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Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Baseball News
  Pirates post LeClair sweep with 10-2 win
• Baseball News
  Pirates clinch LeClair title
• Baseball News
  Pirates open LeClair Classic with rout
• Basketball News
  Bearcats top ECU

ecupirates.com

• No. 17 ECU Completes Sweep Of LeClair Classic
• Pirates Drop Regular Season Finale To Cincinnati
• Pirate Soccer Falls Short Against No. 17 USF
• Monk Repeats As AAC WBB Defensive Player Of The Year
• ECU Softball Falls To Longwood, 4-1

The East Carolinian

• Monk wins second straight AAC Defensive Player of the Year award
• ECU loses to UCF in two matches
• ECU soccer falls short to the undefeated Bulls
• ECU plans to host in-person commencement ceremonies this spring
• ECU experiences financial improvement, fund accessibility

WNCT 9

• Pirates pull away from ASU, picks up 5-2 victory in LeClair Classic
• No. 17 ECU completes sweep of ASU at LeClair Classic
• East Carolina’s Monk repeats as AAC Defensive Player of the Year
• ECU women’s soccer team falls to No. 17 USF
• Pirates fall to Cincinnati in regular-season finale
• Pirates softball team ends weekend with loss to Longwood
• ECU softball team drops two more games in Virginia

WITN 7

• No. 17 ECU baseball sweeps LeClair Classic with 10-2 win over App State
• ECU hoops drops regular season finale to Cincinnati, 82-69
• ECU women’s soccer drops 1-0 match against USF
• ECU’s Monk repeats as AAC Defensive Player of the Year

The Associated Press

• Davenport, Madsen lift Cincinnati over East Carolina 82-69
• Perry lifts UCF past East Carolina 64-60

Rivals.com

• ECU Sweeps App State With a 10-2 Win On Sunday
• ECU Rallies for a 5-2 Saturday Win Over Appalachian State
• ECU Torches App. State 13-2 On Friday in the Keith LeClair Classic
• Cincinnati Tops ECU 82-69

247 Sports

• PODCAST: Looking back at ECU’s sweep of Appalachian State
• ECU OF Lane Hoover to miss 4-6 weeks
• ECU completes sweep of Appalachian State
• Cincinnati 82, ECU 69 How it looked from the baselines on Senior Day
• ECU closes regular season with loss to Cincinnati
• FINAL: Cincinnati 82, ECU 69

 UC ends regular season with 82-69 win at ECU Cincinnati Enquirer

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Pirates complete their LeClair sweep over ASU
• Pirates win Saturday, claim LeClair Classic title
• LeClair Classic weekend starts with 13-2 Pirate win
• Bearcats take out ECU on senior day
• AAC commissioner has new ECU talking point

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Bracket Set for 2021 Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship
• Houston’s Buzzer Beater Against Memphis Earns Cougars No. 2 Seed
• Wichita State Earns Regular Season Title with Saturday Win
• Vanderbilt, Cincinnati Give The American a 2-0 Sunday
• Houston Defeats No. 19 Texas with Walk-Off Home Run

The Associated Press

• Davenport, Madsen lift Cincinnati over East Carolina 82-69
• Mark’s long 3-pointer at buzzer lifts Houston to 67-64 win
• Etienne carries Wichita St. past South Florida 80-63

No. 9 UH ends regular season with buzzer beater over Memphis Houston Chronicle

 Tigers already preparing to see Houston again Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tampa Bay Times

• USF’s Jose Fernandez named American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year
• Bulls lose regular-season finale at Wichita State
• USF women set for conference tourney after badly needed breather

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF’s Herb Hand feeds off potential for Knights
• UCF women roll past No. 14 USF for first ever Top 15 victory
• UCF AD Terry Mohajir replaced on College Football Playoff selection committee
• UCF’s new running backs coach eager to get Knights up to speed

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Temple’s final regular-season game against Wichita State canceled by the AAC
• Temple’s men’s basketball game at UCF is canceled after positive COVID-19 test
• A concussion pushed Temple QB Trad Beatty to quit football for a better life after the game

NOLA.com

• Tulane men seeded 10th for AAC basketball tournament; see bracket and dates here
• Tulane women No. 4 seed for AAC tournament Tuesday, knowing this time UConn won’t win it
• Tulane baseball team kicks away chance to sweep Western Kentucky

Dallas Morning News

• SMU AD Rick Hart details basketball program’s COVID-19 problems, and what plagued the school’s return effort
• SMU basketball enters new COVID-19 pause following return to practice; 7th consecutive game canceled
• SMU CB coach Kevin Curtis headed to Baylor for same job, becomes third assistant to leave program
• Without scholarship limits, SMU plans to have huge roster in 2021 compared to area schools. Is that a good long-term plan?

TU routs NSU 107-74 to conclude regular season Tulsa World

Wichita Eagle

• Wichita State men’s basketball completes unique journey and captures first AAC title 
• Wichita State basketball senior walk-ons find their own piece of Shocker success
• A guide to the WSU Shockers’ bracket in the AAC men’s basketball tournament this week
• Alterique Gilbert finds happiness and a title in year with Wichita State basketball
• Details emerge in five-year contract for Wichita State basketball coach Isaac Brown
• Wichita State Shockers softball, men’s tennis pick up wins over ranked teams

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• LeVelle Moton and NC Central aren’t playing to win. At this HBCU, ‘Our guys broke.’
• Gunshots? Dean Smith in a fight? The weirdest moments in ACC tournament history
• NC State is No. 1 in the ACC, again — and should be in the NCAA tournament as well
• The ACC title is up for grabs in Greensboro, perhaps like never before
• BACK TO THE DANCE! Winthrop wins Big South tournament and secures NCAA bid

Winston Salem Journal

• North Carolina routs Duke to complete season sweep
• Raina Perez, N.C. State standing tall after claiming ACC Tournament championship in Greensboro

Fayetteville Observer

• Campbell falls short in Big South title game
• Duke’s rocky regular season ends with loss to UNC
• NC State women win 2nd straight ACC title

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Old Dominion misses 3-pointer with 1 second left, falls at WKU in bid for Conference USA division title
• William & Mary rebounds from slow start, but falls to Richmond in football season opener
• U.Va. breakdown: Cavaliers take advantage of FSU stumbling, stifle Louisville to capture ACC regular-season crown

Charleston Post Courier

• College of Charleston bows out of CAA Tournament despite 27 from Zep Jasper
• College baseball roundup: No. 13 South Carolina off to first 10-0 start since 2016; Clemson, College of Charleston, Citadel all fall
• SEC CHAMPIONS: Gamecocks bring home 6th title in 7 years

Columbia The State

• BACK TO THE DANCE! Winthrop wins Big South tournament and secures NCAA bid
• Rock Hill’s DJ Burns among South Carolina natives helping Winthrop reach NCAA dreams
• Still the 1! Gamecocks top Georgia to claim unprecedented sixth SEC title in seven years
• ‘Nice teams can’t win championships’: Gamecocks find grit, nastiness, claim SEC crown
• Gamecocks shut out Mercer again, move to 10-0 with sweep
• SEC men’s basketball tournament bracket is set. Who will Gamecocks play?

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia State survives scare to reach Sun Belt title game
• By survey, Moses Wright strong favorite for ACC player of the year
• Specialists should help make Georgia Bulldogs a special team
• Georgia Tech earns double-bye, sets path for ACC tournament

Washington Post

• Maryland collapses in second half, ends regular season with a deflating loss to Penn State
• Big Ten presidents kept return-to-school, football communications out of public eye