Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

No. 8 ECU Opens Up AAC Championships Against No. 1 UCF…Still hope for a Pirate postseason…Inclement Weather Threat Alters AAC Baseball Championship Schedule…Tyler, Watkins And Yorgen Named First-Team All-Conference…Real or not? Jeff Hoffman is real deal for Rockies, Brett Gardner an All-Star…Jah Reid lawsuit isn’t a ‘personal attack’ against UCF, attorney says…Hokies fire baseball coach Pat Mason after four seasons…Warriors ready for third straight NBA Finals appearance…Nashville wants more history than just 1st Stanley Cup Final

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

From the Anchor Desk: Redemption’s last shot Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• No. 8 ECU Opens Up AAC Championships Against No. 1 UCF
• Inclement Weather Threat Alters AAC Baseball Championship Schedule
• Tyler, Watkins And Yorgen Named First-Team All-Conference
• McGhin Selected To 2017 Rimington Trophy Spring Watch List
• ECU Student-Athletes Achieve 3.0 Annual GPA

Tourney time for Pirates Greenville Daily Reflector

Stepping Up: Still hope for a Pirate postseason Washington Daily News

247 Sports

• D.C. linebacker wants to check out ECU after offer
• What They’re Saying: West Virginia
• POLL: What concerns you the most about West Virginia?
• 2017 AAC Baseball Tourney Preview

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Schedule Adjusted for American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship
• No. 23 Tulsa Falls to No. 6 Oklahoma in Regional Title Game, 3-0
• Houston’s Scheiner, Tulane’s Williams Named American Players of the Year
• Tulane’s Kaplan and UConn’s Cate Earn Final Weekly Honors

Defending champ OU defeats Tulsa 3-0 to advance to Super Regionals Tulsa World

Orlando Sentinel

• Jah Reid lawsuit isn’t a ‘personal attack’ against UCF, attorney says
• UCF’s Greg Lovelady named AAC coach of year, two other Knights earn top honors

Arm problems in the past, USF rides pitching into AAC baseball tournament Tampa Bay Times

UH’s Jake Scheiner, Trey Cumbie named AAC co-player,… Houston Chronicle

Tulane prepares for first-round matchup in AAC Tournament against USF New Orleans Times Picayune

New Orleans Advocate

• Turnaround time? Senior-laden Green Wave eye sudden surge in AAC baseball tournament
• Big Country’s big goals: Tulane slugger Hunter Williams has proved he’s up to the challenge

Hartford Courant

• UConn Baseball Recognized By AAC; Fep;e Named Top Rookie Pitcher
• AAC Tournament RPI

Temple’s Matt Hennessy named to the Rimington Trophy watch list Philly.com

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• New ACC baseball format unsatisfactory, yet unavoidable – DeCock
• Pitt’s Cameron Johnson hoping for freedom to play immediately at UNC
• Charles Shackleford died of an enlarged heart, autopsy says
• Charles Shackleford, former NC State basketball star, involved with Kinston church before his death
• Wolfpack learned from Boston College sweep and got better
• Duke heads to ACC tournament needing four wins to keep season alive

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• ACC baseball tourney has new digs; Louisville has home edge
• Hokies fire baseball coach Pat Mason after four seasons

Columbia The State

• Update: The latest look at progress on USC football operations building
• Brandon McIlwain ‘excited to develop’ as QB at Cal