Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Sunday, March 4, 2018

GAMEDAY: Pirates Close Out Regular Season At Memphis…No. 28 Missouri State Defeats No. 18 ECU, 7-4…Softball Drops Two Against Tough Competition In Honolulu…Women’s Basketball Advances to Quarterfinals in Conference Tournament…Tigers may miss Grizzlies payment over basketball attendance…College Classic: UH falls to Mississippi State in 12-inning….Bagley’s big 2nd half leads No. 5 Duke past No. 9 UNC, 74-64…No. 14 Auburn wins share of SEC, 79-70 over South Carolina…Capitals flash their finest form in Stadium Series win over Maple Leafs

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Baseball: Pirates drop second game in LeClair Classic Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• GAMEDAY: Pirates Close Out Regular Season At Memphis
• No. 28 Missouri State Defeats No. 18 ECU, 7-4
• Softball Drops Two Against Tough Competition In Honolulu
• Women’s Basketball Advances to Quarterfinals in Conference Tournament
• ECU Sweeps Doubleheader From The Citadel

Greenville Daily Reflector

• ECU 0-2 at LeClair Classic
• Pirates win tourney opener

The East Carolinian

• ECU Pirates defeats SMU in AAC tournament opener
• ECU Softball goes 0-2 in first day of Malihini Kipa Aloha Tournament

Pirates advance to AAC quarterfinals by defeating SMU WNCT 9

WITN 7

• No. 28 Missouri State tops No. 18 ECU at Keith LeClair Classic
• ECU Softball Drops Two Against Tough Competition In Honolulu
• ECU tops SMU, advances to quarterfinals of AAC Tournament

247 Sports

• Pirates drop second straight
• Mo. State 7, ECU 4: How it looked from the dugouts
• Davon Grayson competes at the NFL Combine
• ECU’s 10 Most Wanted in North Carolina: RB Zonovan Knight

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• American Teams Collect 10 Wins on Saturday
• Tulsa Stuns Houston To Advance To Quarterfinal Round
• Morgan’s 27 Puts No. 9 Tulane Past No. 8 Memphis In First Round
• No. 7 ECU Advances To Quarterfinals With 85-74 Win Over No. 10 SMU
• No. 11 Temple Knocks Off No. 6 Wichita State 72-59 In Women’s Basketball Championship First Round
• 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

 

Wichita State-Cincinnati hyped as the hottest ticket in college basketball Wichita Eagle

Tulane men’s hoops team looking for redemption New Orleans Advocate

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Tigers may miss Grizzlies payment over basketball attendance
• Tubby Smith explains why he thinks attendance is down at Memphis…
• Guard Myreon Jones commits to Memphis basketball

Orlando Sentinel

• Shaquem Griffin’s NFL Combine bench press is winning over critics
• Former UCF receiver Tre’Quan Smith turns in solid NFL Combine performance

Houston Chronicle

• College Classic: UH falls to Mississippi State in 12-inning…
• Up next for No. 25 Houston men’s basketball: Connecticut

SMU guard Shake Milton remains doubtful for game against USF Dallas News

TU set to honor three seniors in regular-season finale against Temple Tulsa World

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

The Associated Press

• Bagley’s big 2nd half leads No. 5 Duke past No. 9 UNC, 74-64
• Michigan ends top-seeded Spartans’ 13-game winning streak
• No. 3 Xavier beats DePaul 65-62, secures top Big East seed
• No. 16 Vols beat Georgia 66-61, win share of SEC title
• No. 14 Auburn wins share of SEC, 79-70 over South Carolina
• Purdue heads to Big Ten champ game by beating Penn State

Raleigh News and Observer

• Duke’s win over UNC sets ACC tournament bracket
• UNC’s Roy Williams: “I thought Duke was entirely more aggressive than we were.”
• Duke’s Grayson Allen: ‘I cried about four times’
• Duke student nails half-court shot on 2nd attempt, wins $18K prize on ‘GameDay’
• NC State’s Abu thanks fans after Wolfpack victory
• Kevin Keatts has NC State believing big things are possible

Columbia The State

• SEC tournament schedule takes shape. Gamecocks lock in their seed
• All knotted up after Clemson baseball takes Game 2 from South Carolina

Winston Salem Journal

• No. 9 North Carolina’s offense goes stagnant against No. 5 Duke
• Quick take: Duke wins an ugly classic
• NC State pulls away in 2nd half, beats Louisville 76-69
• Deacons stumble to another end, finish 14th in ACC
• App Trail: App State men’s basketball breaks a negative five-year trend on Saturday

Top-ranked Virginia celebrates its seniors with win over Notre Dame Washington Post

Charlotte Observer

• Duke, down 11 in the second half, comes back to beat UNC; will be No. 2 seed in ACC tourney
• Second-half surge pushes N.C. State past Louisville
• ‘Fired up one more time,’ Charlotte 49ers pull together to snap longest losing streak
• Appalachian State closes out regular season with win against Coastal Carolina
• J.C. Smith hung tight with Virginia Union. But then the dam burst in the CIAA finale.