The NCAA prohibits student athletes from receiving bribes or “extra benefits” to play sports, but former LSU and NBA star Shaquille O'Neal has just publicly admitted he was "Paid very well" to play basketball for the Tigers.
In front of packed and raucous crowd at the P-Mac, the LSU Tigers narrowly lost to the #1 Kentucky Wildcats 71-69 in a game that came down to the brink.
The 2014-15 LSU Men's Basketball team is hoping to return to the NCAA Tournament in 2015. The Tigers are led by two sophomores, Jordan Mickey and Jarell Martin.
Texas A&M hadn't won in Baton Rouge in 41 years and had never won in the Pete Maravich Center before Saturday. That all changed when LSU blew a late lead down the stretch against the Aggies.
Governor Bobby Jindal has made a request of the LSU Athletic Department to honor one of the university's greatest basketball players. As you might imagine, the biggest issue is money.