ECU, NC State season opener Noon kickoff announced…Moving parts still in Pirate outfield…2019 American Athletic Conference Football Championship to be Televised on ABC…NC State-UNC baseball series has postseason implications…Coach Dan Mullen responds to Florida’s recent legal troubles…Jets Fire General Manager Mike Maccagnan…Hurricanes’ first priority: Salvage something, anything from this series…Controversy over possible illegal hand pass clouds Sharks’ OT win over Blues

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

An Update From AD Jon Gilbert ecupirates.com

Moving parts still in Pirate outfield  Greenville Daily Reflector

247 Sports

• ECU in the College Baseball Projected Field of 64: May 15th
• ECU, NC State season opener game time announced
• Redshirt Freshman Report: DE Dorian Hardy
• Five in-state targets to watch for ECU’s 2020 class
• NC State pursuing 4-star 2021 lockdown CB Kamarro Edmonds

College baseball: How to watch No. 6 East Carolina vs. Memphis on CBS Sports Digital CBS Sports

Off The Bat: Georgia Tech, DBU Rise To First Place Baseball America

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• SMU Mustangs Advance to NCAA Men’s Golf Championships
• Tulane’s Kody Hoese Selected as Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
• UCF’s Fall and Tulsa’s Jeffries Selected to NBA Draft Combine
• American Softball Release: NCAA Regionals
• American Launches Website Redesign, Mobile App With SIDEARM Sports
• 2019 American Athletic Conference Football Championship to be Televised on ABC

AAC tourney spot at stake as USF hosts Shockers Tampa Bay Times

WSU baseball heads to South Florida with spot in AAC Tournament on the line Wichita Eagle

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Reports: Cincinnati Bearcats’ Eliel Nsoseme enters NCAA transfer portal
• Samari Curtis: Nebraska commitment for Xenia star, Bearcats decommit

Georgia Tech-South Florida among early ACC Network games Atlanta Journal Constitution

UCF baseball preps for Houston series that could bolster Knights’ NCAA Tournament résumé Orlando Sentinel

Winkel fitting right in with UConn baseball team WTNH

Dream season: Tulane series vs. UConn last chance to see record-breaking Kody Hoese at home  New Orleans Advocate

What’s next for Kody Hoese now that he’s a Golden Spikes semifinalist?  New Orleans Times Picayune

Help at safety could be on the way as Mansfield’s Cam’ron Jones transfers from Nebraska to SMU  Dallas News

NCAA softball: TU looking forward to ‘change of scenery’ with Stillwater regional Tulsa World

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Here’s 9 college baseball pitchers enjoying breakout campaigns in 2019 NCAA

Raleigh News and Observer

• NC State-UNC baseball series has postseason implications
• On new ACC Network, UNC football gets early-season prime time game, NC State does not
• Frank Martin came to talk leadership. He revealed some of his toughest days as USC’s coach
• Tar Heels get commitment from four-star Texas QB, Malik Hornsby

New UNC coach Mack Brown on his return, Georgia Tech, recruiting Atlanta  Atlanta Journal Constitution

Winston Salem Journal

• Virginia Tech men’s basketball team becomes an extension of family for 11-year-old Hokies fan
• Fourth-seeded Wake Forest men’s tennis team to face No. 5 Virginia in NCAA quarterfinals

Comeback tours often disappoint. What about Mack Brown’s at UNC? SB Nation

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• New William & Mary coach looks to rebuild roster after mass departures
• Virginia will play its first three football games of 2019 under the lights and on ACC Network

Clemson linebacker Shaq Smith enters NCAA transfer portal Charleston Post and Courier

Coach Dan Mullen responds to Florida’s recent legal troubles The Associated Press