Tonight, a statue of LSU legend Pete Maravich will be unveiled on LSU’s campus. It’s been a long time coming for the all-time scoring leader in NCAA Division one basketball history. It took awhile because Maravich never graduated from LSU, but LSU’s Chief Brand officer Cody Worsham says Maravich’ s contributions to the game and the university are worth hundreds of statues…
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Pisot Pete’s statue will stand next to the ones already up for Shaquille O’ Neal and Bob Pettit. The Maravich Statue will be unveiled at 6:30.

Former LSU pole vaulter and Lafayette’s Mondo Duplantis broke his own world record as the world championships ended in Eugene, Oregon. Duplantis cleared 20-feet, 4.5 inches on his second attempt to win the gold.

The Ragin Cajuns have been picked to win the Sun Belt’s West Division. U-L Lafayette won the Sun Belt last season and this year received 12 of 14 first place votes. Four players from the Cajuns were selected to the preseason All-Sun Belt first team, defensive lineman Zi’Yon Hill-Green, defensive back Eric Garror, punter Rhys Byrns and running back Chris Smith as an all-purpose performer. ULM is picked to finish seventh in the West division. Warhawks wide receiver Boogie Knight is a second team preaseason all-Sun Belt selection.

Tomorrow begins Sun Belt Football Media Days in New Orleans.

A panel of media members that cover Conference USA has Louisiana Tech finishing ninth in the eleven-team league. UTSA is the favorite. Bulldog players, Kicker Jacob Barnes, linebacker Tyler Grubbs, wide receiver Smoke Harris, offensive lineman Joshua Mote and defensive lineman Keivie Rose were named to the 2022 preseason watch list.