| LSU baseball coach Jay Johnson would love nothing better than to be in Omaha right now preparing for the College World Series. "My whole life revolves around the College World Series," Johnson said Tuesday. Admittedly, though, being there last year made it tough to balance the responsibilities of playing for the national championship and trying to bring in new recruits and transfers. This year, Johnson and his staff have but one goal: Recruiting and building for the 2025 season. To that end, the Tigers are already deep into the transfer portal. Wednesday came the announcement that Wofford ace Zac Cowan is transferring to LSU. The Tigers played and beat Wofford twice in the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional, though Cowan did not pitch in either game. There have been reports that another Wofford right-handed pitcher, Camden Wicker, is transferring to LSU as well. But our Koki Riley says tap the brakes on that one for now. I've got a baseball column for you on Paul Mainieri's surprising move to return to coaching at South Carolina, the talk tying Johnson to a potential coaching vacancy at Texas (no such vacancy existed as of late Wednesday night) and Tennessee's surprising assult on what has long been considered an unbreakable LSU record. And as always, Koki has the baseball portal tracker updated. Our college version of the hot stove league. THere's some basketball news to report as the LSU women and LSU men have opponents for this upcoming season's SEC/ACC Challenge. The LSU women will host Stanford, while the LSU men will host Florida State. No, that's not a typo. Stanford is joining the ACC this year, as difficult as that is to comprehend. Meanwhile, we also a story on how Angel Reese said playing for Kim Mulkey at LSU prepared her for the WNBA. That's all for now, folks. I'll be up early having a cup of tea and watching the U.S. Open on Thursday morning. I'll lift a mug in your direction, you faithful and fautless readers, you. Meanwhile, be sure to tune into our LSU Sports Insider podcast Thursday with Koki and yours truly. See you on the first tee and then, probably, behind a tree. Scott Rabalais | 
