The LSU basketball team is staying at a hotel in Indianapolis as they get ready to take on St. Bonaventure on Saturday afternoon in a first-round NCAA Tournament game. Head Coach Will Wade says his team arrived on Monday and had to quarantine for two days and they have been confined to their hotel.
Cut 16 (11) “…for practice today.”
Bloomington, Indiana is where LSU will play its first-round NCAA Tournament game on Saturday against St. Bonaventure. The game will take place at Indiana University’s Assembly Hall.
The bracket for LSU legend Shaquille O’ Neal has the Tigers winning the NCAA Tournament. But they have to get past the Bonnies first. St. Bonaventure won the A-10 regular-season and tournament championships and rank fifth in the nation in defense, allowing 60 points a game.
Saints Quarterback Drew Brees hopes his new role as an analyst with NBC Sports will help the transition from playing on Sundays in the fall for the last 20 years. Brees will be a color commentator on Notre Dame broadcasts and a studio analyst for NBC on Sunday nights. Brees believes he could have played another season, but he wants to spend more time with his family.
Former LSU standout Patrick Peterson has found a new team as the perennial Pro Bowl cornerback has signed a one-year, 10-million dollar contract with the Minnesota Vikings. Peterson is 30-years-old and has 28 interceptions in his career.
Will the Superdome and college football stadiums be filled next fall as they would be pre-pandemic? Governor John Bel Edwards believes so…
cut 9 (08) “…it can”
Edwards says for full stadiums to return, people need to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.