LSU Basketball Coach Will Wade’s name surfaces again in the ongoing NCAA Basketball corruption trial in New York. A video was played of former Arizona Assistant Coach Book Richardson discussing how Wade had a $300-thousand deal in place for LSU Forward Naz Reid.

After being reinstated, Wade agreed to a provision in his contract that would give LSU cause to fire him if he was found in violation of NCAA recruiting rules. Tiger Rag Assistant Editor Tyler Nunez says this fits the bill, if this latest allegation is true…
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LSU released a statement that says they continue to monitor the situation, but they have no comment at this time because of the fluid nature of the matter. Wade was reinstated from a five-week long suspension earlier this month after reports of an FBI wire tap claimed the coach discussed a strong offer for a recruit.

In LSU’s win over Alabama on the baseball diamond last Sunday, Landon Marceaux struck out nine in the five to four victory as the freshman looked healthy after batting arm problems earlier this year. Coach Paul Mainieri liked how Marceaux battled back from a shaky start…
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Marceaux is scheduled to start again on Sunday when the Tigers host Ole Miss for a weekend series. On his call-in radio show last night, Mainieri didn’t sound optimistic that Cole Henry would return to the weekend rotation, because of elbow soreness.

LSU football has received a verbal pledge from four-star linebacker Antoine Sampah of Virginia. He’s the 11th out of state commit in the Tigers 2020 recruiting class, which is currently ranked number one in the nation according to 24-7 sports.

In high school football, Tommy Tharp is reportedly leaving as the head football coach of Mangham. Tharp led the Dragons to three state runner-up finishes from 2013 to 2015.