Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Changes Coming To Clark-LeClair Stadium In 2018…Soccer Adds Nine Student-Athletes For 2018 Campaign…Appalachian State, East Carolina alter four-game series schedule…Macy deserves Coach of the Year honors…Tigers to face Lady Pirates on the road…Vikings’ Linval Joseph: Records 68 tackles in 2017…Undefeated in league play, Cincinnati has three-game lead…Virginia men’s basketball ranks No. 1 in the country for first time since 1982…Now we know why Panthers LB Luke Kuechly didn’t play in Pro Bowl…Chloe Kim’s coronation is complete as rising U.S. star wins halfpipe gold in PyeongChang…Russian curler has the Internet going crazy

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

• From the Anchor Desk
  It’s time to cheat winter
• Special Photo Feature
  Baseball Banquet Gallery

ecupirates.com

• Soccer Adds Nine Student-Athletes For 2018 Campaign
• Changes Coming To Clark-LeClair Stadium In 2018

App Trail: Appalachian State, East Carolina alter four-game series schedule Winston Salem Journal

Roszel remains as Pirate ‘glue guy’ Greenville Daily Reflector

Late Offense Powers ECU Past FIU 6-4 To Conclude Felsberg Invitational WITN 7

The East Carolinian

• ECU opens season 2-3 in Felsberg Invitational
• ECU tennis emerges from weekend with three wins
• ECU Track & Field shine over the weekend at the Liberty Elite Invitational
• Column: Macy deserves Coach of the Year honors
• ECU basketball leader preparing for his finale
• Pirates fall to George Washington in inaugural lacrosse game
• ECU Nursing gets scholarship boost with rural focus
• ECU staff urges students to take flu virus seriously

247 Sports

• ECU freshman earns high praise from Baseball America
• 2017 In Review and a Look Ahead: Linebackers

Tigers to face Pirates on the road Daily Helmsman

Vikings’ Linval Joseph: Records 68 tackles in 2017 CBS Sports

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• UConn Uses Dominant First Quarter to Hold Off No. 4 Louisville
• Mondays With Mike: Feb. 12
• Houston’s Garcia, Memphis’ Smith Earn Weekly Softball Honors
• USF’s Laksa, Cincinnati’s Thomas Tabbed Weekly Award Winners
• Houston’s Brooks, Temple’s Moorman II Earn Weekly Accolades

Tulsa World

• AAC men’s basketball standings: Undefeated in league play, Cincinnati has three-game lead
• AAC Insider: Tulsa remains in fourth place in conference standings
• AAC women’s standings: All teams chasing undefeated UConn

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Streaking Bearcats: ‘You’ve got to stay humble’
• Bracketology: UC-UK in 2nd round?

Temple football assistant Taver Johnson expected to leave for Ohio State Philly.com

SMU guard Shake Milton unlikely to play Wednesday vs. Memphis with hand injury Dallas News

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Report: Memphis to hire Scott Symons as LBs coach
• Memphis repeating same mistakes during swoon

UH basketball breakdown: Big week coming for Cougars Houston Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Theo Pinson provides the juice in UNC’s 83-66 win over Notre Dame
• Why Duke’s Coach K didn’t start Trevon Duval for the first time this season
• “Run over by a really bad process,” Duke soccer player has his day in court

Washington Post

• Virginia men’s basketball ranks No. 1 in the country for first time since 1982
• RPI appears to have too much influence

Winston Salem Journal

• App State football’s Smith, Cardwell describe main components of the program’s culture
• UNC didn’t get what it wanted with tough stretch, might have gotten what it needs with third win in five days
• UNCG beats ETSU, snaps nation’s longest win streak

Davidson baseball coach Dick Cooke decides it is time for a change Charlotte Observer

Columbia The State

• ‘It’s beat me up emotionally.’ Personal tragedy part of Frank Martin’s trying season
• SEC fines Frank Martin after comments about officials
• Clemson defensive line class has a lot more talent than just Xavier Thomas
• National recruiting expert: Will Muschamp, Gamecocks have found ‘sweet spot’

The Associated Press

• Virginia atop AP men’s hoops poll for first time since 1982
• No. 14 North Carolina pulls away late, tops Notre Dame 83-66
• Strong bench scoring helps No. 20 WVU beat TCU 82-66
• Mark Fox on hot seat as Georgia’s freefall continues
• Barnes wants the No. 18 Vols to remember embarrassing loss
• Kennedy out as Mississippi basketball coach after season
• Xavier hosts Villanova in top-5 matchup on Saturday