All-AAC star Gardner eyes tournament streak … Norby powers Pirates past Blue Devils … Central Florida set to face familiar foe in East Carolina; UCF basketball looks to remain hot heading into AAC tourney … Pirates’ WBB Season Ends With Loss To Houston … Women’s Golf Wins Title At River Landing … Driven Norby, Caddell Turn Themselves Into Stars For East Carolina…ECU wins in Durham to complete early-season sweep of Duke…The world changed a year ago. It’s now changing back

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• “VIEW FROM THE EAST” ON THE AAC TOURNAMENT
  All-AAC star Gardner eyes tournament streak
• Baseball News
  Norby powers Pirates past Blue Devils

ecupirates.com

• ECU MBB Faces UCF In AAC First Round
• Jayden Gardner Voted First Team All-Conference
• Pirates’ WBB Season Ends With Loss To Houston
• Women’s Golf Wins Title At River Landing
• No. 14 ECU Completes Series Sweep Of Duke, 11-5

Central Florida set to face familiar foe in East Carolina YAHOO! Sports

Driven Norby, Caddell Turn Themselves Into Stars For East Carolina D1Baseball.com

UCF faces ECU in AAC tourney The Associated Press

The East Carolinian

• Pirates eliminated from AAC Tournament after Houston game
• Men’s basketball to begin tournament against UCF
• ECU baseball defeats Duke for second time in 2021
• Soccer must kick play up a notch in second half of season
• Renaming Standards Writing Group reviews drafted standards document

WNCT 9

• ECU men’s hoops begin AAC Tourney play Thursday vs. Central Florida
• ECU’s Jayden Gardner earns first-team All-AAC honors
• ECU women’s golf team wins title at River Landing
• Houston on to semifinals after 73-63 win over East Carolina in AAC Tournament
• No. 14 ECU completes series sweep of Duke, 11-5

WITN 7

• ECU’s Gardner Named First Team All-Conference
• No. 14 ECU Completes series sweep of Duke, 11-5

Rivals.com

• ECU Readies For Third Matchup With UCF In AAC Tourney
• ECU’s Jayden Gardner Named First Team All-AAC
• East Carolina Tops Duke 11-5

247 Sports

• ECU women fall short in AAC quarterfinals against Houston
• Rick D’Abreu looking to take the next step after breakout season
• Jayden Gardner named First-Team All-AAC
• ECU wins in Durham to complete early-season sweep of Duke
• Lewis making a quick impression on the defensive side
• Notable new numbers and changes for ECU heading into spring practice

ECU’s Jayden Gardner earns rare first-team all-conference selection Wilmington Star-News

ECU’s Jayden Gardner earns spot among AAC’s best New Bern Sun-Journal

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU’s Gardner named All-AAC first team
• ECU women eliminated in quarterfinals; Golfers win event
• ECU completes sweep of Duke in Durham

UCF basketball looks to remain hot heading into AAC tourney Orlando Sentinel

UH women’s basketball gets past ECU to advance in AAC Tournament The Daily Cougar

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Temple’s LAX Win Against No. 11 Towson Tops 3-1 Day for The American
• Offenses Explode in Midweek Baseball Wins
• UCF Rolls To Second Final Appearance Following 61-39 Win Against Houston During 2021 Women’s Basketball Championship
• No. 20/18 USF Advances To Title Game With Gritty 51-47 Victory Over Tulane At 2021 Women’s Basketball Championship
• Houston On To Semifinals After 73-63 Win Versus East Carolina In 2021 Women’s Basketball Championship
• UCF Returns To Semifinals After Downing Cincinnati 53-43 In 2021 Women’s Basketball Championship
• American Athletic Conference Announces Men’s Basketball Honors

Thomas Named Finalist for Becky Hammon Player of the Year Award Cincinnati Enquirer

Tampa Bay Times

• Former USF, Lakeland Dreadnaughts tailback Jamar Taylor dies at 33
• USF women escape Wichita State in AAC quarterfinals
• USF quarterback competition expected to last into fall

