For seven innings on Sunday, it appeared that Louisville’s bid for its first national championship in program history was destined to come to a quiet end. Fortunately for the Cardinals -- who hadn’t won a game at the Men’s College World Series since 2019 -- that was not the case.

The Arizona Wildcats and Louisville Cardinals meet up in Omaha on Sunday with their NCAA Men’s College World Series hopes on the line in the first elimination game of the tournament. Both teams had high hopes coming into the Men’s College World Series, but found themselves on the losing end of a couple of tough battles.

Brunson chose Louisville over Mississippi State, Virginia, Virginia Tech and others. He was one of four 2026 prospects to take an official visit to campus this weekend, and is now the fifth recruit in the cycle to commit over the last two-plus weeks.

Louisville Cardinals baseball lost an NCAA CWS baseball game vs Oregon State. Three takeaways from UofL baseball's NCAA Tournament loss:

Assad is the Cardinals multimedia content producer, capturing every moment of their run to the College World Series

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Another Class of 2026 recruit who had originally committed to the Louisville football program is opting to go somewhere else instead, and this time it's a local prospect Radcliff (Ky.