA Tourn. Semifi nals Tulane C-USA Tourn. Quarterfi nals Tulane Dickerson s Year-By-Year Record as an Assistant Coach Year School Record Team Accomplishments Maryland NIT Semifi nals Maryland NCAA Phoenix Region Second Round - ACC Tournament Champ Maryland NCAA South Region Semifi nals Maryland 32-4 NCAA Champions - ACC Regular Season Champions Maryland NCAA Final Four, West Region Champions Maryland NCAA Midwest Region Second Rd Maryland 28-6 NCAA South Region Semifi nals Maryland NCAA West Region Semifi nals Maryland NCAA Southeast Region First Rd Radford Big South Tournament Radford Big South Tournament, Semifi nals Radford 20-8 Big South Tournament, Semifi nals Radford Big South Tournament, Semifi nals James Madison Colonial Athletic Association Finals- NIT 1st Round Gardner Webb South Atlantic Conference Tournament Finals Coaching Experience 2005-P Tulane University, Head Coach University of Maryland, Associate Head Coach University of Maryland, Assistant Coach Radford University, Assistant Coach James Madison University, Assistant Coach Gardner Webb College, Assistant Coach Playing Experience , University of Maryland Playing Honors Maryland team captain, 1989 Career Contribution Award, 1989 Most Improved Player Award, 1987 Personal Education: University of Maryland, 1990, B.A. in government and politics Date of Birth: March 29, 1967 Family: Wife Laurette, son Dave III (8) Dickerson s Year-By-Year Record Year School Overall Record Conf. Rec Tulane /t Tulane /t Tulane /9th Tulane Totals 4 years Dave Dickerson Head Coach Maryland, 1990 Fourth Year Dave Dickerson is in his fourth season as the head coach on the Uptown campus, and has an overall record of and a Conference USA mark of Tulane is 3-1 all-time in season openers under Dickerson. Named the 2008 National Association of Basketball Coaches District 8 Coach of the Year. Tulane has a record of (.670) at Fogelman Arena and a mark of 21-8 (.724) against non-conference teams in New Orleans under Dickerson. Has a record of 3-3 in the Conference USA Tournament and has never lost a first round game. Picked up his 50th career win over Maine, 66-56, and coached in his 100th career game at TU in a victory over North Carolina A&T. Registered his 40th career win (at Tulsa) a little over midway through his third season (76 games) and joined Clifford Wells (67 games), Charles Moir (71 games), Ned Fowler (61 games) and Perry Clark (84 games) as the only coaches in the 97-year history of Tulane basketball to win 40 games in under three seasons. The 76 games are the fourth fewest games in school history needed to attain 40 wins, and he currently ranks seventh for career coaching victories. Under his tutelage, three Green Wave players have earned all-conference honors, including All-Conference USA third-team performers Quincy Davis (2006) and David Gomez (2007, 2008), and Kevin Sims, who was selected to the All C-USA Freshman team in During his second season, Dickerson led Tulane to a overall record and TU recorded its best conference finish in nine years with a 9-7 league mark, which was good enough for fourth place. TU s 17 victories marked the most wins in seven seasons and the program s first winning season in four years. Dickerson s 29 wins in his first two seasons puts him in third place for the most wins by a Tulane coach in the first two seasons. Became the 22nd head men s basketball coach in Tulane history on April 1, Despite the challenges brought on by Hurricane Katrina, Dickerson led Tulane to a overall record and a 6-8 Conference USA mark, which tied the Wave for sixth place. Dickerson came to Tulane from alma mater of Maryland, where he spent nine years as an assistant under Gary Williams. In , he was the program s associate head coach. He helped the Terrapins to nine straight postseason appearances, five Sweet Sixteens, two Final Fours and one National Championship in Accolades for Dickerson have included his recognition as an AFLAC Assistant Coach of the Year in 2003, the ACC s No. 1 Assistant Coach as named by Basketball News ( ), Athlon Sports No. 4 Assistant Coach in the nation ( ), and an Assistant Coach on the Rise as tabbed by ESPN s Andy Katz. A native of Olar, S.C., Dickerson is married to the former Laurette Newsom, a 1991 graduate of Maryland. The couple has one son, Dave III (8). 8 TulaneGreenWave.com

