The LSU men’s basketball team has a two-game winning streak! The Tigers were in control from the start last night as they picked up their third SEC win with an 81 to 67 victory over South Carolina. Cam Carter had 17 points, and four rebounds and sophomore Mike Williams scored a season-high 13 points. Williams on the mini-win streak…

Cut 18 (17) “…like that”

LSU begins a tough stretch of games to close out the regular season when it hosts second ranked Florida on Saturday.

Saints head coach Kellen Moore is filling out his staff as he’s reportedly hired two more assistant. Scott Tolzien will be the Black and Gold’s new quarterbacks coach. Moore and Tolzien worked together in Dallas. Also, Joel Thomas is returning as running backs coach. He spent last season with the Giants. Thomas was on Sean Payton’s staff from 2015 to 2018 and during that time the Saints led the NFL in rushing touchdowns.

Another good day on the mound for the LSU baseball team and a fourth consecutive blowout win to start the season as LSU beat up on Southern 13 to 1. Conner Ware got the start and threw three shutout innings. Coach Jay Johnson on the transfer from Pearl River Community College…

Cut 27 (15) j out there today”

Zac Cowan came out of the bullpen and pitched three innings, allowing an unearned run. Ethan Frey hit his first home run at LSU. The Tigers are at Nicholls tonight.

The Colonels lost to Omaha five to two last night. The Ragin Cajuns scored seven runs in the seventh inning to defeat Texas Southern 14 to 11. J-R Tollett was the winning pitcher as he allowed one run in four innings of relief and struck out a career-high five hitters.

Jake Haggard drove in four runs as ULM trounced Grambling 17 to 2.

New Saints head coach Kellen Moore continues to fill out his staff as he’s reportedly hired two more assistant coaches. NFL insider Ian Rapoport says Scott Tolzien will be the Black and Gold’s new quarterbacks coach. Moore and Tolzien worked together in Dallas. Tolzien is described as a rising young coach. Also, Joel Thomas is returning to the team as running backs coach. He spent last season with the Giants. Thomas was on Sean Payton’s staff from 2015 to 2018 and during that time the Saints led the NFL in rushing touchdowns.

The Saints are coming off their worst season since 2005, but that didn’t stopped them raising season ticket prices. John Sigler with Saints Wire, reports the increase is five to 15 percent increase.

On the hardwood tonight, the LSU men’s basketball team hosts South Carolina. After coming from behind to beat Oklahoma on Saturday, the Tigers could win their second straight. The Gamecocks are winless in SEC play, but coach Matt McMahon says Carolina is better than you think…

Cut 18 (17)  “…physicality.”

Reports indicate McMahon will be back next season with a bigger NIL budget.  Tiger Rag Editor Glen Guilbeau says McMahon is doing what he can on the recruiting trail…

Cut 14 (12) “…all tell.”

Guilbeau says LSU men’s basketball has one of the lowest NIL budgets in the SEC.

On3-dot-com is reporting LSU men’s basketball coach Matt McMahon will be back next season, despite the team’s two and ten record in league play this year. Sources say McMahon will also have a larger NIL budget to help bring better players to Baton Rouge. McMahon was asked to respond to the report at a press conference yesterday…

Cut 17 (13) “….2025”

LSU’s early signing recruiting class announced in December is ranked as the sixth best in the country. Tonight, the Tigers host South Carolina. The Gamecocks are winless in SEC play.

A lot of college baseball during the day in Louisiana today. LSU hosts Southern at 2 PM. Grambling is at ULM for a 2 PM first pitch. The Ragin Cajuns host Texas Southern at 3 PM, and McNeese was scheduled to play at top ranked Texas A-and-M tonight, but that game has been cancelled because of inclement weather.

The McNeese Cowboys improved to 15-and-1 in Southland Conference play with an 88 to 82 win over Southeastern Louisiana last night. The victory clinched a double-bye in the league’s postseason tournament. Coach Will Wade…

Cut 19 (16) “…first step”

McNeese can clinch at least a share of the Southland regular season title on Saturday with a win over A-and-M Corpus Christi.

Also in the Southland, Nicholls upended UNO 78 to 62 as the Colonels got 19 points from Byron Ireland. Northwestern State lost at home to Lamar 75 to 65.

Southern maintained a three-game lead for first place in the SWAC with a 66 to 57 win over Texas Southern last night. The Jaguars are at Grambling this Saturday. The Tigers routed Prairie View A-and-M 70 to 48 last night.

LSU will reportedly bring back men’s basketball coach Matt McMahon for a fourth season and increase the NIL budget in the hopes better players will lead to more wins. The Tigers are 2-and-10 and in 15th place in the SEC. McMahon was asked on Monday about the report that he will not be fired after this season…

Cut 16 (23) “…like LSU.”

LSU will host South Carolina tonight at 8 PM. Trey’ Dez Green will not play in the game. McMahon says Green, who is also on a tight end on the football team, needs to focus on academics.

