The McNeese Cowboys are headed to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament after winning the Southland Tourney by beating Nicholls. Shahada Wells earned most valuable player honors for the tournament as he had 27 points and six assists in the win over the Colonels. Wells is excited to lead McNeese to its third ever NCAA Tournament appearance
Cut 5 (08) “…make a run.”
The Bayou Bandits will learn of their NCAA Tournament destination on Selection Sunday at 5 PM.

LSU’s stay in the SEC Tournament is a short one as they lost to Mississippi State 70-60. The Tigers led by seven at halftime but LSU shot just 31-percent from the field in the second half and were out rebounded 24-to-12. Hunter Dean had 10 points…
cut 28 (09) “…raised their level”
LSU is 17-15 and they’ll wait to see if they a receive a berth in the NIT.

The second ranked LSU baseball team will begin SEC play tomorrow night with a three-game series at Mississippi State. The Bulldogs are 13-5. State has only hit 15 home runs, but nine of those blasts have come Dakota Jordan, who is the reigning SEC Co-Player of the Week. Coach Jay Johnson says they’ll have to be careful with him…
cut 18 (18) “…good test”

The Ragin Cajuns will begin Sun Belt play at Arkansas State. U-L Lafayette defeated Louisiana Tech nine to five last night. The Bulldogs have lost five of their last six. They will host Northwestern State at J-C Love Field this weekend.

The Tech men’s basketball team was eliminated last night in the Conference Tournament, but the Lady Techsters advanced to the semi finals after beating Jacksonville State 60-54.