Baseball Schedule Analysis and Interesting Records | by ProjectP2294 on Nov 20, 2009 at 3:43 pm |  | |
Coach Mainieri, because it's all about him.
This will be a pretty long post, so get ready. First I will look at Coach Paul Mainieri's first three seasons at LSU and break down his record, there are some interesting things in there. (If anyone doesn't want to read the whole thing, skip to the end for a funny picture of Mainieri while at Notre Dame)
Then I will talk about the upcoming schedule and discuss what I like and don't like about the schedule, as well as what I would rather see on there.
Part 1: Record breakdown of the last three years
Each category will only pertain to LSU's record under Mainieri. I will break it down by Conference, by State, and I will give LSU's record versus some individual teams we play on a regular basis.
Overall: 134-62-2
Home: 85-32-2
Away: 32-26
Neutral: 17-4
Post Season: 25-5 (Unbelievable)
SECT: 9-1
Regionals: 6-0
Supers: 4-1
CWS: 6-3
LSU record by Conference:
SEC: 61-39-2 (includes SECT and CWS games vs conf. opponents)
ACC: 1-2
Atlantic 10: 3-0
Atlantic Sun: 4-5
Big East: 3-0
Big Ten: 6-3
Big XII: 3-1
Big West: 2-1
CUSA: 16-5
Ivy League: 2-0
Southland: 11-2
SWAC: 10-0
Summit League: 3-0
Sunbelt: 6-4
West Coast Conf: 3-0
LSU record by state:
Louisiana: 29-9
Alabama: 15-5
Arkansas: 8-3
California: 5-1
Florida: 12-9
Georgia: 4-3-1
Illinois: 1-2
Indiana: 2-1
Kentucky: 5-3-1
Massachusetts: 2-0
Michigan: 2-0
Minnesota: 1-0
Mississippi: 21-7
North Carolina: 0-2
Pennsylvania: 6-0
South Carolina: 8-3
Tennessee: 5-13 (WTF?!?)
Texas: 7-1
Virginia: 1-0
LSU record versus regular opponents:
Alabama: 8-3
Arkansas: 8-3
Auburn: 7-2
Florida: 4-5
Georgia: 4-3-1
Kentucky: 5-3-1
Miss St: 7-2
Ole Miss: 6-4
South Carolina: 8-3
Tennessee: 2-7
Vanderbilt: 2-4
Tulane: 3-3
ULL: 2-1
UNO: 4-3
SELU: 3-1
That's a lot of raw data, so here's what some of it means:
-LSU will lose three games a year to in-state schools, get over it.
-The state of Tennessee hates LSU.
-The Atlantic Sun Conference hates LSU.
-Mainieri is a GREAT post-season coach.
Another interesting note is that Coach Mainieri is 6-0 against his former assistants. (2-0 vs David Grewe and Mich St, 3-0 vs Terry Rooney and UCF, and 1-0 vs Brian O'Connor and UVa.)
Part 2: The 2010 Regular Season Schedule
Who we play:
2010 Schedule
Where they come from
Conference:
Summit League (3)
West Coast Conference (2)
Ivy League (2)
Big XII (3)
Southland (5)
America East (1)
Colonial Athletic Association (3)
Sun Belt (3)
CUSA (3)
SWAC (1)
SEC (30)
State:
Louisiana (13)
Virginia (3)
California (2)
Rhode Island (2)
Kansas (3)
New York (1)
The rest are all from SEC states.
We play Binghamton out of New York, whose most famous alum is PTI's Tony Kornheiser.
We can double our win total (under Mainieri) against Centenary.
Likes/Dislikes:
-I like the three game set with Kansas, but I don't like the three game set with Centenary. Thankfully, they will be dropping to DIII soon so they won't be an RPI anchor for us much longer.
-I like that there is only one SWAC team on the schedule, but I don't like that it isn't Southern. Southern is the only SWAC team we should ever schedule, and we should play them every year.
-I like the two games vs Pepperdine, but I don't like the two games vs Brown. Ivy League baseball sucks, plain and simple.
-I don't mind the three games against William & Mary, but I would rather bring in a team from the Big South or the Southern Conference, that won't give us as much of an RPI hit from playing them.
-I liked the Big Ten teams we brought in before, too bad we got away from that, but if it means bringing in a Big XII opponent instead, then that's okay.
That's all I have for now. Later on I might post some links about the teams we play so everyone can get familiar with them. And here's the picture of Mainieri I mentioned earlier:
Geaux Tigers!
Category: LSU Sports
Tags: LSU Baseball
Off-Season Baseball News (including pics of Omaha's new stadium) | by ProjectP2294 on Nov 13, 2009 at 1:59 pm | | |
Home of future LSU National Championships - from Yahoo Sports
I know it's from last month, but Coach Mainieri sat down for an interview with collegebaseballtoday.com's Eric Sorenson. Here's how it went: LINK
In team news, Kendall Rogers of Yahoo Sports discusses LSU's Five Keys to the Fall: LINK
And also, baseballdraftreport.com talks a little about LSU's outfield depth, and also talks briefly about 2010 opponent Kansas (who have the best looking hats in college baseball seen here and here) LINK
On an individual front, both Anthony Ranaudo and Leon Landry were lauded recently for their talent.
