1140 Sportscast 5/26

The LSU baseball team is one and done in Hoover, Alabama for the SEC tournament.  The Tigers suffered a 4-1 loss to the Georgia Bulldogs in the single elimination round.  All of the scoring occurred in the first inning as LSU put up one in the top of the first before Georgia responded with four runs.  LSU will now have to hope that their performance this season was good enough for an NCAA tournament birth.

The Ragin Cajuns baseball team is ready for the Sun Belt tournament.  The tournament’s format is different, as the 12 conference teams are in four pools or divisions, with three teams each.  The team with the best record in that pool after two games will advance to the semi-finals. Coach Matt Deggs on the round-robin format.

Cut 17 (20) “might not matter”

The Conference USA Baseball Tournament starts today at J-C Love Field at Pat Patterson Park in Ruston.  Louisiana Tech is scheduled to face UTSA today. Bulldogs coach  Burroughs says hosting the tournament will help them this week, it will also benefit the program down the road as players from around the league will get to see their new park

Cut 20 (19) “long way”

Tulane has advanced into the winner’s bracket of the American Athletic Conference Championship after beating Houston four to one. The Green Wave’s next game is Thursday against Wichita State.

The New Orleans Pelicans pick tenth in the NBA draft unless they do well in the lottery. They have a four-percent chance of landing the top pick and a 20-percent chance of getting a top-four pick.