The LSU baseball team begins a three-game series tonight against Ole Miss. The Tigers are 6-and-6 in the SEC, while the Rebels are 5-and-7. The Rebels strength is their starting pitching. Hunter Elliott is tonight’s starter. He was on the 2022 national championship team. Sophomore Cade Townsend has an ERA of 1.82 and on Sunday, sophomore Taylor Rabe will start. He’s 3-1 with a 3.20 ERA.

LSU athletics director Verge Ausberry has announced that the LSU baseball program will receive more revenue share dollars next season. Ausberry made the announcement during an interview with Matt Moscona on ESPN Baton Rouge radio…

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This season LSU baseball was sharing a five-percent allotment of revenue share dollars with softball, gymnastics and the Olympic sports. But Ausberry says for the 2026-27 athletic season, baseball will receive 5-percent of the revenue sharing dollars, to match what women’s basketball receives.

We are at the halfway point of LSU spring football and Coach Lane Kiffin said this week the defense is ahead of the offense. One of the key new additions to the defense is linebacker TJ Dottery, who lead the SEC in tackles last season at Ole Miss. Dottery believes LSU could have a special defense this season…

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LSU is a special place to Johnny Jones. The 65-year-old DeRidder native led the men’s basketball team to the Final Four as a player, he was an assistant coach and he spent five seasons as a head coach at LSU. After an eight-year run as the head coach at Texas Southern, Jones is returning to LSU as an assistant coach for Will Wade.

On the women’s side, LSU’s starting point guard, Jada Richard, is reportedly entering the transfer portal. No reason given on why, but LSU is hosting a Laila Reynolds today. She was Florida’s point guard last season and averaged 12 points a game.