In the first Reel Time with Rick Dickson installment of the New Year, Tulane’s Rick Dickson welcomes back all the Green Wave fans and invites everyone to get out of the cold weather that has gripped New Orleans and come see three days of TU basketball at Fogelman Arena this Friday-Sunday.    The Wave women opens Conference USA play against Houston on Friday, while the Tulane men opens the home portion of their C-USA slate vs. UAB.

Along with the men’s and women’s games, each program will welcome back basketball alumni to their respective games on Saturday and Sunday and the women will host Conference USA rival Rice on national television on Sunday.

January also marks the beginning of several spring sports as the Tulane tennis, golf and baseball teams begin practice for their upcoming seasons.   Tulane junior golfer Janine Fellows received a shout out from Dickson after she captured a the Arizona Silver Belle Championship over the holidays and the Tulane men’s tennis team is the next restored program to return to action as the Green Wave hits the courts this month for the first time since 2005.

In this week’s episode of Reel Time with Rick Dickson, the Tulane AD praises the Green Wave football team’s thrilling victory last week and looks ahead to the TU men’s and women’s basketball season openers this Friday night. He also discusses Saturday’s volleyball senior day at Fogelman Arena and the football team’s last three games. This week also marks national signing week for several sports and Dickson takes great pride in the recruiting process of each TU’s sports programs.

Tulane’s Director of Athletics Rick Dickson discusses a Tulane event-filled weekend with the volleyball team’s matches against Rice and Houston this Friday and Sunday, respectively, and the Green Wave football team’s final home game against UTEP on Saturday.  The football game will be the final home contest for 16 seniors and any area schoolchildren, from charter, public, private, and parochial schools, will be admitted for free if they bring any proof of receiving an “A” ¬whether that’s on a report card or from a graded assignment.

This week, Tulane Director of Athletics Rick Dickson talks about Tulane’s upcoming events such as the final home football game, the transition from fall sports to winter sports with the beginning of men’s and women’s basketball and he provides insight on national signing day and even divulges his favorite breakfast spot in the Uptown area.  All this in episode V of Reel Time with Rick Dickson.

In this week’s episode of Reel Time with Rick Dickson, the Tulane Director of Athletics discusses this weekend’s activities which include the Tulane volleyball team’s match against UAB on Friday and against Memphis on Sunday, the Green Wave’s football game at long-time rival Southern Miss on Saturday and the first public event of the 2009-10 campaign for the Tulane men’s and women’s basketball teams this Friday with ‘Late Night at Fogelman’ following the volleyball match.