High-scoring ECU, Mercer meet in weekend series …ECU-Mercer Series Revised; Doubleheader Friday…Pirates setting model for Mercer Baseball success…East Carolina Opens Outdoor Track And Field Campaign In Chapel Hill…Philip Nelson gets mention as QB sleeper for 2017 Draft…SMU gets shot to avenge loss to USC …New USF basketball coach’s deal: six years, $6.85 million…NC State coaching target, UNCW’s Keatts, out of NCAA tournament …Vandy gaffe helps Northwestern get first NCAA win

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

View from the East: Coach Mo recruits a recruiter Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Gameday: No. 8 ECU Hosts Mercer
• ECU-Mercer Series Revised; Doubleheader Friday
• East Carolina Opens Outdoor Track And Field Campaign In Chapel Hill

ECU starts series with doubleheader  Greenville Daily Reflector

High-scoring ECU, Mercer meet in weekend series Washington Daily News

ECU-Mercer Series revised due to potential weather; doubleheader Friday WNCT 9

247 Sports

• Philip Nelson gets mention as QB sleeper for 2017 Draft
• ECU shifts Mercer series with Friday doubleheader

Pirates setting model for Mercer Baseball success WGXA

Mercer offense off to a hot start The Telegraph

TECH SOFTBALL FIRST PITCH: Red Raiders looking to get back on winning track Red Raiders

Tevin Mack eyes school closer to home as recruiting process begins again Columbia (SC) The State

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

8 questions facing Tulane football this spring New Orleans Times Picayune

New Orleans Advocate

• Big third quarter lifts Tulane women past Texas-Arlington in WNIT
• An ‘upward trend’? Tulane hopes for one with winless Columbia coming to town

Mike Norvell presides over battle of the backup quarterbacks Memphis Commercial Appeal

theamerican.org

• No. 6 Seed SMU Takes on No. 11 Seed USC in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament
• Tulane Women Advances with 62-53 Win over UT Arlington
• Tulane Beats Nicholls State in 10 Innings
• Campus Connect – UCF Student-Athletes Give Back to Habitat for Humanity

Dallas News

• Rematch on: SMU gets shot to avenge loss to USC
• SMU taking Tim Jankovich’s message to heart: UConn won it all; you can, too

UC’s Washington makes profound difference Cincinnati Enquirer

Tampa Bay Times

• New USF basketball coach’s deal: six years, $6.85 million
• Even during a trying season, USF women meet NCAA tourney expectations

Stan Hixon to be new Temple WR coach Philly.com

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Wilmington Star-News

• UNCW falls short against Virginia
• Cavaliers went small to neutralize Seahawks’ shooting spree

Charlottesville Daily Progress

• Virginia holds off UNC Wilmington in NCAA opener
• Shayok discovers some postseason magic

The Associated Press

• A look at Friday’s opening round of the NCAA Tournament
• Bound to happen: 1 vs 16 matchup inches closer to an upset
• A down year for No. 12 seeds in NCAA Tournament openers
• New Missouri coach Cuonzo Martin learned from cancer scare
• Women’s NCAA Tournament tips off
• Spring Rhule: New Baylor coach ready to finally get on field

Raleigh News and Observer

• Under bright lights, it’s Jayson Tatum’s time to shine for Duke
• Displaced from Greensboro, Roy, K weigh in on HB2
• Trying not to jinx UNC, Roy Cooper picks out-of-state NCAA tournament winner
• NC State coaching target, UNCW’s Keatts, out of NCAA tournament
• The (second) most wonderful time of the year includes NCAA basketball

Ed Hardin: Duke, Carolina together – in Greenville, instead of Greensboro  Greensboro News-Record

Charleston Post and Courier

• NCAA Notes: HB2 questions follow North Carolina, Duke to Palmetto State
• For Gamecocks, a first NCAA victory in 44 years would banish ‘the elephant in the room’

USA Today

• Barkley supports Coach K’s stance on NC law
• Vandy gaffe helps Northwestern get first NCAA win
• Heartache consumes Vanderbilt after painful error
• Bill Murray brings his sports fandom for Xavier
• March Madness finds spiritual home in Las Vegas
• Coaches Indiana should consider | Crean fired
• Alford won’t rule out Indiana, but ‘I love UCLA’
• Previewing Friday’s tournament games | Bracket

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• With U.Va. in trouble during NCAA opener, London Perrantes answers the call
• Hot-shooting guard helps Wisconsin eliminate Virginia Tech
• ODU’s new football training facility’s a gem, even minus the movie theater

Washington Post

• Maryland fizzles out in NCAA tournament loss to Xavier
• Virginia Tech can’t overcome Bronson Koenig, Wisconsin
• Feinstein: Perrantes rescues Virginia in tourney opener
• Kilgore: Notre Dame’s luck continues to endure
• VCU falls to Saint Mary’s but both teams salute each other