The LSU men’s basketball team cruised to a win over Vanderbilt in its home finale as the Tigers beat the Commodores 83-68 in a game that they led from start to finish.  Cam Thomas led all Tigers with 23 points and Darius Days had a bounce-back game with 13 points and 10 rebounds.  With the win, LSU will receive a double-bye in the SEC tournament.  Here’s coach Will Wade on how important this win was.

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LSU will wrap up the regular season on Saturday against Missouri, then will focus on the SEC tournament next Friday.

The Louisiana Tech men’s basketball team will wrap up the season tonight against Our Lady of the Lake.  If the Bulldogs can get a victory tonight, it would give them 20 wins for the year.

Tech currently has the best record in Conference USA with a 12-4 record in league play.

The New Orleans Pelicans will host the Chicago Bulls tonight at 7.  The Pels are coming off of a big win against the Utah Jazz 129-124.  New Orleans continues to be efficient on offense and guard JJ Redick says if they can improve on defense, they’ll be tough to beat.

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Due to the cancellation of the LSU-Nicholls State baseball game last night, the Tigers will play a double-header today.  The first game will be against Nicholls at 2 p.m. then the Tigers will take on Southern at 6:30.

Last night, the Ragin Cajuns baseball team got a victory over La Tech 7-2, making it their fourth straight win.  They play McNeese tonight.

With Louisiana moving into phase 3, sporting events can now increase fan capacity to 50 percent.