Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

GAMEDAY: Pirates Go For Season Sweep Of USF…Roueche Named The American Women’s Diver-Of-The-Week…Softball Begins Preparations For 2018 Season…No. 12/11 Cincinnati outlasts UCF, 49-38, for 9th straight win…Tulane win against Houston would be great for Wave, bad for AAC …SMU to hire Northern Illinois’ Kevin Kane as defensive coordinator…Memphis to add QB Brady White of Arizona State…Memphis to add QB Brady White of Arizona State…Gamecocks roar back to shock No. 18 Kentucky…Make it 59 home wins in a row for UNC over Clemson…Keenum, Foles, Bortles are still alive. Just as expected….NFL playoffs have been fun to watch; so why are ratings still in a free fall? …Amid misbehavior everywhere, NBA may need to flex its muscle…The Center of U.S. Gymnastics’ Success Is Now a Haunted House

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Football Recruiting: Rams pipeline produces another big-play athlete Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• GAMEDAY: Pirates Go For Season Sweep Of USF
• Softball Begins Preparations For 2018 Season
• Roueche Named The American Women’s Diver-Of-The-Week

Pirates prep for Bulls Greenville Daily Reflector

 

247 Sports

• A look back at ECU’s uniform combinations for the 2017 season
• Redshirt Freshman Report: James DeMatto

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Memphis captures 4th consecutive conference win in 73-49 rout over UConn at FedExForum
• No. 12/11 Cincinnati outlasts UCF, 49-38, for 9th straight win
• American Athletic Conference Announces Swimming and Diving Honors
• Cincinnati & Houston take home indoor track & field weekly honors
• Wichita State Extends Its Win Streak To Three, Houston Back On Top
• 2018 Tennis Preview

The Associated Press

• No. 12 Cincinnati beats UCF 49-38
• Parks, Martin, lead Memphis over UConn 73-49

Cincinnati Enquirer

• UC overcomes slow start, routs South Florida
• UC: What we learned from romp over South Florida

UCF delivers imposing defense but falls to No. 13 Cincinnati Orlando Sentinel

Tampa Bay Times

• Former Armwood, UCF star Aaron Evans feeling ‘amazing’ after surgery
• Quinton Flowers the punt returner?
• D’Ernest Johnson hopes to showcase versatility at East-West Shrine Game

UConn Men Blown Out At Memphis 73-49 Hartford Courant

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis blows out UConn for fourth-straight win
• Memphis to add QB Brady White of Arizona State

Tulane win against Houston would be great for Wave, bad for AAC New Orleans Advocate

Dallas News

• SMU safety Mikial Onu announces he had surgery on sports hernia
• Source: SMU to hire Northern Illinois’ Kevin Kane as defensive coordinator

TU basketball player Alex Foree surprised with scholarship Tulsa World

Conner Frankamp is avoiding turnovers better than anyone in college basketball Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

 

Columbia The State

• Gamecocks roar back to shock No. 18 Kentucky
• After dominating Kentucky, Chris Silva gets top play on SportsCenter
• John Calipari lavishes praise on USC after upset: ‘They never stopped playing’
• Way-too-early South Carolina 2018 football season game-by-game predictions

The Associated Press

• Silva leads Gamecocks to 76-68 win over No. 18 Wildcats
• Brown, Wade star as Kansas State routs No. 4 Oklahoma 87-69
• No. 3 Boilermakers keep rolling by blowing out Badgers 78-50
• Washington State QB Tyler Hilinski found dead

Raleigh News and Observer

• Make it 59 home wins in a row for UNC over Clemson
• If this strange night doesn’t end UNC’s dominance of Clemson, what ever will?
• They’ve gone pro after a year. Can Duke still help former players get a degree?

Old Dominion had a record $12 million in athletic fundraising in 2017 Norfolk Virginian Pilot