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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Wednesday, December 23, 2020

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Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

  • Basketball News
    Pirates tame Tulane
  • POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE
    Dooley, Gardner, Miles

ecupirates.com

  • ECU MBB Defeats Tulane To Earn First AAC Win
  • ECU WBB Downs Tulane To Remain Unbeaten In AAC Play
  • Lashonda Monk Tabbed AAC WBB Player Of The Week
  • ECU Garners No. 16 Ranking By Collegiate Baseball

WNCT 9

  • ECU defeats Tulane to earn first AAC sin
  • ECU women down Tulane to remain unbeaten in AAC play

WITN 7

  • Gardner scores 21 to lead the ECU men past Tulane, 68-58
  • WITN Sports Spotlight: Lashonda Monk
  • ECU women remain unbeaten in AAC play, top Tulane 72-64

ECU Topples Tulane 68-58  Rivals.com

NOLA.com

  • Tulane men’s basketball team drops second-straight AAC contest, falls at East Carolina
  • Tulane women’s basketball team comes up short to East Carolina

247 Sports

  • ECU defeats Tulane for first conference win
  • True Freshman Report: WR Taji Hudson

Double the dominance: ECU tops Tulane to complete Minges sweep Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • UCF Can’t Keep Pace With BYU in RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl
  • Tulane Falls to Nevada in Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
  • UCF, No. 6/7 Houston Earn Wins in League Openers Tuesday
  • Three Teams Earn Tuesday WBB American Victories
  • East Carolina’s Monk, UCF’s Brown Capture Week Four American Women’s Basketball Awards

The Associated Press

  • Wilson carves up UCF in likely final game for No. 13 BYU
  • No. 13 BYU, UCF bring explosive offenses to Boca Raton Bowl
  • Strong, Lee, Taua pace Nevada in Potato Bowl win over Tulane
  • Tulane, Nevada take seat at table for Idaho Potato Bowl
  • Tulane at Nevada 12/22/2020
  • Air Force-Navy football game moving to 9/11 next year
  • Memphis, Florida Atlantic set to meet in Montgomery Bowl
  • Grimes scores 22, No. 6 Houston defeats Temple, 76-50
  • Temple Owls at Houston Cougars 12/22/2020
  • Wichita State controls OT, tops South Florida 82-77
  • Gardner scores 21 to lead East Carolina past Tulane 68-58
  • No. 20 South Florida women hold off Thomas, Cincinnati

Cincinnati Enquirer

  • ‘We have to figure it out as a team’: UC falls to UCF, drops fourth straight game
  •  Fickell, Smart motivated for Peach Bowl
  • Column: College football needs new postseason format
  • Huggins on Hall of Fame Class of 2021 ballot

UCF basketball holds on for win over Cincinnati Sun-Sentinel

Tampa Bay Times

  • Zach Wilson carves up UCF in likely final game for BYU
  • USF’s late-game heroics don’t carry into overtime

Orlando Sentinel

  • UCF suffers blowout loss to BYU in Boca Raton Bowl
  • BYU Boca Bowl beatdown makes UCF a Group of 5 afterthought | Commentary
  • UCF basketball pushes to build on success versus Cincinnati

City Six basketball: Temple drops conference opener to No. 6 Houston, La Salle fails to get over hump in 84-71 loss to Maryland Philadelphia Inquirer

NOLA.com

  • Potato Bowl notebook: Injury to offensive lineman Joey Claybrook sinks Tulane’s chances
  • Walker: Tulane unable to put finishing touch on season it made sacrifices to get through
  • Three and Out: Guerry’s thoughts after Tulane’s Potato Bowl loss to Nevada

Ex-Oklahoma QB Tanner Mordecai announces commitment to SMU football Dallas Morning News

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  •  How to watch the Montgomery Bowl
  •  Five things to know about Memphis vs. FAU
  •  49 points in loss is second fewest under Penny Hardaway
  •  Memphis’ Hardaway agrees to contract extension worth $12.25M

Tulsa World

  • TU football: Playing in a bowl game brings meaning for Hurricane
  • TU bench delivers in big road win against Memphis
  • TU basketball hosts Southwestern Christian on Wednesday night
  • Bill Haisten: For the stale College Football Playoff, it’s time for the move to an eight-team field

Bleacher Report

  • Detailing the CFP Problem for Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, Group of 5 Teams
  • New Mexico Bowl 2020: Odds, Daily Fantasy Tips for Hawai’i vs. Houston

Houston Chronicle

  • Quentin Grimes, Justin Gorham fuel No. 6 UH’s rout of Temple in AAC opener
  • Christian Trahan shines under the radar for Cougars
  • UH’s Marcus Jones earns All-American accolade

Annapolis Capital

  • Navy football to host Air Force on 20th anniversary of 9/11
  • Navy football coach Ken Niumatalolo dismisses Arizona rumors: ‘There’s nothing to it’
  • Military Bowl in Annapolis canceled due to lack of available teams

Wichita Eagle

  • Wichita State basketball escapes with second straight upset road win for 2-0 AAC start
  • In time of adversity, here’s who stepped up for WSU basketball in overtime win at USF

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • NC State basketball fans get holiday gift as the Wolfpack knocks off No. 17 UNC
  • ‘Fearless’ freshman Shakeel Moore starts to shine at the perfect time for NC State
  • It’s the same old story for North Carolina basketball in loss to the Wolfpack

