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2021 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball team

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2021 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball
C-USA West Division champion
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionWest Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
CBNo. 29
Record42–20 (22–8 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumJ. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
East
Charlotte x‍‍‍y 24 8 0   .750 40 21 0   .656
No. 16 Old Dominion ‍‍y 22 10 0   .688 44 16 0   .733
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍ 18 14 0   .563 32 25 0   .561
Western Kentucky ‍‍‍ 15 17 0   .469 27 29 0   .482
FIU ‍‍‍ 11 19 0   .367 20 31 0   .392
Marshall ‍‍‍ 6 26 0   .188 10 35 0   .222
West
No. 22 Louisiana Tech x‍‍‍y 22 8 0   .733 42 20 0   .677
No. 23 Southern Miss ‍‍‍y 22 9 0   .710 40 21 0   .656
UTSA ‍‍‍ 14 17 0   .452 22 26 0   .458
Middle Tennessee ‍‍‍ 12 19 1   .391 24 29 1   .454
Rice ‍‍‍ 11 20 1   .359 23 29 1   .443
UAB ‍‍‍ 11 21 0   .344 18 36 0   .333
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 7, 2021[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2021 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball team represented Louisiana Tech University in the sport of baseball for the 2021 college baseball season. The Bulldogs competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and in Conference USA West Division. They played their home games at J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park, on the university's Ruston campus. The team was coached by Lane Burroughs, who was in his fifth season with the Bulldogs.

Preseason

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Preseason All-American teams

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3rd Team

C-USA media poll

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The Conference USA preseason poll was released on February 11, 2021 with the Bulldogs predicted to finish in second place in the West Division.[3]

Media poll (West)
Predicted finish Team 1st Place Votes
1 Southern Miss 10
2 Louisiana Tech 2
3 Rice -
4 Middle Tennessee -
5 UTSA -
6 UAB -

Preseason CUSA Player of the Year

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  • Parker BatesSenior, Outfielder

Preseason All-CUSA team

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  • Hunter Wells – Infielder
  • Taylor Young – Infielder
  • Parker Bates – Outfielder

Schedule and results

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2021 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball game log
Regular season (36–16)
Postseason (6–4)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Cancelled
Schedule Source:[4]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[5]—*RVRV1919151518141614201818*18*21
Baseball America[6]2322161918181815222020*20*22
Collegiate Baseball^[7]RV221920202725292929
NCBWA[8]RVRVRV26202013151814151521172121*22
D1Baseball[9]231716141416141414181818*18*22

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

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  1. ^ "2021 Baseball Standings". conferenceusa.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "Collegiate Baseball 2021 All-Americans". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. January 8, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 Baseball Preseason Poll and Awards".
  4. ^ "@LATechBSB Announces 2021 Scheduled" (Press release). Louisiana Tech University Department of Athletics. November 5, 2020.
  5. ^ Baseball Coaches Poll
  6. ^ Baseball America College: Top 25
  7. ^ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  8. ^ NCBWA Division I poll
  9. ^ D1 Baseball
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