Is it true that LR is the worst team in the 64-team playoff?

Well they've beaten every team in their regional while others went 0-2, so you tell me.

On paper, they were the worst but they are playing like a contender.

Record wise yes
RPI yes
But they were on fire coming into tourney
All about playing best ball at the right time
LSU still should win easily tonight

On paper, probably

Clearly they are currently not the worst team though

Seems like a dumb thing to focus on

They are obviously not the worst team if they are still in it

Yes, but they are hot

If they win tonight they'll be the first team to advance to a Super Regional w/ a losing record.

Fresno State was 33-27 coming into the tourney as a 4 seed in 2008 when they won it all.

Not even the worst team in this regional. Rhode Island was awful

I would certainly say they are. You know, funny things happen when you let bad teams hang around by handing them gifts. That's what teams have done all weekend against them, and now they're just playing loose, and everyone else is super tight, worrying about screwing it up. And when you start to worry about screwing it up, you tend to do just that.

We'll hear announcers talk about heart, and grit, and say that Little Rock got hot at the right time. Those are all the things you're supposed to say as an announcer. but the reality is that a host team should not lose to a team with a losing record, and the only reason they did, is because they fell all over themselves as soon as the least amount of pressure was put on them. We had two all-American pitchers go out there and make it look easy for two days, and took all the pressure off the rest of the team, and we saw our opponents press and make mistakes in the process. Our team faced it's first adversity all weekend, and just crumbled.

That doesn't make me feel confident about this team, whether or not they win tonight. They should win tonight. They should have won last night. But what is this team showing that tells me they are ready to battle with the best teams in the country? Can they? Sure, we've seen it at times. Can they be consistent enough, especially now that it's the post season, and every loss is way more damaging? Well, I don't know, but I have way more doubts about this team than any LSU team who has ever earned a top 8 seed.

Using the regular season stats, it’s probably true. But post season they are 8 of the last 10. And have scored 40 runs in 4 games.

They have been scorching hot in this tournament except for the opener and Eyanson. They were shut out. Now that they are seeing just about every kind of pitch and hitting most of them, it’s going to be difficult to shut them down.