10 #45 ROBINSON LOUISME (Sr., 6-7, 248, Fort Myers, Fla./Fort Myers H.S.) Ranks 2nd on the school s career list for field goal percentage,.550 ( ) Ranks 6th on TU s career list for blocked shots (114) Has played in every game this season and has 26 starts Has 17 double figure scoring games this season and three double-doubles Posted 16 pts vs. UTEP Tallied 12 points and a career-high 16 rebounds at Southern Miss (2/24) Finished with 17 pts, 12 rebs, 3 blks and 2 stls vs. UAB (2/18) Registered a double-double with 10 pts, 13 reb vs. East Carolina (2/11) Tied his career high with 21 pts at Marshall and also played in his 100th career game Posted 15 pts and 6 boards at UAB (2/4) Scored all 13 pts in the second half and came up with 3 steals vs. Tulsa Scored 19 points, grabbed 9 rebounds and added 3 steals at SMU Grabbed 13 rebounds at Auburn Chalked up 16 pts and 8 reb in 21 minutes vs. NC A&T Tied his single game high with 4 blocks vs. Binghamton Scored 17 pts and grabbed 7 boards vs. Albany State Career-High Season-High Points 21 v. two opponents 21 v Marshall, 2/7 Rebounds 16 v Southern Miss, 2/24/09 Same Assists 3 v. UTEP, 2/28/09 Same Threes Memphis 3/13/08 None FTs 9 v. Gardner-Webb, 12/8/07 6 v NCA&T, 12/18 Steals 3 v. six opponents 3 v SMU, 1/17; Tulsa, 1/21 Blocks 4 v. six opponents 4 v Binghamton, 12/27 Minutes 37 v SMU, 1/17/09 Same Career Overall Statistics #44 DANIEL PUCKETT (Sr., 6-7, 215, McEwen, Tenn./McEwen H.S.) Has started 27 of 28 games this season Has posted four games with 20 or more points this season Finished with 14 points, 6 rebounds vs. UCF Tied his career high with 22 pts vs. Tulsa and added 8 reb and 2 blocks during a careerbest 41 minutes. Produced a career-best 22 points at East Carolina (1/7) Notched his first career double-double with 12 pts, 12 reb vs. NCA&T, while his reb total marked a career high Scored 21 points against Western Kentucky Finished with 20 pts and 7 reb vs. Binghamton, and hit a career-high 9-of-9 FT attempts Played in his 100th career game at George Mason Tied his career high with 9 rebounds and finished with 7 pts vs. Maine Registered 5 pts and 4 rebounds in the season opener Grabbed 5 rebounds vs. Nicholls State and UC Davis Career-High Season-High Points 22 vs. ECU, 1/7/09; Tulsa, 1/21/09 Same Rebounds 12 v NCA&T, 12/18/08 Same Assists 4 v Alabama State, 12/28/07 3 v three opponents Threes Rice, 1/10/07; W. Kentucky, 12/6/08 4 v W. Kentucky, 12/6 FTs 9 v Binghamton, 12/27/08 Same Steals 3 v. four opponents 3 v three opponents Blocks 3 v Buffalo, 12/6/06; UCF, 2/14/07 2 v Nicholls St., 11/22 Minutes 41 v Tulsa, 1/21/09 Same Career Overall Statistics Min FG-A 3G-A FT-A O-D-Reb PF Ast TO BS Stl TP McNeese St Texas Nicholls State Albany State UC Davis Maine New Orleans W. Kentucky NC A&T George Mason Binghamton Grambling St Auburn East Carolina Rice Southern Miss SMU Tulsa Rice UCF UAB Marshall East Carolina Houston UAB Marshall Southern Miss UTEP Memphis G-GS Min-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def-Reb Avg. PF-D Ast TO Blk Stl TP Avg Redshirt Career Min FG-A 3G-A FT-A O-D-Reb PF Ast TO BS Stl TP McNeese St Texas Nicholls State Albany State UC Davis Maine New Orleans W. Kentucky NC A&T George Mason Binghamton Grambling St Auburn East Carolina Rice Southern Miss SMU Tulsa Rice UCF UAB Marshall East Carolina Houston UAB Marshall Southern Miss UTEP Memphis G-GS Min-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def-Reb Avg. PF-D Ast TO Blk Stl TP Avg Career TulaneGreenWave.com 9

