The LSU baseball team is enjoying a day off in Birmingham today. The Tigers have advanced to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament after winning three games this week. The Bayou Bengals beat Mississippi State six to two, behind strong pitching from Jared Poche and three RBIs from catcher Michael Papierski. LSU will play tomorrow against the winner of tonight’s game between Florida and Mississippi State.

In the Southland Conference today, McNeese State eliminated UNO 8-4 after a 13-inning battle with the Privateers. Freshman Shane Selman had four hits and 3 RBIs on the day. Selman had a two-out, two run triple in the 13th inning and Collin Kober picked up the win in relief. McNeese will face Southeastern tonight. The Lions blanked the Cowboys 10-0 yesterday.

And UL Lafayette doubled up Texas State four to two in the Sun Bel Tourney. The Cajuns will play again tomorrow against the winner of tonight’s game between Texas State and Arkansas State.

Former Saints defensive coordinator Rob Ryan told Monday Morning Quarterback that the defenses the last two seasons in New Orleans were not his, instead he was forced to try and mimic the Seattle Seawhawks defensive scheme. But Head Coach Sean Payton says it’s silly to think Ryan wasn’t in charge of the defense and added the Black and Gold struggled with fundamentals last season.

Ole Miss athletics director Ross Bjork and chancellor Jeffrey Vitter confirm serious violations have occurred within the Rebels athletic program. 13 of the allegations involve the football team, which is why the school has placed a self-imposed double-digit reduction in scholarships for football. Ole Miss is also asking for the NCAA to delay a hearing with the Committee on Infractions so they can determine if former offensive lineman Laremy Tunsil received improper benefits while playing for the Rebels.

The LSU softball team lost the first game of its super regional series with James Madison by the score of three to two. That means the Tigers will need to win twice tomorrow to advance to the College World Series.

Former Saints defensive coordinator Rob Ryan says the defense on the field in his last two years in New Orleans was not his. In an interview with the Monday Morning Quarterback, Ryan says the Saints tried to copy the Seahawks and blames himself for not telling Coach Sean Payton they should try to do something else. The Saints fired Ryan last November as the team finished next to last in total defense the last two seasons. Payton says it’s silly for Ryan to say he wasn’t in charge of the defense.

LSU Junior left-handed pitcher Jared Poche was on his game last night as the Tigers defeated Mississppi State six to two to advance to Saturday’s semifinals of the SEC Tournament. Poche won his 25th game at LSU as he gave up one earned run. Parker Bugg picked up his fourth save and sophomore catcher Michael Papierski drove in three runs. The Tigers will play tomorrow, the winner of tonight’s game between Mississippi State and Florida.

Louisiana Tech will look to stay alive in the Conference USA Tournament as they face Florida Atlantic this afternoon. The Bulldogs offense ahs been on a role as they’ve scored 10 or more runs in four of their last five games. Today’s meeting against the Owls is the first time Tech has faced F-A-U this year.

In the Southland Conference, UNO and McNeese State play this morning. Southeastern Louisiana plays the winner of that game this afternoon. The Lions blanked McNeese 10-0 yesterday in Sugar Land, Texas. Webb Bobo blasted a three-run homer in the victory.

UL-Lafayette plays Texas State in the Sun Belt Tournament.

The Cajuns softball team lost eight to two to Oklahoma in game one of their super regional series last night. Game two is tonight and LSU begins its Super Regional series with James Madison at two this afternoon.

After two dramatic comebacks, Jared Poche’ set out to give the now-famous rally possum an evening off. This earned LSU a well-deserved Friday off in Hoover. Poche’ stalled top-seeded Mississippi State over 6.2 innings to lead LSU to a 6-2 victory and earn a bye into Saturday’s SEC Tournament semifinals.

Louisiana Tech avoided elimination in the Conference USA Tournament with a 13-3 win over Charlotte. The Bulldogs had a season-high 18 hits and Tech has now scored at least 10 runs in four of the last five games. Casey Sutton threw his third complete game of the season. The Bulldogs play again this afternoon in Hattiesburg.

