Courtesy of Staff Reports
Louisiana Tech along with seven other baseball programs will open up the 2024 Conference USA Baseball Tournament today as the five-day, double elimination event begins at JC Love Field at Pat Patterson Park.
Tech will play the third game of the day as the Bulldogs are slated to throw the first pitch against Middle Tennessee at 4 p.m.
WKU and FIU will open the tournament at 9 a.m. followed by Dallas Baptist and New Mexico State at 12:30 p.m. Following Tech’s game, Liberty and Sam Houston will found out the opening day with first pitch slated for 7:30 p.m.
Every game over the first four days of the tournament will be aired live on ESPN+ with Lyn Rollins, Kyle Youmans, Malcolm Butler, Teddy Allen and Chris Mycoskie slated to serve as the on-the-air talent during the week. Sunday’s championship game will air live on CBS Sports Network.
Tech fans can also listen to Dave Nitz provide a call of the games on ESPN 97.7 FM.
Tech (41-15) won the Conference USA regular season title with a league mark of 18-6, including posting a perfect 6-0 record down the stretch. It’s the Bulldogs third championship title in the last four years and its first regular season conference title in more than three decades.
The Bulldogs are led by Conference USA Coach of the Year Lane Burroughs along with CUSA Player of the Year Ethan Bates, who became the first Tech baseball player to earn the honor.
Tech won the regular season series against Middle Tennessee two games to one early in the year as the Blue Raiders (20-34) enter the tournament as the No 8 seed. Middle Tennessee did win its season finale 8-5 over Dallas Baptist, helping Louisiana Tech secure the outright regular season title.
LA Tech is 21-17 against Middle Tennessee all-time in head-to-head matchups.
Gates and the box office at JC Love Field at Pat Patterson Park will open at 7 a.m. today.
All-tournament passes and single-session tickets are available. Fans can purchase an all-tournament pass to attend up to 15 games for $200 for chairback seats and $150 for right field berm seats.
Fans can also purchase single-session tickets. Games played today and Thursday will be split into morning and evening sessions with each session consisting of two games. Chairback seats for a session can be purchased for $40 while tickets for right field berm will be available for $30.
Full-day passes for games played on Friday or Saturday are also available for $40 (chairbacks) and $30 (right field berm). Tickets for the championship game on Sunday will be priced at $30 for a chairback and $25 for the right field berm.
To purchase tickets for the 2024 CUSA Baseball Championship, fans can go to LATechSports.com/Tickets or call the LA Tech Ticket Office at (318) 257-3631. The box office at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park will be open two hours prior to the first game each day of the championship.
