Many in the Who Dat Nation are in shock after the Saints traded tight end Jimmy Graham plus a fourth round pick to Seattle for Seahawks center Max Unger and a first round pick in this year’s draft. Graham caught 85 passes for 889 yards and 10 touchdowns last season. NFL Analyst Mike Detillier says it will be hard for New Orleans to replace that kind of production…
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There are reports the Saints are also looking at bringing back running back Reggie Bush. But CBS Sports reports that Bush is visiting with the San Francisco 49ers today.
And former Saints linebacker Curtis Lofton has reportedly signed with the Oakland Raiders. And Saints cornerback Keenan Lewis has asked the team to guarantee the remaining three years of his contract or let him go.
The Pelicans are now tied with Oklahoma City for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference after cutting down the Brooklyn Nets 111 to 91 last night. New Orleans is now 36-and-29 and there’s 17 games left in the regular season.
Louisiana Tech senior guard Speedy Smith has been named Conference USA Player of the Year and the Bulldogs Michael White has been named Coach of the Year. Tech enters the conference USA Championship as the top seed and they’ll play either North Texas or Rice in the quarterfinals tomorrow night.
The Southland Tournament starts today in Katy, Texas. Southeastern Louisiana takes on McNeese State, while UNO faces Nicholls State at 7:30. The Colonels enter the tourney on a three-game winning streak.
The Ragin Cajuns baseball team has won six in a row and they were scheduled to play at Southern tonight, but that game has been delayed until April 8th because of poor field condition.
The LSU baseball team will attempt to play at four PM today against McNeese State.