Louisiana Tech will begin its run through the NCAA Tournament on Friday night at J-C Love Field at Pat Patterson Park when they host Rider at 6 PM. Bulldogs Coach Lane Burroughs says his message to the team is to play loose, just like in the Conference USA Tournament…
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Tech’s team batting average of .308 is one of the best in the country, but do they have enough pitching. The Bulldogs team ERA has swelled to 4.82.

LSU Baseball Coach Paul Mainieri says Landon Marceaux will be the Tigers starting pitcher for their first game at the Eugene Regional against Gonzaga on Friday night. The Bulldogs are expected to counter with Alex Jacob, who has a 2.82 ERA.

One of the best stories in the NCAA Baseball Tournament is the McNeese Cowboys. The team has overcome a devastating hurricane, a paralyzing winter storm, and a historic flood at the end of the season to earn a spot at the Fort Worth regional along with TCU, Oregon State, and Dallas Baptist. Pokes Head Coach Justin Hill says his team is here due to his players’ positive mindset.
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The Cowboys will take on TCU at 6 PM Friday on ESPN 3.

Nicholls has announced that Seth Thibodaux has resigned as the school’s baseball coach after eleven seasons. The Colonels were 21 and 34 this season and missed out on the postseason for the second consecutive year.

In football, former LSU tight end Arik Gilbert has committed to Georgia. He briefly committed to Florida after leaving the Tigers during his freshman season.

Despite a 13-17 record in the SEC, LSU received an invite into the NCAA Tournament and is the third seed in the Eugene Regional and will face Gonzaga on Friday night. There was some doubt that LSU would receive a Regional after losing to Georgia in its lone SEC Tournament game. LSU pitcher Landon Marceaux is excited their season continues and so does the coaching career of Paul Mainieri, who has announced his retirement…
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Oregon and Central Connecticut are the other two teams in the Regional. The Ducks are a 14-seed nationally.

Louisiana Tech is a 16-seed nationally and they will host North Carolina State, Alabama and Rider this weekend. The Bulldogs will play the Broncos on Friday.

The McNeese baseball team is heading to Forth Worth, Texas for regional play after winning the Southland Conference tournament. Lake Charles was hit hard by Hurricane Laura last fall and head coach Justin Hill says his team had to overcome many obstacles.
Cut 18 (20)”…100 year flood.”
McNeese joins the Forth Worth regional along with TCU, Oregon State, and Dallas Baptist.

The Southern Jaguars will play in the Austin Regional and play against the number two national seed Texas. The other regional pairing is Fairfield versus Arizona State.

In football, former LSU tight end A’rik Gilbert reportedly plans to continue his college football playing days at Georgia.

Despite a 13-17 record in the SEC, LSU received an invite into the NCAA Tournament and will be the third seed in the Eugene Regional and will face Gonzaga on Friday night.  The Tigers’ first game will be Friday night against Gonzaga. The other two teams in the Regional are Oregon and Central Connecticut State. 2018 was the last time LSU traveled for a Regional. They played in Corvallis, Oregon, and lost to the Oregon State Beavers twice to end their season. Senior pitcher Devin Fontenot remembers that trip…

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First pitch for LSU-Gonzaga is scheduled for 9 p.m.  Junior Right-hander Landon Marceaux will get the start in game one for the Tigers.

For the first time in Louisiana Tech baseball history, the Bulldogs will host an NCAA Regional. La Tech will play host to Rider, North Carolina State, and Alabama in the Love Shack. Bulldogs Coach Lane Burroughs is glad they were awarded for their great season by getting an opportunity to host…

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La Tech’s game against Rider will be at 6 PM.

After winning the Southland Conference Tournament, the McNeese State Cowboys are heading to Fort Worth, Texas, and will go up against number six national seed TCU on Friday night at 6 PM on ESPN 3. The other two teams in the Fort Worth Regional are Oregon State and Dallas Baptist.

The Southern Jaguars will play in the Austin Regional and play against the number two national seed Texas. The other regional pairing is Fairfield versus Arizona State.

The LSU Tigers are in the NCAA Baseball Tournament and they’ll head to Eugene, Oregon, to play in the Eugene Regional. The Tigers’ first game will be Friday night against Gonzaga. The other two teams in the Regional are Oregon and Central Connecticut State. The Ducks are a number three national seed. LSU Coach Paul Mainieri believes his team can go on a run…
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2018 was the last time LSU traveled for a Regional. They played in Corvallis, Oregon, and lost to the Oregon State Beavers twice to end their season. The first pitch on Friday for LSU and Gonzaga is at nine PM.

For the first time in Louisiana Tech baseball history, the Bulldogs will host an NCAA Regional. La Tech will play host to Rider, North Carolina State, and Alabama in the Love Shack. Bulldogs Coach Lane Burroughs is glad they were awarded for their great season by getting an opportunity to host…
Cut 19 (16) “…still playing.”
La Tech’s game against Rider will be at 6 PM, while North Carolina State will face Alabama at one PM.

