Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Saturday, March 30, 2019

Agnos, Pirates win again on Friday…McNeill Officially Introduced As ECU Head Women’s Basketball Coach…No real script for ECU scrimmage…Houston Edged in Sweet 16 Thriller by Kentucky…No. 1 Duke survives another scare to top Virginia Tech…North Carolina dreamed of winning a national title. But the journey ended abruptly…On the precipice of another 50-goal season, Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin is getting his due

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

BASEBALL NEWS
Pirate trio pitches shutout Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• McNeill Officially Introduced As ECU Head Women’s Basketball Coach
• Spring Notebook No. 8 – Familiar Line Of Communication
• No. 13 ECU Blanks USF In Series Opener, 4-0
• UCF Takes SB Series Opener Over East Carolina, 6-2

Greenville Daily Reflector

• No real script for ECU scrimmage
• Agnos, Pirates win again on Friday
• McNeill leaves Hawks, hopes to soar with Pirates
• Politics damaging UNC system

ECU hires McNeill as women’s coach Fayetteville Observer

ECU introduces Kim McNeill as next women’s basketball coach  WNCT 9

WITN 7

• No. 13 ECU Baseball blanks USF in series opener, 4-0
• McNeill officially introduced as ECU Women’s Basketball Head Coach

247 Sports

• ECU shuts out USF, takes series opener 4-0
• ECU renews rivalry with USF as AAC play continues
• LOOK: ECU gears up for first scrimmage with Friday practice
• What Mike Houston said following ECU’s Friday’s practice

Rivals

• ECU Blanks USF 4-0 in Game One
• Coach Mark Richt Adds to a Solid ECU Coaches Clinic at Hight Field

College Baseball Roundup: USC Knocks Off No. 1, ACC Action Produces Upsets Baseball America

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Houston Edged in Sweet 16 Thriller by Kentucky
• UConn Downs UCLA, Advances to Meet Louisville in Elite 8
• Memphis and Tulane sweep Friday doubleheaders

Houston Chronicle

• Nothing Sweet about it: UH’s NCAA Tournament run ends in…
• Best memes from UH’s heartbreaking Sweet 16 loss
• UH president Renu Khator hopeful school can keep Kelvin Sampson
• Kentucky fan hangs offensive sign about Houston, Hurricane Harvey

UCF baseball faces off with UConn in key AAC series Orlando Sentinel

Associated Press

• Herro late 3-pointer lifts Kentucky over Houston, to Elite 8
• NCAA Latest: Kentucky holds off Houston reach regional final

Will a Slighted Star Be the Motivation UConn Needs? New York Times

How will the AAC’s new television deal with ESPN affect how fans watch Shocker sports?  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• No. 1 Duke survives another scare to top Virginia Tech
• Double-team Zion or RJ if you dare. That’s Tre Jones’ message to Duke opponents.
• Duke keeps pregame promise to Reddish, who missed Virginia Tech game with knee injury
• Auburn takes down top-seeded North Carolina in the Sweet 16, ending Tar Heels’ title hopes
• North Carolina dreamed of winning a national title. But the journey ended abruptly
• North Carolina players showed great sportsmanship after Auburn’s Chuma Okeke was hurt
• College sports reform bill includes tuition break for some athletes
• This Gamecock came in strong for a freshman. Why he could be ‘a problem’ for opponents

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Virginia Tech’s season ends in heartbreak, as missed layup at the buzzer sends Hokies to defeat
• The Hokies lost an epic game to Duke, but the program’s progress is unmistakable
• Indiana schoolboy stars take their rivalry to the NCAA’s Elite Eight

Washington Post

• Hokies suffer cruel loss to Blue Devils to end their season in Sweet 16
• Auburn rises above dirty business of college basketball with a beautiful game
• Sweet 16 recap: Elite Eight is set as Duke escapes
• Feinstein: Izzo, Michigan State in complete control vs. LSU
• ‘He’s a killer’: Clark may be small, but he delivers big plays
• Nickeil Alexander-Walker, RJ Barrett proud to rep Canada
• CBS sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson survives in a land of giants: ‘My height just makes me tougher’
• Wherever Buzz Williams might be going, he’s going to win
• For Hokies’ brothers in arms, painful loss is a reminder of all they’ve been through
• Elite Eight schedule is set with Duke, Michigan State, Kentucky and Auburn advancing

New York Times

• Duke Survives Another Scare, This Time From Virginia Tech
• North Carolina Is Ousted by Fifth-Seeded Auburn; Kentucky Survives Against Houston