Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Thursday, Feb, 2, 2017

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

• View from the East: Pirates address needs with signees
• Audio Feature: Coach Mo Signing Day Presser
• Basketball: Mustangs too much for ECU

ecupirates.com

• East Carolina Football Announces 2017 Signees
• SMU Pulls Away From ECU Quickly
• I’Tiana Taylor Signs Professional Volleyball Contract In Dubai
• Baseball And Softball Single-Game Tickets For 2017 Are Officially On Sale

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Montgomery relishes recruiting battles won
• Mustangs manhandle Pirates
• ECU brings in big size
• MIXER: Godwin, Pirates become marketing machines
• NSD: Signees make it official

Washington Daily News

• ECU welcomes 22-man 2017 signing class
• ECU announces 2017 signees

• ECU dominates in-state on National Signing Day
• Baker helps lead ECU track and field as senior
• Roueche rejoins team after year-long injury
• Pirates sink in overtime despite late rally

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• SMU Cruises Past East Carolina
• Caupain Rallies No. 14 Cincinnati Late at Tulsa
• Dotson Goes For Career-High 31 In Houston’s Victory
• 2017 Signing Day Central
• Women’s Basketball Feature – Playing for Geno
• Player Profile: Houston Guard Damyean Dotson
• Men’s Basketball Feature – Tulsa Looks to Veteran Leadership
• Tulane’s Schmitz, Temple’s Abdurakhimova Earn Weekly Honors

Cincinnati Enquirer

• UC comes back, holds off Tulsa upset bid
• UC football No. 1 in multiple AAC class ratings

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF pulls off late surge on National Signing Day
• UCF loses Jamari Chisholm, poachers target Knights
• UCF National Signing Day Updates: Scott Frost lands a few surprises

Rewind: Randy Edsall Introduces His Recruiting Class Hartford Courant

Temple recruiting class is poorly ranked; new coach undaunted  Philly.com

Tampa Bay Times

• Temple recruiting class is poorly ranked; new coach undaunted
• USF gets late surge of signings
• Coach Earl Garcia: USF goes from ‘KIA to Cadillac’ in getting Strong for Taggart

Tulsa World

• Tulsa withers late in loss to AAC-leading Cincinnati
• 2017 TU National Signing Day: Hurricane cleans up in Tulsa area

Houston Chronicle

• Damyean Dotson posts 31 points, powers UH past UCF
• Concussions end playing career of UH’s Ra’Shaad Samples
• UH’s top recruit Bryan Jones: ‘I’m going to destroy this…
• National Signing Day: UH’s signees

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Tigers head to Florida in precarious spot
• Memphis makes the most of Signing Day

SMU’s Morris: ‘We got everybody we wanted’ … including a QB with ‘striking similarities’ to Johnny Manziel  Dallas News

Willie Fritz on Tulane’s recruiting class: ‘We needed a big class this year’ New Orleans Times Picayune

Signing day at Tulane: Seeking more competition, Green Wave fills up at some pivotal positions New Orleans Advocate

Navy finding national competition on recruiting trail Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• NC State loses 100-93 to Syracuse in OT; Dennis Smith Jr. has triple-double
• Syracuse loss will leave a mark on Wolfpack
• Wolfpack once again left wondering what might have been – DeCock
• Syracuse guard’s 43 points were new record at PNC Arena. More than Steph and Warren
• Signing Day roundup: A look at who signed at Duke, NC State and UNC
• UNC will need early contributions from incoming 20-player recruiting class
• NC State in position to be patient with recruiting class
• Blue Devils sign 22 of their 24 prospects on National Signing Day
• Austin Rivers doesn’t want Duke to end up regretting this season

Charlotte Observer

• Gamecocks have top class among Carolinas schools on football signing day
• Carolinas college football: Division I signees by schools
• On Signing Day, Charlotte 49ers add depth along offensive line, find success in Florida

Fayetteville Observer

• In-state FBS roundup: Plenty of surprises on National Signing Day
• Murchison makes late switch to N.C. State
• Campbell signs ‘best scout team in America’ for 2018 move to FCS

Signing day starts, ends early for App State Winston Salem Journal

Columbia The State

• Gamecocks thrash LSU, remain tied for first place
• Quality over quantity for Clemson on Signing Day
• Dabo Swinney excited to coach son Will, who will walk on at Clemson
• USC needs immediate impact from defensive signees
• Following his father Duce, playing for USC a dream for Damani Staley .

Charleston Post and Courier

• Sapakoff: Clemson is still a good stock buy, even at No. 1
• Coastal Carolina’s recruiting class features four three-star prospects
• Cougars Den: First place in CAA on the line Thursday against UNCW
• Clemson basketball holds on to beat Georgia Tech 74-62

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Despite a few misses, Tech’s Fuente still thrilled with signing day
• A 10-3 record, bowl victory helped ODU avoid staggering signing day losses
• Signing Day comes off without drama at Virginia

The Associated Press

• Alabama continues its reign atop team recruiting standings
• Attorneys: Briles drops libel suit against Baylor officials
• Jackson leads No. 3 Kansas to 73-68 win over No. 2 Baylor

USA Today

• Winners and losers of Signing Day | Wild stories
• Ranking top classes from Signing Day | Gallery
• Briles drops libel suit against Baylor | Recruiting
• Kansas survives Baylor to run home streak to 51