4:45 LRN Sportscast

The NFL draft begins two weeks from tonight. ESPN’s Mel Kiper has New England taking former LSU offensive tackle Will Campbell with the fourth overall pick. Kiper has the Saints selecting a quarterback in the first round, Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders with the ninth overall selection.

The LSU men’s basketball program has signed five players out of the transfer portal and according to 247sports.com, it’s the fourth best transfer portal class in the country. Coach Matt McMahon said on Tiger Rag Radio they still might add one more player…

Cut 18 (18) “….Dedan Thomas”

Thomas is ranked as the fifth best point guard in the portal after averaging 15 points and four assists a game at UNLV last season.

 

The LSU baseball team takes its nine-game winning streak to the Plains where they’ll face Auburn in a three-game series starting tomorrow night. Kade Anderson will likely get the start tomorrow as the sophomore left-hander is coming off a 14-strikeout, complete game performance last week against Oklahoma. Coach Jay Johnson thinks the world of Anderson…

Cut 30 (22) “…really positive”

First pitch tomorrow is at 6 PM.

Louisiana Tech has won 12 of its last 16 and they are in first place in Conference USA. The Bulldogs open a series tomorrow night at Middle Tennessee.

McNeese has also won nine in a row after beating Houston last night. The Cowboys open a series at UIW tomorrow. The Cardinals are just two and 16 in Southland play.