A great season for McNeese came to an end last night in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament as they did not matchup well with Gonzaga and the Bulldogs clobbered the Cowboys 86-65. The Pokes shot just 33-percent from the field.
Grambling is still dancing, but they face top seeded Purdue tonight in Indianapolis.

The LSU Lady Tigers look to start another postseason run today as they host Rice in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. Coach Kim Mulkey has won six NCAA championships, one as a player, one as an assistant coach and four as a head coach. Mulkey on what it takes to be the team that cuts down the nets at the end of the season…
Cut 16 (15) “…go down fighting.”
LSU will play Rice at 3 PM.

The 5th-ranked LSU baseball team begins a three-game series against the sixth-ranked Florida Gators tonight in a rematch of last year’s College World Series championship series. Coach Jay Johnson says both teams are different, but each squad still has star players…
Cut 18 (17) “…hit mistakes.”
The Gators are third in the SEC in home runs with 44. First pitch is at 7.

Old Dominion has hit just 16 home runs and they’ll be at U-L Lafayette this weekend. ULM visits Georgia State, who swept South Alabama last week.

Louisiana Tech begins Conference USA play by hosting Jacksonville State. The Gamecocks are 9-11.

NBA…the Pelicans lost to Orlando 121 to 106 and Brandon Ingram went down with a knee injury. New Orleans is at Miami tonight.