LSU men’s basketball came up a little bit short last night against 14th ranked Arkansas as the Hogs rallied from a seven-point second-half deficit to beat the Tigers 77-76 and sweep the regular-season series. Tari Eason led LSU with 24 points and Tiger fans are upset over some questionable fouls that went against LSU.

Louisiana Tech rallied from an 11-point first-half deficit to beat Old Dominion 67-54. The Bulldogs close out the regular season on Saturday by visiting UAB in a battle for second place in Conference USA West.

Nicholls and UNO both won last night so the Colonels and Privateers will play for a Southland Conference regular-season championship on Saturday in Thibodaux.

Brandon Ingram had 33 points as the Pelicans crowned the Sacramento Kings 125 to 95 for a third straight blowout win for New Orleans.

LSU baseball beat UNO 11-3, Southeastern edged La Tech four to three, the Cajuns doubled up Northwestern State six to three and 2nd ranked Ole Miss defeated ULM 11 to 1 in seven innings.

The Sun Belt Men’s Basketball Tournament gets underway in Pensacola, Florida today. The Cajuns are an 8-seed and will face 9th seeded UTA at 11:30 this morning. The Mavericks beat U-L Lafayette twice during the regular season including an overtime defeat at home. A game Coach Bob Marlin remembers well…
Cut 16 (15) “…Pensacola.”
Also today, ULM faces Arkansas State.

Many LSU fans are shocked that Kim Mukley did not win SEC Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year. Instead that honor went to South Carolina’s Dawn Staley as the Gamecocks are ranked number one. Mulkey says she’s not worried about the apparent snub…
cut 20 (16) “….accomplished a lot”
LSU will play Friday night in the SEC Tournament.