UNO eliminated Northwestern State from the Southland Tournament as the Privateers took advantage of four Demon errors to score five unearned runs. Northwestern ends its season with a 33-24 record.

Second-seeded Southeastern broke through in the final two innings and pulled out a 10-0 victory over the sixth-seed McNeese in the second round of the 2016 Southland Conference Tournament. With the loss, McNeese must now win out the rest of the way for a chance at the conference tournament championship beginning with UNO. Southeastern continues in the winner’s bracket after improving to 38-18 on the season.

UL-Lafayette did not play Thursday against Texas State, thanks to a nearly three-hour weather delay in the afternoon game between Arkansas State and Troy, followed by another lengthy delay in the following game between UT-Arlington and Georgia Southern.

The UTA-Georgia Southern game was suspended because of lightning. That game will resume at 9 a.m. The Cajuns and Bobcats will play 45 minutes after the UTA-Georgia Southern game or at 11:30 a.m., whichever is later.

For LSU fans who stayed up to watch, it was worth it. In a game that lasted over five hours and ended just before two-am, the LSU Tigers defeated Florida five to three in 14 innings in the SEC Tournament. Jordan Romero snapped out of an 0-for-18 funk at the plate and drilled a pinch-hit single into right field to push across the game-winning run. Jesse Stallings was the other hero in this game. He pitched five scoreless innings of relief to earn his third victory of the season. LSU faces Mississippi State tonight. The winner advances into the semifinals of the SEC Tournament.

Earlier today, Louisiana Tech avoided elimination in the Conference USA Tournament with a 13-3 win over Charlotte. The Bulldogs had a season-high 18 hits and Tech has now scored at least 10 runs in four of the last five games. Casey Sutton threw his third complete game of the season. The Bulldogs play again tomorrow afternoon in Hattiesburg.

UNO eliminated Northwestern State from the Southland Tournament as the Privateers took advantage of four Demon errors to score five unearned runs. Northwestern ends its season with a 33-24 record.

Later tonight, it will be UL Lafayette versus Texas State in a winner’s bracket game of the Sun Belt Tournament. This one may not start until 9 PM, because of weather in San Marcos, Texas.

The UL Lafayette softball team begins its super regional series against Oklahoma tonight. Game one of the best of three series is at 8 PM. The Sooners are 50-7 on the year and they’ve won 25 in a row. The Cajuns have hit 104 homers on the year.

Pelicans star Anthony Davis will miss out on 23-million dollars, because he failed to reach certain clauses in his contract. Davis would have been owed that cash if he was named the league’s MVP, voted a starter in the All-Star game or selected to the All-NBA team. The All NBA team was just announced and A-D is NOT on the squad after missing 21 games due to injury.

It took over five hours to complete and it ended shortly before 2 AM, but it was worth it for the LSU baseball team as the Tigers defeated Florida five to three in 14 innings to advance into the winner’s bracket of the SEC Tournament. Jordan Romero came off the bench and ended an 0-for-18 stretch at the plate, with an RBI single to drive in the go-ahead run. LSU’s Alex Lange started and tied a season high with 11 strikeouts, while Jesse Stallings threw five scoreless innings for his third win of the season. Tonight LSU will play Mississippi State at around 8 PM.

Also tonight, UL Lafayette will face Texas State in a winner’s bracket game of the Sun Belt Tournament. The Cajuns defeated Arkansas State seven to four last night. Kyle Clement’s three-run homer in the eighth inning snapped a a four-four tie.

Also, the UL Lafayette softball team begins its best of three super regional series with Oklahoma tonight at 8 PM.

Louisiana Tech was a 12-3 winner over Charlotte in its Conference USA elimination game. The Bulldogs busted the game open with a five-run second inning. Chase Lunceford and Cody Daigle each hit home runs in this contest. The Bulldogs have scored 10 or more runs in four of their last five games. Tech will play again tomorrow afternoon.

In the Southland, there’s a winner’s bracket game at 4 PM between McNeese and Southeastern Louisiana. The Lions took two of three from the Cowboys last month.

