Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017

Women’s Basketball Game Against SMU Moved to Saturday at 1 p.m….ECU faces next road test at Temple …Baseball Set To Have Two Home Games Televised On CBS Sports Network…Group of Five schools make investments with big-time in mind…JMU in FCS title game is yet another sign the Dukes belong in Conference USA…Clemson’s Dabo Swinney and team arrive in Tampa

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Gameday Preview: ECU at Temple
• Women’s Basketball Hosts SMU Saturday Afternoon
• Women’s Basketball Game Against SMU Moved to Saturday at 1 p.m.
• Baseball Set To Have Two Home Games Televised On CBS Sports Network
• Coiro And Ward Hired To East Carolina Athletics External Staff

Greenville Daily Reflector

• ECU faces next road test at Temple
• ECU women playing Saturday at 1 p.m.

East Carolina Pirates vs Temple Owls Sportsbook Review

College Baseball Countdown: 42 Days to Go – East Carolina at Mississippi College Baseball Central

ECU looks to return to the win column against the Temple Owls Scout.com

Philly.com

• Temple looks to turn AAC fortunes around vs. East Carolina
• Basketball preview: East Carolina at Temple

247 Sports

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Men’s Basketball Feature: First-Year Head Coaches
• Seven American Athletic Conference Baseball Games to be televised on CBS Sports Network
• TICKETS FOR THE 2017 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE NOW ON SALE

McKie, Overton give back what they learned on Philly courts  Philly.com

Hartford Courant

• Breaking Down Randy Edsall’s Incentive-Heavy Contract At UConn
• Capsule: Central Florida At UConn

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• UC faces tough test against Gray, Houston
• Oglesby, Prewitt removed from Memphis football team

UC faces tough test against Gray, Houston Cincinnati Enquirer

UH, Major Applewhite fill out coaching staff Houston Chronicle

TU Sports: Quarterback Ryan Rubley, long snapper Robert Hill to transfer Tulsa World

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

The Associated Press

• Group of Five schools make investments with big-time in mind
• Tide-Tigers II: The matchups that will decide national title
• Just go dark? Playoff teams confront Twitter pot shots
• Penn State abuse scandal costs approach a quarter-billion

Columbia The State

• Respect for Clemson’s chances gaining steam
• Clemson’s Dabo Swinney and team arrive in Tampa

A force that could tilt the national championship toward Clemson Washington Post

Charleston Post & Courier

• Swinney survived rocky start as head coach to build football powerhouse at Clemson
• In South Carolina, some babies can actually be born Clemson fans next week
• Ex-Citadel coach Mike Houston’s formula working again at James Madison

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• JMU in FCS title game is yet another sign the Dukes belong in Conference USA
• 2017 Hokies will have a different feel, Part II: the defense

Raleigh News and Observer