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Conference | Southeastern Conference |
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Record | 43–23 (13–17 SEC) |
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No. 1 Tennessee x†‡y | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | 60 | – | 13 | .822 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Kentucky x†y | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | 46 | – | 16 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Georgia y | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | 43 | – | 17 | .717 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt y | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | 38 | – | 23 | .623 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Florida y | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | 36 | – | 30 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina y | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | 37 | – | 25 | .597 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | 23 | – | 32 | .418 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 17 Arkansas xy | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | 44 | – | 16 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Texas A&M y | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | 53 | – | 15 | .779 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 22 Mississippi State y | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | 40 | – | 23 | .635 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama y | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | 33 | – | 24 | .579 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU y | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | 43 | – | 23 | .652 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | 27 | – | 29 | .482 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | 27 | – | 26 | .509 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 24, 2024 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball |
The 2024 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers play their home games at Alex Box Stadium. LSU entered this season seeking to defend their 2023 national title.
The Tigers finished 54–17, 19–10 in the SEC to finish in second place in the Western division. The Tigers went 1–2 in the 2022 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament. The Tigers were seeded first in the Baton Regional, and fifth overall, of the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they swept the regional with wins over Tulane and Oregon State. In the Baton Rouge Super Regional, the Tigers hosted Kentucky, where they swept them in two games. The Tigers qualified for the College World Series for the 19th time in program history, where they reached the final thanks to wins over Tennessee and top-seeded Wake Forest.
In the final, they beat Florida two games to one to win their seventh national title, and their first since 2009. [2] LSU pitcher, Paul Skenes, was named the College World Series Most Outstanding Player. Additionally, Ty Floyd, Tre' Morgan, Gavin Dugas, Tommy White, Dylan Crews, and Cade Beloso were named to the College World Series All-Tournament Team. [3]
The following players signed National Letter of Intents to play for LSU in 2023. [4]
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Jake Brown | Sulphur, Louisiana | Sulphur (LA) |
Kade Anderson | Madisonville, Louisiana | St. Paul's (LA) |
MJ Seo | Carrollton, Texas | Hebron (TX) |
Dylan Thompson | Moss Bluff, Louisiana | Sam Houston (LA) |
Trenton Lape | Bossier City, Louisiana | Parkway (LA) |
Cam Johnson | Upper Marlboro, Maryland | IMG Academy |
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Steven Milam | Las Cruces, New Mexico | Centennial (AZ) |
Ryan Kucherak | Chandler, Arizona | Hamilton (AZ) |
Austen Roellig | Rancho Cucamonga, California | Etiwanda |
Derrick Mitchell | Plano, Texas | John Paul II |
Ashton Larson | Overland Park, Kansas | St. Thomas Aquinas (KS) |
Griffin Cooley | Kinder, Louisiana | Kinder (LA) |
Dallas Dale II | Apopka, Florida | Mount Dora Christian |
Thirteen LSU players were drafted in the 2023 MLB draft.
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1 | 1 | Paul Skenes | RHP | Pittsburgh Pirates |
1 | 2 | Dylan Crews | OF | Washington Nationals |
CB-A | 38 | Ty Floyd | RHP | Cincinnati Reds |
2 | 51 | Grant Taylor | RHP | Chicago White Sox |
3 | 88 | Tre' Morgan | 1B | Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
6 | 165 | Gavin Dugas | LF | Washington Nationals |
11 | 333 | Garrett Edwards | RHP | Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
12 | 361 | Blake Money | RHP | Baltimore Orioles |
12 | 365 | Brayden Jobert | OF | St. Louis Cardinals |
13 | 391 | Riley Cooper | LHP | Baltimore Orioles |
15 | 460 | Jordan Thompson | SS | Los Angeles Dodgers |
16 | 490 | Javen Coleman | LHP | Los Angeles Dodgers |
19 | 576 | Christian Little | RHP | New York Mets |
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Source: 2024 SEC baseball game results, 2024 SEC baseball schedule | |||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W–L | ALA | ARK | AUB | FLA | UGA | KEN | LSU | MSU | MIZZ | MISS | SCAR | TENN | TAMU | VAN | Team | Div | SR | SW |
ALA | 13–17 | 2–1 | 1–2 | . | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | . | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | . | ALA | W4 | 5–5 | 0–2 | |
ARK | 20–10 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | . | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | . | 1–2 | . | ARK | W1 | 7–3 | 3–0 | |
AUB | 8–22 | 2–1 | 1–2 | . | . | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | . | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | AUB | W7 | 2–8 | 0–4 | |
FLA | 13–17 | . | 1–2 | . | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | . | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | FLA | E5 | 4–6 | 0–1 | |
UGA | 17–13 | 3–0 | . | . | 1–2 | 0–3 | . | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | UGA | E3 | 5–5 | 3–1 | |
KEN | 22–8 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | . | . | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | . | 2–1 | KEN | E2 | 8–2 | 4–0 | |
LSU | 13–17 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | . | . | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | . | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | LSU | W5 | 4–6 | 1–2 | |
MSU | 17–13 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | . | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | . | . | 1–2 | 2–1 | MSU | W3 | 6–4 | 1–0 | |
MIZZ | 9–21 | . | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | . | 1–2 | 0–3 | . | 0–3 | MIZZ | E7 | 1–9 | 1–3 | |
MISS | 11–19 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | . | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | . | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | . | MISS | W6 | 4–6 | 0–3 | |
SCAR | 13–17 | 1–2 | 1–2 | . | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | . | . | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | SCAR | E6 | 4–6 | 1–2 | |
TENN | 22–8 | 1–2 | . | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | . | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | . | 2–1 | TENN | E1 | 9–1 | 3–0 | |
TAMU | 19–11 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | . | 1–2 | 2–1 | . | 1–2 | 2–1 | . | 3–0 | TAMU | W2 | 7–3 | 2–0 | |
VAN | 13–17 | . | . | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | . | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | VAN | E4 | 4–6 | 2–3 | |
Team | W–L | ALA | ARK | AUB | FLA | UGA | KEN | LSU | MSU | MIZZ | MISS | SCAR | TENN | TAMU | VAN | Team | Div | SR | SW |
Updated for entire regular season. Tie Brkrs: TENN>KEN head to head. MSU>UGA head to head. ALA>VAN & FLA>SCAR & LSU TENN common. VAN>FLA head to head. SCAR>LSU ARK common. ARK SEC Tournament seed>KEN, ARK West champion.
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
Coaches' [5] | 2 (11) | 2 (11)* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | |||||||||||
Baseball America [6] | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 25 | |||||||||||
NCBWA† [7] | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | ||||||||||
D1Baseball [8] | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |||||||||||
Perfect Game [9] | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
† 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.
Paul Mainieri is an American baseball coach and second baseman. He is currently the head coach at the University of South Carolina. He played college baseball at LSU, Miami-Dade CC and New Orleans before pursuing a professional baseball career. He then served as the head coach of the St. Thomas Bobcats (1983–1988), the Air Force Falcons (1989–1994), the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1995–2006) and the LSU Tigers (2007–2021). Mainieri coached LSU to the 2009 College World Series Championship.
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