OMAHA, Neb. -- LSU and Florida.
The adversaries in the best-of-three finale of the 2023 Men's College World Series (Saturday, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN) know each other well, but also, they really kind of don't.
Inarguably the standard bearer for college baseball's modern era is LSU, winner of six MCWS titles, but none since 2009. The last time the Tigers made the finals, they were denied that seventh title in 2017 by ... Florida.
Florida is in the conversation as college baseball's best program during that LSU title drought, making its eighth trip to Omaha since 2010 and its fourth finals appearance since 2005.