Athletic Director Scott Woodward has named Matt McMahon as LSU’s new head men’s basketball coach. McMahon agreed to a seven-year, $20.3 million contract on Tuesday and was in Baton Rouge last night to watch LSU’s women at the P-MAC. In his previous seven seasons with Murray State, McMahon won four Ohio Valley Conference titles and made three NCAA tournament appearances. His deal also includes a provision that would add a year to his contract depending on the sanctions LSU receives from the NCAA due to the Will Wade recruiting scandal.

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One player that McMahon will not get to welcome to Baton Rouge is five-star center Yohan Traore. The center from Arizona originally committed to LSU on January 30 and is ranked as one of the top 20 recruits in the nation. With his decomittment, LSU has lost its entire 2022 recruiting class in just over eight days.

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A pair of players from state universities picked up honors as UNO’s Amani Larry and Southeastern’s Adam Guth were named Southland Conference hitter and pitcher of the week, the league announced on Monday. Larry helped the Privateers take 2-of-3 from Oklahoma this past weekend with seven hits in 16 at-bats and nine RBI. Guth earned his first career victory, pitching five innings to lead the Lions past then-No. 1-ranked Ole Miss, allowing one run and three hits.

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The Saints have reunited with Jameis Winston, signing the quarterback to a two-year, $28-million contract on Monday. Winston’s deal comes at a bargain, which according to WWL-TV Saints reporter Ralph Malbrough, allows the team to turn its attention to other areas of concern on the roster.

Cut 18 (16) “…be aggressive.”

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Loyola University in New Orleans is playing for its first national championship in any sport since 1945 tonight in the NAIA men’s basketball title game. The Wolfpack, the tournament’s top overall seed will play Talladega College at 7pm in Kansas City. Loyola, 36-1 so far, topped the Tornadoes twice during the regular season in conference play and once again in the Southern States Athletic Conference tournament.

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The New Orleans Pelicans came up just short in their effort to finish their three-game road trip undefeated, falling to the Charlotte Hornets, 103-106 last night. Jonas Valanciunas posted 24 points and 18 boards, and CJ McCollum added 27 more, but the Pels were outscored 28-19 in the fourth quarter.