Seahawks sink Pirates … Rivalry Renewed: Despite limited attendance, fans enjoy UNCW baseball vs. ECU … Zay Jones expected to re-sign with Raiders … ‘Be like those guys’: Current Shockers want to replicate past WSU March Madness runs … Norfolk State hopes to ride mid-major experience to NCAA win against Appalachian State
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
Baseball News
Seahawks sink Pirates Bonesville.net
ecupirates.com
UNCW rallies for 10-2 win after ECU strikes early WNCT 9
ECU falls at UNC Wilmington WITN 7
Rivalry Renewed: Despite limited attendance, fans enjoy UNCW baseball vs. ECU WECT
Big bats lead the way as UNCW Baseball blows past No.7 East Carolina WWAY
Wilmington Pounds (9)ECU 10-2 Rivals.com
247 Sports
Seahawks win 10-2, snap ECU’s streak Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
Raiders Rumors: Johnathan Hankins, Zay Jones, Denzelle Good Agree to Contracts Bleacher Report
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference
- UCF and Tulane Pick Up Midweek Wins
- SMU’s Meissner, Houston’s Normann Win American Golf Player of the Week Honors Following Top-10 Showings
- Houston’s Quentin Grimes Earns Two More All-America Nods
Wichita State follows tumult with familiar place in NCAA The Associated Press
Wichita Eagle
- ‘Not like your usual’ Valley team: WSU prepares for Drake in NCAA Tournament opener
- ‘Be like those guys’: Current Shockers want to replicate past WSU March Madness runs
- NCAA Tournament begins with First Four. Lines, predictions, TV for Thursday’s games
Tampa Bay Times
- USF men’s basketball departures up to six, reports indicate
- Having built a home at USF, Jose Fernandez not pulling up stakes
- Why USF’s Jeff Scott compares Bucs draft target Travis Etienne to Barry Sanders
Orlando Sentinel
- UCF QB Dillon Gabriel embraces change under ‘role model’ coach Gus Malzahn
- UCF women’s basketball to face Northwestern in NCAA Tournament
Branden Mack shows unexpected speed as 21 NFL scouts show up at Temple Pro Day Philadelphia Inquirer
Tulane batters plunked six times in 12-6 win against Texas Southern NOLA.com
SMU using week before NIT as conditioning crash course Dallas Morning News
Why Memphis vs. Dayton in NIT is also Memphis East vs. Ridgeway Memphis Commercial Appeal
Tulsa World
- TU football promotes Carlton Buckels, adds Eufaula native Kendrick Shaver to staff
- TU point guard Elijah Joiner enters transfer portal
Kelvin Sampson rewards UH’s trust with powerhouse program Houston Chronicle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- Norfolk State hopes to ride mid-major experience to NCAA win against Appalachian State
- Our Greatest Hits: Norfolk State’s Robert Jones arrived as a men’s basketball coach the hard way
- Norfolk State appearance in the First Four offers possible financial rewards and longer NCAA tournament stay
How the Mountaineers went from eight-straight losing seasons to March Madness Watauga Democrat
Washington Post
- How the NCAA tournament built its ‘bubble’ in Indianapolis
- Just where is Winthrop? Back in the NCAA tournament, for starters.
- Wednesday’s news and updates on the NCAA tournament
- No new positive coronavirus tests for Virginia as it waits for tournament clearance
- NCAA tournament cheat sheet: Bracket tips, upsets picks and more
Raleigh News and Observer
- UNC’s defense confounds its coach while it dazzles on paper
- NC State men’s basketball team excited to still be playing basketball
Winston Salem Journal
- College basketball’s survivors advance to NCAA’s ‘controlled environment’ in Indianapolis
- The biggest NCAA basketball tournament upsets
- These are the 2020-21 AP Women’s All-America Teams
- Two Wake Forest players, one a Winston-Salem native, enter the transfer portal on Wednesday
- Aaron McFarling: Stakes soar in this version of ACC-Big Ten challenge
UNC’s Armando Bacot enters NCAA tourney riding high at Roy Williams’ prodding Fayetteville Observer
Charleston Post Courier
- Sapakoff: A Frank Martin legacy riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma
- College Basketball: CSU’s Fleming in transfer portal; CofC hires search firm
The Associated Press
- Will Winthrop, Colgate need change of pace for postseason?
- Aztecs look to break Syracuse’s suffocating 2-3 zone defense
- Baby Boilers 2? Purdue leaning on Fab 4 for tourney run
- West Virginia, others overcome obstacles to get to NCAAs
- What some advanced stats may tell us about the NCAA field
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Winston Salem Journal
- Today in sports history: March 18
- Tokyo Olympics: yet another scandal over sexist comments
- Lawsuit says deputies shared grisly Bryant photos
- Astros LHP Framber Valdez gets positive update on injury
- Automated strike zone coming to minors but a while from MLB
- Tatis Jr., Padres make baseball fun again in San Diego
- Houston’s Whitley has Tommy John surgery; Valdez improving
- Eduardo Rodríguez named Red Sox’s opening day starter
- White Sox OF Robert looking to build on impressive debut
- Lindor, new Mets hope to put World Series practice in play
Charlotte Observer
- Carolina Panthers add to defensive line with Haason Reddick, Morgan Fox
- Carolina Panthers free agency tracker: Panthers make first big splash in free agency
- Carolina Panthers sign middle linebacker Denzel Perryman in NFL free agency
- Former Panthers WR Curtis Samuel signing with Washington Football Team
- Hurricanes at the season midpoint: The good, bad, indifferent and what’s needed
New York Times
- For Kim Ng, Getting the Job Wasn’t the Point. ‘I’ve Got to Do It Well.’
- The Rocketman of San Sebastián
- A Serene, Happy, Centered Antetokounmpo Brings Stress to His Foes
- Tired of Filling Out March Madness Brackets? Try This Prediction Challenge Instead
- Zibanejad Scores Hat Trick as Rangers Win Without Their Coaches
- ‘Guru, Genius, Gentleman, Scout’
Washington Post
- List of best NBA draft prospects in tournament starts with Cade Cunningham
- Trent Williams returns to 49ers and Patrick Peterson goes to Vikings as NFL free agency officially opens
- Marvin Hagler made a clean break with boxing, and that’s why he never got his due
- Conrad Anker, aging patriarch of the world’s elite climbers, lowers his horizons
- Deshaun Watson accused of sexual misconduct in lawsuits stemming from massage sessions; QB issues denial
- Wizards are off the mark again, fall at home to Kings as skid reaches five
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