LSU has had many dramatic victories at the SEC Tournament in Hoover, but none took as long as Wednesday night-Thursday morning’s 5-3 win over Florida.
Jordan Romero snapped an 0-for-18 stretch with a single into right field to snap a 3-3 tie in the top of the 14th. Chris Blair on the call on the LSU Sports Radio Network…:
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The victory puts LSU in the winner’s bracket and they’ll face Mississippi State in the late game on Thursday night. But the Tigers will need their rest after this 5-hour, 7-minute contest.

UL-Lafayette also picked up a nice win last night in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament as Senior Kyle Clement’s three run homer in the 8th lifted the Ragin Cajuns to a 7-4 victory over Arkansas State. They’ll face Texas State tonight.

Southeastern Louisiana rallied to stun in-state rival UNO in the first round of the Southland Conference Tournament. The Lions will take on McNeese State today. The Cowboys shut out Northwestern State 3-0 in the tournament’s opening game. The Demons will face UNO in an elimination game this morning.

Louisiana Tech’s ninth-inning comeback against rice in C-USA tourney action feel just short as the Bulldogs dropped the opener 13-12. The Bulldogs face Charlotte this morning at 9am.

Tulane gets back to work today in the ACC tourney as they take on Houston this afternoon. The Green Wave had a day off after beating UCF in the opening round of the tournament Tuesday.

The schedule is set for the NCAA softball Norman Super Regional between No. 3 seeded Oklahoma and No. 14 Louisiana-Lafayette. The Ragin Cajuns and Sooners will play a best of three series today and tomorrow.

Also in a best of three in Harrisonburg Virginia, the LSU softball team takes on James Madison starting tomorrow.

In the bottom of the ninth last night, LSU first baseman Greg Deichmann blasted a solo home to tie the game with Tennessee at four and Kramer Robertson drove a line drive down the left field line to push across the winning run as the Bayou Bengals defeated the Volunteers five to four in the SEC Tournament. The fifth seeded Tigers face fourth seeded Florida tonight, after the Tigers took two of three from the Gators this past weekend.

After sweeping Rice last weekend, Louisiana Tech lost to the Owls in the opening game of the Conference USA Tournament. The final score was 13 to 12. Rice scored nine runs in the second inning, but as Tech Head Coach Greg Goff said, Tech ran out of outs to complete the come back. The Bulldogs will look to avoid elimination tomorrow against either Charlotte or Florida Atlantic.

Tulane is in the winner’s bracket of the American Athletic Conference after beating Central Florida four to three. The Green Wave play again tomorrow.

At the Southland Conference today….Southeastern Louisiana scored twice in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat UNO five to four. Jameson Fisher drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly. Kade Granier earned the victory in relief, his fifth of the season.

So tomorrow in the Southland. it will be Northwestern State and UNO in an elimination game at 9:00 in the morning. The Demons were blanked by McNeese State 3 to 0 today. Cowboys right-hander Kaleb Fontenot threw eight scoreless innings. McNeese will face S-L-U in a winner’s bracket contest at 4 PM.

The Ragin Cajuns play tonight in the Sun Belt Tournament as UL Lafayette faces Arkansas State in San Marcos, Texas. The Cajuns have won six in a row and they are in position to possibly host an NCAA Tournament Regional. First pitch is at 7:30.

LSU’s 2017 football recruiting class continues to grow. Six-foot-five, 315-pound offensive guard Saahdiq Charles has announced he plans to attend LSU. Charles is a New Orleans native, but currently lives near Jackson Mississippi. He’s considered a three-star prospect.

The LSU baseball team battled back from a four to nothing deficit to beat Tennessee five to four last night to avoid elimination from the SEC Tournament. Greg Deichmann tied the game with a home run in the ninth and Kramer Robertson produced another big hit, with his line shot down the left field line to score the winning run. LSU now enters the double elimination portion of the SEC Tournament and they’ll face Florida tonight at around 8:00.

The Southland Tournament gets underway today in Sugar Land, Texas. First up its McNeese versus Northwestern State. The second game of the day is seventh seeded UNO versus 2nd seeded Southeastern Louisiana. The Privateers just took two of three from the Lions about a week and a half ago.

