Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017

ECU Wins Third Straight American Men’s Swimming Title…Pirates Drop Series To Rebels, 3-2…Softball Posts Dramatic Sweep On Day Two Of Pirate Clash…Williams Sets Record, UCF Rallies Late to Steal Win at ECU…Cronin Earns 300th Career Win in No. 18 Cincinnati’s Victory Over Tulsa…NBA All-Star Saturday night stunk

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Football Recruiting: Purple blood runs thick for Winstead
• Basketball: Central Florida overtakes Pirates
• Baseball: Rebs rally past ECU

ecupirates.com

• ECU Wins Third Straight American Men’s Swimming Title
• Pirates Drop Series To Rebels, 3-2
• Godwin Call-In Show Set For Monday, Feb. 20 At Logan’s Roadhouse
• Softball Posts Dramatic Sweep On Day Two Of Pirate Clash
• Late UCF Run Sends ECU Down To Defeat
• UCF Charges Past the Lady Pirates in Orlando
• Pirates Sweep Delaware for Ninth Win

theamerican.org

• East Carolina and Houston Win 2017 American Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships
• Williams Sets Record, UCF Rallies Late to Steal Win at ECU
• Player Profile: East Carolina Guard Alex Frazier

Pirates fail to finish  Greenville Daily Reflector

247 Sports

• Pirates sweep day two of Pirate Clash
• Pirates drop second straight to Ole Miss
• ECU wins third straight AAC men’s swimming title

WITN 7

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Cronin Earns 300th Career Win in No. 18 Cincinnati’s Victory Over Tulsa
• Frazier Nearly Perfect as Tulane Earns Sweep of USF
• Knights Down Pirates, UConn Escapes with Three-Point Win at Tulane
• No. 19 SMU Rallies, Holds On to First at Houston
• UCF, UConn, Houston Memphis, and Tulane pick up wins on Saturday
• Indoor Track and Field: Feb. 17 recap

Cronin wins 300th as UC tops Tulsa Cincinnati Enquirer

No. 1 UConn escapes Tulane with 101st straight win Associated Press

Jeff Jacobs: UConn-Big East Talk Just Gets Louder Hartford Courant

Speedster Chauncy Smart signs with USF  Tampa Bay Times

Temple hosting many top prospects at football junior day Philly.com

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Virginia stays cold — and gets torched at North Carolina, 65-41 Washington Post

Raleigh News and Observer

• UNC finds defensive intensity in 65-41 win over Virginia
• Duke holds off Wake Forest for 99-94 win
• Ailing Jeff Capel Jr. joins son, Duke staff on bench
• After twists and turns, UNC and Duke back on collision course – DeCock
• Notre Dame hands NC State seventh straight loss, 81-72
• Wolfpack ‘bites the tire’ but loses to Notre Dame
• Gottfried won’t give up on Wolfpack players who let him down – DeCock

USA Today

• No. 3 Kansas outlasts No. 4 Baylor again | Scores
• NCAA bubble watch: Saturday winners and losers

Webber, Massimino among the Hall of Fame finalists Associated Press