Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Thursday, February 21, 2019

Campbell walks off ECU to hand Pirates first loss…Late Run Helps USF Top Lady Pirates…Pirate SB Invitational Schedule Altered By Inclement Weather…Gameday: Pirate Lacrosse Treks To George Washington And Delaware State…Dennis scores 18 to lead Wichita St. past Tulsa 81-60…Martin scores 43 to lift Memphis past Tulane 102-76…UCF basketball chases signature win at No. 25 Cincinnati …Zion’s shoe slew puts a different spin on UNC rivalry win…Nike takes a beating after Williamson’s shoe explodes

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• The Bradsher Beat on ECU Lacrosse
  Lacrosse team making strides in year two
• BASEBALL NEWS
  Camels nip ECU, 7-6

ecupirates.com

• Campbell Defeats No. 9 ECU In Walk-Off
• Late Run Helps USF Top Lady Pirates
• Pirate SB Invitational Schedule Altered By Inclement Weather
• Gameday: Pirate Lacrosse Treks To George Washington And Delaware State
• Allen And Weingartz Earn Robert H. Wright Alumni Leadership Award

Greenville Daily Reflector

• ECU loses in the ninth at Campbell
• Pirates run over by Bulls late

Campbell walks off ECU to hand Pirates first loss WNCT 9

Campbell beats ECU in walk-off fashion, 7-6 WITN 7

The East Carolinian

• ECU suffers loss, looks for redemption
• Pirates fall short to Bulls at home
• Montini takes her talents to France

Campbell Upsets (9)ECU 7-6 Rivals.com

Called Third Strike: Campbell rallies in ninth to beat East Carolina 7-6 Fayetteville Observer

247 Sports

• Pirates rally on the road, but fall in walk-off fashion
• Five ECU seniors to watch this spring

David Wright among 4 the Norfolk Tides will honor for contributions to local baseball Norfolk Virginian Pilot

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

The Associated Press

• Dennis scores 18 to lead Wichita St. past Tulsa 81-60
• Martin scores 43 to lift Memphis past Tulane 102-76

theamerican.org

• Baseball: Tulane improves to 5-0 with 22-10 rout of Lamar
• Houston Earns American’s First Midweek Victory
• USF’s Bergstrom Earns First Spring Men’s Golf Player of the Week Honor
• Houston’s Harm, UCF’s Moon Take Player of the Week Accolade
• Men’s Basketball Plays of the Week – February 20

BCSNN

• Penny Hardaway’s Memphis Set to Host the Tulane Green Wave
• UCF Bats Get Hot as the Knights Down the Stetson Hatters, 10-2

USF spring game set for April 13 Tampa Bay Times

UCF basketball chases signature win at No. 25 Cincinnati Orlando Sentinel

Mike Anthony: UConn’s 1999 national championship ‘shocked the world’ and gave a state reason to believe anything is possible Hartford Courant

‘He’s on the ball’: Tulane’s Kody Hoese homers 3 times in win against Lamar New Orleans Time Picayune

Inside Nat Dixon’s journey to SMU: Violent surroundings, Boston College football and the fuel behind his personal fire Dallas News

Guerin Emig: Effort wasn’t TU’s problem against Wichita State, basketball was Tulsa World

Memphis 102, Tulane 76: Jeremiah Martin scores 43 in Tigers’ dominant win Memphis Commercial Appeal

Ex-Houston coach Major Applewhite to join Alabama staff Houston Chronicle

Rollercoaster going up: Shockers’ season turns with three-point barrage in Tulsa road win  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Zion Williamson injured as No. 1 Duke falls to No. 8 UNC
• Zion Williamson injured during Duke-UNC game after foot blows through shoe
• ‘The Shoe Game.’ On UNC’s blowout Duke win, Zion Williamson and busted sneakers.
• Harsh reality: Just like that, Duke faces life without Zion Williamson
• Zion’s shoe slew puts a different spin on UNC rivalry win
• Former President Obama at Cameron Indoor for Duke-UNC game
• Three observations from No. 8 North Carolina’s 88-72 road win over No. 1 Duke
• Good defense, great bounce help NC State handle Boston College in overtime

Winston Salem Journal

• UNC shocks Duke as Williamson is injured
• Past presidents and not looking past the present: a storybook night for the Tar Heels
• Ed Hardin: Zion Williamson injury could give family and Duke pause about him playing again this season
• UNC shocks Duke as Williamson is injured
• App Trail: Former App State wide receiver Trey Kavanaugh on his first head-coaching gig
• Ram Ramblings: WSSU begins ambitious $250,000 fund-raising campaign for athletics

Washington Post

• Zion Williamson’s first Duke-UNC game ends prematurely after knee injury
• Nike takes a beating after Williamson’s shoe explodes
• Georgetown upsets Villanova to give Patrick Ewing first win over a ranked team

Columbia The State

• Member of Will Muschamp’s first class no longer on USC football roster
• Trevor Lawrence playing basketball? Here’s what Dabo said about intramural hoops
• What we learned from Ole Miss win: USC has three players worthy of SEC awards
• Inclement weather cancels South Carolina baseball’s game with Presbyterian
• FSU pulls away late from Clemson as Tigers drop third straight game
• Another SEC game, another big rally for Gamecocks in crucial win over Ole Miss

The Associated Press

• No. 1 Duke, Zion figuring out what’s next after knee injury
• Duke star Williamson sprains knee after Nike shoe blows out
• San Diego State stuns Caroline, No. 6 Nevada 65-57
• Michigan State, Michigan finally set to meet this weekend
• Kansas plays at Texas Tech in key Big 12 matchup
• Veteran teams riding experience toward March Madness