The Ragin Cajuns play tonight in the Sun Belt Tournament as UL Lafayette faces Arkansas State in San Marcos, Texas. The Cajuns have won six in a row and they are in position to possibly host an NCAA Tournament Regional. First pitch is at 7:30.

The NFL owners have once again denied New Orleans another opportunity to host a Super Bowl. The Big Easy put in a bid to host the Super Bowl in 2019, but Altanta got the nod over New Orleans. It begs the question, will the Superdome host another Super Bowl. Former governor and current board member on the LSED, which oversees the dome, Kathleen Blanco believes the iconic facility is still Super Bowl worthy…
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LSU’s 2017 football recruiting class continues to grow. Six-foot-five, 315-pound offensive guard Saahdiq Charles has announced he plans to attend LSU. Charles is a New Orleans native, but currently lives near Jackson Mississippi. He’s considered a three-star prospect. 24-7-sports ranks LSU’s developing recruiting class as the third best in the country.

The NFL has awarded Super Bowl 53 to Atlanta over New Orleans, as the Georgia city received more votes from the league’s owners than the Crescent City. It’s a second consecutive defeat for New Orleans, who also placed a bid to host the Super Bowl in 2018, but lost to Minneapolis. In both cases, New Orleans lost out to cities, who were building new stadiums.

Tonight, LSU faces Tennessee in the SEC Tournament. The Tigers have won 11 of their last 12 games and they’ve put themselves in a position to possibly be a Top 8 National seed and host up until the College World Series. Coach Paul Mainieri says his team is worthy of Top 8 national seed consideration….
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If LSU loseses tonight, they are elimianted from the SEC Tourney, a win, then it’s double-elimination until Saturday of the tournment.

Louisiana Tech and Rice will meet tomorrow in the Conference USA Baseball Tournament. It will be the fourth meeting in the last six days between the two teams as Tech just swept a three-game series from the Owls. The Bulldogs have won 10 of their last 12, since losing a tough heart breaking extra inning game to Texas San Antonio. Shortstop Chandler Hall says the team learned a tough lesson from that loss…
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Louisiana Tech is seeking its first NCAA Tournament berth since 1987.

In other conference baseball action….Tulane faces Central Florida in the first round of the American Athletic Conference tonight. Tomorrow morning, McNeese battles Northwestern State in the Southland Tourney at 9 AM. At noon, it’s UNO versus Southeastern Louisiana.

UL Lafayette is the top seed in the Sun Belt and the Cajuns will play Arkansas State.

We’ll find out today if New Orleans will host a Super Bowl in 2019. A vote by the league’s owners, who are in meeting in Charlotte, is expected after the various cities make their pitches. Atlanta, Tampa Bay and Miami are New Orleans main compeition for Super Bowl 53. Jason La Canfora, with C-B-S Sports-dot-com says the league loves having the game in New Orleans…
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But Atlanta is building a brand new stadium and Miami’s stadium is also undergoing a massive renovation.

Organized Team Activiites begin today for the Saints as it’s the first time they’ll be on the field as the Black and Gold will be able to do some 11-on-11 drills, but no contact is permitted. It’s a chance for some of the new Saints players, like linebacker James Laurinaitis and the recent draft picks, to get used to their new teammates.

LSU begins it’s effort to win a 12th SEC Baseball Tournament championship today as they play Tennessee in the late game in Hoover, Alabama. Freshman left-hander Jake Latz will start on the mound. Coach Paul Mainieri also had the option to use seven-game winner Alex Lange, who last pitched three innings on Thursday. Mainieri says Lange will pitch tomorrow night against Florida, if the Tigers win tonight…
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First pitch tonight is expected around eight o’ clock.

The American Athletic Conference Tournament also begins tonight. Tulane is the top-seed in the double-elimination tournament after losing just one conference series on the season. The Green Wave will face Central Florida in Clearwater, Florida at 6 PM.

UL Lafayette will have a chance to host a regional if they perform well in the Sun Belt Tournament, which starts tomorrow in San Marcos, Texas. The Cajuns faces Arkansas State tomorrow night.