Sunday, March 26, 2017

No. 25 ECU Claims Series Win Against Towson, 8-5…Track And Field Builds Momentum With Top Finishes At Raleigh Relays …UConn Women Down UCLA, Advances to Elite Eight…Play it back: Rematches to decide last 2 spots in Final Four…Gonzaga beats Xavier 83-59 to reach first Final Four…Oregon beats Kansas 74-60 to punch Final Four ticket

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Baseball: ECU wins series with big inning
• Audio Feature: Postgame Comments

ecupirates.com

• No. 25 ECU Claims Series Win Against Towson, 8-5
• Track And Field Builds Momentum With Top Finishes At Raleigh Relays
• Pirate Men’s Tennis Loses Tough Battle with Coastal Carolina
• Lady Pirates Snap Losing Streak with 4-1 Tennis Win at Richmond
• Memphis Claims Softball Series With 5-1 Victory Over East Carolina

Seven-run seventh boosts Pirates  Greenville Daily Reflector

247 Sports

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• UConn Downs UCLA, Advances to Elite Eight
• Late Game Heroics in Baseball Highlight 7-1 Day Around the Conference
• The American Today: Houston, Memphis, and Tulsa earn conference wins on Saturday

UConn advances to regional final with 86-71 win over UCLA Associated Press

UCF center Tacko Fall manages heavier workload during NIT run  Orlando Sentinel

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

The Associated Press

• Oregon beats Kansas 74-60 to punch Final Four ticket
• Gonzaga beats Xavier 83-59 to reach first Final Four
• Play it back: Rematches to decide last 2 spots in Final Four
• Zags, Ducks give West Coast flair to Final Four in Phoenix
• Top-seeded Jayhawks just can’t shake their Elite Eight blues
• Gonzaga’s national title chance a breakthrough moment

USA Today

• Final Four remains elusive for Kansas | Brackets
• Oregon powers past Kansas to reach Final Four
• Gonzaga dispatches Xavier to reach Final Four
• Lawrence PD brutally trolls sad Jayhawks fans
• No nerves: Kentucky, UNC let loose before Elite 8
• Florida hero hears ‘from everybody I ever met’
• Miller’s patience pays off, Indiana gets a winner

Raleigh News and Observer

• UNC and Kentucky meet for an encore, with Final Four at stake
• UNC’s Roy Williams references phone booths, describes generational gap with players
• Tar Heels’ perimeter play has, unusually, left big men behind – DeCock
• UNC vs. Kentucky: storylines and what to know

Lexington Herald-Leader

• After high-scoring first game, UK and UNC hope rematch is more shutdown than shootout
• As it should be, Kentucky vs. North Carolina for the Final Four
• We meet again: Kentucky vs. North Carolina by the numbers
• Five things you might have forgotten about Kentucky’s first meeting with North Carolina this season
• ‘He got ’em and I didn’t …’: Roy Williams praises Calipari’s recruiting
• When De’Aaron Fox flies, there’s ‘really nothing’ defenders can do about it

Columbia The State

• Attitude plus technique equals Elite Eight
• Gamecocks prep for Elite Eight like they did for first game of season
• Frank Martin sends shout-out to Sports Illustrated Kids reporter
• USC heard its name, and history keeps rewriting
• Walk-off win could provide a mental boost for USC moving forward