Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Wednesday, February 27, 2019

No. 8 Houston not overlooking East Carolina …Gameday: ECU MBB Set For Matchup With Top 10 Houston; No. 9 ECU Baseball Hosts Elon In Midweek Clash…Pirates Head To Indianapolis For Swimming And Diving Championships…Temple Owls Head to Memphis for a Showdown with the Tigers…Outlaw’s late 3 propels Hokies to upset of shorthanded Duke…Bettman says NHL seriously considering outdoor game for Canes

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Head To Indianapolis For Swimming And Diving Championships
• Gameday: ECU MBB Set For Matchup With Top 10 Houston
• Gameday: No. 9 ECU Baseball Hosts Elon In Midweek Clash
• Pennypacker, White Earn AAC Weekly Honors

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Top-10 Cougars present big challenge
• Pirates look for win versus Elon

WITN 7

• ECU Basketball looking to upset No. 8 Houston
• Pennypacker, White earn AAC weekly honors
• Former ECU football player indicted in school guns case

ECU Readies For Home Tilt Against No.6 Houston Rivals.com

247 Sports

• ECU welcomes Top 10 Houston to Minges on Wednesday
• Five ECU juniors to watch this spring

No. 8 Houston not overlooking East Carolina CBS Sports

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

Baseball: Tulane picks up first road win Tuesday night theamerican.org

UH’s Kelvin Sampson getting a little help from his friends Houston Chronicle

BCSNN

• Temple Owls Head to Memphis for a Showdown with the Tigers
• Stomach Virus Leaves Auriemma Sidelined for Second Straight Game

Hey USF students, Bulls really want you at tonight’s game Tampa Bay Times

UCF baseball ready to face Gators, Knights eager to extend series poised to expire Orlando Sentinel

Mike Anthony: Khalid El-Amin said UConn would shock the world, then screamed that the Huskies had Hartford Courant

Temple falls to Memphis in Fran Dunphy’s 900th game of coaching career Philly.com

New Orleans Time Picayune

• How a mound meeting and 2 home runs lifted Tulane over Nicholls
• Another multi-homer game powers Tulane to win at Nicholls State

Ex-Texas A&M QB Nick Starkel breaks down battle with Shane Buechele for SMU roster spot, gives transfer timeline  Dallas News

Memphis Tigers takes on Temple at the FedExForum Memphis Commercial Appeal

Here’s the dilemma WSU’s offense faces against defenses that gamble like Memphis  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Outlaw’s pivotal three-pointer gives Virginia Tech a momentous win over No. 3 Duke Washington Post

Raleigh News and Observer

• Virginia Tech outlasts Duke behind Blackshear’s big night
• How ‘the best scoring point guard’ Roy Williams has ever coached found his shot again

Mr. Big Shot: Childress caps Deacons’ comeback to beat Miami Winston Salem Journal

Knocked down: Outlaw’s late 3 propels Hokies to upset of shorthanded Duke Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Columbia The State

• Ex-Clemson football player pleads guilty in robbery of former teammate’s home
• Jake Bentley is the starter. This is the plan for South Carolina’s backup QB job
• Cold shooting, AJ Lawson’s injury part of South Carolina’s loss to Alabama
• South Carolina stays red hot, tops App State for seventh consecutive win