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SEC Champions SEC Western Division Champion | |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
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Coaches | No. 11 |
CB | No. 9 |
Record | 47–18 (19–11 SEC) |
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Hitting coach | Javi Sanchez |
Pitching coach | Alan Dunn |
Home stadium | Alex Box Stadium |
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No. 2 South Carolina xy | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | 49 | – | 20 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Florida y | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | 47 | – | 20 | .701 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Kentucky y | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | 45 | – | 18 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Vanderbilt y | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | 35 | – | 28 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | 31 | – | 26 | .544 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | 24 | – | 31 | .436 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 11 LSU x†y | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | 47 | – | 18 | .723 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Arkansas y | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | 46 | – | 22 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State ‡y | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | 40 | – | 24 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss y | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | 37 | – | 26 | .587 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | 31 | – | 28 | .525 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | 21 | – | 34 | .382 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 26, 2012 [1] Rankings from Coaches' Poll |
The 2012 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2012. The Tigers played their home games in the new Alex Box Stadium, which opened in 2009.
The team was coached by Paul Mainieri who was in his sixth season at LSU. The Tigers' season ended at the hands of Stony Brook after a shocking upset in the Baton Rouge Super Regional.
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
Coaches' | 14 | 14* | 20 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 11 | |||
Baseball America | 8 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |||
Collegiate Baseball^ | 12 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | |
NCBWA† | 12 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.
The following members and future members (denoted by *) of the LSU Tigers baseball program were drafted in the 2012 MLB Draft.
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