Author: Cory Diaz, Lafayette Daily Advertiser

Dawn Staley and South Carolina women’s basketball were foes with Cori Close and UCLA. But Close said Staley showed her class during Sweet 16 game.

Seimone Augustus, who led LSU to three Final Fours before becoming a WNBA and Olympic champion, was immortalized with a statue on campus Sunday.

Ed Orgeron and LSU parted ways in October amid a string of lopsided losses and a federal lawsuit over how the team handled sexual assault complaints.