The UNO men’s basketball team left today for Dayton, Ohio that’s where the Privateers will play Mount St. Mary’s on Tuesday in the first game of the NCAA Tournament. If the University of New Orleans wins that game, they’ll play defending national champion and top seeded Villanova on Thursday night in Buffalo, New York.

LSU Athetic Director Joe Alleva will watch the NCAA Tournament closely as he looks for a new coach to lead the Tigers basketball program. Tiger Rag Editor Cody Worsham says one of the name’s he’s heard as a top prospect is Notre Dame Coach Mike Brey….
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Notre Dame will play Princeton in the NCAA Tournament on Friday.

At the Boys Basketball Tournament in Lake Charles, Washington-Marion, Peabody, Lafayette Christian, Zwolle and Atlanta were among the schools who took home championship trophys.

LSU remains either sixth or seventh in the major college baseball polls after sweeping Wichita State this past weekend. The Tigers had lost three of their last four heading into the weekend. But Coach Paul Mainieri shook up the line-up as he moved shortstop Kramer Robertson to lead-off and batted Antoine Duplantis third and it helped the Tigers score 27 runs during the three-game series…
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LSU will host Louisiana College on Tuesday and UNO on Wednesday.

Southeastern Louisiana swept three from UNO this past weekend and they are tied for first in the Southland with McNeese. The Cowboys have won eight in a row after sweeping Central Arkansas.

The Cajuns took three from Saint Peter’s this past weekend and they’ll now get ready to play Louisiana Tech in Ruston on Wednesday. Snow postponed the Bulldogs game at Arkansas State yesterday.