The Pelicans did not make a huge splash on the first day NBA teams can sign free agents, but they filled a couple of needs. They added a small forward to their roster by inking six-foot-seven Solomon HIll to a four-year, 48-million dollar contract. Hill averaged fours points and three rebounds a game for the Indiana Pacers last season, but played well in the playoffs last season and is considered a good defender.

New Orleans has also reportedly signed free-agent guard E-Twaun (E-Twon) Moore to a four-year deal. Moore averaged eight points, two rebounds and two assists a game last season, while also hitting a career-high 45-percent from three-point land in Chicago.

In other basketball news…Former Brother Martin star Jordan Cornish is transferring from U-N-L-V to Tulane. The six-foot-six guard averaged six points a contest as a sophomore for the Running Rebels. He’ll have to sit out the upcoming season, because of NCAA rules.

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IN the final college baseball polls, the LSU Tigers finished the season ranked 12th. In the Baseball America poll, Coastal Carolina was ranked number one after winning the school’s first national championship. Arizona is ranked second, followed by Arizona, TCU, Oklahoma State and Florida. Tulane is ranked 19th and UL Lafayette is ranked 22nd.

LHSAA Executive Director Eddie Bonine stands by a statement that he referred to the high school sports landscape as a “proverbial dumpster fire.” Bonine made the commement in a report to his collegaues at the National Federation of High School Associations. Bonine says there was no malice in the use of words as he explained what was going on in Louisiana with the public versus private school split.

The Saints were reportedly interested in signing former South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw, but he’s been signed by the Chicago Bears instead, who claimed him off waivers, after he was released by Cleveland.