LSU hit three home runs as the Tigers trounced Northwestern State nine to three in the final regular season home game of the year last night. Greg Deichmann hit his 17th home run of the season, Kramer Robertson hit his sixth homer and Zach Watson whacked his fourth home run of the year. Austin Townsent homered for the Demons. Todd Peterson was the winning pitcher as he allowed one run in five innings.

Also last night…Houston edged McNeese State five to four. Cowboys center fielder Robbie Podorsky had three hits, two runs scored and three stolen bases, giving him 37 on the season, which is a school record.

Tulane topped UNO eight to six, Southern Miss downed Southeastern 11-3 and the SWAC Tournament starts in New Orleans today. Grambling faces Alcorn tonight.

Tuesday was not a lucky night for the Pelicans. New Orleans had a four-percent chance to land a top three pick in the NBA draft lottery and as expected they did not. Since they don’t have a top three pick, Sacramento gets their first round selection as part of the DeMarcus Cousins trade.

LSU is planning to do major renovations on the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The arena will get a new four-sided video board that will hang over the middle of the court during the summer, but in the coming summers LSU would like to take out some of the seats, so they can add club and suite seating. The LSU administration also would like to put a sports bar in Tiger Stadium that can be used for those in the general seating areas, but they’ll need to get the blessing from the Southeastern Conference for that to occur.

The Conference USA men’s and women’s Basketball championships in 2018 and 2019 will be held at the Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas.