Perfect game ball going to Kuchmaner’s mom…ECU-UNCW Baseball Game Time Moved To 5 P.M….AAC, ESPN Agree To 12-Year Media-Rights Deal Worth $1B; ECU athletics revenue to increase with new AAC television deal…March Madness Created A Lifetime of Memories For Former UTC, ECU Coach McCarthy…Temple Falls at First Four in Dunphy’s Final Game…Fairleigh Dickinson rallies for first ever NCAA tourney win…LeVelle Moton dazzles every March, so why is he still at NC Central?…Wichita State has a new goal as NIT starts Wednesday: ‘Take Markis home’…Duke has toughest Final Four path of any No. 1 seed…Mike Trout Didn’t Go on the Market. It Came to Him…Canes rally late, beat Penguins in shootout 3-2…Jeremy Lamb’s layup lips out, as Charlotte Hornets fall to Philadelphia 76ers
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
ecupirates.com
- ECU-UNCW Baseball Game Time Moved To 5 P.M.
- Carson Finishes Tied For 10th At Briar’s Creek Invitational
- Volleyball Program Adds Jaylibeth Garcia To 2019 Roster
- 2018-19 Swimming & Diving Year In Review
Greenville Daily Reflector
- Perfect game ball going to Kuchmaner’s mom
- Disappointment surrounds Staton’s resignation announcement
- Pirate Nation Gives returns to generate donations for ECU student success
247 Sports
- ECU athletics revenue to increase with new AAC television deal
- Report: ESPN, AAC agree to media rights deal worth $1 billion
- Week Six ECU Baseball Opponent Preview
- Pirates start long road to reach new standard of physicality
March Madness Created A Lifetime of Memories For Former UTC, ECU Coach McCarthy Chattanoogan.com
Around the American Athletic Conference
theamerican.org
- Temple Falls at First Four in Dunphy’s Final Game
- Memphis Tops San Diego in NIT First Round
- UCF holds off No. 14 Florida State 9-7 Tuesday night
- American Stories: Opportunities Abound as Postseason Play Begins
- Baseball set for nine midweek games before conference play begins
- American Softball Release: Week 7
AAC, ESPN Agree To 12-Year Media-Rights Deal Worth $1B Sports Business Journal
Report: American signs $1 billion TV deal with ESPN NBC Sports
AAC Daily: March Madness and a New $1B TV Deal for the American BCSNN
Cincinnati Enquirer
- March Madness 2019: Cincinnati Bearcats look to make most of NCAA date in Columbus vs. Iowa Hawkeyes
- University of Cincinnati’s sports conference AAC signs $1 billion ESPN TV deal
- Report: American Athletic Conference, ESPN agree to billion dollar media rights deal
Tampa Bay Times
- USF begins spring football drills after winter of reckoning
- USF spring football: takeaways from Day 1
Orlando Sentinel
- USF QB Blake Barnett on the start of spring practice
- USF opens spring football practice in search of confidence, a new identity
Did UConn’s conference cost it a No. 1 seed? It sure seems that way. Hartford Courant
The Fran Dunphy era ends as Temple falls to Belmont in First Four of NCAA Tournament YAHOO! Sports
Belmont beats Temple 81-70 for first NCAA Tournament win Associated Press
Philly.com
- Temple loses to Belmont in NCAA Tournament play-in game, marking the end of Fran Dunphy’s career with Temple
- Report: American Athletic Conference agrees to 12-year, $1 billion media rights deal with ESPN
New Orleans Advocate
- Mike Dunleavy out: Tulane fires third-year coach after season-ending 21-game skid
- Where do they go from here? Tulane search to replace Mike Dunleavy is wide open
- Tulane’s RPI low entering home game against UL
New Orleans Times Picayune
- What does Tulane AD want after dismissing Mike Dunleavy Sr. as basketball coach?
- His mother once pulled him from football over a ‘B’ grade. He’s now at Tulane.
- De La Salle’s Collin Burns makes the most of his first start for Tulane baseball
Memphis 74, San Diego 60: Tigers advance in NIT with win over San Diego Memphis Commercial Appeal
Memphis has USD singing in the blues in NIT San Diego Union-Tribune
Houston to be featured on NCAA March Madness Confidential series Houston Chronicle
Wichita Eagle
- Wichita State has a new goal as NIT starts Wednesday: ‘Take Markis home’
- Wichita State baseball hoping its pitching improves for important homestand this week
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News and Observer
- LeVelle Moton dazzles every March, so why is he still at NC Central?
- For one night, Reynolds rattles back to life
- NC State handles Hofstra in NIT opener
- UNC’s Roy Williams named USA Today coach of the year; Duke’s RJ Barrett is player of the year
Winston Salem Journal
- Deacons get back into spring football practices without missing a beat
- The Sun Belt’s Keith Gill on his new conference and being the first African-American FBS commissioner
- WSSU adjusts to loss of defensive coordinator as spring practice begins
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- Elbert Robinson’s big game at the right time, helped ODU reach the NCAA tournament
- William & Mary basketball was trending up under Tony Shaver
- 10 things Virginia Tech needs to work on after subpar season
Charlotte Observer
- Davidson goes cold late in second half, loses NIT home opener 89-81 to Lipscomb
- Clemson hangs on for first round NIT win against Wright State
Washington Post
- Phil Martelli is out, Fran Dunphy is exiting, too, and the Big Five is lessened
- Tournament cheat sheet: Bracket tips, upsets and more
- The 6-11 upset is the new 5-12 upset
- The four best bets to win the NCAA tournament
- Duke has toughest Final Four path of any No. 1 seed
Columbia The State
- NCAA Tournament returns to Columbia. Its last time here was madness for Gamecocks
- Time-lapse video: Colonial Life Arena transformed for NCAA Tournament
- The nation is about to learn what Wofford foes know: Fletcher Magee is a handful
- Big nights from Hopkins, Allen spur Gamecocks to road win over Furman
- Clemson hangs on for first round NIT win against Wright State
The Associated Press
- Fairleigh Dickinson rallies for first ever NCAA tourney win
- Miller lifts UNC-Greensboro over Campbell 84-69 in NIT
- Reed scores 24 to lead Clemson over Wright St. 75-69 in NIT
- Burks carries Marshall over IUPUI 78-73 in CIT
- Lipscomb tops Davidson 89-81 in NIT
- NCAA Tournament primed to top itself again
- Oats has Buffalo shedding basketball’s mid-major label
- Vermont’s Lamb among players to watch from 1-bid conferences
- UC Irvine among nation’s hottest teams in NCAA field
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
New York Times
- As M.L.B.’s Season Opens in Japan, at Least the Dirt Is Familiar
- Mike Trout Didn’t Go on the Market. It Came to Him.
- At Kansas, a No. 4 Seed Just Doesn’t Feel the Same
- Admissions Scandal Stokes Hard Questions on Recruited Athletes
- Dellin Betances Joins the Yankees’ Injured List
- Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Offered a Deal That Would Drop Charges
- Former Auburn Assistant Pleads Guilty in Corruption Case
Washington Post
- The message in Mike Trout deal: Free agency isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
- Capitals overwhelm last-place Devils with their offensive depth in a 4-1 victory
- Ovechkin says he’s ‘excited’ to attend Capitals’ White House celebration
- So what does Juan Soto need to do to hit better this season? Not much.
- Joe Ross to the bullpen? It’s an option.
- Robert Kraft offered plea deal in prostitution solicitation case
- 76ers’ Ben Simmons supports Australia’s ‘Egg Boy’ with shoes in game
Charlotte Observer
Canes rally late, beat Penguins in shootout 3-2 Raleigh News and Observer
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