The McNeese Cowboys, who won the Southland Conference Tournament, are heading to Fort Worth, Texas, and will go up against number six national seed TCU on Friday night at 6 PM on ESPN 3. The other two teams in the Fort Worth Regional are Oregon State and Dallas Baptist.

The Southern Jaguars will play in the Austin Regional and play against the number two national seed Texas. The other regional pairing is Fairfield versus Arizona State.

The LSU Tigers are in the NCAA Baseball Tournament, but they have a long trip ahead of them. The Bayou Bengals will compete in the Eugene, Oregon Regional. The Oregon Ducks are the 14th national seed and will host Central Connecticut on Friday. LSU will take on Gonzaga on Friday night at 9 PM. There are many who believe the Zags were good enough to host a Regional this season after going 33 and 17 and winning the West Coast Conference title.

Louisiana Tech is hosting a regional for the first time in school history and the Bulldogs will host Rider University from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The Broncos are a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They won the MAAC Championship and they are in the NCAA Baseball Tournament for the first time in 11 years.

The other two teams in the Ruston Regional are North Carolina State and Alabama. The Crimson Tide are a bit of a surprise to make a Regional after going 12 and 17 in the SEC. The Wolfpack are 30-and-17 on the year.

The Ruston Regional is paired with the Fayetteville Regional so Tech could face Arkansas if they reach the Super Regionals.

After winning the Southland Conference Baseball Tournament on Saturday night, McNeese is heading to the Fort, Worth Texas Regional. The Cowboys will face TCU on Friday night. The Horned Frogs are a six national seed. The other two teams in the Regional are Dallas Baptist and Oregon State.

Southern is also in the NCAA Tournament, despite a 20-28 record. The Jaguars won the SWAC Tournament and they’ll face Texas on Friday. The Longhorns are a number two national seed as they will host the Austin Regional. Fairfield and Arizona State are the other two teams in that Regional.

Louisiana Tech did not win the Conference USA Baseball Tournament, but the Bulldogs will still host a regional at J-C Love Field at Pat Patterson Park in Ruston. The Bulldogs fell to Old Dominion seven to five in ten innings in the league title game. Parker Bates hit a solo home run to tie the game in the ninth inning. Bates had three hits and drove in three runs. But Monarchs left fielder Kyle Battle blasted a two-run homer in the tenth inning to win the game.

Then last night, the NCAA announced Louisiana Tech is one of 16 Regional sites. It’s the first time in school history that Tech will host a Regional. Out of the 16 regional sites, seven are SEC schools.

The big question is whether LSU will get into the NCAA Tournament. They are on the bubble and might be the last school to receive an at-large bid. There’s the possibility that Paul Mainieri’s retirement announcement will sway the selection committee to put the Tigers in.

The Regional brackets will be unveiled at 11 AM this morning on ESPN Two.
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McNeese and Southern are receiving automatic bids into the NCAA Baseball Tournament. The Cowboys won the Southland Conference Tournamen title game on Saturday with a two to one win over Sam Houston. Clayton Rasbeary hit a two run homer and three pitchers kept the Bearkats to one run, Will Dion, Bryson Hudgens and Cameron Foster. The Pokes have won eight straight Southland Conference championship games.

Southern is also in after winning the SWAC Tournament championship over a week ago.

In major league baseball, former LSU pitcher Kevin Gausman is now 6-and-0 on the season after helping the Giants beat the Dodgers for a third consecutive game. Gausman threw six shutout innings and struck out seven in a five to four victory.
Former Pelican Anthony Davis suffered a groin injury as the Chris Paul and the Suns defeated the Lakers yesterday 100 to 92 to even the series at two games a piece.

In college basketball, former five-star recruit and Arizona Wildcat Jordan Brown is transferring to U-L Lafayette. He’s six foot eleven and averaged nine points and five rebounds last seaosn. His Dad, Dion Brown, played for the Cajuns in the early 1980s.

After 15 seasons leading the LSU baseball program, Paul Mainieri is retiring from coaching at the age of 63 and with three years left on his contract. Mainieri says despite two surgeries on his neck he’s been dealing with constant pain since 2018 and he believes it’s affected the way he’s coached…
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Mainieri still may have a few more games to coach. The Tigers could still make the NCAA Tournament. They will find out Monday. One name that’s surfaced as a possible replacement to Mainieri is Florida Coach Kevin O’ Sullivan.

Four Louisiana college baseball teams will be in action today. Three of them can lock up spots in the NCAA Tournament. The Ragin Cajuns will face Georgia Southern at 4 PM today in the Sun Belt Tournament semi-finals. If U-L Lafayette wins, they’ll play either South Alabama or U-T-A for the tournament championship and an automatic bid into a regional.

Tulane will play South Florida today and the Green Wave will need to beat U-S-F twice to get to the Conference USA Tournament championship game.

McNeese is one win away from winning a second straight Southland Conference Tournament championship as the Cowboys will play the winner of today’s game between Abilene Christian and Sam Houston.

