Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

ECU rises in polls after 4-0 week…Gameday: No. 17 ECU Hosts VCU And Elon In Midweek Contests; Softball Hosts In-state Foe UNCW Tuesday…Montgomery focused on football wins…ECU football completes eighth spring practice in rain and sleet…Five American Women’s Basketball Teams to Compete in Postseason Competition…Virginia unanimous No. 1 in final AP Top 25; Kansas to 4th…ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi picks UH to advance to Sweet 16…Wichita police preparing for NCAA tournament…Major League Soccer forms partnership with Mexico’s Liga MX…Alex Ovechkin’s 600th goal is a reminder that it’s too easy to take him for granted

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

• From the Anchor Desk
  ECU leaders under the gun to right the ship
• Baseball
  Baseball schedule adjusted

ecupirates.com

• Spring Football Notebook No. 8
• Gameday: No. 17 ECU Hosts VCU And Elon In Midweek Contests
• Softball’s Tuesday Contest Against UNCW Moved To 4 P.M. Start
• ECU Midweek Contests Against VCU And Elon Moved To 4 P.M. Starts
• GAMEDAY: Softball Hosts In-state Foe UNCW Tuesday

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Movement in college coaching
• Montgomery focused on football wins
• Perfect week boosts Pirates

ECU extends win streak to five after sweep of 49ers Washington Daily News

The East Carolinian

• Pirate’s mental toughness is their biggest strength
• ECU fixing play away from home is next step in rebuild
• ECU looks to build off positive season
• Perry, players look back on 2017-18 season

ECU baseball alters midweek schedule WNCT 9

WITN 7

• ECU football completes eighth spring practice in rain and sleet
• ECU Softball’s Tuesday Contest Against UNCW Moved To 4 P.M. Start
• ECU baseball moves midweek contests with VCU and Elon to 4:00 starts

WCTI 12

• March 12 11 p.m. sports: ECU baseball moving up national polls
• ECU spring football report, No. 8

247 Sports

• ECU rises in polls after 4-0 week
• Will Compher resignation change donations? ECU fans weigh in
• ECU has much to accomplish over final half of spring practice

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• UCF and Tulane take home weekly baseball awards
• UConn’s Kia Nurse Repeats as Academic All-American
• Five American Women’s Basketball Teams to Compete in Postseason Competition

Watch: UC’s Cronin, on facing NCAA foe Georgia State in Nashville Cincinnati Enquirer

Shaquem Griffin NFL Combine trading card sells out Orlando Sentinel

From the ashes: The 1970 Wichita State and Marshall football tragedies Wichita Eagle

USF women disappointed by NCAA seeding Tampa Bay Times

Houston Chronicle

• ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi picks UH to advance to Sweet 16
• NCAA Tournament: How UH gets to San Antonio

Grading SMU’s basketball team after the 2017-18 season Dallas News

Top Overall Seed UConn Opens NCAA Tournament Saturday vs. St. Francis (Pa.) Hartford Courant

Tulane baseball notebook: Shortstop Sal Gozzo puts charge in batting average New Orleans Advocate

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis Tigers season football ticket prices increase for fourth…
• Memphis Tigers spring football preview: DL
• Smith to meet with Memphis on Tuesday

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

The Associated Press

• Seniors set for pivotal roles for high seeds in NCAA tourney
• Virginia unanimous No. 1 in final AP Top 25; Kansas to 4th
• Science of upsets: Prof has formula that doubles your shot
• NCAA Tournament First: UCLA starting in Dayton vs Bonnies
• Cinderella 3 years ago, Georgia State back in NCAA tourney
• South Carolina goes from Final Four to sitting out tourney
• Industry: $10B will be bet on March Madness, most illegally

Raleigh News and Observer

• A brief history of Roy Williams’ Tough Little Nuts
• NC State has one major hurdle to overcome against Seton Hall
• Wichita police preparing for NCAA tournament

Winston Salem Journal

• Tar Heels’ Berry ready for last run with reigning champions
• Meet Wake Forest’s early enrollees: Q-and-A with Sam Hartman
• NCAA Tournament: Five first-round matchups to watch
• Small world: UNCG and its ties to Gonzaga
• Deacons Notes: Maggio leads foursome in early kicking battle
• Hurley brothers are both in the NCAA tournament — and their dad’s a wreck

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Hokies look to Saturday start of spring practice with holes to fill, especially on defense
• What to watch as Old Dominion spring football kicks off

Breaking down NCAA opponents for Virginia and Virginia Tech Hampton Roads Daily Press

Charlotte Observer

• How fans can find tickets to the NCAA tournament in uptown Charlotte
• Davidson coach Bob McKillop: Secret to Wildcats’ magic is the ‘J’ word (not jumper)

Dawn Staley on ending up in UConn region: ‘We always get the short end of the stick’ Columbia The State