After a tough loss in Houston last night, the Pelicans visit the Minnesota Timberwolves tonight, while Oklahoma City hosts Portland. New Orleans can clinch a playoff spot in the Western Conference, if they beat the Timberwolves and the Thunder lose to the Trail Blazers. Russell Westbrook will play for O-K-C as his 16th technical foul that he picked up last night, which could have led to a one-game suspension, has been rescinded by the NBA.

Tonight on the SEC Network, LSU basketball fans will want to watch “Shaq and Dale” which is a documentary on the special relationship between Shaquille O’ Neal and Dale Brown. ESPN’s Hannah Storm directed it and country music star Tim McGraw handles the narration.

The Sun Belt released its men’s and women’s basketball conference schedules today. For a second straight year, each team will play a 20-game conference schedule and men’s and women’s basketball games will be played as doubleheaders.

The LSU Tigers took two of three from Auburn this past weekend to improve to 10-and-5 in SEC play. Three LSU pitchers held Auburn in check during a six to two victory yesterday. Parker Bugg and Jesse Stallings each gave up a run in relief, but Zac Person picked up the win by throwing three shutout innings. Person says he received some good advice from pitching coach Alan Dunn before making his first start of the season…
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