Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Monday, April 1, 2019

UConn Leaves AAC to Go Independent in Women’s Basketball …NCAA Slaps Kent State with Sanctions for UNC Tar Heels Scandal……SEC Issues NCAA Multiple Fines for Violations Against the League…Big 12 Considering Going Down To Only 8 Teams……Arizona and Dayton Agree to First Ever College Coach Trade…Eagles Sam Bradford Tears ACL Eating Lunch

Packard slams again, ECU sweeps…Pirates Come Up Short In AAC LAX Opener…Michigan State upsets Duke to reach Final Four of NCAA Tournament, joins Auburn, Texas Tech, Virginia

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

The ECU Pirates have announced plans to pillage all neighboring universities in North Carolina BCSNN

Bonesville.net

• Insights from Brett
  Big Three getting plenty of help as Pirates surge
• BASEBALL NEWS
  Packard slams again in sweep

ecupirates.com

• No. 13 ECU Completes Sweep At USF, 5-1
• Pirates Come Up Short In AAC LAX Opener

Packard slams again, ECU sweeps  Greenville Daily Reflector

Packard’s two grand slams lead ECU to series sweep of USF Washington Daily News

The East Carolinian

• ECU introduces new head coach Kim McNeill
• ECU gets swept by UCF in SB doubleheader
• Temple defeats the Pirates

Red hot Pirates complete sweep of USF  WNCT 9

WITN 7

• No. 13 ECU Baseball completes sweet at USF, 5-1
• ECU Women’s Lacrosse drops AAC opener to Vanderbilt, 14-10

247 Sports

• No. 13 ECU completes road sweep, wins ninth in a row
• In-state JUCO guard commits to ECU
• Bitumba Baruti commits to East Carolina

ECU Win Streak at Nine After 5-1 Sunday Win to Sweep USF Rivals

Spirit: ‘Everybody deserves a chance’: School Resource Officer Scotty Robinson wants to make a difference in students’ lives Salisbury Post

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

BCSNN

• UConn Leaves AAC to Go Independent in Women’s Basketball
• Mike Aresco Fakes Kidnapping to Escape the American

theamerican.org

• ECU’s Gustavo Santos Concludes Action at NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships
• ECU and Wichita State complete weekend baseball sweeps, Cincinnati, UConn and Houston earn Sunday wins
• UConn Defeats Louisville, Advances to 12th Straight WBB Final Four
• Tulsa and USF Wrap Up SB Series Sweeps on Sunday Afternoon

Mike Anthony: Katie Lou Samuelson carried UConn back to the Final Four Hartford Courant

Big city, bright lights: Shockers arrive in New York in search of another NIT title  Wichita Eagle

CBI title would bode well for Bulls’ future Tampa Bay Times

UCF baseball suffers weekend series loss to UConn Orlando Sentinel

Tulane fails to complete sweep at Cincinnati New Orleans Times Picayune

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

BCSNN

• NCAA Slaps Kent State with Sanctions for UNC Tar Heels Scandal
• SEC Issues NCAA Multiple Fines for Violations Against the League
• Big East Basketball Announces Catholic 7 Leaving Again
• Big 12 Considering Going Down To Only 8 Teams
• MWC Agrees to Change Name to Boise State Conference
• Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger Files for 5th Year of Eligibility

Raleigh News and Observer

• College basketball’s most potent 1-2 punch, Zion and RJ couldn’t deliver and No. 1 Duke heads home
• Duke is done, and so is Zion Williamson, too soon for college basketball
• Duke’s Reddish returns to court, but takes back seat in loss
• Duke’s Coach K talks about the disappointment of not making it to the Final Four
• Zion sums up season at Duke: ‘It was like a movie’
• Duke’s Zion Williamson talks about the disappointment of not making it to the Final Four
• Michigan St., Auburn, Virginia, Texas Tech: a Final Four field with survival instincts
• Barack Obama is just like you: He didn’t get a single Final Four team right, either
• NC State rallies for 8-7 win over Virginia to take ACC series

WRAL

• Michigan State knocks off Duke 68-67 to make Final Four
• Zion Williamson: This season has meant everything to me
• R.J. Barrett: You don’t expect to lose any game, they made tough shots and great plays
• Cam Reddish: We fought day in and day out since July since we got here, this isn’t how we wanted it to end
• Tre Jones: We all put so much into this year, we all wanted it so bad
• ACC Panic Room: Duke’s NCAA Tournament luck finally ran out
• Diamond Heels complete sweep of Duke with 16-6 win
• NC State baseball takes two of three from Virginia

Winston Salem Journal

• Ed Hardin: Discomfort in the chaos brings defeat for Duke
• Michigan State upsets Duke to reach Final Four of NCAA Tournament, joins Auburn, Texas Tech, Virginia
• Michigan State’s Izzo gets the measure of his friend
• Auburn beats Kentucky it OT to reach Final Four for first time
• Safety for safeties emerges as concern after Wake Forest’s first full scrimmage of spring football

In reaching Final Four, Virginia overcame a rowdy crowd that was decidedly in Purdue’s corner Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Columbia The State

• Clemson slugs its way past Virginia Tech, earns series sweep
• Six-run inning sinks South Carolina in series finale against Auburn

The Associated Press

• NCAA Tournament money: Big Ten gets most, SEC sets own high
• Final Four field boasts tough defenses, veteran lineups
• Zion, No. 1 Duke miss out on Final Four in loss to Spartans
• Auburn tops Kentucky 77-71 in OT for first Final Four trip
• Texas Tech coach takes the long way to the Final Four

New York Times

• Michigan State Heads to Final Four After Banding Together to Shock Duke
• The Legend of Zion
• Auburn Makes Its First Final Four by Beating Kentucky

Washington Post

• The Final Four is set, with Michigan State vs. Texas Tech and Virginia vs. Auburn
• It took a man to beat these Duke kids. The man was Cassius Winston.
• Sorry we doubted you, March Madness. Your latest was a masterpiece.
• Michigan State upsets top-seeded Duke in a thriller to reach the Final Four
• Jenkins: Auburn, out-everythinged but never outfought, heads to the Final Four
• Tom Izzo knew Michigan State had ‘a real chance’ against Duke. He was right.
• For Tony Bennett and his father, a scream of victory to release all doubt