The Pelicans seven-game homestand concludes tonight as New Orleans hosts Memphis at the Smoothie King Center for a seven o’ clock tip-off. So far, New Orleans is 5-1 on this season-long homestand and they’ve won seven of their last nine. The Grizzlies are 28-20 on the year, but center Marc Gasol is questionable with a knee injury.

In college hoops action tonight…Nicholls is at UNO, Southeastern Louisiana hosts McNeese State and Grambling is at Mississippi Valley State.

The LSU Tigers travel to Auburn, where they’ll face the Auburn Tigers tomorrow night in an SEC match-up. The Tigers are 13-8 on the season, while Auburn has a losing record. According ESPN’s Joe Lunardi, LSU would be a 10-seed in the NCAA Tournament.

UL Lafayette’s Shawn Long has been named the men’s Sun Belt Player of the Week. Long averaged 21 points and 15 rebounds last week as the Cajuns have won six in a row, heading into tomorrow’s game against ULM.

Louisiana’s Mr. Football for 2015, Zachary quarterback Lindsey Scott, has decided he’ll play for the LSU Tigers. Scott is listed as a three-star recruit, but put up big numbers the past two seasons and led the Broncos to the Class 5A championship this past year. Scott is the only quarterback commitment in the Tigers 2016 class.

Major changes are coming to the LHSAA after member principals voted to expand the select–nonselect championships to basketball, baseball and softball. LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine says he would like to survey coaches and student-athletes to see what they think…
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The expanded split will start with the 2016-17 school year.