LSU shortstop Alex Bregman didn’t have to wait long to hear his name called during the first round of the Major League Baseball Draft. The Astros chose Bregman with the number two overall pick. Bregman has been a star shortstop for the Tigers the last three seasons, but there are some major league scouts who believe he’ll make a better second baseman in the pros. Bregman says he’s not sure about that…
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Bregman and the Tigers will play their first game in the College World Series on Sunday afternoon. They’ll face TCU, who outlasted Texas A-and-M 5 to 4 in 16 innings. Vanderbilt and Cal-State Fullerton were the other two teams who advanced to the College World Series.

The LSU Tigers have received a verbal commitment from Denham Springs defensive lineman Caleb Roddy. 247 sports lists Roddy as a three-star prospect. He’s six-foot-five, 241 pounds and he’s the 12th commitment for the class of 2016. The other D-linemen in the class are St. Thomas Aquinas’ Edwin Alexander and Destrehan’s Glen Logan.

New Louisiana Tech men’s basketball coach Eric Konkol has signed his first two Bulldogs, guard Da’Shawn Robinson and forward Jy’lan Washington. robinson is six-foot-four, 200 pounds and averaged 12 points a game at Navarro College in Texas last season. Washington is six-foot-eight, 180 pounds and averaged 18 points and eight rebounds at Stewarts Creek High School in Tennessee.

The NCAA has agreed to reduce the shot clock in men’s basketball from 35 to 30-seconds. Coaches will also have fewer timeouts in the men’s game and the women’s basketball will go to four 10-minute quarters instead of two 20-minute halves.