Pirates ready for annual Purple-Gold Game…New East Carolina coach Mike Houston driven to change the culture with Pirates…Jake Agnos Named To Golden Spikes Midseason Watch List…ECU baseball to take on No. 1 UCLA…Bruin’s strong offense helps it achieve success against ranked teams…ECU Falls to NC State 5-1 In Raleigh…TowneBank Commits $3 Million For DFS Southside Renovation Project…Playoffs a whole new world for many Carolina Hurricanes…Kemba Walker scores 43, but Charlotte Hornets eliminated from playoffs…Webb Simpson optimistic about his game as he heads into Masters

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

The Bradsher Beat on Women’s Basketball
McNeill aims for change in program’s culture Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• ECU Falls to NC State 5-1 In Raleigh
• Jake Agnos Named To Golden Spikes Midseason Watch List
• Spring Notebook No. 13 – Turning The Corner
• TowneBank Commits $3 Million For DFS Southside Renovation Project
• Matchday: Pirates Battle Campbell In Final Home Match

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Emotions run high at unique practice
• TowneBank Tower is official for Pirates
• Slider helps Benton; Packard ‘bruised up’

The East Carolinian

• Pirates ready for annual Purple-Gold Game
• ECU baseball to take on No. 1 UCLA
• Houston looks to establish winning tradition
• Track and field finish strong in home invitational
• Chancellor Staton looks back on time at ECU

TowneBank commits $3 million to ECU for Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Southside renovation project  WNCT 9

WITN 7

• ECU Softball falls to NC State 5-1 in Raleigh
• TowneBank commits $3 million for Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium renovation project

April 10 6 p.m. sports: ECU gets boost with donation, naming rights for expansion project  WCTI 12

247 Sports

• Southside tower nears realization with TowneBank naming rights
• What Mike Houston said after ECU’s 13th spring practice
• ECU unveils TowneBank Tower after $3 million commitment

TowneBank Delivers Three Million Reasons to Name New Tower at ECU Rivals

New East Carolina coach Mike Houston driven to change the culture with Pirates Orlando Sentinel

Baseball’s strong offense helps it achieve success against ranked teams Daily Bruin

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• ECU’s Jake Agnos and Tulane’s Kody Hoese Named to Golden Spikes Midseason Watch List
• Wichita State’s Luke Ritter Named Finalist for 2019 Senior CLASS Award
• UConn and USF collect Wednesday wins
• Katie Lou Samuelson, Napheesa Collier Selected in WNBA Draft Top 10
• American Athletic Conference Golf Weekly Honors

BCSNN

• AAC Daily: National Baseball Awards, Coaching Searches and More
• UCF Football Returns a Loaded Group of Running Backs in 2019

Cincinnati Enquirer

• You weighed in. Here’s who you want hired as the next Cincinnati Bearcats basketball coach
• Mick Cronin to retain Tyus Edney on UCLA Bruins coaching staff; Darren Savino’s fate TBD

Cincinnati coaching search: Will the Bearcats go with a coach just down the road? ESPN

USF men’s basketball faces new expectations next season The Oracle

McKenzie Milton helps UCF freshman QB Dillon Gabriel cope with playing far from their native Hawaii Orlando Sentinel

Biding his time: playing behind Justin McMillan, QB Keon Howard still happy at Tulane  New Orleans Advocate

Tulane’s Kody Hoese named to Golden Spikes Award midseason watch list  New Orleans Times Picayune

Heavy rain in the forecast prompts schedule change for SMU’s spring football game  Dallas News

Memphis coach John Simon’s hands-on style is improving Tigers’ receiving corps Memphis Commercial Appeal

Frank Haith expected to bring back former TU player Kwanza Johnson as assistant; another hire coming Tulsa World

UH’s Ed Oliver accepts invitation to NFL draft Houston Chronicle

Guard Ricky Torres confirms to The Eagle he is transferring from Wichita State  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

North Carolina coach Mack Brown is back where he believes he belongs with the Tar Heels Orlando Sentinel

Raleigh News and Observer

• RJ Barrett set an ACC scoring record. Now the Duke freshman is heading to the NBA.
• What’s the value of a spring game? Will Muschamp weighs in

App State is the future and Wofford is the past for Mountaineers coach Dustin Kerns Winston Salem Journal