Lamar Cardinals baseball
Year Record Pct Notes
1976 0-2 .000 Arlington , TX Regional ; Lost to Texas ( 2-3 ) , Lost to Miami , FL ( 0-6 )
1977 0-2 .000 Arlington Regional ; Lost to Miami , Ohio ( 0-1 ) , Lost to New Orleans ( 2-5 )
1979 1-2 .333 Austin Regional ; Defeated Brigham Young ( 3-2 ) , Lost to Texas ( 4-6 ) , Lost to Brigham Young ( 7-4 )
1981 1-2 .333 Austin Regional ; Defeated Stanford ( 6-5 ) , Lost to Texas ( 2-3 ) , Lost to Stanford ( 1-9 )
1984 2-2 .500 Austin Regional ; Lost to Texas ( 0-6 ) , Defeated Oklahoma ( 4-3 ) , Defeated UNLV ( 10-5 ) , Lost to Texas ( 5-6 )
1985 3-2 .600 Austin Regional ; Lost to Oklahoma ( 1-9 ) , Defeated LSU ( 4-3 ) , Defeated Houston ( 10-9 ) , Defeated Oklahoma ( 7-5 ) , Lost to Texas ( 2-10 )
1987 0-2 .000 Austin Regional ; Lost to Texas ( 5-6 ) , Lost to Indiana State ( 5-10 )
1993 0-2 .000 College Station Regional ; Lost to UCLA ( 1-6 ) , Lost to Texas A & M ( 5-10 )
1995 2-2 .500 Wichita Regional ; Defeated Wichita State ( 13-11 ) , Lost to Stanford ( 1-8 ) , Defeated Wichita State ( 4-1 ) , Lost to Stanford ( 9-16 )
2002 1-2 .333 Austin Regional ; Lost to Baylor ( 2-4 ) , Defeated Central Conn. St. ( 9-4 ) , Lost to Baylor ( 9-10 )
2003 3-2 .600 Austin Regional ; Defeated Arkansas ( 3-2 ) , Lost to Texas ( 3-7 ) , Defeated Arkansas ( 7-3 ) , Defeated Texas ( 6-2 ) , Lost to Texas ( 3-6 )
2004 0-2 .000 Houston Regional ; Lost to Texas A & M ( 3-14 ) , Lost to Rice ( 3-6 )
2010 0-2 .000 Fort Worth ; Lost to TCU ( 3-16 ) , Lost to Baylor ( 4-6 )
TOTALS 13-26 .333 13 NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances
Lamar Cardinals in the NCAA Tournament
The NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament started in 1947 . The format of the tournament has changed through the years .
The Lamar Cardinals baseball team represents Lamar University and competes in the Southland Conference of the NCAA's Division I. The team is coached by 3rd year head coach, Will Davis following Jim Gilligan's retirement at the end of the 2016 season. Except for five seasons (1987-1991), the Cardinals baseball team had been coached by Jim Gilligan since 1973. With over 1000 career wins as a head coach, Gilligan was one of the most winning coaches in NCAA history. The Cardinals baseball team leads the Southland Conference with 10 regular season titles. The Cardinals also won one Sun Belt Conference regular season title in 1993. In addition, the Cardinals have won three Southland Conference tournament titles and two Sun Belt Conference tournament titles. In the 2010 season, the Lamar was seeded seventh in the Southland Conference Baseball Tournament, went undefeated through the tournament, and was crowned the conference champions. The team received a bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and played TCU and Baylor. Over the years, the Cardinals have appeared in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament thirteen (13) times.