THE 2 EVENTS1 mens tournament1 womens tournamentTHE FORMAT12 teams for both men and women. In the first round, teams are split into 2 groups, and the top 4 in each group advance to the knockout stage: quarter-finals, semi-finals, final. There are also classification matches and a bronze medal match to determine final tournament rankings.New: 4 periods of 15 minutes instead of 2 periods of 35 minutes. If a game is tied at the end of normal time it will be decided immediately by a penalty shoot-out (extra-time has been scrapped).MILESTONESApprox. 2000 BCDocuments show evidence of hockey-style games being played in Persia, Egypt, Greece and Rome.1861Founding of the first field hockey club in Blackheath, near London.1908Field hockey makes its Olympic debut at the London Games (England win the gold medal), but the sport is absent in 1912 and 1924.1927Women are allowed to compete in international matches after the founding of the International Federation of Womens Hockey Associations (IFWHA).1969Staging of the first European club competition, the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup.1971Staging of the first mens Hockey World Cup. Pakistan win the inaugural edition.1974Staging of the first womens Hockey World Cup. The Netherlands win the inaugural edition.1980Womens hockey joins the Olympic programme in Moscow. Zimbabwe become the first champions.STARSDhyan Chand (India)The symbol of Indias dominance of the sport in the early 20th century. Olympic gold medallist in 1928, 1932 and 1936, he scored over 2,000 goals in an international career spanning more than 20 years.Andreas Keller (West Germany & Germany)King of the Kellers. This third-generation field hockey player won Olympic gold in 1992 after winning silver in 1984 and 1988. His grandfather Erwin won silver in 1936 and his father Carsten won gold in 1972. And the Keller dynasty shows no signs of letting up! Andreass half-sister Natascha and half-brother Florian have also won Olympic gold, in 2004 and 2008 respectively.Rechelle Hawkes (Australia)A golden hat-trick. Hawkes was chosen to read the Olympic Oath at the Sydney Games in 2000, and repaid the favour by leading the Hockeyroos to a third gold medal, after 1988 and 1996. She also won the World Cup in 1994 and 1998. 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I thought we were much more aggressive defensively and when a couple of shots fell, we settled down to play pretty good offensively.Tulane (1-3) got 22 points from Melvin Frazier Jr. and 17 from Cameron Reynolds, but the Green Wave offense fizzled in the final seven minutes when the game was still within reach.We had a nice run where we got defensive stops and were taking our time on offense, Reynolds said. 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It feels good to come back and get a victory after the way we played.Tulane: Green Wave coach Mike Dunleavy was impressed with his teams effort as well. In that second half, we ran some nice sets, but they hit some shots at crucial times and that was the difference, Dunleavy said. Our guys played hard, but we missed some shots at the rim and they hit at the other end.THREE INSTEAD OF TWOTulane was six of 14 on 3-pointers in the first half, but only 2 of 9 from inside the arc. Cameron Reynolds, who missed his first five shots, hit three straight 3-pointers in a 2-minute stretch late in the half.UP NEXTArizona State will play Davidson Sunday in the fifth place game.Tulane, which has lost twice in the tournament, will play Missouri in the seventh place game Sunday. Cheap Jerseys [url=http://www.cheapauthenticnfljerseys