4:45 LRN Sportscast May 11

In an effort to avoid stormy weather tonight, LSU and Louisiana Tech have moved up their scheduled baseball game to 5:00. This weekend, the Tigers will host Alabama. Coach Paul Mainieri on the importance of this week…
cut 18 (16) “…sugar coating it”
This week Louisiana Tech will find out if they are one of 20 schools in the running to host an NCAA Baseball Regional. Bulldogs coach Lane Burroughs says he’s not losing any sleep over the anticipated announcement…
Cut 20 (15) “…assure you.”
LSU enters tonight’s game with an RPI ranked as 22, while Alabama is 29th.

The Pelicans chances of getting into the NBA’s play-in tournament are very slim after New Orleans lost at Memphis last night and the Spurs beat the Bucks. New Orleans is 2.5 games back of San Antonio for the final spot in the play-in tournament and the Pels only have three games left to play.

The Louisiana House has approved a sports betting bill that would allow bars and restaurants that serve alcohol to have kiosks where you would be able to place a wager on a game in 55 of the 64 parishes where voters approved sports betting. Crowley Representative John Stefanski says the Louisiana Lottery will oversee these kiosks…
cut 11 (12) “…the lottery”
Stefanski says a separate bill is moving through the legislature that would establish sports betting parlors at the state’s casinos and racetracks.

Tomorrow night the NFL schedule will be released.