The 13th-ranked LSU Tigers try to get back on the winning side of things tonight as they visit the Alabama Crimson Tide. LSU is off to a 3-2 start in SEC play after beginning the season with 12 straight victories. Coach Will Wade says injuries and fatigue are something the Tigers have to overcome.
Cut 18 (13) “…we need to.”
Guard Xavier Pinson, who has missed the last two games with a knee injury, is a game-time decision for tonight’s contest with the Tide. LSU has dropped four in a row to Alabama.
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Former LSU football coach Ed Orgeron is one of 14 people dropped from a lawsuit that accuses the University of ignoring gender discrimination and sexual misconduct claims.
10 current and former LSU students filed the lawsuit in April of last year. After initially naming 19 defendants, that list has been narrowed down to five.
The defendants are seeking monetary damages as well as enforcement of Title IX guidelines meant to prevent gender discrimination.
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Former Louisiana Tech superstar and current Pelicans assistant Teresa Weatherspoon has pulled her name from consideration for the head coaching job with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury.
She has spent the past three seasons with the Pelicans. Shams Charania of The Athletic says Weatherspoon is a serious candidate for an NBA head coaching job in the near future.
Basketball pioneer Luisa Harris passed away at the age of 66 yesterday.
Harris was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992, the first Black woman to earn that honor.
After becoming a three-time All-American and national champion at Delta State, she was drafted by the New Orleans Jazz in the seventh round of the 1977 NBA draft.
She remains the only female player ever drafted to the NBA.
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Northwestern State has found its next AD. Kevin Bostian, who comes from the University of North Carolina Greensboro, will be formally introduced Thursday morning.
Bostian will take over for Greg Burke, who will remain with the university in a development role. Burke led the NSU athletic department for more than 25 years.