The LSU Baseball team is getting ready to play TCU on Sunday at 2 PM. The other two teams on the Tigers side of the bracket are Cal State Fullerton and Vanderbilt. They also play on Sunday. Coach Paul Mainieri says each team in their bracket has a team ERA below three, so pitching and defense will be critical in Omaha…
cut 17 (14) “….giving them a base hit”
Mainieri also doesn’t expect many home runs in Omaha, even though home runs were up during the regular season, because of a lower seamed baseball that college baseball is using this year.

The LSU football program has received a verbal commitment from Jakori Savage, who is an offensive lineman from Alabama. Savage also reportedly had scholarship offers from South Carolina and Kentucky.

Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson’s competency hearing resumed today in a civil district courtroom in New Orleans. Very few details have been released about how the proceedings are going, because the public and media have been kept out of the courtroom. At issue is whether Benson is capabe of operating the two professional sports franchises.

Champions square next to the Mercedes Benz Superdome has a new look. Officials say the venue is dressed in gold—a color that unites the Saints and Pelicans and also represents Louisiana’s championship moments. New photos have been put up featuring New Orleans’ finest sports mements. Which means the photo that had Darren Sharper in it, has been removed.

New Louisiana Tech head coach Eric Konkol has hired a new assistant coach to replace Matt McMahon who was named the head coach at Murray State. Corey Barker takes McMahon’s place on the staff. Barker was an assistant coach at Bowling Green State last season and helped the Falcons to a 21-win season.