Privateers Win Home Debut

Playing its first home game as the rebranded LSU New Orleans, the Privateers defeat Loyola New Orleans, 90-65.

Back to the LSU System

Today, UNO officially returns to the LSU system and rebrands as LSU-New Orleans.

Anyway, presented without further comment:

Privateers Dominate Tar Heels... For a Few Minutes

Remember this?  For a brief time, the Privateers had Dean Smith and North Carolina on the run in the 1996 NCAA Tournament.

It was glorious.  Until around the first media timeout.  Enjoy this video up until around the 5:10 mark or, if you're feeling adventurous, the 10:10 mark.  After that, you should stop watching because who really needs that much basketball?  The first 10:10 is fine.

Glimpse of Privateers in 1984 CWS

As the 2026 College World Series plays out, let's look back 42 (!!) years to the 1984 CWS, which saw the New Orleans Privateers become the first team from Louisiana to make it to Omaha.

Here's a brief (and sad) snippet, with UNO one strike away from being one of the last four standing. Then Pete Incaviglia of Oklahoma State ruined everything. Check it out at the 26:50 mark.

One Shining Privateer

The "One Shining Moment" montage at the end of each NCAA basketball national championship game is now an institution.

But did you know there's brief Privateer representation in the very first one, from 1987?  It was the tournament in which UNO scored the only NCAA tourny win in school history. The clip, though, quite obviously came from New Orleans' 101-76 loss to Alabama in Round 2.

Spot it, and win free season tickets for this upcoming season!  Just kidding, do we look rich?  But you WILL win the title of "Super Bestest Privateer Fan," and that plus 4 bucks will get you a cup of coffee.