Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Packard Named To Fourth Preseason All-America Team…Topics vary during ECU Baseball media day…Gameday: Lady Pirates Head To Wichita State Tuesday Night…No. 17 Houston First Team in NCAA to 20 Victories…AAC commissioner Mike Aresco upbeat about strength, future of young league …Tiger football attendance drops for 3rd straight year…Zion Williamson leads the way as Duke puts on a show at Notre Dame…Anthony Davis Wants Out of New Orleans, and the Lakers May Be His Destination

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

From the Anchor Desk
Talent-rich Pirates have targets on their backs Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Packard Named To Fourth Preseason All-America Team
• Gameday: Lady Pirates Head To Wichita State Tuesday Night

Topics vary during ECU media day Greenville Daily Reflector

ECU Baseball hosts annual Media Day WNCT 9

WITN 7

• ECU Baseball holds annual Media Day
• Packard named to fourth preseason All-America team

Early Look at NC State’s 2019 Football Schedule 247 Sports

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• The Rise Season 5 Episode 29 – Basketball Update
• No. 17 Houston First Team in NCAA to 20 Victories
• Cumberland Earns Second-Straight Top Player Honor
• UConn’s Collier, Houston’s Hill Earn Women’s Basketball Weekly Honors
• Swimming and Diving: Cincinnati, UConn, Houston and Tulane collect dual-meet wins over the weekend
• Indoor Track and Field: Records and top finishes highlight weekend action

AAC commissioner Mike Aresco upbeat about strength, future of young league Orlando Sentinel

BCSNN

• Cincinnati and USF Players Take Weekly Honors in The American
• South Alabama Football to Visit the Tulane Green Wave in 2023

USF’s Alexis Yetna honored by AAC … again Tampa Bay Times

UConn women move up to No. 2 in AP Poll after Notre Dame loss to North Carolina Hartford Courant

Tulane adds South Alabama to 2023 home schedule that also includes Ole Miss, Mississippi State New Orleans Times Picayune

Tiger football attendance drops for 3rd straight year Memphis Commercial Appeal

Houston Chronicle

• Breaon Brady not expected to miss time for Cougars despite…
• UH basketball climbs into Top 15 for first time since Phi…

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Zion Williamson leads the way as Duke puts on a show at Notre Dame
• No. 2 Duke regains its shooting touch to torch Notre Dame
• For your viewing pleasure, here are a few of Zion Williamson’s must-see dunks at Duke
• Zion Williamson on he and RJ Barrett: “If we are both on, I feel bad for the other team.”
• To beat Virginia, NC State will have to crack the code
• Is the ACC the best conference in college basketball this season?

Winston Salem Journal

• Another tough test for Deacons: 5 things to watch in Wake Forest’s game against Louisville
• App State hires Pat Washington as 10th and final football assistant coach

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• ODU’s Foreman Field to be renamed for longtime benefactor
• Cavaliers are laying waste to (most of) the ACC this season

Columbia The State

• Packed house: South Carolina’s basketball game with No. 1 Tennessee is sold out
• Clemson basketball has quick turnaround against Pitt after heartbreaking loss
• CBS projects South Carolina’s Deebo Samuel as first-round pick
• He was set to commit to Clemson. Now the Gamecocks are in the driver’s seat
• Former South Carolina assistant officially hired by opponent on 2019 schedule

Former Volunteers, Browns running back joins Charlotte 49ers football coaching staff Charlotte Observer