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 Bonesville.net

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