Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Monday, April 8, 2019

USF Rallies Past ECU In Eight Innings In SB Series Finale…AACBaseball: UCF and Cincinnati clinch weekend series Sunday…Virginia Tech hires former Wofford basketball coach Young…Virginia, Texas Tech are bringing old school to the national championship game…Golden State clinches 1 seed in West, East field nearly done

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Insights from Brett
Houston set to raise curtain on new era Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• MGolf Finish Seventh At Irish Creek Collegiate
• USF Rallies Past ECU In Eight Innings In SB Series Finale

Greenville Daily Reflector

• ROUNDUP: Pirates womens tennis breaks school record
• ECU ceases publication of college yearbook: Buccaneer to be replaced by Anchors Away magazine

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Baseball: UCF and Cincinnati clinch weekend series Sunday
• Bulls Complete Weekend Sweep; Shockers Win Series at Knights

UConn baseball finishes a rough week with loss to Cincinnati at Dunkin’ Donuts Park Hartford Courant

Junior college punter to join Temple program Philly.com

TU spring game: Two long touchdown passes provide highlights Tulsa World

Here’s what WSU basketball fans may have missed with Shockers’ spring sports  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Cavaliers’ road to redemption began on a raft, in a river
• National title game report: Final matches pair of high-octane defenses
• Virginia’s Kyle Guy stepped to the line with three crucial free throws. He wasn’t fazed: “I think all of my life has led to this.”
• Virginia Tech hires Wofford’s Mike Young as its new basketball coach

Wofford’s Mike Young named Virginia Tech’s new coach  Spartanburg Herald-Journal

Columbia The State

• Mike Young leaving Wofford for Va Tech. Here’s why it’s a great hire for Hokies
• No. 10 Louisville rallies past Clemson. Tigers take series
• Dakereon’s Joyner’s early impressions of Ryan Hilinski
• Clemson defense finds validation in spring game
• Young QBs shine for USC in spring game. Joyner makes strong statement afterward

The Associated Press

• Things to know for the NCAA championship game
• Analysis: Breaking down Virginia, Texas Tech title game
• Virginia Tech hires former Wofford basketball coach Young
• Confidence overrides nerves for Virginia’s Guy in big moment

Raleigh News and Observer

• Todd Gurley uses camp as a chance to not only teach, but interact with local kids
• Tre Jones’ Instagram post is what you think. Another season at Duke is likely
• Some of the secrets of Texas Tech’s success came straight from Durham
• More than a whiff of fate to Virginia’s title shot
• Parents, players offer contrasting accounts of UNC women’s basketball coach Hatchell

New York Times

• N.C.A.A. Women’s Final: Baylor Is Champion With Win Over Notre Dame
• Players Can End N.C.A.A. Exploitation, if They Feel the Hunger
• In First N.C.A.A. Title Game, Virginia Savors Shot at Redemption

Washington Post

• To get here, U-Va. had to look in the mirror. Now the Cavs must beat a team just like them.
• Feinstein: Virginia, Texas Tech are bringing old school to the national championship game
• Virginia, Texas Tech reached NCAA final by suffocating opponents. So what happens now?
• Virginia’s Final Four win is only the latest wild finish in Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium
• Baylor edges defending champion Notre Dame for third NCAA women’s title
• Wofford’s Mike Young will be Virginia Tech’s next men’s basketball coach