Historical Context - LSU's strongest approach to Omaha?

It’s been a dominant season minus 3 weeks before regional.

We have been ranked top 5 all season. We had unrealistic expectations with people thinking they would go undefeated.

Very comparable, we were tested once then.
Stronger regional field this year, probably stronger super regional pairing in 2000.

2000 NCAA Super Regional at Baton Rouge, La. (2-0, WW)

June 2, 2000 | Box Score
LSU 8, UCLA 2

UCLA 000 000 200 – 2 2 2 (38-25)
LSU 102 030 20X – 8 6 0 (47-17)
WP – Tallet (14-3) LP – Henkel (6-4)
T-3:14 A – 7624
HR UCLA – Johnson (23)
HR LSU – Cresse (30)
Actual crowd of 7,467 sets Alex Box Stadium record

June 3, 2000 | Box Score
LSU 14, UCLA 8

LSU 202 601 012 – 14 15 1 (48-17)
UCLA 000 500 210 – 8 10 4 (38-26)
WP – Brian (6-2) S – Guidry (7) LP – Karp (10-2) T – 4:00 A – 7667
HR UCLA – Utley (22), Shelley (7)

2000 NCAA Regional at Baton Rouge, La. (3-0, WWW)

May 26, 2000 | Box Score
LSU 19, Jackson State 1

Jackson State 000 100 000 – 1 8 4 (26-29)
LSU 224 431 12X – 19 21 0 (44-17)
WP – Saxon (5-0) LP – Lane (2-6)
T-2:56 A – 7230
HR JS – Nelson (13)
HR LSU – Cresse (26), Fontenot (16), Pontiff 2 (7),
Witten (6)
Fontenot sets LSU freshman record for home runs, formerly held by Barbier.

May 27, 2000 | Box Score
LSU 21, UL-Monroe 0

LSU 20 (14) 410 000 – 21 19 1 (45-17)
UL-Monroe 000 000 000 – 0 7 0 (40-21)
WP – Tallet (13-3) S – Brian (2) LP – Wombacher (7-4) T – 2:56 A – 7461
HR LSU – Cresse 3 (29)

May 28, 2000 | Box Score
LSU 5, UL-Monroe 3

LSU 000 003 101 – 5 9 1 (46-17)
UL-Monroe 000 003 000 – 3 9 0 (41-22)
WP – Youman (3-0) S – Guidry (6) LP – Durham (7-3) T-2:44 A – 7391
HR LSU – Hawpe 2 (9)
LSU outscores opponents 45-4 in regional play.

Power numbers this year are kind of eye popping in comparison, especially considering the times. And considering the number of players that contributed, Cresse was the main source that year with 4 others going deep.

16 bombs compared to 11 in 2000

We've been begging for offensive minded gorilla ball, hope it carries over to omaha.

Blair Barbier

Now there’s a name I haven’t heard in a minute.

Cresse was so damn fun to watch in the postseason in 2000. He was on an absolute tear.

One thing that has changed since LSU's last World Series Championship is that the SEC has gotten much more competitive in baseball. Since our last championship in 2009, six different SEC teams have won the title. I think that makes the accomplishments of this year's team even more impressive.

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Weak super regional opponent

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Kentucky was not a weak Super Regional opponent. They are extremely tough team with a good pitching staff and they utilize their small ball offense well. Anyone who doesn't think Kentucky was a good team is mistaken.