Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Saturday, December 23, 2017

ECU’s National search for men’s basketball coach has began…ECU hires Rodrique Wright as defensive line coach…No. 11 Wichita State rallies for win over Florida Gulf Coast…USF Takes On Texas Tech In Birmingham Bowl…Memphis focused on bowl prep after ‘letdown’…Logan: I didn’t recruit athletes I confronted them…Toledo set for Dollar General Bowl, quarterback battle…Florida State: FCS win does count toward bowl eligibility

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Tab Rodrique Wright As Defensive Line Coach
• Compher Announces Search Process For New ECU Men’s Head Basketball Coach

ECU begins search for hoops coach Greenville Daily Reflector

WNCT 9

• ECU’s National search for men’s basketball coach has began
• Pirates tab Rodrique Wright as defensive line coach

WITN 7

• Compher Announces Search Process Underway For New ECU Men’s Head Basketball Coach
• ECU tabs Rodrique Wright as defensive line coach

247 Sports

• ECU hires Rodrique Wright as defensive line coach
• ECU AD shares details of the Pirates’ men’s basketball search

Rivals.com

• Hiring Process Put Into Motion to Deliver Next ECU Basketball Coach
• Wright Tabbed as New D-Line Coach

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Game Preview: USF Takes On Texas Tech In Birmingham Bowl
• No. 11 Wichita State Wraps Non-Conference Play With Win
• American Women’s Basketball Finishes 4-0 Friday Night

The Associated Press

• No. 11 Wichita State rallies for win over Florida Gulf Coast
• Maten scores 30 to lead Georgia past Temple

What are the keys for UC basketball going forward? Cincinnati Enquirer

If There’s A Run By UConn, Big Red Is Ready … U-C-O-N-N Hartford Courant

Philly.com

• How Temple turned 2017 into a third straight bowl season
• Temple’s William Kwenkeu becomes U.S. citizen just before helping Owls win Gasparilla Bowl
• Bad first half dooms Temple at Georgia, 84-66

New Orleans Advocate

• Tulane football hires former Saints player J.J. McCleskey as assistant coach
• Tulane women hold off UTEP 67-56, Morgan wins MVP

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis focused on bowl prep after ‘letdown’
• Riley Patterson discusses how he’s dealing with missed kicks in AAC…

Houston Chronicle

• After losing one QB recruit, Houston to get visit from another
• Houston football: Postcard from Hawaii

David Mahoney joining Navy football staff Annapolis Capital

Marshall grades his team, and shares a Christmas memory Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Logan: I didn’t recruit athletes I confronted them WRAL Sports

Raleigh News and Observer

• Allerik Freeman rediscovers his shooting stroke. N.C. State feels good entering ACC play
• Count Duke coach David Cutcliffe among those not in favor of early signing period
• The story behind a surprise: How students thanked teacher with tickets to a Duke basketball game
• Does this Duke team have the confidence and swagger of the 2015 champions?

Winston Salem Journal

• Appalachian State, Toledo set for Dollar General Bowl, quarterback battle
• App State’s Baer Hunter learning a new position with the help of Bill Cecil
• Bilas father-son duo keeps things light entering Deacons’ game

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Hokies staff, Oklahoma State coach go way back
• Cavaliers work out kinks vs. Hampton in final tuneup

Columbia The State

• McClendon brings ‘sense of confidence that we need’ to Gamecocks
• Dabo talks Walmart shopping, Christmas plans, Alabama prep and NFL draft

The Associated Press

• Wyoming routs sloppy Central Michigan in Allen’s finale
• UCLA extends suspensions of Hill, Riley until end of season
• Florida State: FCS win does count toward bowl eligibility
• No. 3 Arizona State rolls over Pacific 105-65
• No. 14 Notre Dame eager for bowl win to gain momentum
• Texas suspends 3 players for Texas Bowl vs Missouri
• Hal Bedsole, star on USC’s 1962 national title team, dies