Pepperdine tops No. 18 ECU 12-2, benches clear in LeClair Classic opener…Women’s GAMEDAY: No. 7 ECU and No. 10 SMU Meet In Round One of AAC Tournament…Pirates add Marshall, Georgia St. dates…Campus Connect: ECU Freshman Shawn Williams Starring On the Court…Wichita State-Cincinnati hyped as the hottest ticket in college basketball…Randy Edsall Rails Against College Football Model In 45-Minute Diatribe…AP Interview: Emmert: Changes needed, but not paying players…UNC, Duke share defensive identity crisis as well as rivalry…N.C. State told sports agent to stay away, but other schools didn’t know…Former director with NC State women’s basketball is target of embezzling investigation…Davidson roars back in final minutes to stun No. 17 Rhode Island…Canes’ 3-1 win over Devils keeps playoff hopes alive

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Baseball: Pepperdine pulls away Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Pepperdine Tops No. 18 ECU In Leclair Classic Opener
• Spring Football Notebook No. 7
• GAMEDAY: No. 7 ECU and No. 10 SMU Meet In Round One of AAC Tournament
• Monk Named to AAC All-Freshman Team
• Four Games Added To Pirates’ Future Football Schedules
• Softball Falls to Longwood And Hawai’i In Honolulu

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Waves wipe out Pirates
• Pirates add Marshall, Georgia St. dates
• Packard providing pop in lineup

ECU falls to Pepperdine in LeClair Classic opener WNCT 9

Pepperdine tops No. 18 ECU 12-2, benches clear in LeClair Classic opener WITN 7

247 Sports

• Pirates drop LeClair Classic opener
• Pepperdine 12, ECU 2: How it looked from the dugouts
• ECU announces home-and-home series with Georgia State
• GSU Football Adds East Carolina, Army to future schedules

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Campus Connect: ECU Freshman Shawn Williams Starring On the Court
• 2018 Women’s Basketball Regular Season Awards Announced
• Katie Lou Samuelson Repeats as Women’s Basketball Player of the Year
• USF’S KITIJA LAKSA NAMED WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
• Four Teams Post Perfect Fridays Around The American
• Baseball earns six wins on Saturday

Wichita Eagle

• Wichita State-Cincinnati hyped as the hottest ticket in college basketball
• Gregg Marshall says WSU ‘needed’ a win like the OT one over UCF
• ESPN announcers can’t stop talking about this Wichita restaurant during Shocker games
• WSU baseball hits two grand slams, beats Nebraska 9-1

Hartford Courant

• Randy Edsall Rails Against College Football Model In 45-Minute Diatribe
• Katie Lou Samuelson Named AAC Player Of Year

Early control issues doom Tulane baseball team in loss to Cal State Fullerton New Orleans Advocate

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis Tigers football adds Troy for 2024, 2025
• Tigers DL Gentry kicked off team for drug charges

UCF’s Jordan Akins will not participate in NFL Combine drills Orlando Sentinel

Tampa Bay Times

• USF’s Jose Fernandez named AAC coach of the year
• USF spring preview: Bulls must sort out congested backfield

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

The Associated Press

• AP Interview: Emmert: Changes needed, but not paying players
• BUBBLE WATCH: Can Irish make run to NCAAs with Colson back?
• Central Michigan reschedules game after campus shooting
• No. 2 Michigan State wins 13th in row, beats Wisconsin 63-60
• Oklahoma freshman Trae Young revels in role of hometown hero
• Reaves’ late basket leads Penn State over No. 13 Ohio State
• Purdue fights off feisty Rutgers 82-75 to advance in Big Ten

Columbia The State

• Gamecocks walk off with a Game 1 victory against Clemson
• USC pitching coach: ‘As good an outing as I’ve ever seen a guy have’

Raleigh News and Observer

• UNC, Duke share defensive identity crisis as well as rivalry
• On senior night, one Duke player remains from a championship class
• Are Duke’s Cameron Crazies less crazy than they used to be?
• N.C. State told sports agent to stay away, but other schools didn’t know
• Former director with NC State women’s basketball is target of embezzling investigation

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest men’s basketball team talking ‘momentum’ entering finale of ACC regular season
• Deacons Notes: Third spring practice is first with pads
• Ram Ramblings: Direction of where men’s basketball program is going not easy to define

Bryant Stith can’t make up the moments he missed while playing in the NBA. He’s creating new ones at ODU. Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Charlotte Observer

• Davidson roars back in final minutes to stun No. 17 Rhode Island
• J.C. Smith comes through in clutch to advance to CIAA championship game
• Big South stunner: how Winthrop’s hopes of returning to the NCAA tournament died
• Best N.C. 3A team ever? Is Cox Mill that good? The Chargers could be on the verge

NCAA tournament bubble watch: Can Louisville get off the mat in time to seal a berth? Washington Post