OMAHA, Neb. — Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin gets right to the point when he discusses his protege, Erik Bakich.
He's proud of him. He's impressed with what he has accomplished at Michigan. He's his biggest fan.
Now he wants to beat him.
Corbin's Commodores and Bakich's Wolverines have never played each other. That changes Monday night when they open the best-of-three College World Series finals at TD Ameritrade Park.
"I'm not uncomfortable with it," Corbin said. "If you're going to play someone you really care about and like, this is the best place you could possibly do it.