64 college baseball teams wake up today, five wins away from reaching the College World Series. The NCAA Baseball Tournament begins today and there are six teams from Louisiana.

The defending national champion LSU Tigers are in North Carolina where they’ll face Wofford at 11 AM. LSU has won 18 of it last 24 and the Tigers are seeking their 20th College World Series appearance.

Wofford is making its second appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

Louisiana Tech takes on Kansas State tonight in the opening round of the Fayetteville Regional. The Wildcats plan to start senior Owen Boerema on the mound. He’s six and three with a 4.91 ERA. Bulldogs Coach Lane Burroughs says Boerema is a tough left-handed pitcher
Cut 18 (17) “…competitive kid.”

Here are the other NCAA Baseball Tournament games involving teams from Louisiana. Grambling will face Texas A-and-M at noon today in the College Station Regional. The Ragin Cajuns will take on Texas at 5 PM.

In the Corvallis Regional…Nicholls versus UC Irvine at 3 PM and Tulane will visit Oregon State on ESPN U.

Saints legend Drew Brees will be inducted into the team’s hall of fame this year. In his 15 years in New Orleans, Brees led the NFL in passing seven times and threw for over five-thousand yards five times. When Brees came to the Saints prior to the 2006 season, there was a major concern about his throwing shoulder as he injured it badly in his final season in San Diego…
cut 17 (16) “…secret weapon”
The date of Brees induction into the Saints Hall of Fame has not been announced but some have suggested a Thursday night in October when Sean Peyton returns to the Superdome as the coach of the Denver Broncos.