The top ranked LSU baseball team returned to practice today after basically having the Easter weekend off. They last played on Friday when they rallied from a seven to three deficit in the eighth inning to beat South Carolina eight to seven. Relief pitcher pitcher Garrett Edwards left that game with an arm injury. Coach Jay Johnson says Edwards is undergoing further evaluation today. The Tigers will head to New Orleans tomorrow to take on Tulane.

The Ragin Cajuns have won five in a row and they are now ranked 28th in the Collegiate Baseball’s top 30 National poll. The Cajuns swept Marshall over the weekend and they’ll will host Louisiana Tech tomorrow night.

The Bulldogs are 16 and 16 overall, six and six in Conference USA. Tech just took two of three from Rice.

McNeese Pitcher Grant Rogers has been named Southland Pitcher of the Week. The right-hander from Texas is 8-and-0 after he threw his second complete game of the season in an eight to three win over A-and-M Corpus Christi. The Cowboys will host Louisiana Christian tomorrow.

For a second year in a row, the Pelicans are preparing to participate in the play-in tournament. With yesterday’s loss to Minnesota, New Orleans finished in ninth place in the Western Conference and they will host Oklahoma City on Wednesday night. if the Pels can win, they’ll face the loser of tomorrow night’s game between the Lakers and Timberwolves. So New Orleans has to win two games in order to get into the first round of the playoffs, just like they did last year.

Former Louisiana Tech star Kenneth Lofton Junior scored a career-high 42 points in the Grizzlies loss to the Thunder. Lofton also just signed a four-year deal with Memphis and expect him to play a role for the Grizzlies in the playoffs.

Former LSU star Odell Beckham Junior has found a new home in the NFL as he signs a one-year deal with the Ravens. Beckham missed all of last season after injuring his knee in the Rams Super Bowl win over the Bengals.