LSU basketball will make its three incoming freshmen available to the media. Ben Simmons is the marque player out of the group as he’s considered the top player coming out of high school. Antonio Blakeney, was also heavily recruited out of Florida, and Coach Johnny Jones tells us about him….
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Blakeney is six-foot-four, 170 pounds.

The NBA free agency period begins tomorrow. The New Orleans Pelicans are not expected to make much news, but that doesn’t mean the team will not be busy. The biggest priority for the franchise is to get All star forward Anthony Davis to sign a five-year, 143-million dollar extension. The team hopes the hiring of head coach Alvin Gentry will convince Davis to sign that extension.

LSU sports information director Michael Bonnette has told the Baton Rouge ESPN radio affiliate that running back Leonard Fournette will represent the Tigers at next month’s SEC media days. Offensive lineman Vadal Alexander and junior linebacker Kendall Beckwith will join Fournette and head coach Les Miles, when the Tigers meet with hundreds of reports in Birmingham on July 16th.

Former LSU baseball star Blake Dean is the new head coach at UNO. The 27-year-old has spent the previous two seasons as the Privateers hitting coach and he’ll replace Ron Maestri, who decided to retire following the 2015 season.

Ragin Cajuns freshman left-handed pitcher Gunner Leger has been selected to the D-1 Baseball Freshman All-American team. The Lake Charles native was 6-and-5 with a 2.99 ERA this past season. He struck out 87 and walked only 20.