Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Sunday, January 20, 2019

Pirates Improve Indoor Times And Marks At Hokie Invitational…Women’s Basketball Falls To Memphis On The Road…Dooley checks out 2020 four-star prospect…Brady scores 13, No. 21 Houston holds out USF 69-60…What a concept! UCF basketball team has fair, equitable chance to win national title…UConn won’t rule out cutting some sports to close budget gap…Duke rebounds from loss to hand Virginia its first, reaffirming its status as ACC, national title contender…Greatness aside, Pats haven’t won road playoff game since ’07

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Improve Indoor Times And Marks At Hokie Invitational
• ECU Closes Out Dual Meet Campaign By Sweeping UMBC
• Women’s Basketball Falls To Memphis On The Road

Pirate women fall on the road at Memphis Greenville Daily Reflector

ECU women’s basketball falls at Memphis, 58-46 WITN 7

247 Sports

• Notable stats: Where ECU stands early in conference play
• Dooley checks out 2020 four-star prospect
• 10 stats ECU has to improve in 2019

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

Standings Rearrange Following Saturday Women’s Basketball theamerican.org

The Associated Press

• Brady scores 13, No. 21 Houston holds out USF 69-60
• Brodeur helps Penn upend Temple 77-70 in Big 5 showdown
• Cincinnati pulls away late to beat Wichita State 66-55
• Adams scores 31 to lead UConn to 87-71 win over Tulane
• Taylor’s free throws help UCF preserve victory
• UConn won’t rule out cutting some sports to close budget gap

Orlando Sentinel

• What a concept! UCF basketball team has fair, equitable chance to win national title | Commentary
• UCF basketball rallies to edge determined Tulsa 64-62 at CFE Arena

Five things we learned from UConn’s response to the NCAA and its self-imposed sanctions Hartford Courant

Penn takes out Temple as … wait, who is that guy hitting shots? Philly.com

Tulane freshman Connor Crabtree could become fixture in starting lineup New Orleans Advocate

Memphis 83, SMU 61: Tigers rout Mustangs in impressive home win Memphis Commercial Appeal

TU stumbles late at UCF for third consecutive road loss Tulsa World

Breaon Brady leads No. 21 UH over South Florida Houston Chronicle

Wichita Eagle

• Wichita State loses its cool with the refs in a heated loss to Cincinnati
• Here’s what Gregg Marshall and the Shockers had to say about the officials in loss to Cincinnati

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• No Tre Jones, no problem: Williamson, Barrett help Duke hand Virginia its first loss
• Duke rebounds from loss to hand Virginia its first, reaffirming its status as ACC, national title contender
• Given the week that was, Duke’s win over Virginia was extra special for Coach K and his young Blue Devils
• How NC State used the Wake Forest loss to beat Notre Dame
• Five observations from No. 13 UNC’s 85-76 road win over Miami

Watch for the boom: Duke’s Zion Williamson is bringing the thunder Washington Post

Deacons allow Virginia Tech to ‘pick apart’ their defense in loss Winston Salem Journal

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Top-ranked Duke hands No. 4 Virginia its first loss of the season
• ODU finally gets some breathing room, and pounds Southern Miss

Charlotte Observer

• Charlotte 49ers on the mend, knock off Louisiana Tech in C-USA
• How Davidson freshman’s 3-point shooting spree ignited Wildcats

LSU rolls South Carolina as Gamecock win streak comes to a halt Columbia The State

Bill Haisten: By current OU standards, can Jalen Hurts be a special QB? Tulsa World