The only LSU player selected during day two of the Major League Baseball Draft is sophomore left-hander Nick Bush who was drafted in the eight round by the Colorado Rockies. Bush boasted an ERA of 3.40 in 47.2 innings this past season.

No LSU baseball players were selected in the first seven rounds of the Major League Baseball Draft, which is good news for Coach Paul Mainieri. Zack Hess, Zach Watson and Antoine Duplantis are draft eligible and if they were selected high enough and received a big enough signing bonus, they may decide to end their college career and play professional baseball.

An LSU signee was drafted in the first round last night. Shortstop Brice Turang of California was selected with the 21st overall pick by the Milwaukee Brewers. It was considered a long shot that Turang would end up on LSU’s campus. He’s been compared to former LSU standout Alex Bregman.

Ragin Cajuns pitcher Hogan Harris was selected in the third round today by the Oakland Athletics. He’s been listed as a Top 150 prospect. And Tulane outfielder Grant Witherspoon went in the fourth round to the Tampa Bay Rays after hitting .330 with 12 home runs and 53 RBIs. And Southland Conference Player of the Year, Northwestern State’s David Fry was picked by the Milwaukee Brewers in the seventh round.

The Super Regional Series are set and the nation’s number four national seed Ole Miss is not among the 16 teams left. The Rebels were defeated twice yesterday by the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles, winning game 15-5 and the night cap 3-2.

Georgia also failed to make the super regionals are losing twice to Duke.

The Sun Belt Conference has changes to the format of its mens and women’s basketball tournament. And the tourney will move to the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans in 2020.