The Southland Conference has decided to postpone league competition for football and other fall sports to the spring semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Commissioner Tom Burnett says questions surrounding the long-term effects of the virus was a factor in their decision
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The league is giving schools the option of playing nonconference games in the fall, but McNeese, Nicholls, Southeastern Louisiana and Northwestern State have decided to wait until the spring.

So that means the Ragin Cajuns season opener against McNeese has been canceled. U-L Lafayette has three openings on its schedule. Southeastern Louisiana will not play Tulane this year, but Houston Baptist says they remain committed to playing Louisiana Tech on September 19th.

The Saints’ season opener against the Tampa Bay Bucs at the Mercedes Benz Superdome on September 13th will go on without any fans in attendance. Team President Dennis Lauscha says fanless games means the Black and Gold losses its dome field advantage.
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Lauscha is cautiously optimistic that fans will be allowed at games at some point during the season.

The Pelicans have been cautious with rookie Zion Williamson all season long and he will not play in tonight’s final game of the year. That means Williamson appeared in just 24 games during his first year in the NBA. But the number one pick says he does not have an issue with how the team handled his playing time. Williamson says he’ll look to make improvements on the court and in the weight room during the offseason.