University of Louisiana NCAA News

State fell to 10-17 on the season with a 4-8 Sun Belt record. ULL improved to 15-12 with a 9-4 league record.

With usual starting power forward Darshawn McClellan unexpectedly out Thursday due to strep throat, starting center Kadeem Coleby wound up playing 40 minutes and usual backup power forward J.J. Thomas ended up logging 36 in UL's overtime loss to Arkansas-Little Rock.

Louisiana-Lafayette guard Elfrid Payton shoots over University of Arkansas at Little rock guard D'Andre Williams during their game in college basketball at the Cajundome Thursday, Feb.

It's settled down somewhat, with either Bryant Mbamalu or Josh Brown leading UL in scoring in each of its last four games.

UL plays North Texas in a basketball game Wednesday night at the Cajundome in Lafayette.

Three days after U.S. prosecutors dropped their investigation of doping claims against Lance Armstrong, fellow Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 title when sports' highest court rejected the Spanish cyclist's story that contaminated meat caused him to fail a drug test.

UL takes on Houston Baptist Friday night during the Beryl Shipley Classic at the Cajundome.

Louisville makes an appearance at #24 in the AP Top 25 poll this week, one of two new teams.

The city of Montgomery now has a visual of what its about 190,000 square feet in the for mer... Mother-of-seven Stacy Harris has turned her hus band's love for hunting into a career as an author.

If the Cajuns were to sign him now, however, he'd count toward last year's scholarship totals - and after putting Ole Miss/Jacksonville State transfer Darius "Tig" Barksdale on its 2011-12 academic year tally, UL is maxed out going backward at 25.

He went 0-for-4 in a win at UL Monroe the prior Saturday, and three games before that - in a Jan.

Denver player Chris Udofia watches has UL player Kadeem Coleby blocks his shot during the last seconds of regulation during their game in college basketball at the Cajundome Thursday, Feb.

Only three games remain in the lifespan of Sartain Hall. The arena, which has been home to the Troy Trojans basketball team since 1962, will be decommissioned after this season and replaced by the new $31 million Trojan Arena.

LAFAYETTE, La.A -A Elfrid Payton scored 20 points, including the last three of the game, as Louisiana-Lafayette rallied for a 72-71 overtime victory over the University of Denver on Thursday night.

Notes: No. 86 outside linebacker in the country according to ESPN Scout Inc ... All-District 5-4A Defensive Most Valuable Player, Class 4A first-team All-State and All-Acadiana Defensive Most Valuable Player ... According to ESPN.com in the preseason: "Very good athletic traits to develop into a tackling machine at linebacker." ... Had 137 tackles, ... (more)

The final weekend of UL's Class of 2012 recruiting effort was a big one for the Ragin' Cajuns, who... There's a theory that seasons with end with dramatic bowl wins don't pay off in the recruiting wars until the following year.

UL's Raymone Andrews and Darshawn McClellan crowd North Texas' Tony Mitchell as he looks for an opening during a basketball game Wednesday night at the Cajundome in Lafayette.Leslie Westbrook/lwestbrook@theadvertiser.com Led by senior Brian Stafford - who leads the Sun Belt Conference in not only scoring at 14.8 points per game, but also 3-point ... (more)

Members and their humans of the Krewe des Chiens, or the Krewe of the Dog, will be holding the 14th... Hear football coach Mark Hudspeth, right, signs a helmet for fan Zac Favaloro, 11, left, during the UL Football Signing Day Celebration at the Moncla Indoor Practice Facility in Lafayette on Wednesday.

The final weekend of UL's Class of 2012 recruiting effort was a big one for the Ragin' Cajuns, who... UL's Lance Kelley during a game Sept.

Smith transferred to UL from the University of Arkansas, where in 2008 he started two games as a true freshman before sustaining a season-ending hand injury that led to him being redshirted.