According to Baseball Rumor Mill Ranaudo rates as the third best draft prospect, behind the real-life incarnation of Roy Hobbs, Bryce Harper, and Texas high school phenom Jameson Taillon. LINK
Leon Landry has been named number 91 in College Baseball Blog's top 100 players for the 2010 season. Landry's blurb. I'm sure he won't be the only LSU player on that list. They've gotten to number 69 so far: whole list
Enjoy the links, and everyone who hasn't seen it yet, check out Adam4848's blog post from signing day listing all of the teams signees from the early signing period that started this week. Somewhere in the thread is a link to the Recruiting Thread with stats, bios, videos, etc. That thread will be updated soon to add some of the players who haven't been profiled yet.
And good luck to the Basketball Tigers tonight!
Category: LSU Sports
Tags: LSU Baseball
LSU Baseball inks 16 signees | by Adam4848 on Nov 11, 2009 at 10:44 pm | | |
 Garin Cecchini
Lucas LeBlanc OF (Delgado Community College, LA)
Kurt McCune P (Destrehan HS, LA)
Kevin Gausman P (Grandview HS, CO)
Nick Rumbelow P (Bullard HS, TX)
Jacoby Jones INF (Richton HS, MS)
Ty Ross C (Barron Collier, FL)
Ryan Eades P (Northshore HS, LA)
Mitchell Hopkins P (LSU-Eunice, LA)
Garin Cecchini SS (Barbe HS, LA)
Josh Burris OF/P (Scotlandville HS, LA)
Kevin Koziol SS (Brother Rice HS, IL)
Marcus Davis OF (Princeton HS, OH)
Joe Broussard P (Holy Cross HS, LA)
Austin Southall OF (University HS, LA)
Jackson Slaid C (Lakeside HS, LA)
Cameron Bedrosian P (East Coweta HS, GA)
Players by state
Louisiana-9
Texas-1
Ohio-1
Colorado-1
Georgia-1
Illinios-1
Florida-1
Mississippi-1
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Tags: LSU Baseball
Baseball Practice Starts Today!! | by ProjectP2294 on Oct 13, 2009 at 11:23 am | | |
LSU's newest assistant coach, Buzzy Haydel
Baton Rouge Advocate Article on Fall Practice
quote:
“But it’s time to turn the page now and start thinking about what we have to do to write the next chapter in LSU baseball history. We have a lot of kids back from last year and a great group of 13 new players, and we feel like we can be right in the mix again.”
College Baseball Blog
Another article on the start of fall practice.
2010 Roster
2010 Schedule
2010 Baseball Recruiting Thread
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Tags: LSU Baseball
A Few Off-Season LSU Baseball Links | by ProjectP2294 on Sep 21, 2009 at 11:57 am | | |
Anthony Ranaudo has chosen Super Agent Scott Boras to be his advisor for the upcoming 2010 baseball draft.
MLB Rumor Mill
Kendall Rogers of Yahoo Sports ranks LSU as the top Football/Baseball school in the country.
Yahoo College Baseball
In another article, Yahoo's Rogers profiles some of the players around the country playing both football and baseball, including LSU's own Chad Jones.
Yahoo College Baseball
LSU's 2009 Recruiting class was ranked number three by Collegiate Baseball.
LSU Sports dot net
In other Baseball recruiting news, LSU picked up another commitment recently in Catcher Jackson Slaid of Lakeside High School in Sibley, LA. Once again here is a link to the 2010 recruiting class.
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Tags: LSU Baseball, Baseball Recruiting
Baseball news for football season | by ProjectP2294 on Sep 4, 2009 at 7:05 pm | | |
I'll start off with a picture of Chad Jones, because he's awesome and it's football season.
Not much going on with the baseball team right now as fall classes have only just started back up recently.
Here is a link to the roster as it stands today:
LSU Baseball Roster
This is what the schedule looks like for next season:
2010 Schedule
(Yay, three games with Centenary, woohoo!)
Currently there are eleven commitments for the next recruiting class:
Marcus Davis - OF/P - Cincinnati, OH - Princeton HS
Jacoby Jones - IF/P - Richton, MS - Richton HS
Joe Broussard - 3B/P - New Orleans, LA - Holy Cross HS
Ryan Eades - P/OF - Slidell, LA - Northshore, HS
Austin Southall - OF - Baton Rouge, LA - University HS
Ty Ross - C - Naples, FL - Barron Collier, HS
Kevin Koziol - SS - Chicago, IL - Brother Rice HS
Josh Burris - P/Util - Scotlandville, LA - Scotlandville HS
Zach Lee - P - McKinney, TX - McKinney HS
Garin Cecchini - SS - Lake Charles, LA - Barbe HS
Nick Rumbelow - P/IF - Bullard, TX - Bullard HS
Info can be found here.
There are also two prospects committed for the recruiting class after that:
Jake Cave - LHP/OF - Hampton, VA - Hampton Christian
Carson Baranik - P - Bossier City, LA - Parkway HS
I have not gotten any info on these players yet.
Baseball America has rated the top pro prospects by summer league. Among the LSU players listed were Mikie Mahtook, Leon Landry, Austin Nola, and Johnny Dishon. College Baseball Blog
Keith Law of ESPN dot com has also ranked the top prospects out of the Cape Cod League. He mentions Landry and Micah Gibbs. Baseball Rumor Mill
quote:
5. Leon Landry - OF, LSU: A superior athlete who is blazing fast and actually had a higher average with wood bats on the Cape than in college.
quote:
20. Micah Gibbs - C, LSU: Switch-hitter, good power, patient.
Geaux Tigers!
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