Today is the 30th anniversary of one of the most iconic moments in LSU baseball and College World Series history. In the 1996 College World Series championship against Miami, the Tigers were down 8-7, with two outs and a runner on third, when second baseman Warren Morris stepped up to the plate. Morris roped a two-run walk-off homer over the right field wall to win the Tigers’ third national championship.
The walk-off homer is still the only one in the history of the College World Series championship game. Morris had not hit a homer all year. He was batting ninth after a wrist surgery he had just two weeks before the start of the tournament, but he told coach Skip Bertman something was different that day.
Six teams punched their tickets to the Men’s College World Series over the weekend. West Virginia, Troy, UNC and Ole Miss will make up one half of the bracket while Texas and Georgia await results from two suspended matchups between Alabama and St. John’s and Oklahoma and Kansas.
LSU women’s basketball players Mikaylah Williams and MiLaysia Fulwiley earned gold with Team USA at the FIBA 3-on-3 World Cup. Williams hit a game-winning 2-pointer against Australia to take the 21-20 win in the finals. She was also named the MVP of the tournament.
A Lubbock County Court judge granted Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby a temporary injunction against the NCAA, allowing him to play this season. Sorsby faced penalties from the NCAA after placing numerous bets on college football games, some of which on his own team. The injunction states he will be suspended the first two games of the season. Sorsby was a top portal target for Lane Kiffin and the Tigers before LSU signed Arizona State transfer Sam Leavitt.