The number one ranked LSU Baseball team can win a Southeastern Conference championship tonight if the Tigers beat South Carolina and Vanderbilt loses to Alabama. This is also a big series for South Carolina. The Gamecocks are 12-15 in the SEC and fighting for a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Coach Paul Mainieri says they are expecting big crowds at Carolina Stadium, a place they’ve had some success at ….
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Tonight’s game begins at six PM.

Also getting underway at six P-M, U-L-M hosts U-L Lafayette. The Warhawks are still trying to nail down a spot in the Sun Belt Tournament. And Louisiana Tech concludes its regular season with a three-game series against Marshall that starts at six PM.

Southeastern Louisiana can win its first Southland Conference championship tonight with a win over UNO. Northwestern State is in second place and they host Nicholls State tonight. The Colonels have won nine in a row. Also, McNeese State is at Central Arkansas. The Cowboys are 17-and-10 on the league.

In basketball news…ESPN has announced that LSU will host Oklahoma as part of the ESPN-Big 12 challenge on Saturday January 30th.

And there’s a report the Pelicans are waiting to see if Chicago Bulls Coach Tom Thibodeau will be available before starting their heading coach search. Thibodeau’s Bulls could be eliminated tonight and there’s talk he won’t return as Chicago’s coach.

Former LSU Tiger Odell Beckham has been voted to be on the cover of the EA Sports Maden NFL 16 video game. Beckham beat out Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski a in vote by the fans.