Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

BASEBALL NEWS
Fast start sends Blue Devils past ECU Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• No. 14 ECU Falls At No. 24 Duke, 7-2
• Beechler Leads ECU MGolf To Seventh-Place Finish At General Hackler Championship
• Gameday: Pirates Visit Longwood For Wednesday SB Doubleheader

Pirates’ streak halted in Durham  Greenville Daily Reflector

No. 24 Duke drops No. 14 ECU Baseball, 7-2 WITN 7

247 Sports

• Notable position updates as ECU heads into spring practice
• Five-run first dooms ECU in loss at Duke
• Duke 7, ECU 2: How it looked from the dugouts

ECU Falls to Duke in Durham 7-2 Rivals

ECU faces Wichita State in AAC tourney  Raleigh News and Observer

Here’s where WSU has improved the most in becoming one of the AAC’s hottest teams  Wichita Eagle

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Baseball begins midweek action with five wins Tuesday
• Florida, Temple Notch Weekend LAX Wins
• ECU’s Kuchmaner Named National Pitcher of the Week

AAC Daily: Can the Memphis Tigers Make the NCAA Tournament? BCSNN

AAC tournament breakdown: Who’s in Big Dance, and who could steal a bid

American Athletic Conference Tournament 2019 Preview: Bracket, Schedule, Start Times, TV Info, Odds SB Nation

Leap of faith preceded USF’s vault to respectability Tampa Bay Times

UCF coach Johnny Dawkins proud of Knights’ poise during grueling late-season stretch Orlando Sentinel

UConn men notebook: Carlton shares AAC most improved player honor; Gilbert’s status unclear Hartford Courant

Temple’s Nate Pierre-Louis named co-most improved player in the AAC Philly.com

New Orleans Advocate

• Back in control: Tulane cuts out free passes after slow start, beats McNeese
• Tulane spring football preview: dominant D-line, unsettled O-line the keys to success

New Orleans Times Picayune

• Tulane keeps scoring pace in win against McNeese State
• How Tulane’s win Tuesday has pitchers thinking, ‘OK, we can do this’
• New offense puts Tulane in hurry-up mode: ‘I love it,’ QB Justin McMillan says

SMU key spring issues: Ironing out the defensive line rotation  Dallas News

Memphis football: Five questions for Tigers’ offense before spring practice Memphis Commercial Appeal

UH moves up to No. 11 in AP poll Houston Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• The ACC tournament comes home, and Wake Forest goes home
• NC State’s Eric Lockett reinstated to basketball team
• The 32-year itch: NC State and the wait for another title
• Syracuse meets Pitt in ACC 2nd round
• Virginia Tech meets Miami in ACC 2nd round
• South Carolina holds off late rally from The Citadel to win fourth in a row

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest put up an incomplete effort against Miami in the ACC Tournament. The result was another first-round exit.
• Wake Forest coach accused of accepting six-figure bribe to help students get into the university

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Ritchie McKay keeps U.Va. ties close as he takes Liberty to the NCAA Tournament
• MEAC basketball tournaments at Scope: Schedule and results

Northeastern captures CAA Tournament title; punches ticket to NCAA Tournament Charleston Post and Courier

The Associated Press

• Saint Mary’s knocks off No. 1 Gonzaga 60-47 for WCC title
• BUBBLE WATCH: Saint Mary’s win bad news for bubble teams
• Shahid leads NDSU past Omaha 73-63 in Summit League final
• The champs are here: Villanova wants to reign again in NYC
• Florida enters SEC Tournament with ‘clean slate’ amid slide
• Top-seeded VCU seeking respect in A-10 Tournament
• Washington looking to pad NCAA Tournament resume in Vegas
• Munnings carries Louisiana-Monroe past Appalachian St. 89-80
• Fairleigh Dickinson tops St. Francis (Pa.), earns NCAA bid
• Northern Kentucky tops Wright State 77-66 to earn NCAA bid
• Pusica leads Northeastern to CAA title with 82-74 victory
• Johnson, McGowens lead Pitt over Boston College 80-70
• Miami topples Wake Forest 79-71 in ACC Tournament
• NC State reinstates Lockett after assault charge dismissed
• NCAA Tournament selection on CBS to show bracket 1st again
• Rutgers basketball player dismissed, faces deportation