Brickhouse Named AAC Player-Of-The-Week…Emotion plays into Pirate sweep…Search begins to replace Staton and find ECU Interim Chancellor…Three American Teams are Still Alive in March Madness…Niumatalolo stumps for more support of Navy football…UNC to make the switch to synthetic grass at Kenan Stadium…A WFU coach pleaded not guilty in admissions scam. ‘No one was admitted to Wake Forest who didn’t earn it,’ his attorney said….Bobby Lutz: “I would be very open to” having a conversation with App State about the men’s basketball job…Michael Avenatti Is Accused in Nike Extortion Attempt…With the Playoffs Out of Sight, What’s Left for the Lakers?

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

From the Anchor Desk
Pirates get the jump on the rest of the American Bonesville.net

Brickhouse Named AAC Player-Of-The-Week ecupirates.com

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Emotion plays into Pirate sweep
• Miss America visits ECU to raise money for children’s hospital

Off The Bat: Georgia Claims Marquee Series Win, ECU Stays Hot Baseball America

Brickhouse named AAC Player of the Week  WNCT 9

WITN 7

• ECU’s Brickhouse named AAC Player of the Week
• Search begins to replace Staton and find ECU Interim Chancellor
• ROPER: Hopes to hire ECU interim chancellor within a month

Pirates making their down time count in film room this spring 247 Sports

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Cincinnati’s Schoenle and ECU’s Brickhouse take home weekly honors
• Big Wins Highlight Final Non-Conference Lacrosse Weekend
• Tulsa’s Neal and UCF’s White Collect Weekly Softball Honors

AAC Daily: Three American Teams are Still Alive in March Madness BCSNN

Yetna lifts South Florida over Utah Valley 66-57 in CBI The Associated Press

USF men headed to CBI semifinals Tampa Bay Times

‘I never would have thought’: WSU senior enjoying a new perspective during NIT run  Wichita Eagle

UCF’s battle against Duke means the Knights will linger — even after defeat NCAA

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF football players heartbroken, proud of men’s basketball team’s NCAA Tournament run
• Was UCF guard Aubrey Dawkins fouled during Duke game-winning play?

Temple QB Anthony Russo adding some muscle to his leadership role Philly.com

New Orleans Advocate

• Kushner: Tulane hiring Ron Hunter as its basketball coach proves it’s ready to win
• Tulane baseball notebook: Wave excelling in midweek games entering trip to Lafayette

He coaches barefoot (sometimes): 7 things to know about new Tulane coach Ron Hunter  New Orleans Times Picayune

SMU spring breakout candidates: Even on a loaded defensive line, Shabazz Dotson could raise eyebrows  Dallas News

Creighton 79, Memphis 67: Tigers fall in NIT to end Penny Hardaway’s first chapter Memphis Commercial Appeal

Houston Chronicle

• Midwest Region: Get to know the 4 teams
• What the country was like the last time UH made the Sweet 16

Niumatalolo stumps for more support of Navy football Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Dickie V is fired up and he’s had it with the NCAA system
• UNC to make the switch to synthetic grass at Kenan Stadium
• For all of ACC’s tourney success, a few top seeds still fell flat
• Sweet 16, ranked: Our view of the remaining NCAA Tournament games, from top to bottom

Charlotte Observer

• Clearing a Hokie hurdle hasn’t been easy for No. 1 Duke
• Dabo Swinney pleased with progress Clemson is making this spring
• Greensboro-bound: NC State advances to Sweet 16 with win over Kentucky
• Here’s how the LSU Tigers are honoring late teammate Wayde Sims in the NCAA Tournament

Winston Salem Journal

• A WFU coach pleaded not guilty in admissions scam. ‘No one was admitted to Wake Forest who didn’t earn it,’ his attorney said.
• App State’s Pre Stanley providing leadership, taking ownership of the Mountaineers’ future
• Bobby Lutz: “I would be very open to” having a conversation with App State about the men’s basketball job
• Farrell Murchison, a running back at WSSU who beat cancer, is ready to roll in spring practice
• College basketball players call foul on NCAA ‘day in the life’ commercial

Washington Post

• Unable to match UCLA’s energy, Maryland women exit NCAA tournament in second round
• ‘Job is not done yet’: Virginia rides emotional roller coaster into Sweet 16
• Virginia Tech turns attention toward rematch with Duke

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Norfolk State falls to Colorado in second-round NIT game
• “He wanted the best out of everybody.” W&M remembers slain football player

Charleston Post and Courier

• Clemson Freshman defensive tackle Tyler Davis already turning heads in practice
• South Carolina football looking for new approach at running back
• South Carolina’s Muschamp has busy weekend with coaches, recruits