No. 11 ECU Splits Double-Header At Washington…Pirates host Carson Invitational today…Memphis Claims AAC Doubleheader Softball Sweep Over ECU…Cincinnati, USF and Tulane start weekend series with wins…UH basketball joins the Jordan Brand…Four players transferring from NC Central men’s basketball program…Newly hired ETSU coach reprimanded, docked for helmet slap…Steve Spurrier is back: HBC joins upstart football league…Day 2 at the Masters Starts With Mayhem and Ends With Patrick Reed in the Lead

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Baseball
Huskies come back to split with ECU Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• No. 11 ECU Splits Double-Header At Washington
• Memphis Claims AAC Doubleheader Softball Sweep Over ECU

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Pirates swipe series opener vs. Huskies
• Pirates host Carson Invitational today

WNCT 9

• Memphis sweeps doubleheader over Pirates
• Bailey goes one on one with new Pirate Coach Joe Dooley

Memphis Claims AAC Doubleheader Softball Sweep Over ECU WITN 7

247 Sports

• Washington ace shuts out ECU to even series
• ECU takes series opener at Washington
• Joe Dooley details his recruiting philosophy for ECU

ECU Splits Friday Double-Header Rivals.com

DeMers, Cerrillo help Huskies split doubleheader The Daily

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Baseball: Cincinnati, USF and Tulane start weekend series with wins, ECU splits at Washington
• Memphis, Houston Open Weekend With Wins

USF lineman Brooks Larkin leaves program, blasts position coach Tampa Bay Times

 

Tulane baseball scores season-high run total in rout of No. 22 Wichita State  New Orleans Time Picayune

What are reasonable expectations for Sonny Dykes’ first season at SMU? Dallas News

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis LB Brown proving himself a quick study
• Grad transfer Nat Dixon to visit Memphis

TU football: Storylines to watch in Saturday’s spring game include QBs, defense and fresh faces Tulsa World

Houston Chronicle

• UH basketball joins the Jordan Brand
• UH drops series opener to South Florida

Shockers basketball: Has Gregg Marshall ever faced a more challenging reloading year? Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

The Associated Press

• Newly hired ETSU coach reprimanded, docked for helmet slap
• “Paterno” movie a polarizing story with unanswered questions
• Georgia Tech gives Johnson 2-year extension through 2022
• Ohio State’s Meyer gets 2-year extension, $1.2 million raise
• James Blackman’s learning curve continues at Florida State
• Georgia’s Fromm facing challenge from freshman QB Fields
• ACC football championship staying in Charlotte through 2030

Raleigh News and Observer

• Four players transferring from NC Central men’s basketball program
• NC State defensive end Kentavius Street suffers knee injury in pre-draft workout

Deacons rout Duke early in series-opening win Winston Salem Journal

Columbia The State

• Steve Spurrier is back: HBC joins upstart football league
• Clean sweep! A’ja Wilson wins Wooden, becomes unanimous National Player of the Year
• Kentucky thrashes South Carolina in series opener for USC’s worst loss of the season