The Tulane Green Wave men’s basketball team released its full schedule for the 2024-25 non-league season on Wednesday, with the regular season opener set for Nov. 4 against Louisiana Christian.
This is the first of eight games at Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse, not including the Green Wave’s exhibition game against Spring Hill College on October 25.
Tulane remains at home and hosts ULM on November 8th, followed by another home game on November 11th against Alcorn State.
The Green Wave’s first road trip will be on Nov. 15, when Tulane faces Furman in Greenville, South Carolina. After that trip, Tulane has two more home games before heading to Cancun – Bethune-Cookman on Nov. 19 and New Orleans on Nov. 22.
The Bethune-Cookman game is actually the Green Wave’s opening game in Cancun. After the game in New Orleans, Tulane will move on to the Cancun Challenge.
The Green Wave open the Cancun Challenge on November 26 against Wyoming before facing either Loyola Marymount or Belmont on November 27.
In December, the Green Waves begin the month with another home game against Southeastern Louisiana on December 2. Then Tulane travels to George Mason on December 7 for its only other true road game.
Tulane renews its rivalry with Southern Miss at home on Dec. 10, followed by a trip to Miami to face Florida State in a neutral-site non-conference game. After that, Tulane comes home to complete a non-conference game against Dillard on Dec. 20.
Tulane’s opponents in the American Athletic Conference have already been announced.
Home games at the Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse are between South Florida, UAB, Charlotte, East Carolina, Tulsa, Rice, UTSA, Memphis and Florida Atlantic.
Away games will be played by teams from UAB, Charlotte, East Carolina, Tulsa, Rice, UTSA, Wichita State, North Texas and Temple.
The first conference games will be played on December 31, and the league season will run through March 9. The 2025 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship will be played March 12-16 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Green Wave went 14-17 overall and 5-13 in AAC play last season. Tulane lost 81-71 to North Texas in the second round of the AAC Tournament, which was the first game of the event.
Ron Hunter returns to lead the Green Wave in his fifth season as head coach. The former IUPUI and Georgia State head coach has a career record of 515-388 and a 70-74 record with the Green Wave. Tulane’s only winning season under Hunter was the 2022-23 season, going 20-11.
Tulane’s top five scorers, each of whom averaged at least 10 points per game, are not on the team’s roster for the 2024-25 season, so Hunter will rely on player development, transfers and new additions to get the Green Wave back above .500.
