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Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Saturday, March 16, 2019

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No. 14 ECU Takes Series Opener At Maryland, 9-0…Practice begins; Houston wants more tempo…McDuffie Scores 34 as No. 6 Wichita State Downs No. 3 Temple, 80-74…Memphis Advances to Semifinals with Win over UCF…Another Duke-North Carolina spectacle is punctuated by Zion Williamson’s athletic brilliance…Florida State dunks top-seeded Virginia, eliminates Cavaliers in ACC semifinals…The N.C.A.A. Tournament’s Forgotten Favorite? It’s Villanova …After five seasons, Jim Fox has been fired by App State as the school’s men’s basketball coach….McIlroy, Fleetwood share lead at Players Championship golf tournament

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

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Pirates shut out Maryland
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ecupirates.com

  • No. 14 ECU Takes Series Opener At Maryland, 9-0
  • LeGar’s Four Goals Not Enough For ECU
  • ECU Blanks Sacred Heart 3-0 To Open George Mason Invitational
  • Matchday: Pirates Take On Elon And NC A&T
  • Matchday: ECU Heads To William & Mary
  • Spring Notebook No. 1 – Changing The Culture
  • Gameday: Pirates To Face Trio Of Opponents In Mason Invitational

Greenville Daily Reflector

  • Practice begins; Houston wants more tempo
  • Pirates post pair of shutouts

WNCT 9

  • Agnos, Pirates blank Maryland, 9-0
  • Pirates open Spring Football

ECU baseball takes series opener at Maryland, 9-0 WITN 7

March 15 6 p.m. sports: ECU football team holds first spring practices  WCTI 12

247 Sports

  • Pirates blank Terrapins to win series opener
  • ECU players, coaches learning each other as spring ball begins
  • LOOK: ECU begins spring practice under Mike Houston

ECU Tops Terps 9-0 on Friday Rivals

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

  • Baseball: Six teams open weekend series with wins
  • McDuffie Scores 34 as No. 6 Wichita State Downs No. 3 Temple, 80-74
  • McDuffie scores 34 to lead Wichita St. past Temple 80-74
  • No. 2 Cincinnati Claws Past No. 10 SMU, 82-74
  • Memphis Advances to Semifinals with Win over UCF
  • Top-Seeded Houston Runs Past UConn in Quarterfinals

AAC Daily: March Madness is Alive and Well in The American BCSNN

March Madness 2019: Cincinnati Bearcats basketball team beats SMU 82-74 in AAC Tournament Cincinnati Enquirer

Those darn Bearcats: Cincinnati ends SMU’s AAC title chances, 82-74 Dallas News

‘We still hate it.’ USF students and alumni respond to final logo design Tampa Bay Times

UCF struggles through 79-55 loss to Memphis in AAC Tournament opener Orlando Sentinel

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • Memphis 79, UCF 55: Tigers take down Knights in AAC Tournament quarterfinals
  • Memphis basketball: Is it too late for Tigers to join NCAA Tournament bubble?
  • ESPN goofs again. Kelvin Sampson makes ‘Hitch’ reference. Best, worst from AAC Tournament quarters

In Jalen Adams’ farewell, UConn men eliminated by Houston 84-45 in American quarterfinals Hartford Courant

Cougars cruise to AAC semifinals with win over UConn Houston Chronicle

Temple falls to Wichita State in American Athletic Conference quarterfinals, will now sweat out Selection Sunday for NCAA Tournament Philly.com

Wichita Eagle

  • WSU, behind McDuffie’s career-high 34, holds on against Temple and reaches AAC semis
  • How WSU’s Samajae Haynes-Jones took away the ‘heart and soul’ of Temple
  • ‘A man possessed’: McDuffie staves off elimination for WSU with career-high 34 points

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Charlotte Observer

  • Duke beats North Carolina in a thriller in the semifinals of the ACC tournament
  • Finally, Zion Williamson gets a real chance at the rivalry, and he leaves a mark
  • Zion delivers on vow to beat UNC, but not without help from Goldwire, Vrankovic
  • Duke, led by Zion’s 31, edges UNC 74-73 in a wondrous ACC semifinal in Charlotte
  • Why North Carolina’s loss to Duke in the ACC tournament is not necessarily a bad thing
  • ESPN’s ACC Network will launch this August. Here’s what you can expect.
  • Virginia upset again in Charlotte, lose to Florida State to miss ACC title game
  • Top wide receiver, under-the-radar tight end take a closer look at Clemson
  • South Carolina would ‘love’ an NIT opportunity. But will the Gamecocks get an invite?
  • Back in the title game again, NCCU defeats A&T in semifinals

Washington Post

  • Another Duke-North Carolina spectacle is punctuated by Zion Williamson’s athletic brilliance
  • Another early exit: Virginia has no answer for athletic Florida State
  • Terps fans left discouraged, disinterested at Big Ten tourney
  • GMU is ousted by St. Bonaventure, but Patriots’ focus is forward
  • GW fires basketball coach Maurice Joseph after three seasons

Winston Salem Journal

  • North Carolina ready to move forward with ‘a lot of fire to get rid of’ after loss to Duke
  • Life changed in an instant for Jordan Goldwire. Now, he gives Duke an instant boost.
  • Williamson leads Blue Devils over Tar Heels in vintage state showdown
  • Ed Hardin: A game for the ages as a timeless rivalry looks to the future
  • After nine seasons WSSU baseball program is being dropped to help other sports
  • Virginia falls to Florida State 69-59 in ACC semifinal
  • After nine seasons WSSU baseball program is being dropped to help other sports
  • After five seasons, Jim Fox has been fired by App State as the school’s men’s basketball coach.

The N.C.A.A. Tournament’s Forgotten Favorite? It’s Villanova New York Times

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

  • Florida State dunks top-seeded Virginia, eliminates Cavaliers in ACC semifinals
  • Monarchs escape again, reach C-USA final on Xavier Green’s three-point play
  • Spartans stave off late Howard rally to advance to MEAC final

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

New York Times

  • Los Angeles District Attorney to Investigate Horse Deaths at Santa Anita
  • Looking for Arizona Basketball? It Graduated to the N.B.A.
  • Jordan Spieth, ‘Getting Tired’ of His Slump, Misses Another Cut
  • At Indian Wells, It’ll Be Federer vs. Nadal for the 39th Time. Maybe.
  • Once Yankees’ Bargaining Tool, Troy Tulowitzki Is Now Their Bargain Shortstop
  • Chiefs Investigating Violence Claims Against Receiver Tyreek Hill
  • Kareem Hunt Suspended Eight Games for Videotaped Altercation
  • Robert Kraft’s Other Problem: Soccer
  • FIFA Approves Plan for New Club World Cup, to Europe’s Dismay

Washington Post

  • Wizards’ playoff hopes take a hit in pivotal loss to Hornets
  • Redskins sign veteran cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
  • Collins dismisses ‘box safety’ criticism
  • Injuries have colored Stephen Strasburg’s career — and obscured who he is
  • Taylor to miss ‘significant amount of time’
  • Nationals won’t rush new reliever Sipp

Charlotte Observer

  • Charlotte Hornets survive Bradley Beal; now can they overcome South Beach?
  • Panthers owner David Tepper is helping West Charlotte High get to the state finals. Literally.

Winston Salem Journal

  • Bobrovsky stops 46 shots as Blue Jackets blank Hurricanes
  • McIlroy, Fleetwood share lead at Players Championship golf tournament
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