Pirates Complete Sweep Of Catamounts, 9-3…Pirates Run Out Of Time Against UConn…Huskies outpace Pirates in shootout…Wichita State survives last minute drama and prevails at Cincinnati…Feeling Blue: Clemson comes close, can’t get past Duke at home…Austin Dillon wins Daytona 500 in the No. 3 Chevrolet on 17-year anniversary of Dale Earnhardt’s death…Fergie, Hart battle for worst All-Star Game performance

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Insights from Brett
  Breakthrough weekend bucks depressing trend
• Baseball
  Pirates complete sweep
• Basketball
  Huskies hold off ECU

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Run Out Of Time Against UConn
• Pirates Complete Sweep Of Catamounts, 9-3
• ECU Splits Pair Of One-Run Games On Final Day Of Pirate Clash
• ECU Earns First Win In Overtime At Gardner-Webb
• ECU Takes Win Over NC Central

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Pirates outdone by Huskies again
• ECU completes sweep of Catamounts
• Pirates open spring drills today

WNCT 9

• Despite Fleming’s triple-double, ECU falls to UConn
• ECU softball splits double-header
• Pirates complete sweep of Western Carolina

WITN 7

• ECU completes weekend sweep of Western Carolina 9-3
• UConn beats ECU 84-80 despite Fleming’s triple-double
• ECU Splits Pair Of One-Run Games On Final Day Of Pirate Clash
• ECU lacrosse tops Gardner-Webb for first win in program history

ECU baseball completes the sweep and ECU basketball just falls short of UConn WCTI 12

247 Sports

• ECU picks up first 2021 baseball commitment
• ECU falls in a close game to UConn
• UConn 84, ECU 80: How it looked from the baselines
• ECU completes season-opening sweep
• ECU 9, WCU 3 (Game 3) : How it looked from the dugout

Rivals.com

• UConn Holds Off ECU 84-80
• ECU Sweeps Western Carolina with a 9-3 Sunday Home Win

Hartford Courant

• UConn Men Edge Out ECU 84-80
• Rewind: UConn Men At East Carolina

Huskies outpace Pirates in shootout, win 84-80 on road UConn Blog

UConn men hold on for road win over East Carolina New Haven Register

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Baseball: 5 Teams secure opening weekend series wins
• USF, UConn and Memphis Clinch Sunday Wins
• Houston Dominates In Win Over Temple
• No. 19 Wichita State Snaps No. 5 Cincinnati’s Home Court Winning Streak, Tightens American Standings with 76-72 Win
• Adams, Larrier, Vital Combine to Help UConn Overcome Fleming’s Effort
• Igbanu Leads the Way As Tulsa Defeats USF to Hold On To 4th
• Igbanu Leads the Way As Tulsa Defeats USF to Hold On To 4th
• UConn Goes Undefeated In Sunday Action To Close The Weekend On A Two Game Win Streak
• Indoor Track & Field: Teams conclude regular season action

The Associated Press

• UConn beats ECU 84-80 despite Fleming’s triple-double
• No. 19 Wichita State upends No. 5 Cincinnati 76-72
• Houston leads start to finish in 80-59 rout over Temple
• Igbanu leads second-half surge in Tulsa’s 73-61 victory

Wichita Eagle

• Wichita State survives last minute drama and prevails at Cincinnati
• Landry Shamet wasn’t worried. ‘I was a third-grade quarterback’
• Gregg Marshall talks about how his team left Cincinnati with a win
• Baseline View: See photos from Wichita State’s win over Cincinnati
• Shaq Morris talks about how physical the Cincinnati game was

Cincinnati Enquirer

• No. 5 UC loses again, this time to No. 19 Wichita
• Watch: UC’s Cronin explains how UC lost to Wichita State
• Kennedy resigns, effective immediately

 

Houston Chronicle

• Three takeaways from UH’s 80-59 win over Temple
• UH baseball bounces back, defeats Holy Cross 7-1

Philly.com

• Temple flattened by surging Houston, hurting NCAA tournament chances
• Temple beaten to the ball and a crucial game

New Orleans Advocate

• Matt Rowland’s three-run home run helps Tulane bring out the brooms
• Women’s basketball: Tulane falls to Memphis with poor play in middle quarters

Takeaways: SMU’s offense disappears in 52-37 loss to UCF Dallas News

Memphis pulls out 68-63 win at Tulane Memphis Commercial Appeal

 

TU beats USF 73-61, wins fifth game in a row Tulsa World

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• NC State’s status for NCAA tournament as strong as it’s been
• Duke beats Clemson in a nail-biter, grabs sole possession of second place in the ACC
• Five observations from Duke’s close win against Clemson

Winston Salem Journal

• Krzyzewski on Yahoo! Sports FBI report: ‘I haven’t followed it at all’
• Meet App State’s early enrollees: Q-and-A with Stephon Brown
• Winston-Salem native Kimani Griffin making Olympic debut

Columbia The State

• Feeling Blue: Clemson comes close, can’t get past Duke at home
• What we learned from South Carolina’s upset win over No. 10 Auburn
• Collecting Final Four rings only part of Thornwell and Dozier’s return to USC
• USC’s Deebo Samuel makes it clear: He’s back
• Ridge’s top: USC pitcher strong in debut as Gamecocks take Kingston’s first series

The Associated Press

• Trent leads No. 12 Duke to 66-57 win over No. 11 Clemson
• UNC Asheville beats Charleston Southern 85-80 in OT
• Florida State rallies in second half to defeat Pittsburgh
• Edwards scores 27, 6th-ranked Purdue tops Penn State 76-73
• Stanford holds off late surge to beat California 77-73