LSU faces Tennessee in Knoxville tonight

The LSU men (15-4, 3-1) return to action tonight in Knoxville to face Tennessee (12-6, 3-1). Tip-off in Thompson-Boling Arena is at 7pm CT. The game will be regionally televised by Raycom Sports (WAFB-TV Channel 9 in Baton Rouge).

TD.com user "SouthofSouth" provides an excellent scouting report of the Volunteers in this thread on the Tiger Rant.

Per LSUsports.net, only 400 tickets remain for the LSU men’s basketball game against Arkansas in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Saturday’s game against Arkansas has been designated as the celebration of 100 years of LSU Basketball and over 125 former players are expected to be in attendance at the contest. LSU’s All-Century Team will be announced at halftime.

In LSU Baseball news, the baseball team is preparing to move into the new Alex Box Stadium next week. Head coach Paul Mainieri hopes the Tigers will be able to practice in the new facility for the first time on Tuesday, February 3.

According to this article in the T-P, Chad Jones will be with the team when practice begins officially Sunday. Sunday's practice will take place in the old Alex Box Stadium.

You can see the latest pics of the stadium here.

The Tigers, who are ranked No. 1 or 2 in various preseason polls, start the season in the new stadium on February 20 against Villanova at 7pm.

In LSU Football news, LSU is still waiting for an NCAA ruling on defensive tackle Charles Alexander's petition for a sixth year of eligibility. Alexander, who has been plagued with injuries the last two seasons, is expected to be a starter if he is granted an additional year of eligibility.

On the LSU Recruiting front, there is not much to report except that National Signing Day is one week from today. You can get all the latest recruiting scoop on our Recruiting Board.

Have a good day and Geaux Tigers.