ECU baseball beats Duke 6-1 for 10th straight win…ECU Hosts Sixth Annual Bill Carson Invitational…Pirates improving their leadership; Condition shifts Purvis’ role…ECU DT medically disqualified from playing football…App State backup long-snapper transfer to East Carolina…Burleson And Washer Garner Midseason Accolades…AAC Baseball goes 5-0 Wednesday…USF Edged in Overtime in Game Two of CBI Finals…The AAF’s suspended operations may cost UCF $1 million…Sylvia Hatchell accused of racially insensitive remarks, forcing UNC players to play hurt…College Sports 101: A U.N.C. Class Reviews a Scandal at Its Source…Unlikely buzzer-beater saved Virginia’s season, and now Cavs look ready to run the table…The drought is over: Canes clinch…Cold brew: Inside the NHL’s coffee obsession

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• VIEW FROM THE EAST
  Big bats get healthy
• The Bradsher Beat
  Electric crowd helps fuel ECU win over Devils
• BASEBALL NEWS
  Pirates down Duke, 6-1

ecupirates.com

• No. 11 ECU Defeats Duke, 6-1
• ECU Hosts Sixth Annual Bill Carson Invitational
• Pirates Winning Streak Continues At NC Central
• Burleson And Washer Garner Midseason Accolades
• Spring Notebook No. 10 – The Forefront Of Success

Greenville Daily Reflector

• ECU’s ‘moving parts’ on the diamond
• Double-digit streak for Pirates
• Pirates ready for home weekend meet
• Pirates improving their leadership; Condition shifts Purvis’ role

Pirates extend win streak to 10 games with 6-1 win over Duke Washington Daily News

The East Carolinian

• Track and field looks forward to hosting home meet
• ECU baseball beats Duke, gets 10th straight win
• Kuchmaner looks back on one of his best performances as a Pirate
• ECU Women’s Golf finishes 8th of 17 teams in last tourney

No. 11 East Carolina rolls past Duke, 6-1  WNCT 9

WITN 7

• ECU baseball beats Duke 6-1 for 10th straight win
• Agnos earns second AAC Pitcher-of-the-Week honor
• ECU set to host sixth annual Bill Carson Invitational

April 3 11 p.m. sports: ECU baseball extends win streak to 10 after beating Duke  WCTI 12

247 Sports

• Player Review and What To Improve: Jayden Gardner
• Who the Falcons have met before the draft
• ECU looking for new No. 1 wide receiver to emerge
• ECU extends winning streak to 10 with complete effort over Duke
• ECU 6, Duke 1: How it looked from the dugouts
• College Baseball Projected Field of 64: April 3rd
• ECU DT medically disqualified from playing football

Brady Lloyd’s Home Run Highlights ECU’s 6-1 Win Over Duke Rivals

App State backup long-snapper transfer to East Carolina Watauga Democrat

Nebraska basketball signee Mika Adams-Woods reopens recruitment, but still considering Huskers Sandhills Express

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Baseball continues conference play after strong midweek showing
• Baseball goes 5-0 Wednesday
• American teams collect midseason baseball awards
• USF Edged in Overtime in Game Two of CBI Finals
• The American Well-Represented During Final Four Weekend
• American Athletic Conference Golf Weekly Honors – April 3

BCSNN

• AAC Daily: USF in the CBI, Houston Keeps Coach Sampson and More
• Kelvin Sampson Signs Extension with Houston Through 2024-25

UCF reportedly out $1 million after AAF folds having never paid lease tab for Spectrum Stadium NBC Sports

The AAF’s suspended operations may cost UCF $1 million 247 Sports

UCF, USF baseball teams hungry for AAC wins, face off this weekend in Orlando Orlando Sentinel

UConn’s Geno Auriemma and Notre Dame’s Muffet McGraw don’t much like each other. Here’s a history of their beef. Hartford Courant

U-Conn. vs. Notre Dame: In their 50th meeting — and eighth in women’s Final Four — history matters Washington Post

Temple kicker Aaron Boumerhi looking to make a full comeback by fall camp Philly.com

New Orleans Advocate

• Tulane baseball team looking to clean up little mistakes that have killed it
• Hoops departures? Tulane guards Caleb Daniels, Connor Crabtree enter transfer portal

New Orleans Times Picayune

• Another Tulane basketball player puts name in transfer portal
• Tulane to play in Myrtle Beach Invitational

Making the Heisman case for (and against) SMU QB Shane Buechele  Dallas News

Memphis football: DB Tamaurice Smith, DL Khalil Johnson to enter transfer portal Memphis Commercial Appeal

TU’s DaQuan Jeffries wins college slam-dunk contest Tulsa World

Houston Chronicle

• UH, Kelvin Sampson reach contract agreement
• Ex-Troy All-American cornerback Marcus Jones transfers to Houston

So what happened those final eight minutes? A breakdown of what ended WSU’s season  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Final Four hits “close to home” for U.Va.’s Kyle Guy
• Virginia’s journey to the Final Four has been harrowing – and unlike any other
• Final Four notebook: Mamadi Diakite’s earth-shaking shot was heard around the globe
• Unlikely buzzer-beater saved Virginia’s season, and now Cavs look ready to run the table

New York Times

• College Sports 101: A U.N.C. Class Reviews a Scandal at Its Source
• North Carolina Women’s Basketball Coach Faces Complaints of Racially Insensitive Comments
• N.C.A.A. Clock May Be Running Out on Graduate Transfers

Washington Post

• Sylvia Hatchell accused of racially insensitive remarks, forcing UNC players to play hurt
• Kyle Guy and his fiancee say they were told their wedding registry violated NCAA rules
• Clark’s pass was a play no one saw coming
• College admissions scandal parents used black male athletes to make space for their kids
• Notre Dame’s Muffet McGraw calls for gender equality: ‘Time’s up. It is our turn.’
• Low scores and high tolerance: My memories of Virginia’s run to the 1984 Final Four
• How the son of a Pakistani immigrant became the voice of the women’s Final Four
• Maryland’s Tyrrell Pigrome rolling with the uncertainty at quarterback position
• Virginia’s De’Andre Hunter enters Final Four in scoring slump, but Tony Bennett is not worried

Raleigh News and Observer

• UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell denies report of racist remarks to players, her lawyer says
• Welcome to the Final Four of the unexpected and unwanted
• North Carolina heading back to Maui in 2020 for the eighth time

Winston Salem Journal

• Looking ahead: Wake Forest basketball 2019-20
• Looking ahead: N.C. State basketball 2019-20
• Looking ahead: Duke basketball 2019-20
• Looking ahead: Carolina basketball 2019-20

Charleston Post and Courier

• Panthers’ Luke Kuechly, College of Charleston’s John Kresse headline sports awards program
• At Volvo Car Open, Caroline Wozniacki, Sloane Stephens into elite eight