Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Sunday, January 7, 2017

Pirates Come Up Five Points Short At UConn…Women’s Basketball Falls To Memphis On The Road…Martin’s career-high 28 lifts Memphis past Tulsa 76-67…Scott Frost hopes UCF’s season will spark debate, change…If Alabama wins on Monday night, so do the UCF Knights…There’s only one way to describe UNC’s loss to Virginia: ‘… a big ol’ butt-kicking’…Dukes denied: North Dakota State defeats JMU in defensive struggle, reclaims FCS crown…NC State rides strong interior play to upset win over No. 2 Duke…Seeking stability, Carolina Panthers sign Ron Rivera to contract extension…Marcus Mariota, With a Play for the Ages, Leads the Titans Past the Chiefs…Falcons hitting road back to Super Bowl with 26-13 win in LA

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Basketball: UConn holds off Pirates Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Come Up Five Points Short At UConn
• Women’s Basketball Falls To Memphis On The Road

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Huskies hold off ECU rally
• ECU women rocked by Tigers

Huskies outlast Pirates, 70-65 WNCT 9

WITN 7

• UConn gets first conference win, 70-65 over East Carolina
• Memphis blasts ECU 72-36, drops Pirates to 0-3 in conference play

ECU falls just short at UConn 247 Sports

Final: UConn Men’s Basketball Takes Down ECU theuconnblog

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• UConn Holds Off ECU, 70-65
• Martin’s 28 Sends Memphis Past Tulsa, 76-67
• Memphis, UCF, Tulsa, Houston and UConn Earn Conference Wins Saturday
• Tulane collects personal records at LSU Purple Tiger Invitational

The Associated Press

• UConn gets first conference win, 70-65 over East Carolina
• Martin’s career-high 28 lifts Memphis past Tulsa 76-67

Memphis rallies for win over Tulsa Memphis Commercial Appeal

TU men falter late in 76-67 loss at Memphis Tulsa World

UConn Football Offensive Coordinator Candidates theuconnblog

Orlando Sentinel

• Scott Frost hopes UCF’s season will spark debate, change
• UCF football’s Tre’Quan Smith and Jordan Akins declare for NFL draft
• If Alabama wins on Monday night, so do the UCF Knights

A toast (and a roast) to UCF’s ‘national championship’ claims Tampa Bay Times

How SMU can earn some road redemption against No. 19 Cincinnati Dallas News

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Dukes denied: North Dakota State defeats JMU in defensive struggle, reclaims FCS crown
• Virginia Beach’s Devon Hall leads No. 8 Cavs past No. 12 North Carolina

Virginia stakes claim to ACC supremacy, hammers North Carolina Washington Post

Raleigh News and Observer

• There’s only one way to describe UNC’s loss to Virginia: ‘… a big ol’ butt-kicking’
• NC State rides strong interior play to upset win over No. 2 Duke
• Wolfpack’s win over Duke its second second-ranked upset
• Tired of getting beat, N.C. State gives its fans a magical night at PNC Arena
• Analysis: Five observations from Duke’s 96-85 upset loss to NC State
• Why NC State QB Ryan Finley decided to return to the Wolfpack

Whiteheart ready for adjustment at Wake Forest Winston Salem Journal

Columbia The State

• Clemson outlasts Louisville in OT to keep Tigers perfect in ACC
• Gamecocks use unusual formula to earn 1st SEC win of the season

The Associated Press

• Hall’s 16 lead No. 8 Virginia past No. 12 UNC, 61-49
• NC State tops No. 2 Duke 96-85 for 1st ACC win under Keatts
• No. 23 Tennessee rallies to beat No. 17 Kentucky 76-65
• No. 6 West Virginia beats No. 7 Oklahoma 89-76
• Providence upsets No. 5 Xavier 81-72
• Running game will be difference for Georgia win over Tide
• Saban way produces tenacious defenses for Tide – and ‘Dawgs
• Strong run defense could power Alabama past Georgia
• ‘Falling apart?’ Trump’s insults not forgotten in Atlanta