Times Picayune · Sep 6, 2018
Tulane has 3rd NCAA tourney qualifier added to non-conference schedule
Mike Dunleavy, Tulane University's men's basketball coach, coaches the team during a game on campus in New Orleans, Jan. 8, 2017. (Edmund D. Fountain/The New York Times) (Tulane will play a third non-conference game against a team that played in the 2018 NCAA tournament.
South Dakota State, a 28-game winner last season, will be the opening-round opponent for the Green Wave at the eight-team Gulf Coast Showcase when the tournament tips Nov. 19 in Estero, Florida.
South Dakota State won the Summit League tournament last season to earn the NCAA bid.