Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Monday, February 26, 2018

ECU Cruises To Series Win Over No. 6 UNC, 12-0…Houston Laps ECU 109-58…GAMEDAY: Lady Pirates Close Regular Season Play at UCF Monday Night…ACC’s ‘resource issues’ a reason why Jimbo Fisher left FSU?…Kevin Harvick adds Cup win to dominant weekend at Atlanta…Hurricanes mourn loss of Jordan Staal’s infant daughter 

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Insights from Brett
  It’s all about the defense
• Baseball
  ECU beats Tar Heels 12-0 to take series
• Basketball
  Hot Houston subdues ECU

ecupirates.com

• ECU Cruises To Series Win Over No. 6 UNC, 12-0
• First Half Blitz Propels Houston By ECU
• GAMEDAY: Pirates Close Regular Season Play at UCF Monday Night
• ECU Takes Win Over Tennessee Tech
• Saint Francis Rallies Past ECU, 7-2

Greenville Daily Reflector

• WOODWARD: Series delivers on the weekend stage
• Series ends with ECU rout
• Houston blows out ECU by 51

WNCT 9

• Pirates blast (6) UNC, 12-0 to win weekend series
• Cougars maul ECU; (23) Houston rolls to 109-58 win

WITN 7

• ECU cruises to series win over No. 6 UNC 12-0
• No. 23 Houston use big first half in 109-58 win over ECU
• Saint Francis Rallies Past ECU 7-2

ECU wins baseball series with UNC and Harvick honors Earnhardt WCTI 12

247 Sports

• ECU demolished in Houston
• Pirates dominate finale to clinch series over sixth-ranked UNC
• ECU 12, UNC 0: How it looked from the dugouts

Rivals.com

• Holba Tosses Two-Hitter and ECU Hammers North Carolina 12-0
• Houston Laps ECU 109-58

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Six Baseball teams capture a weekend series win
• No. 23 Houston Sets Conference Offensive Records in 109-58 Victory
• Temple Pulls Away Early, Moves Into Tie with UCF After 75-56 Win
• Clark Leads No. 11 Cincinnati Past Tulsa, 82-74, on Senior Day
• Memphis Hangs On at UConn, Collects Fourth Straight Win

The Associated Press

• No. 23 Houston use big first half in 109-58 win over ECU
• No. 11 Cincinnati rallies for 82-74 win over Tulsa

For a change, USF football staff remains the same Tampa Bay Times

Huskies’ Late Rally Comes Up Short As Men Fall To Memphis, 83-79 Hartford Courant

Philly.com

• Eagles’ Mills provides inspirational pre-game speech to Temple
• Temple wins on a memorable senior day for Steve Leonard

Tulane baseball unable to avoid sweep at Ole Miss  New Orleans Times Picayune

Dallas News

• ‘We came here to win the game’ — SMU finds no solace in close loss to No. 13 Wichita State
• Takeaways: SMU runs out of gas in second half of 84-78 loss to No. 13 Wichita State
• It isn’t technically tailgating, but SMU’s boulevards are still Texas’ best tailgates

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis beats UConn for fourth straight win
• Memphis forward Mike Parks Jr. offers his thoughts on UConn win

No. 11 Cincinnati rallies for 82-74 win over Tulsa Tulsa World

WSU baseball improves to 6-0 with Sunday’s doubleheader sweep Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Red-hot NC State routs No. 25 Florida State for fourth consecutive ACC win Raleigh News and Observer

Winston Salem Journal

• N.C. State rolls past No. 25 Florida State 92-72
• Meet App State’s early enrollees: Q-and-A with Tyler Bird
• UNC Wilmington ekes past Appalachian State

South Carolina bats go cold as Gamecocks can’t sweep Charleston Southern  Columbia The State

ACC’s ‘resource issues’ a reason why Jimbo Fisher left FSU? Tampa Bay Times

The Associated Press

• NC State rolls past No. 25 Florida State 92-72
• No. 2 Michigan State beats Wisconsin, wraps up Big Ten title
• No. 8 Kansas clinches 14th straight Big 12 title
• No. 20 Nevada gets past Colorado State, earns league title
• Mathias’ finishing flurry helps No. 9 Purdue rout Gophers