Saints G-M Mickey Loomis told reporters at the Draft Combine in Indianapolis that there’s a sense of urgency to find a starting quarterback. Loomis says free-agent Jameis Winston is a potential option and hopes Winston is an option for them. NFL free agency begins March 16th.

In conference basketball tournament action, the Ragin Cajuns men’s team advanced in the Sun Belt Tournament with a 67-64 win over U-T-A. Junior Guard Jalen Dalcourt hit five three-pointers and scored 16 points. U-L Lafayette faces top-seeded Texas State on Saturday at 11:30.

ULM was eliminated as they fell to Arkansas State 81-77.

Tonight the LSU Lady Tigers face Kentucky in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament. Coach Kim Mulkey believes what a team does in the regular season carries more weight than what happens over one weekend…
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Tip-off is at 6 PM.

The third-ranked LSU baseball team gets its first big test of the young season this weekend as they face Oklahoma, top ranked Texas, and Baylor in the Shriners College Classic in Houston. LSU takes on Oklahoma today at 3 PM, Blake Money gets the start on the mound for the Tigers and the Sooners will throw left-hander Jake Bennett. D-1 Baseball-dot-com’s Kendall Rogers says O-U’s strength is its pitching…
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Tomorrow night, the Bayou Bengals face off against top-ranked Texas.

In other college baseball action this weekend, the Ragin Cajuns host Southern Miss. UNO visits ULM. Louisiana Tech is at Memphis, Southeastern Louisiana visits third-ranked Arkansas and Nicholls is at Memphis.