| One day soon, an LSU road trip to Texas in any sport will no longer seem so exotic. Texas and Oklahoma are slated to join the Southeastern Conference for the 2024-25 academic year. For now, though, LSU baseball's trip to Texas has an interesting vibe. We're aill still trying to figure out if the Tigers are really worth their consensus preseason No. 1 ranking, and the Longhorns figure to provide a good litmus test. The game in Austin wraps up LSU's four-game Texas road trip after winning two of three in nearby Round Rock, Texas, over the weekend. Click here to check out the game's particulars. Click here to see if LSU is still No. 1 in the polls after that loss over the weekend to Iowa (no, we're not going to tell you). From baseball we go to football, where cornerback Sevyn Banks made an apparently stealthy decision to make himself available for the NFL Draft. Banks apparently made his choice weeks ago but never publicly announced anything. The regular season ended in amazing fashion for the LSU women's basketball team, which beat Mississippi State 74-59 Sunday before a paid crowd of 15,721 that set a record for any sporting event in the 50-year old arena. It's been a stunningly swift surge back to relevancy for the Tigers under second-year coach Kim Mulkey, who has them 27-1 overall heading into this week's SEC Tournament and at least in the conversation for a No. 1 NCAA regional seed. As we said, amazing. It was an emotional farewell for Mulkey and LSU's seniors Sunday, though likely a farewell that comes with a curtain call or two. LSU is a virtual lock to get to host NCAA first- and second-round games at the PMAC in March. Also check out where LSU is ranked in this week's AP poll (again, you're going to have to click — we're not telling you). We will give you one and let you know that forward Angel Reese was SEC co-player of the week yet again Monday, her seventh such honor this season. Maybe it would be more newsworthy when she isn't SEC player of the week. Finally, we've got news and notes from the suddenly upward-trending LSU gymnastics team, with details on this week's hometown "road" meet at the Raising Cane's River Center, LSU's new rankings both team and individual and an update (of sorts) on all-arounder KJ Johnson and her broken foot. That's a lot of stuff right there, but that's the early spring for you. Certainly something for everyone. Thanks for subscribing and for reading. If we had a poll, obviously, shamelessly, we'd vote you No. 1. And you. And you, too, over there. Until next time, Scott Rabalais | 