The LSU men’s basketball team will sit out the entire postseason after failing to make the NCAA tournament, coach Johnny Jones said Sunday. After an embarrassing 71-38 loss to Texas A&M in the SEC tournament semifianls Saturday, Jones said in a statement he takes full responsibility for the team and will do the things necessary to make sure they are able to reach their main goals in the future. Freshman star Ben Simmons is expected to leave for the NBA draft and will likely be chosen first over second overall. In the game against the Aggies, LSU shot a dismal 20 percent; Simmons scored 10 points and collected 12 rebounds in 31 minutes.

Meanwhile Southern University qualified for the Big Dance for the first time in four years after winning the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament. They’ll face Holy Cross on Wednesday. Making its second consecutive postseason appearance, the ULM men’s basketball team accepted a bid to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament and will travel to Furman on Tuesday for its opening round matchup. The Ragin’ Cajuns on Sunday also accepted an invitation to play in the CollegeInsider.com tournament for the second straight season.

The LSU baseball Tigers took two of three from Ball State over the weekend as the Bayou Bengals outlasted Cardinals 10-6 in Sunday’s series finale. The Tigers first four hitters in the line-up led the way as they combined for eight hits, led by Jake Fraley who had three hits. Coach Paul Mainieri…:
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LSU begins conference play next weekend as they welcome Alabama to the Box.

Southeastern swept a Southland Conference doubleheader from Incarnate Word at Alumni Field. Tulane picked up its second sweep shutting out Furman 8-0 Sunday. UNO had never won a series against a Southland Conference opponent since joining in 2014 until beating Sam Houston this weekend. UL Lafayette finished off Troy to take the Sun Belt series.

In the NBA, the Pelicans take on the Golden State Warriors tonight.