Obinna Ekezie Jr., one of the top recruits in the Class of 2027, will reclassify to 2026 and join Louisville next season, he announced Sunday.

The 7-footer was the No. 4 overall prospect in the 2027 class, according to the 247Sports composite rankings.

He was also considering Arkansas, BYU and Maryland, where his father starred before going on to play four NBA seasons.

“I have chosen to commit to University of Louisville as I feel it’s the best situation to develop, showcase my game and strive to win a national championship,” the younger Ekezie told multiple outlets in a statement.

Ekezie is finishing his junior year of high school at Southeastern Prep in Orlando, Fla.

He joins an incoming Louisville class that was previously without a true freshman but is packed with transfers. Coach Pat Kelsey attracted top transfers Flory Bidunga (Kansas), Jackson Shelstad (Oregon), Karter Knox (Arkansas) and Alvaro Folgueiras (Iowa) this offseason.

–Field Level Media

Team Vitality clinched back-to-back unbeaten runs through the group and playoff stages by beating Natus Vincere 3-0 in the grand final of the BLAST Rivals Spring event Sunday in Fort Worth, Texas.

After winning the Intel Extreme Masters Rio event on April 19 without dropping a game in the playoffs, Vitality once again had a 2-0 win in the semifinals after receiving a bye for an undefeated group stage. The shutout in the grand final clinched Team Vitality the $125,000 first prize to go along with two BLAST Frequent Flyer tokens.

Natus Vincere claimed $75,000 for the second-place finish as GamerLegion and FaZe Clan earned $40,000 after falling in the semifinals.

The $350,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament began with eight teams divided into two double-elimination groups for the initial stage. The group winners moved directly to the semifinals of the single-elimination playoff. The group runners-up went to the quarterfinals as high seeds, and the teams that finished third in their groups advanced to the quarterfinals as low seeds.

All matches in the group stage and the playoffs were best-of-three until Sunday’s grand final, which was best-of-five.

Vitality kept it close with Natus Vincere through the first two matches, eking out a 16-12 overtime win on Nuke and a 13-11 win on Anubis. It was all but over by the third match and Vitality wasted no time by picking up a 13-3 win on Dust II.

Estonia’s Robin ‘ropz’ Kool led the charge for Team Vitality with a 60-38 kills-to-deaths ratio. Israel’s Shahar ‘flameZ’ Shushan also had a solid showing with 54 kills, including a team-high 26 on Nuke to kick off the grand final.

Ukraine’s Ihor ‘w0nderful’ Zhdanov was the only member of Natus Vincere to finish with a positive kills-to-deaths ratio at 53-42. Kosovo’s Drin ‘makazze’ Shaqiri finished with the most kills on any map during the grand final with 27 on Anubis.

BLAST Rivals Spring prize pool

1. $125,000, two BLAST Frequent Flyer tokens — Team Vitality

2. $75,000 — Natus Vincere

3-4. $40,000 — GamerLegion, FaZe Clan

5-6. $25,000 — Astralis, G2 Esports

7-8. $10,000 — FUT Esports, FURIA

–Field Level Media

Christian Ramirez and Myrto Uzuni scored within 12 minutes of each other in the second half and Brad Stuver turned away four shots for his second straight clean sheet to lead host Austin FC to a 2-0 win over struggling St. Louis City on Sunday.

The Verde (3-4-4, 13 points) have captured consecutive games via identical scores and have turned around a season that had seen them suffer through a seven-match winless swoon.

St. Louis City (1-6-3, 6 points) are now winless in their past five matches and have lost three times over that stretch.

Ramirez’s goal in the 69th minute broke Sunday’s scoreless deadlock. The scoring play started from a corner kick that was originally cleared from the zone before Uzuni pounced on the loose ball, sending it back into the box for teammate Dani Pereira.

Pereira then chipped a pass toward the far post that Ramirez leaped to head into the net past St. Louis goalkeeper Roman Burki for a 1-0 lead.

Austin added to the goal in the 81st minute when Uzuni booted home a left-footed shot after Jon Gallagher ran down the ball near the end line and passed to Ramirez. Ramirez then feed Uzuni at the center of the box for a shot into the lower left corner that doubled the lead.

The Verde got a boost in the match from the return of midfielder Owen Wolff, who entered in the 82nd minute after missing Austin’s first 10 games of the season.

Austin had an excellent scoring chance in the early minutes but Gallagher’s header from deep in the box with a 24% goal expectancy went over the crossbar. Marcel Hartel countered with a shot on goal for St. Louis City three minutes later that Stuver batted away.

Uzuni was in prime position to open the scoring in the 22nd minute when he headed a free kick toward the net that Burki somehow stopped. Stuver then returned the favor in the 26th minute when he dove to make a save on Simon Becher.

–Field Level Media