Three weeks into Sun Belt Conference baseball play, and UL's Ragin' Cajuns are just about where they were predicted to be. So is defending conference champion Troy.
The rest of the standings, especially at the very top and near the bottom, are a mess. Especially if you're perennial powers Florida Atlantic and South Alabama, who are each one game out of the cellar at 2-7.
But not if you're UL Monroe, picked to finish tied for last in its first Sun Belt season and now in first place at 8-1.
"Nobody thought South Alabama and Florida Atlantic would be where they are," said Cajun coach Tony Robichaux, whose 20-5 squad will travel to Ruston tonight for a 6 p.m. non-conference game against La. Tech. "But both of them have some issues they've had to overcome.
"South Alabama lost a couple of coaches and a lot of players last year, and Florida Atlantic lost its number one starter and then lost its closer for a while."
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Dan McDonald
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