The LSU basketball team’s season ended last night with an 86-78 loss to Michigan in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Wolverines shot 54-percent from the field and hit 10 three-pointers. Cam Thomas had 30 points for the Tigers, while Javonte Smart had 27…
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We wait to see if Thomas and Smart will return next season.

Former LSU leader F King Alexander lasted less than one year as Oregon State’s President as the Board of Trustees at that PAC-12 school accepted his resignation today. Board Chairwoman Rani Borkar says they heard from faculty, students, alumni and sexual assault survivors that King must go for mishandling sexual misconduct complaints at LSU…
cut 9 (04) “….no longer possible”

Jameis Winston got emotional talking with reporters today about the opportunity he has to replace Drew Brees as the Saints Quarterback. Winston will have to battle with Taysom Hill to be the starter after signing a one-year deal with New Orleans. He served as Brees’ back-up this past season and said it was a dream of his to play with number nine…
cut 29 (19) “…that torch”

At the Smoothie King Center tonight, the Pelicans will host the Lakers. No Lebron James or Anthony Davis for the Lakers as they are both hurt.

No LSU baseball game at Tulane tonight. It’s been canceled because of the stormy weather in New Orleans. But newly ranked Lousiana Tech is set to host I-20 rival ULM at 6 PM. The Bulldogs have won five in a row.

It was a back-and-forth game, but in the end, top-seeded Michigan was the better team and ended LSU’s season in the second round in the NCAA Tournament with an 86-78 victory over the Tigers last night.  LSU only turned it over three times but shot 39-percent from the field. Wade says they played well but ran into a great team…

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Cam Thomas had 30 points, while Javonte Smart had 27 points to go along with 9 rebounds and 6 assists.  Trendon Watford and Darius Days combined for just 17 points in the loss.

The New Orleans Pelicans will host the Los Angeles Lakers tonight at 6:30 in the Smoothie King Center.  The Pels are coming off of a big win against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday and are hoping to get a second-straight win against a Lakers squad that will be without LeBron James.

The Louisiana Tech baseball team’s five-game winning streak has them ranked in the Top 25 in two polls.  The 13-and-5 Bulldogs will host ULM tonight. They swept Tulane last weekend after beating nationally ranked Arkansas and Ole Miss. Burroughs says his players want to put Louisiana Tech on the college baseball map…

Cut 20 (16) “stay with it”

Tech is scheduled to host ULM at 6 PM tonight.

The LSU baseball team is scheduled to play at Tulane tonight, but that game has been canceled and will not be rescheduled due to inclement weather in the New Orleans area.  The Green Wave were swept by Tech last weekend while LSU is coming off of a weekend series loss to the Mississippi State Bulldogs.

The Southern baseball team will travel to Mobile to take on South Alabama tomorrow at 6:30.

It was a back-and-forth game, but in the end, top-seeded Michigan was the better team and ended LSU’s season in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with an 86-78 victory over the Tigers last night. The Bayou Bengals got great games from Cam Thomas and Javonte Smart, but Coach Will Wade’s team allowed the Wolverines to shoot 54-percent from the field and hit 10 three-pointers…
Cut 16 (20) “…what we were doing.”
Thomas had 30 points, while Smart had 27 points. But the other two of LSU’s big four, didn’t have great games. Trendon Watford and Darius Days combined to score 17 points and had just seven rebounds. LSU’s season ends with a 19-10 record.

The Louisiana Tech baseball team’s five-game winning streak has them ranked in the Top 25 in two polls. Perfect Game ranks the Bulldogs 21st in the nation and D-1 Baseball has Tech as the 23rd best team in the country. Coach Lane Burroughs says his guys are deserving of the ranking
Cut 19 (24) “..while now.”
Tech is scheduled to host ULM at 6 PM tonight. LSU is scheduled to play at Tulane tonight. The Green Wave were swept by La Tech last weekend, while the Tigers lost a series to Mississippi State. LSU is ranked 22nd by D-1 baseball.

The Pelicans host the Lakers tonight.

This year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament has featured several upsets and eighth-seeded LSU will try to add to the upset tally when they face top-seeded Michigan at 6:10 PM tonight. Michigan’s leading scorer is seven-foot-one freshman Hunter Dickinson, who is averaging 14 points and seven rebounds a game. Six-foot-seven Junior Forward Darius Days on going up against Dickinson and the Wolverines….

Cut 17 (16) “for us”

The Pelicans finished off a three-game road trip by beating the Denver Nuggets 113 to 108 yesterday.  Forwards Zion Wiilliamson and Brandon Ingram each had 30 points in the victory while guard Nikeil Alexander-Walker contributed to the win as he poured in 20 points.  The Pels shot over 48 percent as a team and out rebounded the Nuggets 45-37.  New Orleans is 18-24 after the win.

The LSU baseball team finally showed some signs of life at the plate yesterday as they were able to win the final game of the three-game weekend series against Mississippi State.  Gavin Dugas blasted a solo home run to break a two-two tie in the sixth inning and the Tigers went on to win eight to three. Freshman designated hitter Brody Drost also homered.  The Bulldogs took the series two games to one.

