The number one ranked LSU baseball team begins a three-game series tonight by hosting the Missouri Tigers for the first time ever at Alex Box Stadium. The Tigers enter the weekend in a first place tie with Texas A-and-M in the SEC West and they trail Vanderbilt by a half game for the overall lead in the SEC.

In the Sun Belt, U-L Lafayette hosts South Alabama, who leads the conference with a 17-and-9 league record. ULM is at Arkansas Little Rock. Both teams have ten wins in league play.

Southeastern Louisiana could wrap up a Southland Conference regular season championship this weekend as the Lions host Central Arkansas. Northwestern State is at Abilene Christian, Nicholls takes on UNO and McNeese hosts Grambling State.

Louisiana Tech is at Old Dominion.

In softball…the Cajuns have advanced to the Sun Belt Tournament title game by hitting five home runs in a six to three win over South Alabama. And Central Arkansas beat Northwestern State in the Southland Tournament title game.

Louisiana Tech is conducting a national search for a new men’s basketball coach after Michael White left Ruston for the head coaching job at Florida. “Bleed Tech Blue” publisher Jonathan Ford believes there will be plenty of interest in the opening at Tech…
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There was a lot of interest in former LSU offensive lineman La’el Collins after it became more clear this week that he probably was not involved in a murder of a pregnant woman. Collins signed with the Cowboys and he says dinner with Dallas owner Jerry Jones sealed the deal….
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Collins signed a three-year guaranteed contract worth 1.65 million dollars.