LSU starting shortstop Josh Smith has been named SEC Player of the Week. Smith was six for 12 at the plate in a series victory over Texas A-and-M. The Baton Rouge product hit a home run in game one of the series to snap a one-one tie in the 8th inning. For the week, Smith hit three home runs and drove in six runs. LSU is at Southern on Tuesday and then they’ll visit Missouri this weekend.

Louisiana Tech baseball is on a roll. The Bulldogs have won seven straight Conference USA games after sweeping U-T-S-A. Tech will visit the Ragin Cajuns tomorrow and then next weekend, they have a big series against Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton. The Owls are 11-and-1 in league play.

ULM also had the brooms out this week as the Warhawks swept Georgia State. ULM has a midweek game against Northwestern State. The game has been moved from Tuesday to Wednesday, because of the heavy rain that fell over the weekend in northeast Louisiana.

LSU wrapped up spring football with a game on Saturday. It was the first spring game in Baton Rouge for returning starting quarterback Joe Burrow, who is optimistic about the offense’s potential….
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The offensive line struggled in the spring game and Coach Ed Orgeron says they must get better in the offseason along the O-Line.

In the NFL…Saints free agent nose tackle Tyeler Davison is reportedly visiting the Atlanta Falcons. Davison started 12 games for the Black and Gold last season and had a couple of sacks and a forced fumble.

The Pelicans conclude the regular season tomorrow night as they host Golden State. New Orleans hurt its chances at getting a top five pick in the June draft with a win last night over Sacramento.