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Greg Vacek's Daily Web RoundupMonday, February 18, 2018

February 19, 2018 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

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

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Winston Salem Journal

  • Austin Dillon wins Daytona 500 in the No. 3 Chevrolet on 17-year anniversary of Dale Earnhardt’s death
  • Ed Hardin: Austin Dillon adds his name to Daytona’s history with emotional 500 victory

Charlotte Observer

  • ‘Never quit.’ Why Bubba Wallace and his mom were in tears after his Daytona 500 run
  • NASCAR Cup Series | Results and 3 takeaways from Sunday’s Daytona 500
  • NASCAR: Austin Dillon repeats history, survives insane crash for first career Daytona 500

Washington Post

  • Three U.S. couples among top seven in ice dancing after Olympic short program
  • Wardrobe malfunction strikes French ice dancers
  • With altered format and legitimate intensity, the NBA All-Star Game gets new life
  • Fergie, Hart battle for worst All-Star Game performance
  • Beal makes the most of his All-Star Game debut
  • Wall talks rehab, relationship with Gortat
  • Kirk Cousins will file grievance with players’ union if Redskins use franchise tag on him
  • ‘We can’t brush it under the rug’: Capitals’ Devante Smith-Pelly responds to racist taunt

Hurricanes’ Skinner gets record goal but team loses in overtime to NJ Raleigh News and Observer

New York Times

  • Scott Hamilton Was Demoted as an Olympic Broadcaster. Don’t Feel Sorry for Him.
  • Russian Athlete Leaves for Seoul After Failed Doping Test
  • N.B.A. All-Star Game Shows Some Toughness After a Makeover
  • At Daytona, Austin Dillon and Darrell Wallace Jr. Break Through Behind Familiar Numbers

 

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