And in Ruston, Louisiana Tech is a lock to make the NCAA Tournament, but if they want to host a regional. The Bulldogs need to beat Southern Miss twice today to advance to tomorrow’s Conference USA Championship game.

The LSU softball team’s season is over as they were swept by Florida State in their super regional series, falling to the Seminoles four to three in nine innings.

LSU’s Paul Mainieri announces he’s retiring from coaching after leading the Tigers baseball program for the last 15 years. Mainieri led the Tigers to the College World Series five times, winning it all in 2009 and finishing as a runner-up in 2017. But his critics say Mainieri didn’t win enough national titles like Skip Bertman, who won five titles. Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins…
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This year’s LSU baseball team is waiting to find out if they made the NCAA Tournament. The Field of 64 will be unveiled on Monday at 11 AM. The Tigers are on the bubble after going 13-and-17 in SEC play. Higgins says Mainieri’s announcement might give the selection committee another reason to put the Tigers in a regional…
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Louisiana Tech faces Western Kentucky in an elimination game in the Conference USA Tournament tonight at 6:30 in Ruston. The Bulldogs fell to Southern Miss four to one, while the Hilltoppers needed extra innings to beat UTSA and avoid elimination. This will be the first meeting between the two teams.

After going 2-0 in pool play, The Ragin Cajuns will face Georgia Southern at 4 PM tomorrow in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Tournament in Montgomery, Alabama. It will be the first meeting of the season between these teams as well.

At the Southland Tournament…McNeese and Southeastern face off tonight in the semi-finals. If the Cowboys win, they head to the championship round. A Lions victory forces another game between McNeese and SELU. Abilene Christian and Sam Houston is the other sem-final matchup.

And LSU softball faces Florida State tonight. The Seminoles lead the best of three super regional series one game to nothing after winning last night one to nothing.

The Ragin Cajuns advanced to the semi-finals of the Sun Belt Tournament with a seven to two win over Appalachian State in Montgomery, Alabama. Three U-L Lafayette pitchers held the Mountaineers to three hits and Ben Fitzgerald hit a grand slam in the eighth inning to give the Cajuns a five-run victory. U-L Lafayette’s next game is Saturday, most likely against Georgia Southern who plays ULM today in the Warhawks final game of the season.

McNeese moved to 2-0 in the Southland Conference Tournament with a three to two win over Southeastern Louisiana. Nate Fisbeck’s three-run homer in the third was the difference.

The Lions will play UNO today at noon in an elimination game. The Privateers hit three grand slams to eliminate Northwestern State 14 to 1. Darren Willis hit two of those grand slams.

LSU softball must win tonight in order to keep its season alive. They fell to Florida State one to nothing in game one of their super regional series last night.

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LSU football will start the 2021 football season with three night games. The season opener in Pasadena at the Rose Bowl against UCLA will kick off at 7:30 central time. The following weekend will be the home opener against McNeese, which will kick off at 7 PM and then Central Michigan will be in Tiger Stadium for a 6:30 kickoff.

Six of UL-Lafayette’s football games have been selected for national broadcasts starting with the season opener against Texas on September fourth. Kick-off in Austin will be at 3:30. Three home games will be nationally televised as well September 16th against Ohio, Appalachian State on October 12th and Georgia State on November fourth.

Back to college baseball, Louisiana Tech could only muster six hits in a four to one loss to Southern Miss in the Conference USA Tournament. The Golden Eagles scored in single runs in the third, fourth, seventh and eighth innings. Tech will be in action again tonight against Western Kentucky in an elimination game.

The LSU baseball team is back in Baton Rouge after they were ousted quickly from the SEC Tournament. The tigers are on the bubble in terms of getting into the NCAA tournament as they finished with a 13-17 mark in SEC play. Here’s coach Paul Mainieri on if his team deserves a spot in the NCAA tournament.

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Despite LSU’s conference record, the team is ranked 24^th in the RPI.  The NCAA Tournament field will be unveiled on Monday.

The 18^th ranked Louisiana Tech baseball team lost a late three-run lead but still managed to grab a win against UTSA seven to six in 12 innings.  The Roadrunners rallied late to tie the game but a Hunter Wells home run in the 12th inning won it for Tech, ending the longest game in Conference USA Tournament history, four hours and 59 minutes.

In Hammond at the Southland Tournament, Southeastern Louisiana and McNeese will play in a winner’s bracket game tonight.  The Cowboys took down UNO 12 to nothing as Will Dion held the Privateers to one hit in seven innings and the Lions beat Northwestern two to one thanks to Evan Keller’s homer in the eight.

Also, the Ragin Cajuns rolled over Texas State 12 to 6 after U-L Lafayette scored five runs in the first inning.  If they beat Appalachian State on Friday they advance into the Sun Belt semifinals.

LSU softball begins its super regional series tonight against Florida State. It’s the third time these two schools have met in the Super Regionals in recent history. LSU beat Florida State in the Supers in 2017, but the Seminoles won in 2018. Both of those series were played in Tallahassee. First pitch tonight is at 6 P-M.