Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Sunday, January 21, 2018

Hope gives Lady Pirates win in OT…Pirates Go Down Swinging At No. 12 Cincinnati…No. 7 Wichita St loses 2nd straight, falls to Houston 73-59…Tacko Fall is out for rest of UCF basketball season…Zion Williamson is the icing for Duke, which pulls 1-2-3 recruiting sweep…Jaguars don’t fear Patriots’ history in AFC title matchup

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Basketball: Bearcats pull away Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• ECU Edges Houston in Overtime
• Pirates Go Down Swinging At No. 12 Cincinnati
• Women’s Track And Field Squad Captures Keydet Invitational Title
• ECU Women Pick Up Three Wins Against UMBC And VMI
• ECU Picks Up Three Wins In Tri-Meet With UMBC And VMI
• ECU Men’s Tennis Opens Spring Season With Win Over Presbyterian

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Hope gives Pirates win in OT
• Pirates thinking pink this week

WNCT 9

• Pirates survive overtime thriller with Houston
• Bearcats too much for ECU to handle

WITN 7

• ECU Edges Houston in Overtime
• No. 12 Cincinnati tops East Carolina for 10th straight win

11 PM Sports Saturday January 20th WCTI 12

247 Sports

• No. 12 Cincinnati pulls away from ECU
• 2019 WR C.J. Johnson unveils top three schools

Cincinnati’s Hot Second Half Leads to an 86-60 Win Over ECU Rivals.com

Instant analysis: No. 12-ranked Cincinnati Bearcats overwhelm East Carolina USA Today

SB Nation

• Cincinnati Cruises to 86-60 Win over East Carolina
• Hope(ful) East Carolina stuns Houston with game-winner

No. 12 Cincinnati tops East Carolina for 10th straight win Fox Sports

Balanced Cincinnati dominates East Carolina Reuters

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• ECU Grits Out 80-78 Overtime Over Houston, UCF Sweeps SMU
• Jeffries’ Double-Double Leads Tulsa Past Memphis, 64-51
• Temple Picks Up Big 5 Win Over Penn, 60-51
• Taylor Rallies UCF In War on I-4 Showdown with USF, 71-69
• SMU Pulls Away Late for 73-62 Win Over Tulane
• No.12 Cincinnati Grabs 10th Straight Win, 36th at Home
• Defense, Gray Carry Houston to 73-59 Win Over No. 7 Wichita State
• UConn Unable to Slow Down No. 1 Villanova,

The Associated Press

• No. 12 Cincinnati tops East Carolina for 10th straight win
• No. 7 Wichita St loses 2nd straight, falls to Houston 73-59
• Top-ranked Villanova routs former Big East rival UConn 81-61
• Temple seals Penn’s fate with a 12-0 spurt to end the game
• Jeffries leads Tulsa to 64-51 win over cold-shooting Memphis
• Taylor takes over, leads UCF over South Florida 71-69
• Milton heats up in 2nd half, helps SMU beat Tulane 73-62

Wichita Eagle

• WSU suffers back-to-back conference losses for first time since 2013
• Eldridge: Shocker in unfamiliar territory after 2nd straight loss
• “We believed we were gonna win this game,” Sampson says after Houston throttles Wichita State
• “We’ve gotta work on everything,” Marshall says after 2nd straight loss

Orlando Sentinel

• B.J. Taylor lifts short-handed UCF to win at rival USF
• Tacko Fall is out for rest of UCF basketball season

Tampa Bay Times

• Veteran B.J. Taylor helps rally UCF past USF
• Shrine Game journal: USF players’ thoughts are with grieving QB Quinton Flowers
• Late score gives West victory over East in Shrine Game

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Zion Williamson is the icing for Duke, which pulls 1-2-3 recruiting sweep
• Zion Williamson: ‘I will be joining the brotherhood of Duke University’
• No. 5 Duke cruises past Pitt for the second time in 10 days, 81-54
• Tar Heels pull away in the second half to defeat Yellow Jackets, 80-66

 

Columbia The State

• Zion Williamson spurns in-state schools, commits to Duke
• Zion Williamson’s message to South Carolina, Clemson after opting to leave state
• Tennessee withstands Gamecocks’ upset bid
• DeVoe leads No. 20 Clemson to first-ever win over Notre Dame
• Why the return of Clemson’s D-line means so much more than terrorizing QBs
• This year, USC football team is celebrated, not just recognized

The Associated Press

• UNC’s Berry: Valentine hugs, apology for back-turning show
• Young gets 48, but No. 4 Oklahoma falls to Okla St in OT
• Florida rallies to upset No. 18 Kentucky 66-64
• Iowa State upsets No. 8 Texas Tech 70-52