WORLD SERIES. EVERY TEAM EXCEPT ARIZONA WHO GOT HERE YESTERDAY. ARKANSAS THE FAVORITES. THIS YEAR. THEY’RE MAKING THEIR 12TH TRIP TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES, FIRST IN THREE YEARS. THE HOGS SEARCHING FOR THAT FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. IT NEVER GETS OLD. IT’S YOU KNOW, YOU START TALKING ABOUT IT AS SOON AS IT ENDS TRYING TO GET BACK OR GET THERE AGAIN. AND, YOU KNOW, WE FELT LIKE IN THE FALL, THIS TEAM HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THERE. IF EVERYTHING KIND OF FELL INTO PLACE AND WE STAYED HEALTHY. AND, YOU KNOW, IT’S BEEN A GOOD YEAR. WE FOUGHT OUR WAY HERE. THAT’S CAM KOEGEL. HE’S HAPPY TO BE HOME. IT’S GOING TO BE A FUN WEEK OR WEEK AND A HALF FOR THE STAR OUT OF MILLARD. SOUTH ARKANSAS GETS LSU IN THE FIRST ROUND ON SATURDAY NIGHT. THE TIGERS, JUST A COUPLE YEARS REMOVED FROM WINNING IT ALL, WINNING THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES UNDER HEAD COACH JAY JOHNSON, WHO ADMITS HE GOT A LITTLE NOSTALGIC WHILE WALKING INTO THE CHUCK TODAY. PRETTY AWESOME. YOU KNOW, WALKING DOWN THE TUNNEL, I DIDN’T REALLY EXPECT TO GET GET FLOODED WITH SOME OF THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, THE GREATEST NIGHT OF YOUR LIFE AND KIND OF COMING BACK TO YOU. AND WE’VE DONE A GOOD JOB WITH THIS TEAM MAKING IT ABOUT THIS TEAM. AND THEY DESERVE TO BE HERE. AND WE’RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE BACK IN 2025. THE BEAVERS ARE BACK IN OMAHA, OREGON STATE, MAKING THEIR EIGHTH TRIP TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES, BUT THE FIRST TRIP SINCE WINNING IT ALL BACK IN 2018. OREGON TAKES ON LOUISVILLE IN THE OPENING ROUND ON FRIDAY NIGHT. SPEAKING OF LOUISVILLE, THEY’RE BACK IN OMAHA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX YEARS. CARDINALS MAKING THEIR SIXTH TRIP TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES, ALL UNDER HEAD COACH DAN MACDONALD, WHO’S THRILLED TO BE BACK IN OMAHA, NEVER GETS OLD. I MEAN, IT’S IT’S A BLESSING. IT’S A REAL TREAT. IT’S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY FOR OUR PLAYERS AND OUR OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAM, BUT FOR OUR ENTIRE CITY, I MEAN, EVERYBODY IS SO EXCITED AND AND YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO OMAHA. SO I’M THINKING WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF RED AND BLACK IN THE CITY FOR THE NEXT HOPEFULLY WEEK AND A HALF. YEAH. THE ONLY FIRST TIMER IN THIS YEAR’S FIELD, MURRAY STATE. THE RACERS ARRIVED IN OMAHA THIS AFTERNOON, JUST THE FOURTH FOURTH SEED IN AN NCAA REGIONAL TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO OMAHA IN THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. NO SURPRISE, MURRAY STATE, THE BIGGEST LONG SHOT IN THIS YEAR’S FIELD. NOW COASTAL CAROLINA BACK IN OMAHA FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THEY WON IT ALL NINE YEARS AGO. BACK IN 2016, THE SHOT TO CLEARS COME IN WITH THE MOST WINS OF ANY TEAM IN THE FIELD, WITH 53. ACTUALLY FIVE WINS, MORE THAN ANY TEAM IN THE FIELD. COASTAL. THE FIRST GAME OF THE TOURNAMENT ON FRIDAY AT ONE AGAINST ARIZONA, FOLLOWED BY LOUISVILLE AND OREGON STATE. SATURDAY IT’S UCLA AGAINST MURRAY STATE, LSU AND ARKANSAS. NOW ALL EIGHT TEAMS PRACTICE TOMORROW AT CHARLES SCHWAB FIELD. IT’S FREE AND OPEN TO THE PU