LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri tried in advance of this weekend's series to reiterate the ground rules of what stood between his top-ranked team and the process it was going to take to achieve greatness. Whether that message fell on deaf ears entering this weekend's series gained serious credibility following unranked Illinois' 6-2 victory Sunday over No. 1 LSU before a crowd of 5,724 at Alex Box Stadium – giving the Illini their second win over the Tigers in the series.

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