This year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament has featured several upsets and eighth-seeded LSU will try to add to the upset tally when they face top-seeded Michigan at 6:10 PM tonight. The Wolverines are 21-and-4 and Tigers Coach Will Wade says they have huge guys that will bully you….
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Seven-foot-one freshman Hunter Dickinson leads the Wolverines in scoring, averaging 14 points a game and six-foot-nine guard Franz Wagner is averaging 12 points a contest and he’s also a 38-percent shooter from three-point territory.

The Pelicans finished off a three-game road trip by beating Denver 113 to 108 yesterday. Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram each had 30 points.

The 19th ranked LSU baseball team got the bats going yesterday to salvage the final game of their weekend series with third-ranked Mississippi State. Gavin Dugas blasted a solo home run to break a two-two tie in the sixth inning and the Tigers went on to win eight to three. Freshman designated hitter Brody Drost also homered.

Louisiana Tech is red hot after finishing off a sweep of Tulane this past weekend. Manny Garcia homered and drove in three runs for the Bulldogs who have won five in a row. Tech will host ULM tomorrow night.

The Warhawks won their opening Sun Belt Conference series by taking two of three from Georgia State. Danny DeSimone hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning to make it 9-0 and ULM held on to win nine to seven.

The Ragin Cajuns dropped two of three to 15th ranked TCU. McNeese leads the Southland Conference after taking three of four from Houston Baptist.

In NFL free agency, former Saints defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins has signed a two-year, 17-million dollar contract with the New York Jets. In five seasons in New Orleans, Rankins had 17.5 sacks.