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LSU Baseball headed to Chapel Hill Region for NCAA Regionals

By Nicholas Rome

May 26, 2024; Hoover, AL, USA; LSU Tigers head coach Jay Johnson watches the game during the championship game between Tennessee and LSU at the SEC Baseball Tournament at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vasha Hunt-USA TODAY Sports
May 26, 2024; Hoover, AL, USA; LSU Tigers head coach Jay Johnson watches the game during the championship game between Tennessee and LSU at the SEC Baseball Tournament at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vasha Hunt-USA TODAY Sports / Vasha Hunt-USA TODAY Sports
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The LSU Baseball team entered this week as an NCAA Tournament Bubble team with experts projecting LSU as one of the last teams in or the first teams left out. Jay Johnson's team however made that irrelevant by beating Georgia, Kentucky, and South Carolina twice before falling to Tennessee in the Championship. The incredible week put the LSU Baseball team firmly in the tournament.

The Tigers will be joined by the hosting North Carolina Tar Heels, Long Island University Sharks, and the Wofford Terriers. The Tigers will open up the tournament facing off against the Wofford Terriers on Friday May 31st with the tournament wrapping up on June 3rd.

The regional tournament is double elimination with the winners of each region advancing to Super Regionals which is a best-of-three series with the chance to advance to Omaha. For the Tigers, North Carolina will be a tough draw however, given what the team was looking at entering conference championships this is a great turnaround.

Jay Johnson will likely have a tough decision in deciding if he'll start Gage Jump or Luke Holman game one against Wofford or if he'll save them for a potential matchup with the Tarheels.

One of the most incredible turnarounds by LSU

Early on in the season, LSU Baseball's season looked like a disaster as the team lost 12 of first 15 conference games becoming the first SEC to do so and make the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers are now 18-6 over their last 24 games with impressive wins over some of the Nation's top teams as they now look like they should be in that conversation. What Jay Johnson has done with this team is incredible but, now it's time to go for it and this team has the talent to return to Omaha.

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