Tulane Basketball: 2018-19 season preview for the Green Wave

NEW ORLEANS, LA - NOVEMBER 11: Head coach Mike Dunleavy, Sr. of the Tulane Green Wave reacts during the first half of a game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at the Smoothie King Center on November 11, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /

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ORLANDO, FL – MARCH 11: during the final game of the 2018 AAC Basketball Championship against at Amway Center on March 11, 2018 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** /

Season Outlook

Tulane’s season will see a similar finish to that of their four other finishes in the American Athletic Conference-era — 5-13, 3-15, 3-15 and 6-12. The Green Wave could find themselves winning over 15 games on the season, a feat the program hasn’t achieved since the 2014-15 season.

Earning the No. 5 recruiting class in all of the AAC will surely bring hope to the Tulane faithful, but, at the moment, the team doesn’t look to do any damage in conference play.

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Ray Ona Embo and Samir Sehic look to be a promising 1-2 punch, but the pieces around the duo won’t provide much help. Moreover, the pair isn’t strong enough to replace the roles of Michael Frazier Jr and Cameron Reynolds, two of the very few bright spots from the team last season.

It will undoubtedly be intriguing to see where Mike Dunleavy leads this group in his third season as a college basketball head coach.