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF, USF women to face off in AAC basketball championship
• UCF lands Lakeland OT Miguel Maldonado, who has only played 1 season of football 

Temple could have its top two scorers available for Thursday’s AAC Tournament opener Philadelphia Inquirer

AAC tourney preview: playing through a pandemic has made Tulane men’s hoops team better NOLA.com

‘Just grateful to be playing again’: After a month off, SMU prepares to try to win 3 games in 3 days Dallas Morning News

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Penny Hardaway isn’t counting on the return of point guard Alex Lomax for the AAC Tournament
• Here are 3 keys for Memphis basketball to win AAC Tournament championship
• Will Memphis basketball win the 2021 AAC Tournament? Our insiders weigh in
• Three Memphis Tigers honored as AAC announces all-conference teams and awards

Tulsa World

• TU summoning confidence ahead of conference tournament
• TU’s Darien Jackson selected AAC co-sixth man of the year

Where will Wichita State go this March Madness? Here’s what the bracketologists say  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Live updates: ACC tournament bracket, scores and summaries of Thursday’s games
• Edging back toward the NCAA tournament bubble, Duke still needs a win over Florida State
• If Duke is to make a run to the NCAA tournament, Mark Williams just showed how to do it
• Two wins down. Duke advances to ACC tournament quarterfinals after beating Louisville.
• UNC beats Notre Dame by 42 in ACC tournament behind Walker Kessler’s near triple-double

NCAA Tournament watch: Which NC teams will dance? North State Journal

Winston Salem Journal

• Duke beats Louisville, will meet Florida State in ACC Tournament quarterfinals
• After flipping off Wake Forest fans, Notre Dame’s Prentiss Hubb offers gesture of apology
• Last year, the ACC Tournament got ripped away. This year, it’s not even the most important show on the block.
• No. 5 seed Clemson loses to No. 13 Miami in ACC Tournament second round
• After another layoff, Virginia Tech set for ACC quarterfinals
• Sports events on the air for Thursday, March 11
• More than 500 athletes tell NCAA to move championships out of states with anti-trans sports bans
• Today in sports history: Jayson Tatum leads Duke to 4 wins in 4 days, ACC tourney title in 2017

Wallace scores 20 to lead UTSA past Charlotte 72-62 in CUSA  Charlotte Observer

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• William & Mary announces men’s track and field, swimming and gymnastics are permanently reinstated
• One play at a time, Old Dominion hopes to make a deep Conference USA tournament run

Preview: this weekend’s Phenom HoopState Championship will be heavy on UNC and N.C. State basketball targets Fayetteville Observer

Charleston Post Courier

• Sports Roundup for March 11
• Clemson comes up short in second round of ACC Tournament
• No. 10 South Carolina uses late rally at The Citadel to stay unbeaten
• Clemson freshman safety turning heads in spring practice
• CCU AD Matt Hogue wins prestigious award after standout year for Chants
• Battling for his life off the field, CCU baseball’s Gilmore inspires with his fight

Columbia The State

• Clemson makes early exit at ACC tournament as Miami holds on late for win
• Why the time was right for Clemson’s Jackson Carman to turn pro
• Dabo says one freshman ‘could be a very strong contributor’ for Clemson this year
• Gamecocks use eighth-inning rally to top The Citadel, preserve perfect start

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia Tech encounters ‘new territory’ at ACC Tournament
• Josh Pastner up for having hair braided if Georgia Tech wins ACC
• 5 things to know about Miami, Georgia Tech’s opponent Thursday
• Texas A&M first to exit SEC Tourney, Georgia ready to launch

The Associated Press

• Kansas AD Jeff Long resigns after Les Miles debacle
• Kansas AD: Miles shared nothing of misconduct allegations
• Miami becomes 1st No. 13 seed to ever reach ACC quarters
• Georgetown beats Marquette in opener of Big East tournament
• Jarrett leads Jackson St. past Ark-Pine Bluff 74-62 in SWAC
• Report finds ‘no racist intent’ behind song ‘Eyes of Texas’