Former ECU star Zay Jones arrested after incident in LA…GAMEDAY: Softball Hosts In-State Opponent Duke For The First Time; Lacrosse Welcomes Longwood To Johnson Stadium….Gardnew Minshew to play final season of football at Washington State…Penny Hardaway introduced as Memphis Tigers coach…Wichita State’s top 2018 recruit Alex Lomax granted release from letter of intent…NFL sets new definition for controversial catch rule

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Baseball: ECU resets game at UNCW Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• ECU-UNC Wilmington Baseball Game Postponed
• GAMEDAY: Softball Hosts In-State Opponent Duke For The First Time
• GAMEDAY: ECU Welcomes Longwood To Johnson Stadium
• Pirates Unable To Hold Off Longwood

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Pirates turn to UCF after postponement
• Conley connection thriving during spring
• Minshew makes decision; Jones arrested
• ECU lacrosse falls to Longwood

Explosiveness key to Williams’ training Washington Daily News

WNCT 9

• Former ECU star Zay Jones arrested after incident in LA
• ECU-UNC Wilmington Baseball game postponed

WITN 7

• Former ECU wide receiver Zay Jones arrested in LA
• Gardnew Minshew to play final season of football at Washington State
• ECU Lacrosse Unable To Hold Off Longwood
• ECU vs. UNC-Wilmington baseball game postponed to May 9

WCTI 12

• March 20 11 p.m. sports: Former ECU QB heading to Washington State
• Report: Former ECU receiver Zay Jones arrested after fight with brother

247 Sports

• Bills WR Zay Jones arrested after bizarre naked meltdown
• Cougs land grad transfer QB Gardner Minshew
• ECU will let captains select teams for Spring Game

Bills’ Zay Jones arrested after naked, bloody argument Raleigh News and Observer

Bills’ Zay Jones arrested for felony vandalism after reported struggle while naked Washington Post

Bills’ Zay Jones arrested on felony vandalism charge NFL

Yahoo Sports

• Report: Bills WR Zay Jones arrested after alleged naked, bloody confrontation with brother
• Alabama QB recruit Gardner Minshew changes commitment to Washington State

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Former Memphis Great Penny Hardaway Named Men’s Basketball Coach
• Baseball collects 4 midweek wins
• Houston and Memphis Collect Tuesday Night Victories

Penny Hardaway takes over as Memphis’ new basketball coach The Associated Press

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Penny Hardaway introduced as Memphis Tigers coach
• Tony Madlock to join Hardaway’s Memphis staff
• Podcast: Hardaway wins the press conference
• Redbirds hold ‘Penny’ sale for opener
• Norvell wears Penny’s shoes at practice
• The Pupil: PG Alex Lomax is ‘face of Team Penny’

Josh Heupel UCF football era kicks off with similar Scott Frost flair Orlando Sentinel

Wichita Eagle

• Wichita State’s top 2018 recruit Alex Lomax granted release from letter of intent
• Watch Wichita State 2018 recruit dunk over 7-foot-4 player

 

What to look for when SMU spring football starts on Wednesday Dallas News

David Pindell Looking To Deliver For UConn Football In 2018 Hartford Courant

Owls OL Darian Bryant ready to hit the field Philly.com

Tulane baseball team looking to Grant Witherspoon to lead way against LSU New Orleans Advocate

 

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

The Associated Press

• Mississippi State advances to NIT semifinals at MSG
• Saint Mary’s moves on in NIT, beats Washington 85-81
• Stevens’ 30 points leads Penn State past Marquette in NIT
• WKU wins consecutive NIT games for 1st time since 1948
• Sweet 16 fresh: Culver at home, Z-Smith a 360 for Texas Tech
• Loyola returns home for Sweet 16 prep as talk of Chicago
• Oklahoma’s Trae Young leaving for NBA after freshman season
• Auburn’s Purifoy must sit out 30 percent of next season
• Aggies weather up and down season to reach Sweet 16
• Texas freshman Mo Bamba leaving school for NBA draft
• Tennessee’s Pruitt: ‘We want to see who the competitors are’
• Georgia gets back to work after wrenching loss in title game
• Injury puts Alabama’s intriguing QB battle on hold for now

Raleigh News and Observer

• ‘One and done’: How an NBA rule change helped create a mess for college basketball
• Grayson Allen knows, if his younger teammates do not, how much pressure is off Duke now
• If your March Madness bracket isn’t a mess, perhaps you weren’t listening.

Winston Salem Journal

• After some early season struggles, Appalachian State baseball knows what needs to improve
• Switch to zone has paid off for Duke

Virginia a “towering fraud?” Nothing fraudulent about a team that won 31 games Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Charlotte Observer

• Charlotte 49ers basketball coach brings some advantages … and one recruiting pitch.
• Charlotte 49ers’ Jon Davis declaring for NBA draft; not hiring agent

Columbia The State

• ‘I’m tired of losing one-run games,’ Kingston says after USC loss to Citadel
• Clemson baseball drops fourth straight with road loss to Coastal
• South Carolina and Ryan Odom: How close was UMBC’s coach to becoming a Gamecock?
• 5 things to know about Kansas before its Sweet 16 matchup with Clemson