Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Agnos Earns Second AAC Pitcher-Of-The-Week Honor…McNeill, Dooley eyeing AAC-caliber talent…Fleming Selected To Particpate In 3X3U National Championship…Cape Fear Community College basketball standout committed to East Carolina…Collins’ late basket lifts Bulls past DePaul….UNC places women’s basketball coach Hatchell, staff on leave during review of program…John Calipari agrees to lifetime contract with Kentucky…Hornets lose 3rd straight despite Kemba Walker’s 47 points against Jazz…Canes will try to trade Harvard’s Fox, Dundon says

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

“From the Anchor Desk” Photo Feature
The Big Shave Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Tyler Golsteyn Named Assistant Coach For Volleyball Program
• Agnos Earns Second AAC Pitcher-Of-The-Week Honor
• Fleming Selected To Particpate In 3X3U National Championship
• Forbrigd Finishes Tied For 11th At Bryan National Collegiate
• Santos Concludes Action At NCAA Championships

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Agnos named top pitcher; Packard left off list
• McNeill, Dooley eyeing AAC-caliber talent

The East Carolinian

• Pirates work out kinks before annual spring game
• McNeill brings coaching stability to new position
• Women’s tennis extends win streak to 18
• ECU extends win streak to nine with sweep of USF

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WNCT 9

• Big shave off concludes another successful “Mustache March”
• Tyler Golsteyn named assistant coach for East Carolina volleyball…

WITN 7

• Agnos earns second AAC Pitcher-of-the-Week honor
• ECU’s Isaac Fleming selected to participate in 2019 3x3U National Championship

247 Sports

• Adjusting to change nothing new for Alex Turner
• Special teams being pushed, improving under new regime
• ECU Baseball in the Top 25: April 1

Cape Fear Community College basketball standout committed to East Carolina WECT

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Goodman and Agnos collect first April baseball honors
• USF Wins Game One of CBI Championship Series
• Vanderbilt’s Emily Mathewson Making an Impact on and off the Field
• Outdoor Track and Field programs conclude March slates with 10 meets
• UConn’s Marcelino and USF’s Corrick Collect Weekly Softball Honors

Collins’ late basket lifts Bulls past DePaul Tampa Bay Times

Two Memphis Tigers Set to Represent the AAC in 3X3U Tourney BCSNN

Reports: Cincinnati Bearcats football gets commitment from Alabama transfer Kyriq McDonald Cincinnati Enquirer

UCF quarterbacks try to show off progress as Knights’ tight starting race continues Orlando Sentinel

Napheesa Collier shouts out the NCAA Selection Committee and other takeaways from UConn’s performance in the Albany Regional Hartford Courant

For Temple football’s veteran players, change has become the norm Philly.com

UNO, Tulane baseball teams looking for first win in Pelican Cup series  New Orleans Advocate

This under-the-radar team could bring SMU its next national championship  Dallas News

What Memphis football coach Mike Norvell said about Tigers’ first scrimmage Memphis Commercial Appeal

TU lands Arkansas transfer Keyshawn Embery-Simpson Tulsa World

Here’s what coaches think will decide the Wichita State-Lipscomb NIT game  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Winston Salem Journal

• UNC places women’s basketball coach Hatchell, staff on leave during review of program
• Earl ‘The Pearl’ Monroe to be honored for helping ease racial tensions in Winston-Salem in the 1960s

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Tony Bennett heads back to the Final Four, but this time it’s his team
• UMBC coach Ryan Odom revels in Virginia’s “tremendous story” this season
• Mark Story: For Kentucky, NCAA tourney ‘brackets of death’ have worked better than ‘easy paths’
• Old Dominion’s Caver, Stith to play in Final Four events

Charlotte Observer

• North Carolina women’s basketball coaches under internal investigation
• How Auburn won a recruiting battle with Charlotte to build its Final Four foundation

Raleigh News and Observer

• Missed opportunities and closed windows leave dark days ahead for Duke, UNC
• North Carolina freshman Nassir Little announces he will declare for the NBA draft

Charleston Post and Courier

• Clemson’s Matt Bockhorst is more than White House Big Mac fame; he can’t wait for 2019 season
• College of Charleston or Yankees? RiverDogs pitcher Tanner Myatt made his choice.

Washington Post

• Starring in this year’s Final Four? Old-school basketball.
• Sorry we doubted you, March Madness
• Get ready for the Final Four
• John Calipari agrees to lifetime contract with Kentucky

Final Four Preview: A Weekend of Classics, and the Promise of More New York Times