• Indiana opens the 2020 season with a six-game road trip that begins in Baton Rouge with a three-game series against the No. 11-ranked LSU Tigers.
• The Hoosiers are 1-1-3 all-time against the Tigers, with the last meeting coming back in the 2008 season when IU also opened the campaign with a three-game set in Baton Rouge. LSU took the first two games, with Indiana winning the third, 7-6.
• Jeff Mercer enters his second season at the helm of the Indiana baseball program after leading the Hoosiers to a Big Ten regular season title in 2019, earning him Big Ten Coach of the Year honors.