The Pelicans lost in O-T last night 127 to 123 to Dallas to fall five games back of Memphis for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference with 20 games left. Mavericks guard Luka Doncic had 30 points, 17 rebounds, and 10 assists. Lonzo Ball had seven three-pointers for a second straight game and Zion Williamson had 21 points, his 13th straight 20-plus point performance.

Skylar Mays had 28 points, but LSU struggled again on defense losing to Arkansas 99 to 90. So the Tigers are now in a three-way tie for second place with Auburn and Florida with one game left in the regular season.

Louisiana Tech is also tied for second place in Conference USA after beating F-I-U 76 to 73 in a wild contest. Amorie Archibald had 18 points and Kalob Ledoux had 16 points.

LSU Football Coach Ed Orgeron says Myles Brennan will take all of the snaps as the first-team quarterback when the Tigers kick-off spring practice on Saturday. Brennan has big shoes to fill in trying to replace Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow. But Orgeron believes Brennan is up for the challenge…
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Spring practice begins Saturday, but redshirt freshman offensive tackle Dare Rosenthal will not be there. Orgeron says he’s left the team for personal reasons.

In other college hoops action….Northwestern State defeated UNO 95-73, Nicholls thumped McNeese 80-56 and Southeastern Louisiana falls to Central Arkansas 69-65.