Even though they got off to a competitive start letting the game tie four times late in the first half, the LSU men’s basketball team in the end dropped their 14th straight. It was to Auburn 98-75. That’s a tie for the longest losing streak in the program’s history which was last hit in back-to-back seasons, 1965-66 and 1966-67, half a century ago when Pistol Pete Maravich was a freshman and ineligible back then.

Also in men’s college hoops last night, Tulane dropped a heartbreaker to East Carolina 76-73. The Wave missed a trio of potential game-tying three-pointers in the final eight seconds.

In the NBA, the Pelicans’ newest members, Demarcus Cousins, aka Boogie, and Omri Casspi, who both come to The Big Easy from Sacramento, arrived in New Orleans on Tuesday. They will make their official introductions this morning during a 10:30am news conference, and suit up for the first time tomorrow night when the Rockets come to the Smoothie King Center.

It was an interesting night in college baseball throughout the state. LSU blew a 5 point lead and eventually ended up falling to UNO 11-8 in New Orleans. The Tigers are 3-1 and the Privateers improve to 4-0 on the year. Today LSU will host Hofstra at the Box. UNO hosts Jackson State.

And how bout this one. The McNeese Baseball team shattered the school’s record books with a 32-4 win over ULM in Monroe. It was the home opener for the Warhawks. The Cowboys improve to 4-0 will head to Arizona for a four game series starting tomorrow. The Warhawks continue their host this weekend with a weekend series against Southern Illinois.

SLU exploded for six runs in the 7th inning on Tuesday, rallying to defeat Tulane 8-5 in Hammond.

Nicholls took advantage of some poor pitching by UL-Lafayette in the 7th last night as the Colonels got by the Ragin’ Cajuns 3-1 in Thibodaux.

On the diamond today also is Grambling who plays Oklahoma this afternoon at 3.