Gilbert contacts WBB coaching candidates…Pirates complete sweep over UCF with 6-5 win…ECU SB Drops Series Finale At Memphis…Three-Star Nasir Clerk Is The First Commit of the Mike Houston Era…Five ECU basketball players enter transfer portal…Houston moves into Sweet 16 for first time in 35 years…‘We end in tears’: Johnny Dawkins and UCF teaches his grateful alma mater a lesson…Wichita State Advances to NIT Quarterfinals with Win at Clemson, 63-55…Virginia Tech heading to the Sweet 16 after second-half run stops Liberty…Upset Special? NCAA favorites lead the way into Sweet 16…Lamb hits winning 3-pointer, Hornets clip Raptors 115-114

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Insights from Brett
  TV deal marks milestone for ECU’s finances
• BASEBALL NEWS
  Pirates power to sweep

ecupirates.com

• ECU SB Drops Series Finale At Memphis
• No. 14 ECU Completes Sweep Of UCF In AAC Action, 6-5
• Pirates WTennis Takes Down Temple 4-2

Greenville Daily Reflector

• ECU sweeps away Knights
• Roundup: Gilbert contacts coaching candidates

Pirates complete sweep over UCF with 6-5 win  WNCT 9

Brown leads No. 14 ECU Baseball to sweep of UCF, 6-5 WITN 7

ECU Sweeps Central Florida To Open Up AAC PlayWCTI 12

247 Sports

• Five ECU basketball players enter transfer portal
• New Jersey DB becomes ECU’s first 2020 commitment
• No. 14 ECU starts AAC play with sweep of UCF
• What They Said: Cliff Godwin and players following sweep of UCF

Rivals

• Pirates Sweep UCF With a 6-5 Victory on Sunday
• Rivals Three-Star Nasir Clerk Is The First Commit of the Mike Houston Era

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• No. 9 UCF Edged in Heartbreaker vs. No. 1 Duke
• Houston Downs Ohio State to Advance to Sweet 16
• Hunter Named Men’s Basketball Head Coach at Tulane
• Wichita State Advances to NIT Quarterfinals with Win at Clemson, 63-55
• UConn Holds Off Buffalo, Moves on to Sweet 16
• Cincinnati Defeats Minnesota in WNIT Second Round
• Cincinnati and UConn win Sunday rubber matches, ECU and Tulane complete weekend sweeps
• Houston, Memphis, Tulsa Collect SB Series-Clinching Wins on Sunday
• Heartbreak for UCF dad, son as Dawkins game-winner rolls out

The Associated Press

• Houston moves into Sweet 16 for first time in 35 years
• Ga State coach Hunter leaving to take over at Tulane

BCSNN

• Clemson Tigers Get Knocked Out of the NIT by Wichita State Shockers
• Cincinnati Bearcats Take the Baseball Series from the USF Bulls

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF Knights suffer painful 77-76 loss to overall No. 1 seed Duke Blue Devils
• Heartbroken UCF proud it pushed No. 1 Duke during close NCAA Tournament loss
• Basketball gods rob UCF of a victory over Duke | Commentary
• Watch: UCF coach Johnny Dawkins consoles tearful Knights in locker room after loss to Duke

Washington Post

• ‘We end in tears’: Johnny Dawkins and UCF teaches his grateful alma mater a lesson
• Justin Robinson leads Virginia Tech past Liberty and into NCAA tournament Sweet 16

Raleigh News and Observer

• Duke and UCF a generation in the making, and worth the wait
• ‘Please, not like this’. How Duke stayed poised to outlast Central Florida.
• Coach K on defeating his former star player: ‘I love Johnny’
• Experience the thrilling end of Duke’s victory over UCF
• Duke’s Coach K on win over UCF: ‘Our guys hung in there’
• Houston — and Kelvin Sampson — are ending plenty of droughts with Sweet 16 trip

Houston Chronicle

• UH rolls over Ohio State, advances to Sweet 16
• Memes celebrate UH’s coming trip to the Sweet 16

