There have been upsets galore in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament and LSU will try to pull off another one tonight as the eighth-seeded Tigers face top-seeded Michigan at 6:10. The Wolverines have a big front line led by seven-foot-one freshman Hunter Dickinson. Darius Days leads LSU in double-doubles and says rebounding will be critical tonight…
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Michigan is also a good three-point shooting team as they are shooting 39-percent from three-point land.

The Pelicans are off tonight after picking up a five-point win at Denver yesterday. Tomorrow, the Pels will host the Lakers, who are without LeBron James and Anthony Davis because of injuries.

The Saints will not raise season ticket prices in 2021 and the league announces they will have prospects and fans in attendance for the NFL draft in Cleveland.

After dropping two of three to Mississippi State this past weekend, the LSU baseball team fell three more spots to number 22 in the latest D-1 baseball poll. Weather permitting, the Tigers will visit Tulane tomorrow. The Green Wave were swept by Louisiana Tech. The Bulldogs have won five in a row and they’ve landed in the D-1 baseball poll as they are ranked 23rd.

La Tech junior left-hander Jonathan Fincher was named co-Conference USA Pitcher of the Week after throwing a complete game, one-hit shutout against the Green Wave on Friday. Fincher lowered his ERA to 1.50.

Northwestern State sophomore right-hander Levi David has been named Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week. He struck out a career-high 12 Sam Houson batters in a win on Saturday.

The Demons are 4-and-4 in the Southland and in the middle of the pack of the conference standings. McNeese leads the league with a 6-and-1 conference record, followed by UNO and Nicholls who are both six and two.