Louisiana Tech is red hot after finishing off a sweep of Tulane this past weekend. Manny Garcia homered and drove in three runs for the Bulldogs who have won five in a row.  Tech is now ranked 23^rd in D1 Baseball’s latest poll due to the team’s latest winning streak.

The Warhawks won their opening Sun Belt Conference series by taking two of three from Georgia State.

The Ragin Cajuns dropped two of three to 15th ranked TCU. McNeese leads the Southland Conference after taking three of four from Houston Baptist.

In football news, McNeese and Southern both got wins on Saturday, while Southeastern Louisiana fell to Incarnate Word.

This year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament has featured several upsets and eighth-seeded LSU will try to add to the upset tally when they face top-seeded Michigan at 6:10 PM tonight. The Wolverines are 21-and-4 and Tigers Coach Will Wade says they have huge guys that will bully you….
Cut 16 (16) “…from three.”
Seven-foot-one freshman Hunter Dickinson leads the Wolverines in scoring, averaging 14 points a game and six-foot-nine guard Franz Wagner is averaging 12 points a contest and he’s also a 38-percent shooter from three-point territory.

The Pelicans finished off a three-game road trip by beating Denver 113 to 108 yesterday. Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram each had 30 points.

The 19th ranked LSU baseball team got the bats going yesterday to salvage the final game of their weekend series with third-ranked Mississippi State. Gavin Dugas blasted a solo home run to break a two-two tie in the sixth inning and the Tigers went on to win eight to three. Freshman designated hitter Brody Drost also homered.

Louisiana Tech is red hot after finishing off a sweep of Tulane this past weekend. Manny Garcia homered and drove in three runs for the Bulldogs who have won five in a row. Tech will host ULM tomorrow night.

The Warhawks won their opening Sun Belt Conference series by taking two of three from Georgia State. Danny DeSimone hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning to make it 9-0 and ULM held on to win nine to seven.

The Ragin Cajuns dropped two of three to 15th ranked TCU. McNeese leads the Southland Conference after taking three of four from Houston Baptist.

In NFL free agency, former Saints defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins has signed a two-year, 17-million dollar contract with the New York Jets. In five seasons in New Orleans, Rankins had 17.5 sacks.

LSU makes its 23rd NCAA Tournament appearance today when they face the St. Bonaventure Bonnies at 12:45 this afternoon at Indiana University’s Assembly Hall in Bloomington. The last time in the NCAA Tourney, the Tigers made it to the Sweet 16. Javonte Smart was a freshman on that team…
cut 5 (10) “…just another game”
This is the eight time St. Bonaventure has made the Big Dance and being the ninth seed is the highest they’ve ever been.

Louisiana Tech advanced in the N-I-T as the Bulldogs beat Ole Miss 70-61 last night. Freshman Kenneth Lofton had another big game with 22 points and seven rebounds as Tech erased a 10-point halftime deficit by outscoring the Rebels 43-24 in the second half. The Dunkin Dogs will play Conference USA rival Western Kentucky in the quarterfinals of the N-I-T on Thursday night.
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LSU baseball knew it would face some great pitching during its opening SEC series and that’s exactly what happened last night as the Bayou Bengals struck out out 12 times in a 6-1 loss to the Mississippi State Bulldogs. LSU had four hits on the night and Jaden HIll gave up six runs in his second loss.

Elsewhere, Louisiana Tech’s Jonathan Fincher threw a one-hitter as the Bulldogs blanked Tulane 2-0. Hunter Wells had two hits and drove in a run.

The Ragin Cajuns took down 15th ranked TCU seven to two. Tyler Robertson hit a three run homer and Spencer Arrighetti struck out eight in his third win.

ULM gave up three runs in the sixh inning and lost to Georgia State 4-3.

McNeese thumped Houston Baptist 12-6, Nicholls edged Abilene Christian seven to six, Sam Houston over Northwestern State three to two and Grambling topped Texas Southern five to four

In college football, Grambling hosts Arkansas Pine Bluff at Noon and McNeese is at Northwestern State for a four PM kick-off.

The LSU men’s basketball team faces St. Bonaventure in the first round of NCAA Tournament on Saturday at 12:45. The Bonnies are known for playing great defense and coach Will Wade says LSU will have to be disciplined offensively since the Tigers like to play fast
Cut 3 (15) “…what we do.”
Junior point guard Kyle Lofton leads the Bonnies in scoring at 14 points a game. Six-foot-ten Osun Osunniyi averages nine rebounds and three blocks a contest.

Tonight Louisiana Tech takes on Ole Miss in the NIT.

College baseball, 19th ranked LSU opens SEC play by hosting Mississippi State. Sun Belt play begins for ULM as they face Georgia State, the Cajuns host 15th ranked TCU, and La Tech is at Tulane.

