Kansas’ national title defense ended in the second round of NCAA Tournament on Saturday when Arkansas’ Ricky Council IV made five free throws in the closing seconds and the eighth-seeded Razorbacks beat the No. 1 seed Jayhawks 72-71.
By The Associated Press and TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer
Fairleigh Dickinson became the second No. 16 seed in history to win an NCAA Tournament game, stunning top-seeded Purdue 63-58 behind 19 points from Sean Moore and a relentless, hustling defense on Friday night.
The LSU Tigers women’s basketball team opened up the NCAA tournament with a 73-50 win over Hawai’i on Friday night behind an impressive 34-point, and 15-rebound performance from star forward Angel Reese.
On Thursday, KPLC 7 Sports Director Matthew Travis had the opportunity to sit down with new McNeese men's basketball head coach Will Wade to discuss a plethora of topics including his expectations for the Cowboys, his coaching staff, his suspension, recruiting restrictions, and much more.
We are still six months away from the start of the 2023 season for McNeese football, but the Cowboys are hard at work getting ready for the second season under coach Goff, and so far, coach Goff has liked what he’s seen out of his team in their spring practices.
In their final game ahead of conference play beginning on Friday, the McNeese Cowgirls took on Houston at Cowgirl Diamond and sent fans home early as they run-ruled the Cougars 9-1 in five innings
Jace Moody, the son of Sam Houston tennis head coach Jason Moody, made his college decision official on Wednesday afternoon as he signed his National Letter of Intent to play tennis at Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Alabama.
After being introduced as the 12th head coach of the McNeese men’s basketball team, Will Wade, and McNeese Director of Athletics Heath Schroyer met with the media to discuss their expectations, Wade’s ongoing investigation, and more.
The New Orleans Saints and quarterback Jameis Winston are finalizing a deal to remain in the Big Easy according to CBS Senior NFL Insider Josina Anderson.
LSU right-handed pitcher Thatcher Hurd and first baseman Jared Jones earned SEC baseball weekly honors, the league office announced on Monday, March 13.
Will Wade has been hired as the next head coach for the McNeese men’s basketball coach. The announcement came Sunday after McNeese announced Wednesday that head coach John Aiken was let go.
The LSU Tigers have earned a Top 16 seed for the second time under head coach Kim Mulkey. LSU will host the first and second rounds at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
The Crimson Tide was awarded the top spot Sunday over Kansas and Houston, each of whom exited their conference tournaments without the titles and missing key cogs on their teams.
McNeese baseball began their weekend series with Prairie View A&M on Friday, and it was a great start to the weekend for the Pokes behind Grant Rogers as McNeese blanked the Panthers to win game one 9-0.
LSU junior Haleigh Bryant was electric in the final meet of the regular season on Friday, March 10, as she helped the No. 6 Tigers get their sixth-straight win.
Christian Shumate broke a 33-year-old Southland Conference Tournament record, and for that reason amongst others, he is this week's KPLC 7 Sports Person of the week.
It’s year number two for the LSU football team under head coach Brian Kelly. The Tigers held their first practice of spring football early Thursday, March 9.
After the announcement that McNeese men's basketball head coach John Aiken had been let go of on Wednesday morning, Director of Athletics Heath Schroyer met with a small group of media members to discuss the decision, where McNeese goes following the decision, and also the rumors regarding former LSU head coach Will Wade, which tie him to the Cowboys' new opening.
The Saints ranked first in the league with an A+ grade for how it handles travel for away games. They received high marks for first-class seating and giving their players enough space and individual downtime before away games.
After McNeese’s season came to an end on Tuesday night with a loss to Texas A&M - Corpus Christi in the Southland Conference Tournament semi-finals, Cowboys’ head coach John Aiken addressed the rumors about his future in Lake Charles.
Despite Christian Shumate’s heroics as he went for an impressive 30 points and 15 rebounds, the Cowboys struggled to get anything going and fell to the Islanders 80-63, and with it, their season came to an end.
McNeese beat New Orleans 87-82 in overtime in their first game of the 2023 Southland Conference Tournament on Monday, and with it they advanced to the second round, where Tuesday they would have a date with a team they struggled with in a big way this season; Lamar.
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