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Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Tuesday, March 6, 2018

March 6, 2018 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

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ECU alum, donor and businessman Walter Williams passes away…Shawn Williams Unanimously Elected To The American All-Rookie Team…AAC basketball on rise, in mix for three NCAA Tournament bids…UNC Greensboro smothers ETSU to win SoCon title 62-47…Northeastern cruises past UNC Wilmington 79-52…Charleston advances to 2nd straight CAA championship game…2 QBs from Charlotte area are NFL draft prospects. The paths they took differed….If Carolina Panthers draft Shaquem Griffin, he could be more than just a great story

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

  • From the Anchor Desk
    Changes coming to pitching rotation
  • Baseball
    ECU benefactor Walter Williams passes at 88

ecupirates.com

  • Walter Williams, Champion Of ECU, Dies At 88
  • Shawn Williams Unanimously Elected To The American All-Rookie Team
  • ECU Defeats Sacred Heart

Williams a unanimous rookie pick  Greenville Daily Reflector

ECU avoids first winless LeClair Classic Washington Daily News

The East Carolinian

  • ECU baseball shut out Saint Joseph’s to wrap up the LeClair Classic
  • ECU Baseball suffers back-to-back losses for first time this season
  • ECU softball goes 0-3 during weekend Malihini Kipa Aloha tournament

WNCT 9

  • Shawn Williams unanimously named to AAC All-Rookie Team
  • ECU alum, donor and businessman Walter Williams passes away

Shawn Williams Unanimously Named To AAC All-Rookie Team WITN 7

247 Sports

  • ECU’s 10 Most Wanted in North Carolina: WR C.J. Johnson
  • ECU bounces back with win over Saint Joseph’s
Williams Unanimously Chosen to the AAC All-Rookie Team  Rivals.com

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

  • No. 1 UConn Advances To Fifth-Straight American Athletic Conference Championship Game In Record-Setting Win Over No. 4 Cincinnati
  • No. 2 USF Heads To Fourth Conference Championship Game With 74-59 Win Over No. 3 UCF
  • Cincinnati and Houston Earn USTFCCCA Regional Honors
  • American Stories: Cincinnati Shows Championship Character in Claiming Conference Title
  • Memphis’ Trosclair Klatt, UCF’s White Collect Weekly Softball Honors
  • USF sweeps weekly baseball honors
  • 2018 American Men’s Basketball All-Conference, All-Rookie Teams Announced
  • Houston’s Gray, USF’s Collins Collect Final Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors

Charlotte Observer

  • AAC basketball on rise, in mix for three NCAA Tournament bids
  • 2 QBs from Charlotte area are NFL draft prospects. The paths they took differed.
  • If Carolina Panthers draft Shaquem Griffin, he could be more than just a great story

Houston Chronicle

  • Duke Catalon leaves Cougars’ football team
  • Injured Wes VanBeck questionable to return for Houston
  • Houston’s Rob Gray earns second-straight AAC first-team honor
  • Ed Oliver: ‘It’s my time to go’ to NFL after 2018 season
  • Report: UH alum Seth Romero sent home by Nationals

SMU key spring issue No. 4: Can Mustangs find reliable play from the tight end position? Dallas News

Hartford Courant

  • First Day Of Spring Practice Filled With Positivity For UConn Football
  • UConn Men Notebook: AD David Benedict Beginning Evaluation: ‘We Need To Be A Tournament Team’
  • UConn Holds Cincinnati Scoreless In Second Quarter Of AAC Semifinal Rout

Philly.com

  • AAC basketball honors for Temple’s Quinton Rose, Nate Pierre-Louis
  • Temple adds football series with Akron, UMass

Resurrection of Pelican Cup highlights Tulane-UNO baseball game New Orleans Advocate

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • Tigers’ Martin named second-team All-AAC
  • Memphis Tigers spring practice preview: RB/WR
  • Tubby Smith goes on rant about transfers