It’s an open quarterback competition at LSU as the Tigers wrap up their first week of spring practice. New offensive coordinator Jake Peetz will surely keep a close on the battle between Myles Brennan, TJ Finley, Max Johnson, and freshman Garrett Nussmeier. Brennan says he’s developed a great relationship with Peetz and it’s more than Xs and Os…
cut 18 (14) “…very nice”

In college football action on Saturday…Grambling looks for its first win in the spring season as the Tigers host Arkansas Pine Bluff at noon. McNeese travels to Northwestern State. The Demons are 0-2. 16th ranked Southeastern Louisiana is at 22nd ranked U-I-W. The Lions are coming off a three-point win over the Demons.

LSU quarterback Myles Brennan spoke to the media for the first time since suffering an abdominal injury against Missouri early last season.  This injury was so rare that very few surgeries had been performed on this area of the body.  Brennan says that’s ultimately why he decided to let the injury heal on its own.

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Veteran defensive back PJ Williams has signed a one-year, $2.3 million deal with the New Orleans Saints.  All of the money included in the deal is fully guaranteed, which is likely due to the versatility that Williams showed last season as he played 288 snaps at safety for the Saints while lining up at corner and nickel for 182 snaps.

The NFL has finalized an 11-year media rights agreement with a pact that could be worth over $100 Billion.

The 19th ranked LSU baseball team opens SEC play tonight with a big weekend series against third-ranked Mississippi State.  Jaden Hill will start for the Tigers on the mound and Mainieri says he goes into conference play with freshman right-hander Garrett Edwards from Pitkin as his closer.

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Louisiana Tech will begin a three-game road series as they take on Tulane this weekend.

In basketball news, LSU will play St. Bonaventure in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.  The Tigers will take on the Bonnies on Saturday, tipoff is at 12:45.

Also, the four-seed Louisiana Tech Bulldogs will take on the top-seeded Ole Miss Rebels in the N.I.T.  tonight at 8 p.m.

In a conference call with reporters, Quarterback Drew Brees says he could have played another season in the NFL, but wants to spend more time with his family…
cut 7 (12) “…it was time”
But Brees will be away from his family on weekends in the fall. He’ll work as a studio analyst for NBC’s Football Night in America on Sunday and on Saturday, he’ll serve as a color commentator for NBC’s broadcasts of Notre Dame football. Brees hopes he can teach something about the game to fans they didn’t know.

New Orleans Defensive back P-J Williams is reportedly returning to the Black and Gold on a one-year deal worth 2.3 million dollars. Former LSU Tiger Patrick Peterson is back in purple and gold as the standout cornerback has signed a one-year contract with the Minnesota Vikings. Jared Cook is headed back to the west coast as the former Raider and Saints tight end has signed with the Los Angeles Chargers.

When the LSU men’s basketball team is not practicing for Saturday’s first-round NCAA Tournament game against Saint Bonaventure, they are in their hotel room in Indianapolis. Coach Will Wade says many of his players have turned to video games for entertainment…
cut 17 (18) “…I have not clue”

On Fox Sports New Orleans tonight, the Pelicans will face the Portland Trail Blazers for a second straight game. On Tuesday, the Pels blew a 17-point fourth-quarter lead and lost to the Trail Blazers 125 to 124 on their home floor. Coach Stan Van Gundy has said he wants more of the offense to go through Zion Williamson during the late stages of the game.

Tomorrow night, Louisiana Tech will take on Ole Miss in the first round of the N-I-T. The Bulldogs are 12-and9 all-time in the N-I-T and reached the tournament’s final four in 1986.

The LSU men’s basketball team is out of NCAA quarantine in Indianapolis and after multiple negative COVID-19 tests, they can now practice for Saturday’s first-round NCAA Tournament game. Coach Will Wade says it’s a different NCAA experience, but he rather be living in a hotel room in Indianapolis than in Baton Rouge preparing for next season…
cut 18 (11) “…to be here”
The Tigers will play Saturday afternoon against Saint Bonaventure in Bloomington at Indiana University’s Alumni Hall. The Bonnies won the A-10 regular-season and tournament championships and rank fifth in the nation in defense, allowing 60 points a game.

The Pelicans get another shot at Portland tonight. On Tuesday night, New Orleans blew a 17-point lead and lost by one point to the Trail Blazers. Tip-off is at nine PM.

Drew Brees says he’s ready for his next career in football. Brees will work as a studio analyst for NBC Sports on their Football Night in America show and as a color commentator during NBC’s broadcasts of Notre Dame home football games. Brees says he’s been preparing for his new role…
cut 8 (12) “…transition too”
Brees says he feels like he could play another season in the NFL, but says it’s more important for him to be around his family more.

Former LSU standout Patrick Peterson has found a new team as the perennial Pro Bowl cornerback has signed a one-year, 10-million dollar contract with the Minnesota Vikings. Peterson is 30-years-old and has 28 interceptions in his career.

LSU says it will allow tailgating with limitations at spring outdoor athletic events starting tomorrow with Tigers hosting Mississippi State in a big SEC baseball series.