A struggling LSU basketball team will welcome 10th ranked Kentucky to the PMAC tonight. The Tigers have lost three of their last four as they’ve allowed their opponents to make a bunch of three-point shots and beat LSU on the offensive glass. Coach Will Wade says his team will need to tighten up
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The Tigers have fallen out of the Top 25, but a win tonight and they will move back into a first-place tie with the Wildcats in the SEC. Tip-off is at 8 PM.

Before tonight’s LSU hoops game, the 11th ranked Tigers baseball squad will host crosstown foe Southern at five o’clock. The Jaguars beat LSU for just the third time in 58 meetings last year.

Former LSU Quarterback Joe Burrow told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that he has leverage when asked about the upcoming NFL draft. The Cincinnati Bengals are expected to select Burrow with the top pick and the Heisman Trophy winner says they have their process and he has his process. But Burrow did not elaborate on those comments.

LSU football has agreed to a home-and-home series in 2031 and 2032 with Utah. Salt Lake City will welcome Tiger fans in 2031 and the PAC-12 school will return the trip the next year. LSU and Utah have only met twice on the gridiron and the Tigers won both games in 1974 and 1976.

Northwestern State has placed football coach Brad Laird on administrative leave for one week following his D-W-I arrest on Saturday night in Natchitoches. Laird has released a statement that says he regrets the poor decision he made getting behind the wheel while intoxicated and apologizes to everyone he unknowingly put at risk.