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