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2017 LSU Tigers baseball team

2017 LSU Tigers baseball
Louisiana State University (block logo).svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 3
2017 record 8–1 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach Paul Mainieri (11th year)
Hitting coach Micah Gibbs (1st year)
Pitching coach Alan Dunn (6th year)
Home stadium Alex Box Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 11 Kentucky 10 5   .667     26 12   .684
No. 16 Florida 9 7   .563     26 12   .684
No. 21 South Carolina 8 8   .500     23 14   .622
Missouri 7 8   .467     26 12   .684
No. 27 Vanderbilt 7 8   .467     23 15   .605
Tennessee 4 11   .267     19 15   .559
Georgia 4 11   .267     15 23   .395
Western
No. 9 Arkansas 11 4   .733     31 8   .795
No. 14 Mississippi State 11 5   .688     26 14   .650
No. 10 Auburn 10 5   .667     28 11   .718
No. 12 LSU 9 6   .600     26 12   .684
Texas A&M 8 7   .533     26 12   .684
Ole Miss 7 8   .467     23 14   .622
Alabama 2 14   .125     15 23   .395
‡ – Tournament champion
As of April 20, 2017; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 LSU Tigers baseball team will represent Louisiana State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers will play their home games at Alex Box Stadium as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They are led by head coach Paul Mainieri, in his 11th season at LSU.

In 2016, the Tigers finished the season 3rd in the SEC's Western Division with a record of 45–21–0, 19–11–0 in conference play. They qualified for the 2016 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament and fell to Florida in the semifinal, 1–0. They qualified for the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament as an At–large bid, and were selected as the #8 overall national seed. The Tigers were selected as hosts of the Baton Rouge regional, which included Rice, Southeastern Louisiana, and Utah Valley. The Tigers won their first two games of the regional, defeating Utah Valley, 7–1, and Rice, 4–2. In the regional final, LSU was again matched up with Rice. In the first game of the regional final, the Owls defeated the Tigers, 10–6. The Tigers went on to win game two, 5–2, eliminating Rice and advancing to the Baton Rouge Super Regional, where they faced the Coastal Carolina. In game one of the Super Regionals, the Tigers fell 11–8. In Game 2, Coastal Carolina hit a walk-off hit to upset the Fighting Tigers 4–3, moving onto the 2016 College World Series, where the Chanticleers would go on to win the National Championship.

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.


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