Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Monday, April 3, 2017

Despite tough weekend Pirate players put smiles on “exceptional” stars at annual game…UConn completes sweep at ECU…Track And Field Enjoys Productive Split Weekend…Pirate offense shines in first scrimmage of Spring…East Carolina Intercollegiate Set To Begin At Brook Valley…UNC not alone in dealing with long-running probes NCAA…For UNC innocents, this may be only national title shot they get…South Carolina wins first women’s basketball title

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Baseball: UConn completes sweep Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Baseball Hosted Its Annual ECBL Game At Clark-LeClair Stadium
• East Carolina Intercollegiate Set To Begin At Brook Valley
• Track And Field Enjoys Productive Split Weekend
• UCONN Completes Sweep Of No. 16 ECU, 5-1
• UCF Edges East Carolina 3-0 In AAC Softball Series Finale

UConn completes sweep at ECU Greenville Daily Reflector

Huskies Sweep No. 15/26 East Carolina, 5-1 UConn Huskies

UConn Baseball Wins Game 3 Over East Carolina theuconnblog.com

East Carolina swept again 247 Sports

UConn Tops ECU 5-1 on Sunday Rivals.com

Around the American Athletic Conference

UConn Sweeps East Carolina; UCF and Memphis Pick Up Series Wins theamerican.org

Quick Hits: Historic women’s basketball streak ends while baseball team shines UConn Daily Campus

UCF baseball earns series win over No. 11 Houston Orlando Sentinel

UC players put on show at Elder ‘Pit’ Cincinnati Enquirer

Hartford Courant

• UConn Football Insider: Orlovsky, Face Of Program, Once Again Involved With Huskies
• Finally UConn Men Get Some Good News: Jalen Adams Staying Put

Sunday blues linger for Tulane in 7-5 loss to South Florida New Orleans Advocate

Tulane drops series finale to USF Sunday, 7-5 New Orleans Times Picayune

Mike Norvell sees growth in Memphis’ second scrimmage Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa World

• TU secondary focusing on delivering more takeaways
• TU notebook: Philip Montgomery plays April Fools’ joke on players

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Columbia The State

• Coronation! Gamecocks bring home national championship
• Staley finally gets her trophy
• Columbia preparing parade to honor USC women’s basketball team
• Party time in Columbia! Fans celebrate USC national title
• Auburn walks off with series win over Gamecocks

USA Today

• UNC not alone in dealing with long-running probes NCAA
• South Carolina wins first women’s basketball title
• North Carolina vs. Gonzaga: Who has the edge?
• Silly gambling tale that bonds Williams and Few

Final Four 2017: For UNC innocents, this may be only national title shot they get googply.com

Raleigh News and Observer

• Tar Heels can’t change history, but they can make it – DeCock
• Roy Williams on NCAA allegations: I know we did nothing wrong
• The story behind Justin Jackson’s shot, which has helped lead UNC to the national title game
• A Gonzaga wife. A UNC husband. And a house that won’t be united Monday night
• With UNC national title victory, Roy Williams would join small coaching fraternity
• Joel Berry, in final ankle update, ‘feeling pretty good’
• Gonzaga passes eye test in more ways than one

The Associated Press

• Title or money? The give-and-take of one-and-done in hoops
• Staley proud to be 2nd African-American coach to win titleStaley proud to be 2nd African-American coach to win title
• Staley says she would go to White House if invited
• Poker buddies and road trippers, Few, Williams meet in final
• Some things to watch in the NCAA championship game
• Gonzaga’s brand of winning leads university’s broader growth

Georgetown to interview Patrick Ewing for coaching vacancy Washington Post