The LSU Tigers look to keep their good play going on Saturday when they visit Florida in SEC hoops action. The Tigers are 2-0 in league play and they’ve won five of their last six. It was six games ago, when sophomore Craig Victor became eligible to play after transferring in from Arizona State. Coach Johnny Jones says Victor has provided a boost…

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Tipoff’s at 12:30 and you can watch on CBS.

Last night in the Sun Belt Conference, Arkansas-Little Rock trounced UL-Lafayette 77-57. Shawn Long scored 16 as the Ragin Cajuns fall to 5-7 and 1-2 in league play.

Arkansas State edged ULM 68-65 in overtime. Majok Deng scored 26 for the Warhawks. ULM faces Arkansas-Little Rock Saturday.

Louisiana Tech’s 39-game home winning streak was snapped last night by Old Dominion 56-53.

Could LSU lose defensive line coach Ed Orgeron to another school in the SEC West? It’s been reported Mississippi State has made an aggressive offer to Orgeron to be the Bulldogs new defensive coordinator. Orgeron just completed his first season at LSU, which saw its D-Line play improve.

LSU will play Louisiana Tech and Southeastern Louisiana in football in 2018. The Tigers will play the Lions for the first time since 1949 on September 8th of that year. The Bulldogs will visit LSU on October 20th. Rice and Miami of Florida are the other two non-conference games in 2018.

Louisiana Tech’s other non-conference opponents in 2018 are South Alabama, Mississippi State and they’ll host Bowling Green.

A couple of other football notes…former LSU wide receiver and Neville star John Diarse has transferred to TCU. And Tim Detillier is retiring as the head coach of the Lutcher Bulldogs. Detillier led his alma mater to four state championships on the high school level, including this past season.