ECU’s Parker named AAC soccer Offensive Player of the Week … Origins of ECU baseball’s celebratory ‘Bird House’ … Pirates respond with sweep; UNC is next … No. 2 UH standing tall in Midwest Region filled with upsets … In terms of chaos, this year’s Sweet 16 field is historic …. Elgin Baylor, Acrobatic Hall of Famer in N.B.A., Dies at 86

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Pirates MGolf Stands Fifth After Two Rounds At Brook Valley
• Jefferies Named AAC VB Defensive Player Of The Week
• Parker Named AAC WSoccer Offensive Player Of The Week
• ECU WGolf Prepped For Pinetree Collegiate

WNCT 9

• ECU’s Parker named AAC soccer Offensive Player of the Week
• Pirates stand fifth after two rounds at Brook Valley
• Jefferies named AAC volleyball Defensive Player of the Week

WITN 7

• ECU baseball team ranked No. 8 in all six national polls
• Origins of ECU baseball’s celebratory ‘Bird House’

247 Sports

• How to Watch: ECU vs. North Carolina
• Stringer fully cleared after missing last season with injury
• Slimmed-down Ahlers showing more explosiveness this spring
• Where ECU is ranked in this week’s Top 25 polls: March 22
• ECU forward Edra Luster enters portal as graduate transfer
• Spring Ice Breaker: Amaree Abram, Derrian Ford, and a few 2023 prospects stand out
• Vanderbilt lands commitment from Alabama edge defender BJ Diakite

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Pirates respond with sweep; UNC is next
• Parker guides third-place Pirates to road win

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• ECU, Memphis, USF Earn Women’s Soccer Weekly Honors
• Tulane’s Davis, East Carolina’s Jefferies Named Volleyball Weekly Award Recipients For Week Nine
• Memphis’ Wimberley, USF’s Lane Earn Baseball Weekly Honors
• Florida, Old Dominion Players Take Women’s Lacrosse Honors After First Week of Conference Play
• Houston Knocks Off Arizona State in WNIT Consolation Final
• Northwestern Women Beat UCF 62-51 In NCAA 1st Round
• USF’s Corrick, Tulsa’s Pochop Recognized For Strong Pitching Performances With Softball Week Six Awards

Syracuse vs Houston Prediction, Game Preview: NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 College Football News

No. 2 UH standing tall in Midwest Region filled with upsets Houston Chronicle

Syracuse looks to ride Buddy Boeheim’s hot hand vs. Houston YAHOO! Sports

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• The American Athletic Conference has a basketball problem and this NCAA tournament is proof
• Memphis vs Dayton in first round of NIT

A closer look at No. 1-seeded N.C. State, USF’s next NCAA tourney foe Tampa Bay Times Orlando Sentinel

No time to mope: swept by La Tech, Tulane baseball team hosts LSU on Tuesday night NOLA.com

North legend Dick Sanders, one of Wichita State’s best athletes, dies at age 90  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• UNC basketball alum speaks out about racially motivated attack in Chapel Hill in 2019
• Mack Brown and UNC football assistant coaches get contract extensions
• A player named Jordan helps knock UNC from NCAA tournament
• UNC falls to Alabama in NCAA women’s tournament

Davidson’s Kellan Grady in transfer portal; here’s why it would be hard for him to stay  Charlotte Observer

Winston Salem Journal

• North Carolina reaches deal on extensions for football coach Mack Brown and assistants
• Loyola has become a fan favorite thanks to Sister Jean
• Appalachian State football team opens spring practice Monday. Here are the intrigue points of 2021.

Fayetteville Observer

• Why does this UNC football commit bring a Chucky doll to games?
• UNC’s Walker Kessler enters transfer portal after flashing ‘the highest upside’
• UNC Pembroke alum Derek Brunson wins main event at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas

Charleston Post Courier

• Alabama’s Nick Saban looks to South Carolina for another tight end prospect
• Sapakoff: College of Charleston basketball ideas from Luke Murray to Lake Murray
• Clemson’s Dabo Swinney says Deshaun Watson ‘nothing but exemplary’
• Jeff’s Take: With The Citadel thin at QB, Goose Creek’s Darique Hampton gets his shot
• Gamecocks looking for more Saxton success in NCAA Tournament
• The Citadel will retain basketball coach Duggar Baucom

Columbia The State

• From Muschamp to Beamer, USC players detail coaching transition through their eyes
• Burch never thought of leaving after USC coaching change. Now his trust is in Beamer
• What did Beamer learn through twists of building Gamecock staff? ‘Trust my instinct’
• Without its top reserve, South Carolina reveals new-look (and bigger) lineup

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Fagan, Starks give Georgia three basketball players in transfer portal
• 5 things to watch in Georgia Tech spring practice
• NCAA women: 3 factors that led to Tech’s first-round comeback
• Lady Bulldogs use strong second half to dispatch Drexel

Washington Post

• Sweet 16 is set in NCAA tournament after an upset-heavy start to March Madness
• No. 1 Gonzaga is four wins from perfection after impressive performance against Oklahoma
• Maryland gets outclassed by Alabama, sees its season end in the NCAA tournament’s second round
• No. 1 seed Michigan uses late second-half run to pull away from LSU
• Complete men’s bracket
• Maryland opens NCAA women’s tournament with 53-point blowout of Mount Saint Mary’s
• Complete women’s bracket

The Associated Press

• In terms of chaos, this year’s Sweet 16 field is historic
• March was bound to be mad; NCAA tourney hasn’t disappointed
• Oral Roberts protected from hype as No. 15 seed in Sweet 16
• Shackelford, Alabama roll past Maryland and into Sweet 16
• Mobley Bros. lead No. 6 seed USC to 85-51 rout of Kansas
• Not rusty: Oregon soars past Iowa 95-80 into Sweet 16
• Florida State beats Colorado, reaches 3rd straight Sweet 16
• UCLA brushes off Abilene Christian 67-47 to reach Sweet 16
• Big Ten comeback: Michigan topples LSU 86-78
• UNC reaches deal on extensions for Brown, assistant coaches
• Texas Tech adds former Oregon QB Shough as grad transfer