The Ragin Cajuns are the lone representative from Louisiana to make the 64-team NCAA Baseball Tournament. UL Lafayette is headed to the Starkville Regional. Mississippi State is the host school and a 14-national seed and they will be playing Lipscomb out of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
The Cajuns are the three-seed in the Regional and will play Cincinnati on Friday night at 6 PM. in Starkville. The Bearkats went 37-20 overall and 17-13 in the Big 12. Cincinnati has one of the top home run hitters in college baseball with 28 and he’s driven in 78 runs and his batting average is .346.
A record number of Sun Belt teams made the NCAA Tournament as five teams get in from the Fun Belt! Southern Miss is hosting a regional. Coastal Carolina is headed to Tallahassee, Texas State is headed to College Station and Troy gets in and the Trojans are in the Gainesville Regional.
LSU misses out on the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011, snapping a streak of 13 consecutive seasons in the NCAA Tournament.
The Tigers are also the seventh team to miss the NCAA Baseball Tournament after winning the College World Series the season before.
Vanderbilt also misses the tournament for the first time since 2005. That snaps a streak of 19 straight seasons.
Florida now has the longest active streak of making the NCAA Tournament at 18.
Comments