Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Friday, March 1, 2019

LeClair weekend brings in teams, beer sales; scheduled altered …Kurt Benkert clears the air on why he left ECU in 2016…Dooley takes one for the team…Nine American Athletic Conference Players At 2019 NFL Combine…Penny Hardaway’s Memphis Tigers face Cincinnati Bearcats at Fifth Third Arena Saturday…NC State-FSU game tops next-to-last weekend in ACC…For Bryce Harper, this wasn’t the way it was supposed to go, but it just might work…Canes want to play the ‘real games’ this season

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

VIEW FROM THE EAST
ECU remembers legendary Keith LeClair Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• ECU In Second After Day Two At The American Championships
• Opening Day Of Leclair Classic Schedule Altered
• Gameday: No. 9 ECU Hosts 16th Annual LeClair Classic
• Gameday: Pirate SB Continues Homestand Hosting Purple-Gold Invitational
• Pirates Add Second Contest With Campbell To 2019 Schedule
• Gameday: ECU Women Look To Snap Skid At Tulsa
• Pirate Club Hospitality Area Set To Open At Clark-Leclair Stadium
• Pirates Sweep UNC WIlmington 7-0

Greenville Daily Reflector

• SUMMERS: Dooley takes one for the team
• LeClair weekend brings in teams, beer sales

LeClair Classic scheduled altered  WNCT 9

ECU baseball schedule altered WITN 7

247 Sports

• Kurt Benkert clears the air on why he left ECU in 2016
• LeClair Classic: Friday games altered, hospitality area debuts

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Nine American Athletic Conference Players At 2019 NFL Combine
• Houston Women Lead Through Day 2 of the 2019 American Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships
• Cincinnati Men Take The Lead On Day 2 of the 2019 American Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships
• UCF Falls in Rain-Altered Midweek Contest
• The Players’ Lounge – Houston’s Myyah West

No. 8 Houston Cougars Overpower the ECU Pirates to Win, 99-65 BCSNN

Penny Hardaway’s Memphis Tigers face Cincinnati Bearcats at Fifth Third Arena Saturday Cincinnati Enquirer

Tampa Bay Times

• USF basketball’s turnaround gets turned around
• Former USF tailback taking puncher’s chance at glory

UCF baseball briefly celebrates win over Gators, shifts focus to Jacksonville Orlando Sentinel

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

Chesty times: Tulane baseball alters post-game sticker celebration for road  New Orleans Advocate

Tulsa finds way to get past pesky Tulane 72-64 Tulsa World

‘I knew it was a bucket.’ Haynes-Jones demanded ball in timeout, then delivered game-winner for WSU  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Sacha Killeya-Jones leaves NC State to pursue pro career
• NC State-FSU game tops next-to-last weekend in ACC
• Kentucky, Tennessee meet again in top 10 showdown
• Zion could walk away, and maybe should, but that’s not why he’s here
• His transfer to South Carolina was unorthodox. Now an injury puts more on his back

Winston Salem Journal

• A Wake Forest football player missed the first spring practice. He was becoming a U.S. citizen.
• App Trail: App State’s Ronshad Shabazz has career night in loss
• Feds seek multiyear sentences in college basketball case

Old Dominion wins Conference USA men’s basketball regular-season title Norfolk Virginian Pilot