At 11 AM, the NCAA Baseball Regionals will be announced. LSU has been announced as a host site. They are one of six from the SEC that will host, the others are Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Mississippi State and Ole Miss. The Rebels secured their host spot by making it to the SEC Tournament Championship game before they lost to Vanderbilt 11 to 10.

It’s the seventh time in eight years that LSU will host a regional.

The other three teams that will be in the Baton Rouge Regional will be announced at 11 AM. McNeese State could be one of those teams, the Cowboys have received an automatic bid as they won the Southland Conference Tournament by beating Central Arkansas Four to two. McNeese ran through the Southland Toruney by winning four straight and only giving up eight runs in the tournament. Senior Aidan Anderson was named conference Tournament MVP.

Southern will also be in the NCAA Tournament as they won the SWAC Tourney over a week ago.

UL Lafayette athletics director Bryan Maggard says he expects baseball coach Tony Robichaux will be back next season. The Cajuns just suffered through their first losing season since 2012. Robichaux just completed his 25th season and for the first time in his coaching career in Lafayette, the Cajuns are not headed to an NCAA Regional for a third consecutive year.

House approved Fantasy sports regulation is halfway to final passage as a bill that would tax the activity will soon receive a hearing in a Senate committee. As it stands, the tax rate for fantasy sports is currently at 15 percent, which Fairness for Fantasy Sports spokesperson Ryan Berni says would be the highest in the nation.
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Opponents argue it’s a lower rate than what other gaming activities in the state must pay.