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Greg Vacek's Daily Web RoundupTuesday, March 13, 2018

March 13, 2018 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

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

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Charlotte Observer

  • Reports: With free agency starting, Panthers All-Pro guard Andrew Norwell finds home
  • 76ers star Joel Embiid calls out Panthers QB Cam Newton. Is he ready to switch sports?
  • Major League Soccer forms partnership with Mexico’s Liga MX
  • Despite suspension, Greece struggling to tame soccer bosses
  • Tom Brady scores win, beats Colbert in beer-chugging contest

Washington Post

  • Alex Ovechkin’s 600th goal is a reminder that it’s too easy to take him for granted
  • Ovechkin joins elite company scoring his 600th career goal
  • Thomas Boswell: ‘We’re about to see just how much damage the Redskins did to themselves’
  • Kirk Cousins says farewell to Redskins
  • Cousins gathers info on new teams

 

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