LSU a No. 2 seed in latest regional projections

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - LSU is heading east in Baseball America’s updated college baseball projected field of 64, announced on Wednesday.

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The Tigers are a two seed in the projected Coral Gables Regional.

Projected Coral Gables Regional teams:

1. Miami
2. Louisiana State
3. Florida Atlantic
4. Wright State

Last week LSU was projected to host a regional, but that changed after the Tigers dropped two games to Ole Miss.

SEC teams included in the projected field of 64:

• Ole Miss (No. 1 seed, Oxford, MS)
• Vanderbilt (No. 1 seed, Nashville, TN)
• LSU (No. 2 seed, Coral Gables, FL)
• Arkansas (No. 1 seed, Fayetteville, AR)
• Tennessee (No. 3 seed, Corvallis, OR)
• Mississippi State (No. 1 seed, Starkville, MS)
• Texas A&M (No. 2 seed, Stillwater, OK)
• Missouri (No. 2 seed, Waco, TX)
• Georgia (No. 1 seed, Athens, GA)
• Auburn (No. 2 seed, Greenville, NC)

The Tigers travel to Fayetteville to face SEC West leading Arkansas in a huge conference series beginning Thursday night at Baum-Walker Stadium.