BATON ROUGE — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill once again asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit from the SEC against LSU, saying it is “unclear why the SEC has not dismissed this case.”
In a response supporting LSU’s motion to dismiss, Murrill argued against the SEC’s filing from last week that said LSU’s recruitment of fifth-year, international basketball players constituted expulsion as a “very real threat” and confirmed a lack of institutional control.
The conference cited LSU’s recruitment of former Boston Celtics guard RJ Luis as the school flouting the conference’s professionalism rules. LSU chose not to roster Luis, who was not cleared to play earlier Tuesday, which Murrill uses in her argument to say the men’s basketball roster is not violating any rules…