The NCAA Baseball Tournament begins today and there are great storylines involving the four teams from Louisiana in the tournament. LSU players are looking to send coach Paul Mainieri out in style as the 63-year-old has announced this is his last season. Tigers’ first baseman Tre Morgan…
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LSU faces Gonzaga at 9 PM tonight.

McNeese is representing the city of Lake Charles and Southwest Louisiana which has been through so much since Hurricane Laura nearly flattened the region. The Cowboys will take on TCU at 6 PM tonight.

Southern is in the NCAA Tournament after losing seven in a row in April, but they beat Jackson State, who was undefeated in SWAC play to reach a regional under first-year coach Chris Crenshaw. The Jags take on Texas at 1 PM today.

Louisiana Tech junior left-hander Jonathan Fincher will start on the mound tonight for the Bulldogs who will host Rider at 6 PM in the first-ever regional game in the city of Ruston. Tech Coach Lane Burroughs on why he went with the seven-game winner…
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The former Byrd High standout is 7-and-3 with a 3.12 ERA.

LSU hitting coach Eddie Smith has found a new job as he’s been named the new head coach at Utah Valley. He takes over a program that won just ten games this past season.

LSU will reportedly hire Arkansas offensive line coach Brad Davis as its new o-line coach. Davis is from Baton Rouge and 2020 was his first season in Fayetteville. Previously, he was the offensive line coach at Missouri for two years.