LSU won’t be playing baseball tonight with rain in the vicinity, but the Tigers will head into their weekend showdown with first-place Arkansas riding a four-game win streak. Also coming in hot is Josh Pearson, who was named SEC Co-Freshman of the Week on Monday. Coach Jay Johnson says Pearson’s big week didn’t surprise him.

Cut 18 (17) “…I came here.”

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The NBA Play-In tournament starts tonight with Brooklyn hosting Cleveland in the East, and the Clippers visiting the Timberwolves out West. The Pelicans host the Spurs tomorrow night at the Smoothie King Center needing two wins to reach the playoffs. Pels forward Naji Marshall has a simple message for the fans…

Cut 21 (6) “…need our fans.”

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The greatest player in LSU women’s basketball history will be honored as such…Monday afternoon the university announced that Seimone Augustus will become the first female athlete to have a statue placed outside of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. While at LSU, Augustus led the Tigers to three consecutive Final Four appearances and was a two-time National Player of the Year. She finished her career second all-time on the school’s scoring list with more than 2700 points and won 121 games. In 2010, Augustus became the first female athlete in school history to have her jersey retired. Augustus went on to win four WNBA championships and three Olympic gold medals before retiring from basketball last year.

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LSU men’s basketball got some good news today when forward Mwani Wilkinson withdrew his name from the NCAA transfer portal, meaning he will remain with the Tigers. Wilkinson started 30 of LSU’s 34 games last season as a sophomore, shooting just over 40 percent from 3-point range. Guards Brandon Murray and Eric Gaines have picked their next destinations, with Murray joining former Tigers assistant coach Kevin Nickleberry at Georgetown and Gaines announcing that he is going to Alabama-Birmingham.