2003 LSU Tigers baseball team

2003 LSU Tigers baseball
2003 LSU Tigers baseball
NCAA Baton Rouge Regional champions; NCAA Baton Rouge Super Regional champions; SEC Tournament champions; SEC champions
College World Series, 0–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	45–22–1 (20–9–1 SEC)
Head coach	Smoke Laval (2nd year);
Home stadium	Alex Box Stadium
	Seasons ← 2002 2004 →

Record45–22–1 (20–9–1 SEC)

Headcoach

2003 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Eastern
No. 6 South Carolina ^x‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	–	0	.633	42	–	20	–	0	.677
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0	.467	27	–	28	–	0	.491
Florida ‍‍‍^y	13	–	16	–	1	.450	37	–	21	–	1	.636
Tennessee ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0	.433	31	–	24	–	0	.564
Georgia ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0	.333	29	–	26	–	0	.527
Kentucky ‍‍‍	9	–	20	–	0	.310	24	–	32	–	0	.429
Western
No. 7 LSU ^x‍†‍‍^y	20	–	9	–	1	.683	45	–	22	–	1	.669
No. 20 Auburn ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	–	0	.600	42	–	21	–	0	.667
No. 24 Mississippi State ‍‍‍^y	17	–	12	–	0	.586	42	–	20	–	0	.677
Ole Miss ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13	–	0	.567	35	–	27	–	0	.565
Alabama ‍‍‡‍^y	14	–	16	–	0	.467	38	–	24	–	0	.613
Arkansas ‍‍‍^y	14	–	16	–	0	.467	35	–	22	–	0	.614

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2003^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2003 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 2003 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium, and played as part of the Southeastern Conference. The team was coached by Smoke Laval in his second season as head coach at LSU.

The Tigers won the SEC, claimed the championship in the SEC Tournament, then won the Baton Rouge Regional and Super Regional to reach the College World Series, their twelfth appearance in Omaha, where were eliminated after a pair of losses to Cal State Fullerton and South Carolina.

v t e LSU Tigers baseball
Venues	State Field (1893–1924) First LSU Diamond (1929–1935) Second LSU Diamond (1936–1937) Alex Box Stadium (1938–2008) Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field (2009–present) Worley Family Batting Cage Pavilion LSU Baseball Training Facility Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes
Culture & lore	Championships History Traditions
People	Head coaches College Baseball Hall of Fame inductees All-Americans Player awards Coaches awards Statistical leaders
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
National championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

Roster

2003 LSU Tigers baseball

NCAA Baton Rouge Regional champions NCAA Baton Rouge Super Regional champions SEC Tournament champions SEC champions
College World Series, 0–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	45–22–1 (20–9–1 SEC)
Head coach	Smoke Laval (2nd year)
Home stadium	Alex Box Stadium
Seasons ← 2002 2004 →

Legend
	LSU win
	LSU loss