Southern University takes on Holy Cross tonight in the NCAA Tournament. Both teams are 16-seeds as they meet in the First Four Round. Jaguars coach Roman Banks says they would like to push the tempo tonight…:
Cut 16 (12) “get em rotating“
Tipoff is scheduled for about 5:40.

LSU men’s basketball Johnny Jones stands by his decision to reject an opportunity to play in the NIT. Jones says a season-ending injury to Keith Hornsby and an illness to shooting guard Antonio Blakeney would have made it a tough to put a competitive team on the court…:
Cut 18 (16) “popular decision”

In the opening round of the CollegeInsider.com tournament last night, ULM dropped a heart breaker to Furman 58-57 at the buzzer. ULM shot 11-22 from the field and 5-10 from three-point range in the first half, but were held to a 10-31 clip from the field and 0-8 from beyond-the-arc in the second.

Today in the CIT, UL-Lafayette takes on Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

In college baseball, Nicholls State gets the win over Tulane Tuesday 2-1. McNeese State trumped ULM 11-2. Southeastern beat South Alabama 9-2. Grambling fell to Arkansas 14-4.

LSU will start junior right hander Alden Artwright tonight against UNO at the Box.

The No.4 LSU softball team set numerous school records last night after beating Louisiana Tech, 30-8. The Tigers got 30 runs on 27 hits and 48 at-bats which — both new program best marks as the team exploded for 15 in the 6th inning alone.

In the NBA, tonight the Pelicans take on the Kings in California.