Many March Madness fans are waking up to a busted bracket as this year’s NCAA Tournament was hit with a big upset Thursday when No. 2 Kentucky fell to No. 15 St. Peters.

LSU will get its turn tonight in the opening round, its third appearance in the last four years. It will do so without its head coach and with a very young roster. Senior Darius Days has embraced the task of keeping the team together.
Cut 13 (16) “gonna be alright”
The Tigers will face Iowa State, out of the Big 12. Tipoff is slated for 6:20.

“Watson Watch” has moved into another day as Saints fans wait to hear if their new signal caller will be Texans QB Deshaun Watson.

The 13th ranked LSU baseball team begins SEC play tonight against Texas A-and-M and the status of the Tigers’ top starting pitcher is unknown. Blake Money left last Friday’s game with a wrist injury and yesterday Coach Jay Johnson couldn’t say if he would start tonight or even pitch this weekend…:
Cut 16 (10) “different day”
First pitch at Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field is 6:30pm.

Elsewhere around the diamond in Louisiana today; ULM is at Coastal Carolina, McNeese hosts Eastern Illinois, UL-Lafayette is at Troy, and Southeastern is at Samford.

Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram remains sidelined for an important matchup against the Spurs on the road this evening. With 13 regular season games left, the Pels trail the 9th place Lakers by one game and hold 1 and a half game leads over the Trail Blazers and San Antonio.