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Women’s basketball team gets ready for NCAA tourney, tickets on sale

By The Daily Reveille
March 11, 2012

After a second-place run in the Southeastern Conference tournament a week ago, the LSU women's basketball team is preparing to make some noise on the national level in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament,...

Junior Kaitlin Burns strikes a serve in her singles match Sunday against Auburn.

Tennis: Tigers, Lady Tigers split results for weekend matches

By Ian Fontenot
Sports Contributor
March 11, 2012

The LSU men's tennis team traveled to the state of Alabama this weekend for a pair of matches against two Western division rivals, No. 27 Auburn and Alabama. The Tigers started their road trip with a dominating...

LSU guard Anthony Hickey (1) falls out of bounds Friday during LSU’s 60-51 loss to Kentucky in New Orleans. Vanderbilt went on to upset the Wildcats, 71-64, on Sunday.

Men’s Basketball: Valiant LSU effort falls short in SEC quarterfinals

By Chris Abshire
Sports Writer
March 11, 2012

NEW ORLEANS — Big Blue left the LSU men's basketball team feeling blue Friday afternoon. The Tigers (18-14) gave a valiant effort but couldn't overcome a relentless No. 1 Kentucky (31-1) squad, falling...

Gymnastics: No. 9 LSU bests Iowa despite falls on beam

By Rowan Kavner
Sports Contributor
March 11, 2012

Vaulting on the road meant vaulting in the standings for the No. 9 LSU gymnastics team. The Tigers tied their second-highest score on the vault with a 49.375 against Iowa on Friday, propelling LSU to its...

Track and Field: LSU places in top five at NCAA meet

When the dust settled Saturday night on the Jacksons Indoor Track at the Idaho Center in Nampa, Idaho, two teams stood above the rest. Neither hailed from Baton Rouge. Florida and Arkansas took first and...

Men’s Basketball: Vanderbilt beats Kentucky in SEC championship game

By The Associated Press
March 11, 2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — John Calipari said from the time he arrived in the Big Easy that he didn't like conference tournaments. After top-ranked Kentucky endured three tough games in as many days with...

Baseball: Notre Dame defeats LSU 7-1

By Luke Johnson
Sports Writer
March 11, 2012

Notre Dame snapped No. 13 LSU's eight-game winning streak 7-1 on Sunday afternoon behind a solid performance by sophomore pitcher Sean Fitzgerald. Although he came into the game with a 9.82 ERA, the right-hander...

Sophomore JaCoby Jones swings the bat Friday.

Baseball: Tigers end eight-game winning streak against Notre Dame

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
March 11, 2012

LSU coach Paul Mainieri wasn't satisfied with his team's offensive performance in a 6-4 victory against Michigan on Saturday, and Sunday was more of the same. This time, it resulted in a loss. Mainieri...

Baseball: No. 13 LSU uses big sixth inning for 6-4 victory against Michigan

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
March 10, 2012

  Michigan pitcher Matt Ogden was one pitch away, on two separate occasions, from escaping the seventh inning with a tied game intact. But Ogden couldn't get the final out he needed, walking batters...

LSU football coach Les Miles calls out names for the “Big Cat” drill Thursday at the Tigers’ spring practice. Linebacker Ronnie Feist pinned running back Kenny Hilliard during the drill.

Football: Ford watches practice from sideline, Isom completes tryout

By Alex Cassara
Sports Contributor
March 9, 2012

As the LSU football team continued to get into shape Thursday at spring practice, one veteran was stuck watching on the sideline. After leading the Tiger running backs with 755 yards last season, junior...

LSU guard Anthony Hickey (1) scores past the defense of Kentucky forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (14) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the second round of the 2012 Southeastern Conference tournament at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Friday, March 9, 2012.

Men’s Basketball: Tigers fall to No. 1 Kentucky 60-51 in SEC Tournament

By Chris Abshire
Sports Writer
March 9, 2012

NEW ORLEANS — Big Blue Nation left the LSU men's basketball team feeling blue Friday afternoon. The Tigers (18-14) gave one of their most valiant efforts, but couldn't overcome a relentless No. 1...

Baseball: LSU looks to push win streak to 10

By Luke Johnson
Sports Writer
March 9, 2012

The matchups had to look intriguing for fans when they looked at No. 13 LSU's baseball schedule early this season. Two of the more iconic northern athletic institutions — Michigan (6-6) and Notre...