Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Saturday, March 25, 2017

Pirates win in Williams-Sutton’s return …East Carolina Baseball Honors Keith LeClair…ECU installs Staton as 11th chancellor…Office Of State Ethics Questioning Corey Edsall’s Employment At UConn…Cost of bills in UNC academic scandal nears $18 million …Gamecocks crunch Baylor, stand one step from Final Four …Florida-Wisconsin delivers the drama we’ve been waiting for…Suns’ Booker pours in 70 points in loss to Celtics

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Baseball: Pirates top Towson, 9-4 Bonesville.net

Campus Connect – East Carolina Baseball Honors Keith LeClair  theamerican.org

ecupirates.com

• No. 25 ECU Wins Series Opener Over Towson, 9-4
• Memphis Tops East Carolina Softball 8-2 In American Athletic Conference Opener
• Spring Football Notebook No. 3

Pirates win in Williams-Sutton’s return  Greenville Daily Reflector

Williams-Sutton’s return boosts ECU to win in series opener 247 Sports

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• The American Today: UCF, Memphis, and Tulsa Pick up conference softball wins
• SMU Men’s Basketball Senior Class Tribute

Hartford Courant

• Office Of State Ethics Questioning Corey Edsall’s Employment At UConn
• Geno, Our State’s Father Figure, Lectures Us On Parenting

Must-see video for teens: Geno Auriemma on attitude and body language chicagonow.com

Who will play quarterback for Temple? Competition begins in spring practices  Philly.com

Tulsa World

• TU assistant Dennis Felton hired as Cleveland State head coach
• TU Sports: Forward TK Edogi announces decision to transfer

Don’t look now, but Tulane has won six of seven after dropping Stetson 7-6 New Orleans Advocate

New Orleans Times Picayune

• Kaplan’s 4 RBIs rally Tulane to a 7-6 win over Stetson Friday
• Tulane OL Hunter Knighton ‘very fortunate’ to continue career with Green Wave

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Sweet 16 thoughts: Florida-Wisconsin delivers the drama we’ve been waiting for  Sporting News

The Associated Press

• Elite! Chiozza hits 3 at OT buzzer, Gators beat Wisconsin
• South Carolina beats Baylor 70-50 to advance to Elite Eight
• TIPPING OFF: Kansas, Gonzaga, Oregon, Xavier eye Final Four
• Anything can happen, but favorites sure are playing like it
• Elite 8-bound: Kentucky beats UCLA 86-75 in South semifinal
• SEC, yes the football power, has 3 teams in Elite 8
• Anything can happen, but favorites sure are playing like it
• Lonzo Ball says he’s one and done at UCLA, headed to NBA
• Final 4 court assembled in Arizona’s NFL stadium

Raleigh News and Observer

• Cost of bills in UNC academic scandal nears $18 million
• UNC continues quest for redemption with 92-80 win over Butler
• On Beale Street, they’ll sing of how Butler got the Luke Maye blues – DeCock
• How Justin Jackson, Joel Berry found what they’d been searching for against Butler
• Memphis has a comfortable feel for the Tar Heels, so far at least – DeCock
• Jason Ray, UNC mascot and organ donor, left behind a legacy of life
• NC State baseball knocks off No. 1 Louisville

Columbia The State

• ELITE D: Gamecocks crunch Baylor, stand one step from Final Four
• Gamecocks’ defense blackens Baylor’s bright lights
• More campus shenanigans after latest USC tournament win
• Gamecocks drop SEC series opener to Alabama

USA Today

• South Carolina reaches first Elite 8 | Classy move
• UNC handles Butler to get back to Elite 8 | Bracket
• Elite 8 preview: Kansas-Oregon | Gonzaga-Xavier
• Elite Eight: Keys for each team to reach Final Four
• Florida stuns Wisconsin with OT buzzer-beater
• Florida coach on both sides of March buzzer-beater
• SEC top conference in this year’s NCAA tournament
• De’Aaron Fox wasn’t letting Kentucky lose | Advance
• Steve Alford addresses IU rumors again after loss