LSU Tigers NCAA Basketball News

For the "Freshman Impact" series, Insider's college basketball and recruiting experts will be teaming up to examine how 15 of the nation's best recruiting classes will fit in with their teams in the 2013-14 season.

Ralston Turner's redshirt season was trying. As a transfer from LSU, Turner couldn't contribute to N.C. State in 2012-13. Watching rather than playing proved difficult.

Terrell County needed to finish at least third in the 1,600-meter relay to slide past Commerce - which didn't have an entry in the final race - and snatch the state championship.

The class includes Jarrell Martin , Jordan Mickey , John Odo , Tim Quarterman , Brian Bridgewater and 7' Center Darcy Malone of Australia.

State got a commitment from 6-8 Oak Hill forward Lennard Freeman . This means State will enter next year with five freshmen, two sophomores, a JUCO transfer and Ralston Turner, a junior transfer from LSU.

I've spent this past season playing professionally in Paris, France. It's been a lot of fun indulging in the Parisian culture.

Jalen Courtney, who has spent the past three seasons at Southeastern Conference member LSU, has signed an athletic scholarship agreement with the Morehead State men's basketball program.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office says a 23-month-old boy is now listed in critical but stable condition after an early morning shooting in which four others also were wounded.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- LSU's Jalen Courtney tries to score against the South Carolina Gamecocks in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center Wednesday, Jan.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office says a 23-month-old boy is now listed in critical but stable condition after an early morning shooting in which four others also were wounded.