2008 Baton Rouge Regional
1. LSU Tigers
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Automatic bid – won SEC Tournament
2008 record:
18-11-1, 43-16-1 (first in SEC West)
Head coach: Paul
Mainieri (Florida International, 1980)
Record at school:
72-42, two years
Overall record:
757-413, 19 years
Assistant coaches:
Terry Rooney, Cliff Godwin, Javi Sanchez
Team offense: .304
BA, 454 R, 79 HR, .496 SLG%, .377 OBP, 83/106 SB
Team pitching: 3.89
ERA, 546.1 IP, 538 H, 180 BB, 488 K
Top hitters: Blake
Dean (.346/16/57), D.J. LeMahieu (.338/5/38), Matt Clark
(.328/22/52), Derek Helenihi (.313/3/41), Ryan Schimpf
(.301/10/45/14 SB)
Top pitchers: Ryan
Verdugo (8-2, 3.61 ERA, 82.1 IP, 74 H, 31 BB, 75 K), Jared
Bradford (10-4, 4.09 ERA, 77 IP, 90 H, 19 BB, 72 K), Blake
Martin (5-3, 4.94 ERA, 78.1 IP, 71 H, 35 BB, 73 K), Louis
Coleman (6-0, 1.49 ERA, 42.1 IP, 35 H, 8 BB, 50 K), Daniel
Bradshaw (4-5, 3.63 ERA, 52 IP, 44 H, 13 BB, 51 K)
Last NCAA appearance:
2005 (2-2 at Baton Rouge Regional)
Notes: Entering the
SEC Tournament, LSU boasted the 22nd best staff in Division I.
LSU romped through four games of the SEC Tournament without
losing a game. The success in the SEC Tournament took the
Tigers' winning streak to 20 games after their lackluster 23-16
start. LSU started 6-11-1 in the SEC before rampaging through
the standing to earn the second seed at the SEC Tournament.
Freshman star Matt Clark's 19 homers ranked 14th in the country
entering the tournament and Clark crushed three more on the way
to the Tigers' triumph.
2. Southern Mississippi Golden
Eagles
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
At-large bid from Conference USA
2008 record: 15-9,
40-19 (second in C-USA)
Head coach: Corky
Palmer (Southern Miss, 1977)
Record at school:
414-251, 11 years
Overall record:
414-251, 11 years
Assistant coaches:
Scott Berry, Chad Caillet, Graham Martin
Team offense: .287
BA, 376 R, 70 HR, .453 SLG%, .381 OBP, 31/47 SB
Team pitching: 4.64
ERA, 525.2 IP, 563 H, 271 BB, 428 K
Top hitters: James
Ewing (.369/5/43), Brian Dozier (.343/5/45/17 2B), Trey Sutton
(.315/4/22), Bo Davis (.311/6/26/15 2B), Drew Carson
(.275/12/37/16 2B)
Top pitchers: Barry
Bowden (8-3, 1.62 ERA, 66.2 IP, 46 H, 20 BB, 75 K), Tyler Conn
(1-0, 18 SV, 1.02 ERA, 35.1 IP, 29 H, 12 BB, 42 K), Jonathan
Johnston (3-0, 2.75 ERA, 36 IP, 29 H, 20 BB, 21 K), Todd McInnis
(6-2, 5.10 ERA, 67 IP, 80 H, 33 BB, 71 K)
Last NCAA appearance:
2007 (1-2 at Oxford Regional)
Notes: The Golden
Eagles finished strong, winning 10 of 13 Conference USA games,
including a sweep of Houston. Tyler Conn was named to the
mid-season watchlist for the NCBWA Stopper of the Year award and
to the watchlist for the Dick Howser trophy. Conn's 18 saves
were the most in Division I. Southern Miss is making its sixth
consecutive NCAA tournament appearance.
3. New Orleans Privateers
4. Texas Southern Tigers
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