It has been nearly two months since the tragic passing of Tulane men’s basketball player Gregg Glenn III.
On Tuesday, head coach Ron Hunter spoke publicly for the first time since Glenn died July 27 in a boating accident.
“This is the first time I’ve spoken publicly, and my guys are not ready for that yet,” Hunter said. “It’s definitely not been something in the playbook. It’s just going to take some time.”
Tulane began practice on Monday, with its season opener scheduled for Nov. 3 at home against Samford.
“The first day of practice, I usually show highlights of some of the things we did well last year,” Hunter said. “I couldn’t do that this year because Gregg was in all of them.
“Early in the practice, we were extremely quiet.”
Hunter said the two players taking Glenn’s death the hardest are transfer forward Scotty Middleton, who spent the last two years at Seton Hall but played AAU ball with Glenn in south Florida, and center Percy Daniels, who was Glenn’s roommate.
“We’re all kind of dependent on each other,” Hunter said, “but the Tulane community has been incredible in helping the players. We’re really appreciative.”
Hunter said he has spoken several times with Omaha head coach Chris Crutchfield over the last few weeks. The Mavericks lost transfer Deng Mayar to a drowning accident on Aug. 16.
“We’ve kind of comforted each other,” Hunter said of his conversations with Crutchfield.
A look at Tulane’s website shows the 2025-26 roster, with Glenn still on it.
“When you walk in our locker room, we left Gregg’s locker the exact same way he left it,” Hunter said. “It will not be touched until after he graduates with this senior class. The players wanted to make sure his locker’s not touched.”
Hunter took an honest moment during his Q&A with area media.
“I woke up not wanting to this,” he said, “because I haven’t spoken about it. Therapeutically, I probably needed this. I don’t think my program can move on until I can move on.
“But,” the seventh-year head coach added, “we’re getting there.”