The Pelicans seven-game road winning streak came to an end last night with a 125- to 113 loss the defending champion Denver Nuggets. New Orleans was never really in this game. Zion Williamson had 30 points, 18 were scored in the fourth quarter. The Pels are in Dallas tonight and they play the Mavericks again on Monday.

Alabama has found its replacement for Nick Saban. It’s Washington’s Kalen DeBoer. DeBoer just led the Huskies to the College Football National Championship game. The 49-year-old from South Dakota has a coaching record of 104 and 12, 25 and 3 at Washington.

ESPN’s Pete Thamel reports LSU is set to hire Missouri assistant Kevin Peoples as an assistant coach. Football Scoop reported earlier this week that it’s possible Peoples will coach the defensive ends and Bo Davis will coach the defensive tackles.

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The LSU men’s basketball team will try to go to 3-and-0 in the SEC tonight when they visit 16th-ranked Auburn. Coach Matt McMahon on what makes Auburn so good…
cut 15 (18) “…togetherness’
Tip-off is at 5 PM.

Also today….ULM ends a four-game homestand in desperate need of a victory as the Warhawks host Texas State. The Cajuns are at Arkansas State. U-L Lafayette is 1-and-3 in league play while the Red Wolves are 3-and-1.

In the Southland, 13-and-2 McNeese hosts Southeastern Louisiana. Nicholls battles Lamar in Thibodaux in a matchup of 2-0 teams in league play and Northwestern State looks for its first conference win as they host U-I-W.