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Greg Vacek's Daily Web RoundupMonday, March 19, 2018

March 19, 2018 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

No. 17 ECU Completes Sweep Of Maryland, 4-0…Pirate snapper holds Guinness World Record…Former ECU head coach Dave Odom comments on Pirate coaching search…Florida State upsets No. 1 Xavier, but fellow giant-slayer UMBC falls to Kansas State…UC Bearcats lose 22-point lead, fall to Nevada…What’s an NCAA Tournament upset worth? Units = big bucks…Texas A&M hands UNC its first in-state NCAA tournament loss in 39 years…

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

  • Insights from Brett: ECU should move quickly on hoops hire 
  • Baseball: Pirates finish sweep with shutout

ecupirates.com

  • No. 17 ECU Completes Sweep Of Maryland, 4-0
  • ECU Tennis Takes Another Win on the Road
  • Softball Knocks Off JMU 4-2 To Complete Tournament Sweep

Greenville Daily Reflector

  • Pirate snapper holds Guinness World Record
  • ECU shuts Terps down for sweep

No. 17 East Carolina completes sweep of Maryland, 4-0 WNCT 9

WITN 7

  • Former ECU head coach Dave Odom comments on Pirate coaching search
  • No. 17 ECU completes sweep of Maryland, 4-0
  • ECU Softball knocks off JMU 4-2 to complete tournament sweep

ECU sweeps Maryland and ACC baseball is victorious WCTI 12

247 Sports

  • ECU sweeps aside Maryland
  • ECU 4, Maryland 0: How it looked from the dugouts
ECU Toasts Maryland 4-0 to Sweep Rivals.com

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

  • Historic Nevada Comeback Sinks Cincinnati
  • Baseball goes 8-1 on Sunday, wins 6 weekend series
  • American Teams Go Combined 7-1 to Close Final Non-Conference Weekend
  • UCF Falls to Alabama in WNIT Second Round

Comeback for the ages: Nevada tops Cincinnati 75-73 in NCAAs The Associated Press

Cincinnati Enquirer

  • UC Bearcats lose 22-point lead, fall to Nevada
  • Was this UC’s worst-ever loss in NCAA tourney?

NCAA Tournament Recap: Bearcats Collapse, Fall to Nevada 75-73 Down the Drive

Wichita Eagle

  • Should he stay or should he go? Looking at Landry Shamet as a 2018 NBA prospect
  • WSU baseball earns series split at Creighton

NAACP to Temple: Build your stadium in Rittenhouse Square Philly.com

Memphis’ David Moore on how he is approaching QB battle Memphis Commercial Appeal

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

The Associated Press

  • What. Just. Happened?! NCAAs amp up the March Madness
  • West Virginia gets better of in-state rival Marshall 94-71
  • UMBC’s NCAA fairytale ends but memories will last forever
  • FSU comeback and payback as Seminoles oust top-seeded Xavier
  • What’s an NCAA Tournament upset worth? Units = big bucks
  • Loyola-Chicago savoring sweet NCAAs after grassroots rebuild

Washington Post

  • For UMBC, the NCAA magic is fleeting, but the memories will be lasting
  • UMBC’s Cinderella story ends with loss to Kansas State
  • Gonzaga accepts new role as NCAA blue blood
  • Feinstein: Mike Krzyzewski isn’t slowing down
  • March Madness: Florida State upsets No. 1 Xavier, but fellow giant-slayer UMBC falls to Kansas State
  • Round-by-round tournament odds
  • Top-seeded Xavier blows late lead, falls to Florida State
  • Nevada is the unkillable zombie of the NCAA tournament’s haunted graveyard region

Charlotte Observer

  • UNC blues: Here’s how Texas A&M manhandled the Tar Heels in NCAA tournament
  • UNC didn’t picture it ending like this. Nobody ever does
  • Upset-hungry UMBC put up a fight against Kansas State. Here’s how the magic faded.
  • Duke to play Syracuse in the late night game on Friday in the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16

Batten: Lack of inside game costs Tar Heels against Texas A&M Fayetteville Observer

Raleigh News and Observer

  • As other contenders collapse, Duke is the ACC’s last best title hope
  • Texas A&M hands UNC its first in-state NCAA tournament loss in 39 years

Winston Salem Journal

  • Ed Hardin: No answers, no more season for Carolina
  • Analysis: Texas A&M uses Carolina-style inside game to advance
  • UMBC’s magic runs out with heads held high
  • App State baseball team loses 7-2

Columbia The State

  • Game time set for Clemson’s Sweet 16 showdown with Kansas
  • Sweet 16! A’ja Wilson powers South Carolina past Virginia in her final home game

‘These kids made history’ – UMBC players, coaches ponder legacy of landmark NCAA win Yahoo Sports

New York Times

  • N.C.A.A. Men’s Tournament: No. 1 Xavier Falls in Night of Upsets
  • After Beating No. 1, U.M.B.C. Falls to a No. 9
  • A Little-Known University Stuns No. 1 Virginia? You Must Mean Chaminade

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Charlotte Observer

  • NASCAR Cup Series | Results and 3 takeaways from Sunday’s race at Fontana, California
  • New Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins has had a way of proving doubters wrong
  • Woody Paige: Broncos got their guy, who’s next?
  • Dodgers’ starting rotation has been the focal point of success, but can it also be their undoing?

Washington Post

  • A.J. Cole has been chasing a Nationals rotation spot for years. Could Jeremy Hellickson steal it?
  • Rizzo is still waiting on a contract extension from the Nats, one he’s easily earned
  • Tiger is contending. Rory wins. Lefty is back. The Masters can’t get here soon enough.

Frustration sets in as Hurricanes continue to slide Raleigh News and Observer

New York Times

  • Masters Preview? Rory McIlroy Wins at Bay Hill, and Tiger Woods Makes a Run
  • Buoyed by Financial Support, Military Veterans Are a Growing Part of the Paralympics

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