BB G3 Final: Louisiana 3, Arkansas State 1

[RaginDave]

I wonder if SLU will throw their ace again.

Interesting that they usually have good teams in Hammond but don’t make it to regionals much. You gotta wonder if misusing pitchers has anything to do with it.

The reason SLU doesn't make a regional as much as you would think, has nothing to do with talent and more to do with the fact that they play in a 1 bid league and it got worse over the last couple of years.

The Southland is 19th in conference RPI right now out of 30 conferences. This is a conference that in the last couple of years has lost Sam Houston, Abilene Christian, Central Arkansas and Stephen F Austin and has only added Texas A&M Commerce who does not play baseball.

SLU is consistently in the top half of the Southland, but like the SBC in basketball it boils down to winning the conference tournament for Southland teams and anything can and does happen in the conference tournaments.

For instance SLU made the tournament last year with one of their weaker teams that finished 30-31, while the 2021 team that was a fairly good one missed the NCAA's because they lost in the conference tournament.

We are lucky to have had such a great baseball conference with multiple bids annually and we only got better by adding ODU and JMU specifically but Marshall and JMU as well.

SLU will not be an easy out, they have talent on this team. While they may not be as deep as most teams in the SBC, they have some top end talent that can compete on a day to day basis with the Belt's middle of the pack teams. This team is hitting .265 and has 4 regular starters hitting over .295 and 3 of them are over .300. They have a 4.74 ERA, chances are we will see Jay Long on Wednesday night, he has been their usual midweek starter and has been pretty good. He is 1-2 with a 4.08 ERA in 4 starts. 3 of his 4 starts have been good. vs Lafayette he went 4.1 innings giving up 4 hits and 2 runs, only 1 ER, then he had a bad outing vs St. Johns where he gave up 6 hits and 5 ER in 3.1 innings as well as 2 walks, but he followed that up with a 5 inning performance vs Alabama A&M with 1 hit and 0 hits and then 5 innings vs Southern Miss with 6 hits and only 2 runs. His biggest problem has been the walks, he has given up 11 walks vs 16 K's this year.

They will be a well coached team from Matt Riser, one of the best in the business, they also are pretty good defensively with a team fielding % of .971.

We will have to play a pretty solid game vs them on Wednesday night.

[LifeTimeCajun]

Idk if Deggs has turned everything pitching wise over to Thib but i do like how they have managed them so far. Seems to be a little less knee jerk reaction as far as game management is concerned. Ive been fairly critical up to this point about pitching since Deggs took over as HC. It still has some improving to do but i think we can win with most of these guys.

[ragincajun97]

D1 baseball still calls us UL Lafayette

[babysitter]

D1 baseball still calls us UL Lafayette

And let me guess, you're all butt hurt about that. People need to quit worrying about WTH we're called and focus your energy elsewhere. It's not the end of the world if some journalist halfway across the country still says UL-Lafayette. Get over it.

[ManAboutTown]

D1 baseball still calls us UL Lafayette

There are a few instances where their system hasn't updated but they mostly call us Louisiana.

[CajunStros]

Idk if Deggs has turned everything pitching wise over to Thib but i do like how they have managed them so far. Seems to be a little less knee jerk reaction as far as game management is concerned. Ive been fairly critical up to this point about pitching since Deggs took over as HC. It still has some improving to do but i think we can win with most of these guys.

Same. I called out Thib on here a week ago. Coincidently we have slowed the free passes down a lot since I complained lol.

[ragincajun97]

And let me guess, you're all butt hurt about that. People need to quit worrying about WTH we're called and focus your energy elsewhere. It's not the end of the world if some journalist halfway across the country still says Louisiana. Get over it.

Not at all man. Just trying to stir the pot for people that are. I’ve been over it.

[Turbine]

And let me guess, you're all butt hurt about that. People need to quit worrying about WTH we're called and focus your energy elsewhere. It's not the end of the world if some journalist halfway across the country still says UL-Lafayette. Get over it.

Depends solely if you are interested in growing the brand or not as to where one comes down on the issue.

If you are a fan of misidentification, that's on you.

[sportsfanatic21]

Deggs said in his presser today that McGehee is out again this week. Sam Hill will start tomorrow against Grambling. He didn’t say who will go Wednesday. Ray maybe?

Also, it sounds like Dylan Theut may be out a while. That’s not good.

And that Trey Lafleur may start to see some time on the mound again, possibly this week.

Willis has been out with a back issue with no set timetable for his return, and Zambo has a hand or wrist thing he’s dealing with, although he got in to both of the games he didn’t start this weekend so I’m guessing it’s minor.

[LifeTimeCajun]

Cant afford to lose Theut for long. Idk what his injury is but i thought he could play a major role out the pen.

[LifeTimeCajun]

This week is almost like a trap week. Grambling, southeastern, and south al. Those swac schools always scare me, no bc they better than us…but bc they are good bad ball hitters. They swing at everything. Southeastern is good enough to beat us. Then we go to south al who just got swept. Im sure they are ____ed. Gonna have to play good baseball to have another good week in my opinion

[Boomer]

This week is almost like a trap week. Grambling, southeastern, and south al. Those swac schools always scare me, no bc they better than us…but bc they are good bad ball hitters. They swing at everything. Southeastern is good enough to beat us. Then we go to south al who just got swept. Im sure they are ____ed. Gonna have to play good baseball to have another good week in my opinion

……It happened too fast…..but who was our 2nd baseman that made the play on the SS side of 2nd and the great throw to first????