On a hair dryer of a Sunday afternoon in the town that every June becomes de facto Baton Rouge North, the LSU Tigers didn't merely win a Men's College World Series national championship. Nor was it merely their eighth overall.

The title marks LSU's second in the last three years after earning the title in 2023 with Paul Skenes as the ace of their staff. This year, it was Kade Anderson who did the heavy lifting as the star pitcher also earned Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.