The LSU baseball team are 2023 National Champions. Such is not surprising, considering all that they had in common with LSU’s women’s basketball team.
The parallels between the 2023 LSU baseball and 2022-23 LSU women’s basketball teams were obvious. So obvious that fans like me bit our tongues out of respect for luck and superstition.
Indeed, the 2023 LSU baseball story is one of a second-year head coach in Baton Rouge, leading a roster aided by high-profile transfer players and staring down high expectations. Jay Johnson’s team was stellar for most of the regular season but exposed some flaws down the stretch and underwhelmed in the SEC Tournament.