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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUPWednesday, March 24, 2021

March 24, 2021 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

ECU’s midweek struggles continue in Chapel Hill … No. 24 UNC knocks off No. 8 ECU, 8-1 … ECU coach Mike Houston talks first contact practice  … Pirate football begins season preparations, spring workouts proceed

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Baseball News
ECU’s midweek struggles continue in Chapel Hill
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ECU coach Mike Houston talks first contact practice Fayetteville Observer

ecupirates.com

  • No. 24 UNC Defeats No. 8 ECU, 8-1
  • Spring Practice Q&A No. 1 – Quarterbacks
  • ECU Finishes Sixth At Pinetree Collegiate
  • Pirates Finish Tied For Fourth At ECU Intercollegiate

The East Carolinian

  • Pirate football begins season preparations, spring workouts proceed
  • Pirates come out 3-2 in overtime with SMU
  • ECU volleyball defeats Davidson
  • The East Carolinian chooses Connor Norby for Male Athlete of Month
  • Pirate softball fails to win in JMU series
  • ECU LAX splits weekend series with ODU

WNCT 9

  • No. 24 UNC knocks off No. 8 ECU, 8-1
  • ECU men’s golf team places tied for fourth at host invitational
  • ECU women’s golf team finishes sixth at Pinetree Collegiate
  • ECU spring football practice: Q&A with Donnie Kirkpatrick, Holton Ahlers and Mason Garcia

ECU baseball team drops midweek matchup at UNC, 8-1 WITN 7

ECU Stumbles in Chapel Hill  Rivals.com

247 Sports

  • ECU dropped at North Carolina in Top 25 matchup
  • Everything Mike Houston said after ECU’s Tuesday practice
  • PHOTOS: ECU puts on pads for first full contact practice

UNC charges past No. 8 Pirates, 8-1 Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • Top Seed NC State Beats USF 79-67 With Big 3rd Quarter
  • Houston Knocks Off Arizona State in WNIT Consolation Final
  • Northwestern Women Beat UCF 62-51 In NCAA 1st Round

 Luke Fickell’s scope: ‘How do we go to the next level’ Cincinnati Enquirer

Tampa Bay Times

  • USF women can’t build on dazzling first half, fall to N.C. State
  • USF men’s player says he faced ‘racial incidents’ this past season

Orlando Sentinel

  • UCF’s Travis Williams aka scooter-riding Coach T-Will brings energy as new defensive coordinator
  • UCF’s Gus Malzahn works on ‘championship approach’ to practice, runs out-of-shape players

NOLA.com

  • Notebook: first two weeks have been a whirlwind for new Tulane OL coach Chris Watt
  • LSU-Tulane baseball game canceled; teams won’t reschedule this season

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • Silverfield expects Memphis QB battle to go into August
  •  How Penny Hardaway helped shorten Moussa Cisse’s learning curve
  •  Podcast: Boise State, the NIT and next season
  • Boise State has had success vs. top defenses. But Memphis basketball’s is ‘different’
  • Memphis WR Calvin Austin III on QB battle, learning from exploring NFL Draft

Kansas-born freshman sensation registers win in first start for Wichita State baseball  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • The college basketball transfer apocalypse is upon us, and it’s not the end of the world
  • Danny Green, former UNC hoops star, gives $1 million for basketball scholarship
  • UNC football ready for raised expectations as spring begins
  • Still dancing! NC State head back to Sweet 16 with win over South Florida
  • What did Wolfpack coach Wes Moore say to fire up his team at the half against South Florida?

