A trial date is set for a suspended LSU running back in connection with a shooting a year ago. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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SEC and Big Ten athletic directors met in New Orleans yesterday to discuss the future of the college football playoff, which is expected to expand to 14 to 16 teams for 2026. No firm decisions have been made. But based on reports, there seems to be agreement that seeding needs to change. Get rid of the automatic byes and seed teams 1 through 12 based on their ranking.

Kevin Weekes of ESPN says a group has been met with NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly about bringing a professional hockey team to New Orleans. It’s unknown who exactly met with NHL officials. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has not publicly committed to the idea of expanding to 33 teams, but it’s believed the league would like to have a team in the Phoenix area again.

It was just too cold for LSU baseball to play at Nicholls last night. So the two teams will play in Baton Rouge on Monday instead. Instead of the Tigers hosting the Colonels on April eighth. That game will now be played in Thibodaux

Tulane and Southeastern Louisiana played in those miserable conditions yesterday and the Green Wave won five to three to improve 4-and-0.

Basketball…the ULM men’s team fell to 7-and-21 on the season with a loss to Texas State 80 to 63.

The seventh ranked LSU Lady Tigers host Georgia tonight. Double-double machine Aneesah Morrow is listed as questionable on the SEC injury report. She hasn’t missed a game in four seasons.