The LSU Tigers are seeded sixth in the NCAA Baseball Tournament, which means they will not only host the regionals, but they will also host the Super Regionals. Coach Jay Johnson expected to receive a national seed…
The Tigers open the Baton Rouge Regional by hosting Little Rock, who has the lowest RPI among the teams in the Field of 64. The Trojans are 24-32 and they received an automatic bid into the tournament by winning the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament as an eight-seed. That game will start on Friday at 2 PM.
The other two teams in the Baton Rouge Regional are Dallas Baptist and Rhode Island. The Patriots are the two seed and they are Conference USA Regular season champions.
Loyola of New Orleans’ historic season came to an end yesterday with a nine to eight loss to the Cumberlands Patriots in the NAIA World Series. The Wolf Pack trailed nine to nothing, but they fought back and made it a one run game in the eighth inning. Loyola’s season ends with a 42-18 record.
Unbeaten LSU Shreveport rallied from a two-run deficit to beat defending national champion Hope International six to three. The victory keeps the 56-and-0 Pilots in the winner’s bracket. Draven Zeigler struck out ten hitters in seven innings to improve his record to 13-0. LSU-Shreveport’s next game is tomorrow night.
The SEC Spring meetings start today. Revenue sharing with student-athletes, a possible nine-game schedule in football and the future of the college football playoff are the big topics. Commissioner Greg Sankey said yesterday he’s not settled on a preferred format. For the upcoming season, we do know that the 12 teams that make the CFP will be seeded one through 12 and the top four seeds will receive a bye.