Appalachian State Football Schedule 2021 College Football News

Winston Salem Journal

  • Top seed N.C. State beats South Florida with big third quarter
  • Defending champ Baylor routs Virginia Tech
  • Wake Forest’s Ian DuBose to pursue pro career, Jalen Johnson enters the transfer portal
  • Shannon Ryan: Only 1 Big Ten team remains in the NCAA Tournament after a record 9 bids. What went wrong?
  • What teams in the Sweet 16 have the ability to move forward?
  • David Teel: Oral Roberts, Loyola, Syracuse headline most improbable Sweet Sixteen

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

  • ODU coach Ricky Rahne, a Colorado native, speaks out about mass shootings
  • Hokies decide not to hold spring football game because of current state and local coronavirus guidelines
  • Norfolk State won’t let blowout against Gonzaga dampen a season to remember

Fayetteville Observer

  •  UNC’s Walker Kessler enters transfer portal after flashing ‘the highest upside’
  • NC State holds off South Florida in women’s tourney

Charleston Post Courier

  • No. 20 Gamecocks take control early in 8-3 win over The Citadel
  • College baseball roundup: Clemson wins on walk-off blast; Coastal Carolina edges College of Charleston
  • Gamecocks rout Oregon State, advance to seventh straight Sweet 16
  • College of Charleston’s Brevin Galloway will follow Earl Grant to Boston College

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Hey, NCAA, March Madness is about women’s basketball, too
  • Georgia players: Kirby Smart, Will Muschamp are ‘two peas in a pod’
  • Sweet 16 ‘incredibly special’ achievement for Georgia Tech

Washington Post

  • What is Maryland men’s basketball supposed to be? Better than this.
  • Maryland’s Mimi Collins makes opponents pay for their disrespect
  • As complaints of gender inequity mount, NCAA President Mark Emmert agrees to a review
  • Sweet 16 takeaways: The Pac-12 is soaring, the Big Ten was a flop, and the favorites remain
  • Two players report racist messages, threats after upset losses

The Associated Press

  • Timme’s time is now as key to Gonzaga’s bid for perfection
  • Analysis: More madness likely in NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16
  • Emmert agrees to meet protesting players after March Madness
  • New Gophers coach Johnson aims to keep top state talent home
  • Shawnee State wins program’s first NAIA Tournament title

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Winston Salem Journal

  • U.S. women’s soccer calls up 23 players as Tokyo Olympics preparations continue
  • Today in sports history: March 24
  • Sports events on the air for Wednesday, March 24
  • Column: Bigger bases? Bring them on but baseball needs more
  • Padres star Tatis has shoulder problem, to be re-evaluated
  • Greg Cote: Women keep accusing Deshaun Watson of sexual misconduct. But will it matter to NFL teams?
  • Rob Gronkowski says he’s ready to play another full season ‘right now’
  • Magic forward Aaron Gordon reportedly requests trade

Charlotte Observer

  • Panthers draft prospect Mac Jones answered critics during his first Alabama pro day
  • Carolina Panthers free agency tracker: Former Jets LB Frankie Luvu added
  • Carolina Panthers will re-sign offensive guard John Miller
  • How many fans can your favorite team host? Here are NC’s new COVID guidelines for sports

New York Times

  • The Deepest Diver in the History of Free Diving Goes Below the Ice
  • The Time Dad Locked Down Elgin Baylor
  • Alphonso Davies Wants to Share His Story
  • A Big Tennis Tournament Is About to Happen in Miami. Really.
  • Myles Turner Will Block Your Shot. If T.J. McConnell Doesn’t Pick Your Pocket First.
  • No. 3 in the Mets’ Rotation, and Leading the Way in NFTs
  • N.C.A.A. Tournament Live: UConn, Stanford, South Carolina and N.C. State Roll Into Sweet 16
  • There Is a Reason All the No. 1 Women’s Seeds Played on Tuesday
  • Cuba Is Stocking Up on Overseas Players. What’s the Goal?

Washington Post

  • Starlin Castro playing third raises questions about Carter Kieboom’s immediate future
  • The reason there are ‘superstars’ today is because of Elgin Baylor
  • Boswell: NBA stars are reincarnations of Baylor
  • Wizards get run out of Madison Square Garden in blowout loss to Knicks
  • Arbiter’s decision on Erick Fedde complicates the state of the Nationals’ bullpen
  • George Mason hires Vols assistant Kim English, 32, as men’s basketball coach
  • D.C. United acquires Dutch forward Nigel Robertha from Bulgarian club
  • Deshaun Watson accused of sexual assault amid new batch of lawsuits

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • The Bow Tie Chronicles: A closer look at Matt Ryan’s restructured contract
  • Erik Harris went from making potato chips to playing NFL safety

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