The McNeese Cowboys dribbled past Southeastern Louisiana 88 to 82 in Hammond last night to move within one of game claiming at least a share of the Southland Conference title. McNeese had five players in double figures led by Javohn Garcia, who had 18 points. Joe Charles added 17.

Lamar hit eight three-pointers in the second half and defeated Northwestern State 75 to 65. Nicholls completed a season sweep of UNO by beating the Piraveters 78 to 62. Byron Ireland had 19 points to lead the way.

Southern and Grambling were winners in the SWAC last night. The Jaguars defeated Texas Southern 66 to 57 to improve to 12 and 1, while Grambling pounded Prairie View A-and-M 70 to 48.

In college baseball today….LSU hosts Southern at 2 PM. Grambling is at ULM for a 2 PM first pitch. The Ragin Cajuns host Texas Southern,  and McNeese is at top ranked Texas A-and-M.

New Saints head coach Kellen Moore is busy interviewing candidates to be his offensive and defensive coordinators. According to Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer, former Chargers head coach and now 49ers assistant head coach Brandon Staley interviewed for the defensive coordinator job yesterday. Mike Triplett of New Orleans-dot-football says Staley would be a good choice…

Cut 30 (11) “…I think”

Eagles defensive backs coach Christian Parker and Vikings defensive backs coach Daronte Jones, a former LSU D-C, are other potential defensive coordinator candidates in New Orleans. Moore has also reportedly spoken to Eagles quarterbacks coach Doug Nussmeier about being the new offensive coordinator in New Orleans.

ON-3-dot-com’s Shea Dixon is reporting LSU plans to bring back men’s basketball coach Matt McMahon next season and increase the NIL budget. The Tigers are 2-and-10 in the SEC.

LSU’s pitching was dominant in a three-game sweep of Purdue Fort Wayne. Twenty-seven innings pitched, 14 hits, two runs, and just two walks allowed and a whopping 45 strikeouts. The 45 strikeouts are the most in a weekend by an LSU pitching staff since 1992.

Louisiana Tech baseball won a four game series over Maine. The Bulldogs needed ten innings on Sunday to beat the Black Bears. Coach Lane Burroughs is glad to see his team stay with it, to complete the sweep…

Cut 26 (18) “…like this”

Southeastern Louisiana leads the country in home runs. The Lions belted 14 home runs in a four-game sweep of Lindenwood. S-L-U won the series final yesterday by scoring four runs in the ninth inning to win six to five.

Tonight in Hammond…Southeastern Louisiana hosts McNeese in men’s basketball. It’s two of the hottest teams in the Southland and tip off is at 6.

The second ranked LSU baseball team opened the 2025 season by sweeping Purdue Fort Wayne 32 to 2 over the three game series. The Tigers completed the sweep with an eight to one win yesterday. Ashton Larson’s three run homer in the fourth inning was the big blow. Larson says it good weekend for the Tigers…

Cut 29 (15) “…keep momentum”

LSU pitching registered 45 strikeouts over the weekend, the most in a three-game series since 1992.

Louisiana Tech swept a four-game series over Maine. The Bulldogs got some good pitching on Saturday in a doubleheader sweep, including Luke Cooley who pitched five shutout innings.

The Cajuns start the season with a series loss to San Jose State. The Spartans won 12 to four yesterday.

The LSU women’s basketball team suffered its second loss of the season yesterday, allowing a double digit lead to fade away and losing to 3^rd ranked Texas 65 to 58. Coach Kim Mulkey’s team committed 19 turnovers…

Cut 17 (21) “….go do it”

The LSU men’s basketball team snapped a seven-game losing streak on Saturday night by scoring eight points in the final 20 seconds to steal a victory at Oklahoma 82 to 79. Cam Carter led the Tigers with a career-high 29 points and had seven of those eight points in the final 20 seconds. Damion Collins also had a career-high 22 points. Coach Matt McMahon…

Cut 19 (13) “…response today.”

LSU hosts South Carolina tomorrow night.

It was a dominating weekend by LSU’s pitching staff as it opened the 2025 season by outscoring Purdue Fort Wayne 32 to 2 over the three game sweep. LSU struck out 45 Mastodon pitchers, the most in a three game series since 1992. Coach Jay Johnson says it was a great to see…

Cut 27 (14) “…control”

Chase Shores was the winning pitcher yesterday in his first appearance since 2023 as he allowed just one run in five innings and struck out seven.

Louisiana Tech completed a four-game sweep of the Maine Black Bears with a nine to eight ten inning win yesterday. Ruston native Cade Patterson drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly.

ULM won two of three from Eastern Illinois. The Cajuns lost two out of three to San Jose State.

The fifth ranked LSU women’s basketball team led by double digits in the third quarter, but were outscored 21 to 9 in the fourth quarter and lost to third ranked Texas 65 to 58. Rori Harmon hit a shot from the foul like to put Texas up by 5 with just over a minute left. Head Coach Kim Mulkey said that was the back-breaker.

Cut 18 (17)  “…a big bucket.”

