Jay Johnson is starting to make moves in the transfer portal. The Tigers landed commitments from Texas State shortstop Dawson Park and Gonzaga right-hander Landon Hood. Hood won W-C-C freshman of the year, striking out 78 batters in 54-and-a-third and picking up 5 saves. The 6-3, 200-pounder features a two-pitch combination with an upper-90s fastball and upper-70s changeup. Park was a defensive ace for the Bobcats and led the team with 52 RBIs and 13 homers before parting ways with the team due to an on-field dispute in early May. He hit .301 this season and posted a .957 fielding percentage.
Park is exactly the type of versatile defender ESPN Baton Rouge Radio’s Hunt Palmer says the Tigers will keep looking to add.
LSU baseball added one infielder and lost another. Freshman Ethan Clauss was rated the No. 37 high school shortstop in his class by Perfect Game, but he entered the portal after playing in just 11 games this season.
The LSU women’s basketball team will visit UNC December 2 in the SEC-ACC challenge. Both teams are coming off sweet 16 appearances. It will be the second straight road trip in the challenge for the Lady Tigers, who took down Duke at Cameron Indoor last year. LSU is undefeated in the three seasons of the challenge.
Will Wade and the LSU men will host Wake Forest on December 1. The Demon Deacons were 18-and-17 last year.
The NCAA Super Regionals are already underway as Cal Poly opens the weekend against West Virginia. UNC hosts USC at 2:00, Little Rock and Troy face off at 4:00, and Ole Miss visits Auburn at 7:00.
Game 2 of the NBA Finals also tips off tonight at 7:30. The Spurs will look to bounce back against the Knicks after losing their first finals opener in franchise history.