Tigers to play on ESPNU Thursdays twice

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LSU will end SEC play with three consecutive Thu-Fri-Sat series

Tiger Rag News Services

BRISTOL, Conn. — College football is three-quarters complete and basketball tips off Friday but planning for the college baseball season is already underway. ESPNU’s third annual Thursday Night SEC Baseball Game of the Week is the first set of games to be scheduled. The weekly series will begin March 28 and continue every Thursday through May 16.

LSU is featured on two occasions on the Thursday Night Game of the Week - the Tigers play host to Florida on Thursday, May 2 at 6:30 p.m. CT in Alex Box Stadium, and they play at Texas A&M on Thursday, May 9 at 8 p.m. CT at Olsen Field.

The series will begin with Texas A&M, playing its first season in the SEC, at South Carolina on March 28. The series features telecasts of six teams that were ranked in the final 2012 ESPN/USA Today coaches’ poll:  No. 2 South Carolina, No. 3 Arkansas, No. 6 Florida, No. 11 LSU, No. 18 Texas A&M and No. 19 Kentucky.

Overall, ESPN will provide coverage of more than 150 regular-season and championship games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3, concluding with extensive action of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship and the entire College World Series. Additional games are to be announced.

ESPNU Thursday Night SEC Baseball Game of the Week