The LSU Baseball Tigers are taking an eight game winning streak into the final week of the regular season. The Bayou Bengals completed a sweep of Tennessee by beating the Volunteers 10 to 7 yesterday. In the baseball rankings that came out today, LSU is ranked eighth by Baseball America and 10th by D-One-Baseball-dot-com. The Tigers host Northwestern State tomorrow night and then conclude the regular season by hosting number one ranked Florida on Thursday night.

In the Sun Belt, UL Lafayette is two games out of first place after taking two of three from league leader South Alabama. The Cajuns conclude the regular season at home with a three-game series against ULM. The Warhawks are in 9th place in the league and one game back of Arkansas State who occupies the final spot in the Sun Belt Tournament.

Grambling begins the SWAC Tournament on Wednesday. The Tigers finished second in the West Division and they’ll play Alcorn State in New Orleans on Wednesday.

The Arizona Cardinals are reportedly interested in making former LSU star Tyrann Mathieu the highest paid safety in the NFL, even though his season was shortened last year because of a torn ACL. The 24-year-old has become the anchor of the Cardinals defense after just three seasons in the league.

One other NFL note, the Titans released former LSU Quarterback Zach Mettenberger after two seasons in Tennessee. Mettenberger started 10 games for the Titans.

Tomorrow night is the NBA Draft Lottery and Head Coach Alvin Gentry will represent the team in New York in the hopes the team can receive a top three pick. If the Pels lottery ball doesn’t come up, the team will likely pick sixth in the June NBA Draft. New Orleans has a six-percent chance to get the number one pick.

The Barbe Buccaneers are now three-time defending state baseball champs in Class Five-A. Barbe added to their trophy case yesterday by beating Byrd five to two.