Tonight at the Smoothie King Center, the Pelicans will host Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. New Orleans is coming off an embarrassing loss on Friday to the team with the worst record in the NBA, the Brooklyn Nets. Tonight, New Orleans gets a chance to face the defending champs, the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavs have the best record in the Eastern Conference, but they’ve lost five of their last nine. Tip-off is at 7:00.

Tonight on C-S-T at 8 PM, the Ragin Cajuns will take on Texas-Arlington. UL Lafayette is 3-3 in league play, while U-T-A is 4-and-2 and they’ve won 10 straight home games. The Cajuns lead the Sun Belt in scoring, averaging 83 points a game.

Also tonight, the Warhawks are at Texas State. ULM is 0-6 in league play.

In the SWAC…Southern is at Alabama State. The Jaguars are in second place in the conference with a 5-2 mark. Southern has won three in a row and they are coming a one point win over Alabama A-and-M.

There’s been another burglary inside Tiger Stadium. It’s the third one in the last month, but once again LSU officials are not releasing any details about what happened, what was taken or if there was any damage. But police believe none of the break-ins are connected.

For the second straight week and the third time this season, Louisiana Tech point guard DaQuan Bracey is the Conference USA freshman of the Week. The Baltimore native averaged 12.5 points and shot 63-percent from the field in two victories last week. Bracey and the Bulldogs are in second place in the league standings and face a big week coming up, with road games at UAB and Middle Tennessee.

LSU received its fourth Top 5 preseason ranking in a college baseball poll today. Baseball America’s Top 25 was released this morning and the Tigers are ranked fourth. TCU is ranked number one, followed by Florida State and then Florida. UL Lafayette is ranked 13th. Full squad workouts begin later this week for college baseball teams.