Pirates pick up first series win over USF since ’05…School-Record Performances Highlight Raleigh Relays Participation…Houston lauds progress, targets better habits…Gameday: ECU LAX Hosts Vanderbilt For Inaugural AAC Contest…PGA touring pro Harold Varner hosts high school golf tournament at Cramer Mountain Country Club…Money behind the Madness: How much money did the Shockers make this March? …DePaul meets USF in finals of CBI; Costly victories as USF must pay CBI group $80,000…Virginia beats buzzer, then overcomes Carsen Edwards and Purdue in OT to reach Final Four…Texas Tech topples Gonzaga in a dazzling match of contrasts to reach Final Four…Krzyzewski-Izzo matchup highlights Elite Eight; If it’s better to be lucky than good, Duke’s about to find out if it’s both…Braves can’t contain Phillies’ offense, drop to 0-2…Canes power past Flyers 5-2, edge closer to goal

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

BASEBALL NEWS
Blasts send Pirates to series win Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• No. 13 ECU Takes Series At USF, 13-7
• School-Record Performances Highlight Raleigh Relays Participation
• East Carolina Drops Both Ends Of SB Doubleheader To UCF
• Pirates Cruise Past Davidson in WTennis 5-2
• Spring Notebook No. 9 – Scrimmage Brings Teaching Moments
• Gameday: ECU LAX Hosts Vanderbilt For Inaugural AAC Contest

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Pirates notch series win at USF
• Houston lauds progress, targets better habits

WNCT 9

• Pirates pick up first series win over USF since ’05
• Pirates host first scrimmage of the Spring

WITN 7

• ECU Football holds first scrimmage on ninth spring practice
• No. 13 ECU Baseball takes series at USF, 13-7
• ECU Softball drops both ends of doubleheader to UCF
• ECU records highlight Raleigh Relays

247 Sports

• ECU blasts four homers to secure series win at USF
• What Mike Houston said after ECU’s first spring scrimmage
• Statistics from ECU’s first scrimmage of the spring

ECU Knocks Four Home Runs in a 13-7 Game Two Win Over USF Rivals

JUCO guard Jeremy Sheppard commits to URI Providence Journal

PGA touring pro Harold Varner hosts high school golf tournament at Cramer Mountain Country Club Gaston Gazette

Harold Varner III Starting 2019 With Confidence RotoBaller

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• ECU and Wichita State clinch series, UCF and UConn set for Sunday rubber match
• Cincinnati, Florida Open LAX League Play with Victories
• UConn Downs UCLA, Advances to Meet Louisville in Elite 8

DePaul meets USF in finals of CBI  Charlotte Observer

Tampa Bay Times

• Costly victories: USF must pay CBI group $80,000
• Mitch Wilcox: new USF offense a reason I stayed put

Money behind the Madness: How much money did the Shockers make this March?  Wichita Eagle

University of Cincinnati Bearcats women’s basketball team advances to WNIT quarterfinals Cincinnati Enquirer

UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton: ‘God is looking over me. I totally believe that’ | Commentary Orlando Sentinel

New Orleans Advocate

• Report: Tulane men’s hoops coach Ron Hunter to bring four staff members from Georgia State
• Scratching the surface: Amare Jones will be much more than return specialist in second year at Tulane

New Orleans Times Picayune

• Tulane scores 27 runs in doubleheader sweep at Cincinnati
• Can he do it at Tulane? Ron Hunter’s Georgia State players recall first-season turnaround

What went wrong between Ron Hunter and Georgia State  Atlanta Journal Constitution

How Shane Buechele’s experience at Texas, including 2016 game against his new head coach, led him to SMU  Dallas News

Former Memphis Tigers basketball star Andre Allen arrested on drug charges Memphis Commercial Appeal

Philip Montgomery on TU quarterback battle: ‘It’s been a great competition’ Tulsa World

Joe Bellino, Navy’s first Heisman Trophy winner, dies at age 81 Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Washington Post

• Virginia beats buzzer, then overcomes Carsen Edwards and Purdue in OT to reach Final Four
• Brewer: For Tony Bennett and his father, a scream of victory to release all doubt
• Charlottesville shouts ‘Wahoowa!’ and partiers take to the streets
• Virginia guard may be small, but he delivers big plays
• Texas Tech topples Gonzaga in a dazzling match of contrasts to reach Final Four
• Jarrett Culver’s NBA draft stock is soaring — maybe into the top five
• The mission: Guarding Zion Williamson. The plan: ‘Make him human.’
• Duke vs. Michigan State could hinge on Tre Jones vs. Cassius Winston
• Feinstein: When Krzyzewski meets Izzo, it’s Elite

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Virginia makes Final Four after dramatically forcing overtime, knocking off Purdue
• Virginia’s unforgettable victory reflects on Bennett and his former players who built the program

Revelry and tears as U.Va. conquers Purdue to reach Final Four Hampton Roads Daily Press

Charlottesville Daily Progress

• After pep talk from Kyle Guy, De’Andre Hunter delivers go-ahead shot to send Virginia to Final Four
• Virginia baseball team holds off No. 4 N.C. State for seventh straight win

Raleigh News and Observer

• First buzzer-beater of the NCAA Tournament extends its wildest game between UVA, Purdue
• Tony Bennett and his Virginia Cavaliers are going to the Final Four. And it wasn’t easy
• With a banner up for grabs, No. 1 Duke ready to seize it
• If it’s better to be lucky than good, Duke’s about to find out if it’s both
• Cam Reddish wants to be “close to 100 percent” healthy before playing for No. 1 Duke again
• Block or charge? Zion and his importance makes each call a tough one for officials
• UNC goes home early in the NCAA tournament for a second consecutive year. So what’s next?
• Carsen Edwards ties Stephen Curry’s record with his heroic effort in Elite Eight game
• In historic run, Texas Tech advances to the Final Four with its victory against Gonzaga
• ‘What a time to be a Red Raider.’ Fans, including the Chiefs’ Mahomes, react to victory
• Officials missed these two key calls in final minute of Texas Tech’s win vs. Gonzaga

New York Times

• No. 3 Texas Tech Upsets No. 1 Gonzaga for First Trip to Final Four
• Virginia Fends Off Purdue and Naysayers to Reach the Final Four

Winston Salem Journal

• Safety for safeties emerges as concern after Wake Forest’s first full scrimmage of spring football
• In App State’s final spring scrimmage, punter Clayton Howell is surprised with a scholarship

Sapakoff: If South Carolina and Clemson football players pledge brains, CTE studies will benefit Charleston Post and Courier

The Associated Press

• TIPPING OFF: Krzyzewski-Izzo matchup highlights Elite Eight
• Virginia, Texas Tech give Final Four certain new look
• Virginia shakes off Purdue 80-75 in OT to win South Region
• The Latest: Virginia beats Purdue in OT to reach Final Four
• Texas Tech locks down ‘Zags to earn to 1st Final Four trip
• Perkins laments “bonehead play” in Gonzaga’s loss
• Buona notte for Moretti and Final Four-bound Texas Tech
• Auburn’s Chuma Okeke out with torn ACL in left knee
• Tyler Herro: Kentucky fans love him, opponents not so much
• Red-hot Auburn meets tradition-rich Kentucky for Final Four
• Duke vs. Michigan State is battle of NCAA Tournament titans
• Duke’s Reddish a game-time decision vs. Michigan State
• Tar Heels set for different look, await NBA decisions
• Ex-Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg hired at struggling Nebraska