Winston Salem Journal

  • Devon Daniels, N.C. State beat 17th-ranked North Carolina 79-76
  • College basketball’s holiday blues: Some players can’t go home amidst COVID-19 pandemic

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

  • Old Dominion heads into break after 20-point win over Virginia Wesleyan
  • William & Mary and Virginia got through their quarantines. Now, they get their chance to play.
  • ODU product Zach Pascal lunges for winning TD in latest contribution for Indianapolis Colts
  • Hokies Christian Darrisaw and Divine Deablo voted first team All-ACC, U.Va.’s Charles Snowden among second-team honorees

Washington Post

  • No. 16 Virginia blows by William & Mary in tuneup for showdown with No. 1 Gonzaga
  • Maryland football’s highly touted 2017 recruiting class never met expectations
  • Maryland ends two-game skid, closes nonconference play with 84-71 win over La Salle
  • Georgetown Coach Patrick Ewing lands first five-star recruit in Aminu Mohammed

Fayetteville Observer

  • UNC finds no answers for solving stumbling starts, falls to rival NC State
  • Devon Daniels and a 5-word sentence that sums up NC State basketball’s win over UNC
  •  Three UNC football stars opt out of Orange Bowl to focus on NFL Draft

Charleston Post Courier

  • App State crushes North Texas, 56-28, in inaugural Myrtle Beach Bowl
  • Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence named ACC Player of the Year for the first time
  • Gamecocks out of Gasparilla Bowl due to COVID-19, season ends at 2-8
  • Clemson, Notre Dame place 12 players each on All-ACC football team
  • Gamecock men’s basketball back on hiatus due to COVID
  • Dabo Swinney’s low Ohio State ranking turns up Sugar Bowl heat
  • Kornblut: Clemson football still waiting on two major signee decisions

Columbia The State

  • No bowl for Gamecocks after COVID-19 issues arise
  • The unfortunate timing of South Carolina athletics’ COVID fortunes running out
  • There will be no bowl game for South Carolina. Now what?
  • Former Gamecock QB Jake Bentley enters transfer portal for second time
  • Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence wins ACC’s top honor. Another Tiger recognized
  • Dabo, Ryan Day providing bulletin board material, and other top Sugar Bowl storylines

Al.com

  • Auburn hires Boise State’s Bryan Harsin
  • Stunning hire for Auburn shakes up the Plains
  • What they’re saying nationally, in Boise about Auburn hiring Bryan Harsin as head coach
  • UAB season ends with cancelation of Gasparilla Bowl
  • Auburn overcomes streaky performance to beat App State

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Tech’s basketball game at UAB canceled
  • Georgia thumps Northeastern to improve to 7-0

The Associated Press

  • Auburn hires Boise State’s Harsin to lead football program
  • Heflin at home helping anchor No. 17 Iowa’s defensive line
  • LSU assistant coaches Ensminger, Johnson retiring
  • Study: Graduation gap widens between white, Black athletes

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Winston Salem Journal

  • Today in sports history: Franco Harris’s ‘Immaculate Reception’ lifts Steelers to 1972 playoff win
  • Borrego: Hornets have needed playmakers with Ball, Hayward
  • Sports events on the air for Wednesday, Dec. 23
  • Behind the screen: How networks have adjusted to airing NFL

Charlotte Observer

  • LaMelo Ball waited a lifetime for this moment. The Hornets waited even longer for him.
  • Deeper look at the Charlotte Hornets: Strengths, weaknesses, player-by-player analysis
  • 5 biggest decisions the Carolina Panthers’ new general manager will have to make

With empty buildings and 56 games, what a short, strange trip this NHL season will be Raleigh News and Observer 

New York Times

  • Nets and Clippers Open N.B.A. Season With Big Wins
  • The Fall of the House of Belichick
  • 8 Fearless N.B.A. Season Predictions
  • Tom Seaver Was the Greatest Met Ever. The Mets Still Broke His Heart.
  • Running Blind, and Running Free
  • N.B.A. Eastern Conference Preview: Will the Nets Reign Supreme?
  • N.B.A. Western Conference Preview: The Lakers Reloaded
  • In 30 Years, Little Progress for U.S. Sports Leagues on Leadership Diversity
  • European Soccer Learns a New Virtue: Patience

Washington Post

  • The top 100 NBA players of 2021
  • The five coaches with the hottest seats entering the NBA season
  • It just didn’t feel like Showtime for Lakers and NBA on opening night
  • Howie Kendrick was an unlikely October hero for the Nationals, but he also was so much more
  • During Snyder’s ruinous reign, there’s always another shoe ready to drop
  • Washington Football Team settled sexual misconduct claim against Snyder for $1.6 million
  • Quarterbacks must be the NFL’s adults, and Dwayne Haskins is acting like a child
  • Haskins is disciplined by team for partying without a mask

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Falcons to get up close look at coach candidate Eric Bieniemy
  • Falcons’ Rich McKay speaks on the great coach/GM hunt
  • Falcons place Austin Edwards on reserve/COVID-19 list
  • Hawks emphasize defense as ‘identity’ ahead of season
  • Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce’s job is better. It’s also harder.
  • Braves’ Toussaint joins Players Alliance to help Black community during pandemic

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