NEW ORLEANS - The UL baseball team won the Sun Belt Conference regular-season title by the largest margin in league history.

The Ragin' Cajuns' reward for that historic feat? They get to play the host team at a late-night hour Wednesday to open up the Sun Belt Tournament.

The Cajuns, even with Saturday's 9-3 loss at New Orleans, finished with a 23-7 record. UNO, Middle Tennessee and Troy all tied for second at 16-14, giving UL a seven-game advantage over the rest of the field. The previous biggest margin was six games, and the last time that happened was when the Cajuns won the regular season by six games a decade ago in 1997.

"They're still the team to beat," said UNO coach Tom Walter, who got his first-ever win over the Cajuns in three seasons Saturday. "They're the class of the league going into the tournament."

UL will face South Alabama at USA's Stanky Field in the final game of Wednesday's opening day. The time is listed as 7:30 p.m., but it is the fourth game of the day and almost definitely won't start that early.

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Dan McDonald
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