Wichita Eagle

• WSU, in nerve-wracking finish, beats Clemson and moves on to NIT quarterfinals
• Shocker film room: Five reasons why WSU beat Clemson to move on to NIT quarterfinals
• Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall one of the 10 fastest coaches in history to 500 career wins

New Orleans Advocate

• It’s official: Georgia State’s Ron Hunter hired as Tulane’s basketball coach
• Location, location, location: Tulane exhibits outstanding control, sweeps Houston Baptist

New Orleans Times Picayune

• Tulane hires Ron Hunter to coach basketball
• Finding their command: How Tulane pitchers have this team 10 games over .500
• Tulane sweeps Houston Baptist with more shutout relief

Mike Anthony: UConn, on to the Sweet 16, will need to be better than it was in Sunday’s strange victory over Buffalo Hartford Courant

Bulls women fall in second round of WNIT Tampa Bay Times

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Duke and Virginia leave Columbia with wins to advance
• Headliners but no locals advance to Kansas City for Midwest Regional
• After brief injury scare, UNC senior Kenny Williams embraces long-awaited trip to Sweet 16
• Virginia’s Huff enjoying expanded role, Triangle returns
• NC State beats Harvard 78-77 in the second round of the NIT

Columbia The State

• Columbia helps prove March Madness ‘doesn’t have to be (in NC) every single year’
• Duke teammates Zion Williamson, R.J. Barrett proud to share iconic photo, moment
• Clemson baseball drops Game 3 to Boston College, still wins series
• South Carolina rallies, but pitching can’t hold in rubber match loss at Tennessee

Winston Salem Journal

• ‘Crazy stuff’: Duke walks away with win by slimmest margin
• Survive and advance: Duke holds on to defeat Central Florida in heart-stopping second-round game of NCAA Tournament
• Ed Hardin: Duke avoids a near certain defeat in NCAA Tournament thriller
• Virginia Tech beats Liberty to earn a 2nd trip to Sweet 16
• Virginia finally gets easy NCAA win 63-51 over Oklahoma
• Bryce, Beverly lead N.C. State over Harvard 78-77 in NIT
• Briefs: Wake Forest baseball nips Duke to win series

Virginia Tech defeats Liberty to reach Sweet 16 Roanoke Times

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Mamadi Diakite’s big performance puts Virginia in the Sweet 16
• Virginia Tech heading to the Sweet 16 after second-half run stops Liberty
• After upset win, Spartans hope to keep it going in NIT

Washington Post

• March Madness: The Sweet 16 is set, and boy is it top-heavy
• Duke beats UCF in NCAA tournament, barely surviving heroics by Aubrey Dawkins
• ‘Can I sleep on my son’s floor?’ For some families, it isn’t easy to get to the NCAA tournament.
• Oregon’s Paul White, no stranger to gun violence, keeps those he has lost close in the NCAA tournament
• Grinding, methodical, dominant Virginia returns — and moves on to the Sweet 16
• Virginia bounces back, plays with swagger to dispatch Oklahoma
• Virginia Tech turns attention toward rematch with Duke in Sweet 16

The Associated Press

• Upset Special? NCAA favorites lead the way into Sweet 16
• Oregon beats UC Irvine 73-54 to advance to Sweet 16
• Tennessee blows 25-point lead, beats Iowa 83-77 in OT
• NCAA Latest: Oregon tops UC Irvine for last spot in Sweet 16
• Virginia finally gets easy NCAA win 63-51 over Oklahoma
• Culver, stifling defense, lift Texas Tech over Buffalo 78-58
• Virginia Tech beats Liberty to earn a 2nd trip to Sweet 16
• Gonzaga has experience when it comes to winning at Gill
• North Carolina returns to Sweet 16, beats Washington 81-59
• Cal fires coach Wyking Jones after 2 8-win seasons

New York Times

• N.C.A.A. Tournament: Duke Avoids Upset in Win Over Central Florida
• Duke’s 1-2 Punch, Each Delivered With a Left Hand
• The Making of Ja Morant
• Auburn’s Bruce Pearl: A Coach With Plenty of Ability, Flair and Baggage
• N.C.A.A. Women’s Tournament: Notre Dame and Maryland Romp. Princeton Is Out.