The LSU Baseball team will host Stony Brook, Arizona State and Southern Miss in the Baton Rouge Regional this weekend. Shortstop Josh Smith says it looks like a tough regional….
cut 17 (15) “…to it”
LSU will face Stony Brook on Friday night in a rematch of the 2012 Super Regionals that was won by the Seawolves. The Sun Devils are the two seed and they lead the country with 91 home runs. The Golden Eagles are the three seed and they are led by Matt Wallner and his 21 home runs.

McNeese State is a three seed in the Nashville Regional and the Cowboys will face Indiana State at noon. It’s the Cowboys fifth NCAA Regional appearance and the first since 2013. The other two teams in that regional are top seeded Vanderbilt and Ohio State is the four seed.

The Southern Jaguars are in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 10 years and they’ll play Mississippi State at noon on Friday at Dudy Noble Field. The Jaguars won just nine games last season and second-year coach Kerrick Jackson is proud to bring a winner back to Southern….
cut 19 (23) “…our team”
The other two teams in the Starkville Regional are Central Michigan and Miami.

LSU’s Skylar Mays and Marlon Taylor have reportedly removed their names from NBA draft consideration. Mays averaged 13 points and two steals a game last season and Taylor averaged seven points and four rebounds. Emmit Williams could also return, tomorrow is the deadline to do so.