The LSU baseball team hosts Northwestern State in a non-conference match-up tonight. After the game against the Demons, LSU will have three more games left with number one ranked Florida. The Tigers enter the final week of the regular season with a 17-9 record in the SEC, and coach Paul Maineiri says that’s pretty darn good…:
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The Tigers are currently tied with Ole Miss for third place in the SEC West, but Mainieri says the team still has a chance to move up in the league standings.

No. 19 UL-Lafayette will close out its five-game road swing today as the Ragin Cajuns hosts UNO. This is a contest that was originally scheduled for April but was moved because of inclement weather. UL-Lafayette will then host ULM for the final series of the season beginning Thursday. The Warhawks play Southern Miss on the road tonight.

Nicholls State takes on No. 11 Tulane in New Orleans.

New Orleans Pelicans Coach Alvin Gentry is headed to New York today as he represents the team at the NBA Draft lottery. The position reveal will air on ESPN beginning at 7pm. The Pels finished with the 6th worst record in the NBA, so they’ll have the 6th spot in the draft lottery tonight.

The Arizona Cardinals are reportedly in negotiations with former LSU star Tyrann Mathieu which would make him among one of, if not the highest-paid safety in the NFL. The Honey Badger is entering the final year of his current four-year deal with the Cards. He is set to make roughly $1.5 million in 2016.

Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson won yet another round in his dispute with his estranged heirs over eventual ownership of the franchises. A federal judge on Monday said Benson does have the power to substitute assets previously established for the heirs. This battle however is not over.

The General Manager of the Louisiana Ice Gators says the team will suspend operations for the 2016-2017 hockey season due to renovations to the Cajundome.