No. 18 ECU Takes Road Series At No. 20 UCF, 11-6, Houston and Wichita State earn weekend sweeps, ECU and USF clinch series wins…Shot that wouldn’t fall leads to end of Allen’s crazy career…Lone dog: No. 11 Loyola joins list of regulars at Final Four…Tubby Smith expected to become coach at High Point

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Insights from Brett
  Quarterback competition just getting started
• Baseball
  Pirates take series at UCF

ecupirates.com

• No. 18 ECU Takes Road Series At No. 20 UCF, 11-6
• Track And Field Posts Solid Start To Outdoor Season

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Pirates secure series at No. 20 UCF
• SPRING FOOTBALL: Three takeaways
• VIDEO: Purple-Gold Game

The East Carolinian

• ECU baseball takes game three, series against UCF
• ECU football hosts annual Purple-Gold Spring game
• ECU softball drops two on day two

Pirates take series over UCF with 11-6 victory WNCT 9

No. 17 ECU takes road series at No. 20 Central Florida 11-6 WITN 7

WCTI 12

• Conley duo reunited at ECU
• newECU baseball beats UCF to claim series

Pirates take rubber game to clinch Top 25 series 247 Sports

ECU Takes UCF Series in 11-6 Win Rivals.com

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Baseball: Houston and Wichita State earn weekend sweeps, ECU and USF clinch series wins
• Softball: Series Sweeps for UCF, USF Close the Weekend

Missed opportunity: Tulane falls 1-0 in Sunday finale for second straight week New Orleans Advocate

The Penny process: How Memphis hired Hardaway Memphis Commercial Appeal

‘You’re going to believe that there’s a God’: How USC thinks it can take down UConn Columbia The State

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

The Associated Press

• Shot that wouldn’t fall leads to end of Allen’s crazy career
• Newman leads Kansas past Duke 85-81 in OT for Final Four bid
• Villanova needed defense, not offense to down Texas Tech
• Lone dog: No. 11 Loyola joins list of regulars at Final Four
• TIPPING OFF: Wild March stabilizes a bit with Final Four set
• Michigan heads to Final Four in role of upset stopper
• FSU’s Hamilton: ‘I wish I could have done better’ in remarks

Raleigh News and Observer

• No. 2 seed Duke loses a tough one to No. 1 seed Kansas in overtime, fails to reach the Final Four
• Duke’s Grayson Allen’s last second shot in regulation does not fall
• Duke’s Coach K on game with Kansas: ‘Both teams were deserving of winning’
• Duke’s Grayson Allen looks back at his time with the Blue Devils

App Trail: App State’s five-year anniversary of joining the Sun Belt, FBS level Winston Salem Journal

Columbia The State

• Gamecocks bats go silent as Bulldogs’ series sweep ends in shutout
• Clemson baseball splits doubleheader, earns series win at No. 17 Louisville
• Dawn Staley speaks out powerfully on opportunities for black women in coaching

Washington Post

• Kansas beats Duke and its Elite Eight demons with an overtime classic
• Florida State’s Hamilton explains Dana Jacobson interview
• Villanova reaches second Final Four in three years
• Only Loyola Chicago could keep up the Madness
• Grayson Allen gave his haters one last chance to hate

New York Times

• Malik Newman Leads Kansas Past Duke and Into the Final Four
• Villanova Returns to Final Four With Gritty Win Over Texas Tech
• A’ja Wilson and South Carolina Seek a Title With No Asterisks

Tubby Smith expected to become coach at High Point ESPN