Former UCF DB Mike Hughes will run 40-yard dash at pro day Orlando Sentinel

Cincinnati-Wichita State was the most-watched basketball game in AAC history Wichita Eagle

Tampa Bay Times

  • USF embarks on post-Quinton Flowers era
  • USF’s David Collins makes AAC all-rookie squad

Tulsa World

  • TU Sports: Junior Etou selected to all-conference second team
  • TU football opens spring practice with short-handed staff

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Greensboro News-Record

  • UNCG climbs the mountain, wins Southern Conference tournament
  • Defensive effort powers UNCG into NCAA tournament

The Associated Press

  • UNC Greensboro smothers ETSU to win SoCon title 62-47
  • Northeastern cruises past UNC Wilmington 79-52
  • Charleston advances to 2nd straight CAA championship game
  • Virginia is unanimous No. 1 in AP Top 25; Michigan up to 7th
  • TOP 25 THIS WEEK: League tourneys set to impact NCAA seeding
  • SEC Long Shot: Gamecocks need miracle run for NCAA return
  • Tillie leads No. 7 Gonzaga over San Francisco 88-60
  • Heading into ACC Tournament, Notre Dame is curious case
  • After 11 losses, No. 23 Florida finds way before postseason
  • BYU upends No. 20 Saint Mary’s in WCC semifinals

Raleigh News and Observer

  • The ACC’s second visit to Brooklyn could be crazier than the first
  • Why Roy Williams stopped calling the ACC tournament a ‘cocktail party’
  • Forward Darius Hicks intends to transfer from NC State
  • What’s that big tattoo on NC State guard Braxton Beverly’s shoulder?
  • NC State’s Keatts talks Brooklyn, NC State stuff and Kevin Keatts is a winner
  • NC State takes the floor in Brooklyn

Winston Salem Journal

  • Wellman assesses Deacons’ future with optimism
  • Our Take: ACC tournament predictions
  • Deacons’ goal is simple – times five – entering ACC Tournament
  • Ed Hardin: Virginia’s season, Virginia’s week in Brooklyn
  • ACC Tournament storylines for the Big Four
  • App State running backs worked through lack of depth during spring practices

Columbia The State

  • Clemson D-lineman is an All-American … and a substitute teacher
  • Sophomore USC receiver tears ACL in practice
  • Jake Bentley getting to know new coach, ‘a different way’ for 2018
  • Clemson lands commitment from IMG Academy punter
  • Where you can see South Carolina coach Will Muschamp this spring
  • South Carolina basketball: Where the Gamecocks ranked this season in attendance

Cavaliers are No. 1 again, this time by unanimous decision Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Washington Post

  • Here’s one way to clean up college basketball: start paying the workforce
  • These small-conference teams are primed to pull NCAA tournament upsets – if they get in
  • What the NCAA tournament would look like without the FBI probe players
  • As ACC tournament begins, Duke looks like a national championship contender
  • Bracketology: Michigan is the first big winner of college basketball’s championship week

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Washington Post

  • Clinton Portis and Champ Bailey disagree about which team got better end of 2004 trade
  • Nationals first-round pick Seth Romero sent home for violating club policies
  • As chasm grows between MLB teams and players, Cardinals and Paul DeJong may have found a bridge

Texans, owned by USC alum, reportedly won’t sign players who protested during anthem Columbia The State

New York Times

  • James Pitaro, a Disney Digital Veteran, Is Named ESPN President
  • After Reviving the Royals, Hosmer and Cain Try to Spark Other Teams
  • ‘Combine Speed Is Overrated:’ Tracking the N.F.L.’s Fastest Players on the Field
  • Chelsea Spins Its Wheels in a Cycle of Its Own Making
  • In Fight for Equality, U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Leads the Way
  • Football’s Brain Injury Crisis Lands in Family Court
  • Kobe Bryant Wins an Oscar, and Lands a Jab at Laura Ingraham

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