Louisiana Tech men’s basketball had a disappointing week, losing two games at home, including Saturday night’s 70 to 68 loss to Jacksonville State. The Bulldogs are now 6-and-7 in league play and Coach Talvin Hester says they are not playing team basketball…

Cut 20 (16) “…happens.”

Tech is at Middle Tennessee on Thursday night.

Solid start to the season for the second ranked LSU baseball team as they easily won their season opener over Purdue Fort Wayne 14 to 0. The Tigers scored five runs in the first inning and scored in every inning except the third inning. Kade Anderson threw five shutout innings, allowing four hits and striking out eight. Daniel Dickinson had three hits, including a double and drove in five runs.

Louisiana Tech clobbered Maine 14 to 3. Michael Ballard’s two run homer in the third gave the Bulldogs a 3 to 2 lead and then they scored four runs in the fourth inning to pull away.

The Ragin Cajuns scored four runs in the third inning and went on to beat San Jose State seven to two. Chase Morgan struck out seven over five innings for the win.

ULM swept a doubleheader from Eastern Illinois. Nicholls beat Northern Illinois five to three, McNeese over Wichita State seven to one and Grambling State beat Jackson State eight to seven in ten innings despite committing five errors.

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The second ranked LSU gymnastics squad defeated top ranked Oklahoma in front of a sold out Maravich Center crowd last night. LSU trailed heading into the final rotation, but the Tigers got big performances on the floor from Kailya Lincoln, Sierra Ballard, Kailin Chio, Amari Drayton and Hailey Bryant. It’s the first loss of the season for the Sooners.

A familiar last name has joined the Saints coaching staff. Chase Haslett, the son of former Saints coach Jim Haslett, has been hired as the tight ends coach. Haslett coached with Kellen Moore in Dallas, and it’s one of Moore’s first hires since becoming the Saints head coach.

In college basketball today….LSU is at Oklahoma, Louisiana Tech hosts Jacksonville State. ULM hosts Southern Miss, the Ragin Cajuns take on Marshall. McNeese visits UNO, Southeastern Louisiana hosts Nicholls.

Tomorrow in Austin, fifth ranked LSU women’s basketball team is at 3^rd ranked Texas for a two PM tip.

It’s opening day of the college baseball season. The second ranked LSU Tigers are playing Purdue Fort Wayne this afternoon and game two of that series has been moved up to 11 AM tomorrow, because of the potential for severe weather.

Lane Burroughs is starting his ninth season as the head coach of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. Burroughs says their starting pitching should be a strength with the return of All-Conference selection Luke Nichols and Grant Hubka. But there will be a new catcher behind the plate…

Cut 20 (14) “…to fill.”

Ole Miss transfer Eli Berch is expected to see a lot of starts early, but also expect to see Navarro transfer Matt Houston.

The Ragin Cajuns are hosting San Jose State this weekend. ULM is taking on Eastern Illinois at Lou St. Amant Field, McNeese hosts Wichita State and Northwestern State hosts Central Arkansas.

History being made in Bossier City today at the LHSAA state wrestling championships. LHSAA Assistant Executive Director Adam MacDowell says 212 female athletes are competing for the first time ever in a girls division…

Cut 29 (11) “…it’s historic.”

The state wrestling tournament will conclude tomorrow.

In college basketball…LSU men’s basketball has a chance to get a win tomorrow when they visit Oklahoma. The Tigers have lost seven in a row, while the Sooners have lost four of their last five.

After a bad loss on Thursday to Kennesaw State, Louisiana Tech hosts Jacksonville State, McNeese looks for its 20^th win of the season when it visits UNO and a good battle in Hammond as Southeastern hosts Nicholls at 3:30.

Tonight in the PMAC…it’s a battle between the top two teams in gymnastics as LSU hosts Oklahoma.

Kellen Moore is off and running as the Saints head coach after meeting with the media on Thursday. A major decision facing Moore is whether to keep Derek Carr as the Saints starting quarterback. Moore was non committal when asked about Carr

Cut 16 (13) “…lot of fun.”

Carr is 33 years old and is set to make 30-million dollars next season. Cutting him would result in 50-million dollars in dead money on the books next year.

The Pelicans ended a ten-game losing streak by beating Sacramento in overtime. Louisiana Tech men’s basketball’s eight game home winning streak ended with a 22-point loss to Kennesaw State. Southeastern Louisiana won its 15^th straight with a 20-point win over McNeese. And LSU-A men’s basketball won its 18^th straight by beating Our Lady of the Lake University 100 to 73.

The college baseball season gets underway today and the second ranked LSU Tigers begin the road to Omaha by hosting Purdue Fort Wayne. LSU has a deep team and there’s competition for playing time in the outfield and behind the plate. Coach Jay Johnson on how his guys should look at their playing time…

Cut 18 (22)  “…bullets start flying”

Louisiana Tech begins the 2025 season by hosting Maine for a four-game series beginning today at 4 PM. The Bulldogs won 45 games last year and a Conference USA regular season title. Ninth-year head coach Lane Burroughs believes he has a talented team, but there are a lot of new faces…

Cut 19 (14) “…let’s go.”