LSU Sports Weekend Roundup: Maineri stays, Miles at NBA Finals
The inaugural LSU Sports Weekend Roundup is here, providing you with all the LSU highlights and stories you may have missed throughout the week. Sit back, relax and Geaux Tigers!
The Tigers’ wild week in sports began with the LSU baseball team being eliminated from postseason play. LSU was swept 2-0 by the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers in walkoff single fashion, ending one of the most exciting runs during the Paul Mainieri era and officially burying the LSU Rally Possum.
Speaking of Mainieri, the ten-year coach had a flirtation with the University of Texas for seemingly a day, before decided to remain as the LSU baseball coach. Naturally, Twitter reacted in all manner of human emotion.
Eight LSU baseball players were drafted during the Major League Baseball draft, including Jake Fraley to the Tampa Bay Rays at pick No. 77, the last pick of the first day. Seven Tigers were taken on day three of the MLB Draft, including Jared Poche’, Jesse Stallings, Cole Freeman, Riley Smith, Greg Deichmann, Parker Bugg and Kramer Robertson.
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Fraley and Smith have opted to sign with their respective clubs, while Deichmann, Robertson and Freeman have declared they are returning for the 2017 baseball season.
LSU will now allow opposing marching bands to perform at halftime of football games in the future.
Former LSU basketball star Ben Simmons reportedly finally met with the Philadelphia 76ers, possessors of the No. 1 pick in next week’s NBA Draft, per Philly.com. There had been speculation that Simmons and his representation were deliberately avoiding meeting with the Sixers, in an attempt to have the club pass on drafting him in hopes Simmons would land with the Los Angeles Lakers at the No. 2 pick.
LES BEING LES! The inaugural LSU Sports Weekend Roundup wouldn’t be complete without some Mad Hatter shenanigans. Miles and the family attended Game 6 of the NBA Finals, as part of a surprise Father’s Day trip.
I'm in Cleveland for game 6..Fathers day gift ....Geaux Cavs
— Les Miles (@CoachLesMiles) June 16, 2016
LSU Sports News and Notes from Around FanSided
Different Year, Same Questions for QB Harris and LSU [Big Easy Believer – Jarred Smith]
"Purdue transfer Danny Etling was brought in to push Harris for the starting position, but it seems that Les Miles is comfortable with Harris taking the field against Wisconsin on September 3rd in Lambeau Field.Quite honestly, Harris being the starter should come as no surprise."
LSU baseball: Paul Mainieri stays, Twitter reacts [Death Valley Voice – Andrew Alexander]
Philadelphia 76ers’ Draft Decision Made Easy by LeBron James [The Sixer Sense – Jaylen Young]
SEC Super Regional Weekend: The Good, The Bad and the Super Bad [Southbound and Down – Ben Richardson]
LSU, Florida and Kentucky Athletics Make us Proud [Southbound and Down – John Richardson]
"While the NCAA at first ruled this act to be inappropriate and against the rules, they later gave in to the public outcry and gave Fournette their approval. The jersey raised $101,000 — making it the most ever generated by an auction by an active college student-athlete"
More LSU Sports News From Around the Internet
LSU’s Leonard Fournette, celebrity daught Lyric: How fatherhood transformed college football’s best player [The Advocate – Ross Dellenger]
"Lyric is now a healthy, 18-pound 17-month-old, more important to her father than any touchdown, more sacred than any victory. He holds her closer than that football you see him carry across the gridiron, wraps his bulging arms around her skinny frame, clutches her tiny hand with his massive mitts."
LSU coach Les Miles suprised with NBA Finals trip for Father’s Day [ESPN – video]
Leonard Fournette’s 2016 historic game-by-game record watch [NOLA.com – slideshow]
Hope you enjoyed the inaugural LSU Sports Weekend Roundup and Happy Father’s Day!