11 10 Career Overall Statistics #1 KEVIN SIMS (Jr., 5-10, 169, Jackson, Miss./Forest Hill H.S.) A Bob Cousy Award Candidate Ranks 9th among the school s career assists leader with 334 Ranks 5th among the school s career three-point field goals leaders 1ith 126 Has started every game this season One of the top point guards in Conference USA Has reached double figures in 20 games, and has posted point games Has dished out 5 or more assists 12 times this season, including a season-high 8 vs. Albany State, and finished with 7 vs. Tulsa Hit 7-of-7 FG, including all 4 treys, against UTEP Finished with 19 points and hit all 11 FT attempts vs. Marshall (2/21) Posted 20 pts and 6 asts vs. UAB (2/18) Tied his career high with 23 pts and also dished out 5 asts at Marshall (2/7) Drove the length of the court with 5.2 seconds remaining and hit the game-winning field goal at the buzzer at Rice on Jan. 28; finished with 14 pts in that game Had his streak of 80 straight games with an assist was snapped at Rice (1/28) Finished with 21 pts and 5 assists in 44 minutes vs. UCF Posted 20 pts and 4 assists vs. Maine; finished 4-of-5 from behind the 3pt line Tallied 22 pts and 7 asts vs. Nicholls State Career-High Season-High Points 23 v two opponents 23 v Marshall, 2/7 Rebounds 6 v three opponents 6 v McNeese St., 11/15 Assists 9 v Alabama State, 12/28/07 8 v Albany St., 11/25 Threes 4 v Maine, 11/29/08; UTEP, 2/28/09 Same FTs Rice, 2/2/08 11 v Marshall, 2/21 Steals Syracuse, 12/1/07 3 vs. Auburn, 1/3 Blocks 1 v three opponents 1 v UC Davis, 11/28 Minutes 44 v Tulsa, 1/21/09; UCF, 1/31/09 Same TulaneGreenWave.com Min FG-A 3G-A FT-A O-D-Reb PF Ast TO BS Stl TP McNeese St Texas Nicholls State Albany State UC Davis Maine New Orleans W. Kentucky NC A&T George Mason Binghamton Grambling St Auburn East Carolina Rice Southern Miss SMU Tulsa Rice UCF UAB Marshall East Carolina Houston UAB Marshall Southern Miss UTEP Memphis G-GS Min-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def-Reb Avg. PF-D Ast TO Blk Stl TP Avg Career , Career Overall Statistics #4 ASIM McQUEEN (Jr., 6-7, 240, Auburn, Ala./Auburn H.S.) Has played in every game this season and has 25 starts Has scored in double figures in 11 games Named to the 2008 USA Basketball Classic All-Tournament team Notched a double-double with 10 pts, 11 reb vs. UTEP Scored 12 points at Southern Miss (2/24) Posted 13 pts vs. East Carolina (2/11) Finished with 15 pts, 6 reb and 3 asts at Marshall (2/7) Accounted for 11 pts vs. Tulsa Registered 10 points and 10 rebounds vs. Southern Miss (1/14) Grabbed 10 rebounds and added 4 blocks vs. Rice (1/10) Posted 11 pts, 5 rebs and 2 asts at East Carolina (1/7) Produced 16 pts and a career-best 3 assists at Auburn Scored 14 pts vs. Grambling State Posted 13 pts, 9 reb vs. Maine Finished with a career-high 20 pts and grabbed 8 reb vs. UC Davis Just missed a double-double at No. 7/8 Texas with 9 pts and a career-high 11 boards Career-High Season-High Points 20 v UC Davis, 11/28/08 Same Rebounds 11 v Texas, 11/18/08; UTEP, 2/28/09 Same Assists 3 v two opponents Same Threes 1 v five opponents 1 v four opponents FTs 6 v UC Davis, 11/28/08; UTEP, 2/28/09 Same Steals 2 v Texas, 11/18/08 2 v Texas, 11/18 Blocks 4 v Rice, 1/10/09 Same Minutes 40 v Marshall, 2/7/09 Same Min FG-A 3G-A FT-A O-D-Reb PF Ast TO BS Stl TP McNeese St Texas Nicholls State Albany State UC Davis Maine New Orleans W. Kentucky NC A&T George Mason Binghamton Grambling St Auburn East Carolina Rice Southern Miss SMU Tulsa Rice UCF UAB Marshall East Carolina Houston UAB Marshall Southern Miss UTEP Memphis G-GS Min-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def-Reb Avg. PF-D Ast TO Blk Stl TP Avg Career