Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017

ECU women play Houston in Hoops finale …No. 11 East Carolina Tops La Salle In Series Opener, 7-3…Softball Powers Past Virginia 10-1 In Five Innings…ECU Captures Three Medals On Day One Of AAC Indoor Championships …TU To Host East Carolina In Season Finale…Two USF basketball players home safe after being left at airport…Flyers, Penguins hoping for a dash of winter at Heinz Field…NASCAR seeks boost to steep decline with strong Daytona 500

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Baseball: Pirates take home opener, 7-3  Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• No. 11 East Carolina Tops La Salle In Series Opener, 7-3
• East Carolina Powers Past Virginia 10-1 In Five Innings
• ECU Captures Three Medals On Day One Of AAC Indoor Championships
• Coastal Carolina Outlasts Women’s Tennis
• ECU Tied For Ninth At The Hayt
• Campbell Edges Pirates 5-1

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Pirates take home opener
• ECU women play Houston in finale

The East Carolinian

• ECU opens Clark-LeClair stadium with a comeback win
• Pirates defeat UVA

TU To Host East Carolina In Season Finale Oklahoma’s Own NewsOn6

Around the American Athletic Conference

Two USF basketball players home safe after being left at airport  Tampa Bay Times

theamerican.org

• UCF, East Carolina, Memphis and USF all earn wins on Friday
• The American Today: Tulsa, UCF, and East Carolina Pick up wins on Friday
• No. 17 SMU Takes on UConn at the XL Center
• Ten meet records are broken on day one of Indoor Track and Field Championships
• Inaugural American Athletic Conference Academic Consortium Symposium Dates Set For March 23 & 24 in Philadelphia
• Weekday Warrior: Houston’s Damyean Dotson
• Men’s Basketball Feature – American Cities

As long as SMU keeps winning, Tim Jankovich ‘doesn’t care’ how it’s getting done   Dallas News

UConn Has Chance To Rectify Its Rough History With SMU Hartford Courant

Philly.com

• Owls look to feed off of Enechionyia’s breakout game
• Basketball preview: Tulane at Temple
• Watch Temple’s Fran Dunphy cross over and dunk on Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim

Dedric Lawson denies his mind is made up Memphis Commercial Appeal

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Coaching searches always seem to be Miller time at NC State – DeCock
• UNC mascot Jason Ray died 10 years ago, but his parents assure his spirit lives on
• UNC’s Roy Williams compares ACC coaches to mushrooms in the dark
• Man charged with selling phony Duke-UNC basketball tickets

Bubble Watch: Izzo’s Spartans still shoring up NCAA resume Associated Press