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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Thursday, March 25, 2021

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COVID opens door for series with Elon … ECU Baseball Weekend Schedule Altered …Baseball America projects ECU as No. 7 national seed a month into the season … Pirates LAX Returns Home To Host Vanderbilt…UH center Kiyron Powell right at home in Indiana bubble…Very average NCAA tournament proves the ACC is as mediocre as we thought it was…Colleges cut sports to save money amid the pandemic. Then came the Title IX lawsuits.

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Baseball News
COVID opens door for series with Elon
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ecupirates.com

  • ECU Baseball Weekend Schedule Altered
  • Pirates LAX Returns Home To Host Vanderbilt

ECU baseball’s weekend scheduled changed due to COVID-19 cases at St. John’s  WNCT 9

No. 8 ECU baseball’s weekend series against St. John’s canceled WITN 7

247 Sports

  • ECU’s series vs. St. John’s canceled, Pirates will travel to Elon instead
  • Baseball America projects ECU as No. 7 national seed a month into the season
  • Ford making quick impression in ECU secondary

Ford possesses all-around approach for Pirates Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • Wichita State Picks Up Midweek Win over Kansas State
  • No. 22 UCF Walks Off No. 5 Florida 8-6
  • Cincinnati Picks Up Overtime Win over Houston
  • Wichita State’s Wochner, Houston’s Slaughter Claim Golf Player of the Week Accolades

Memphis vs. Boise State odds, line: 2021 NIT picks, college basketball predictions from proven model CBS Sports

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • Why Memphis coach Penny Hardaway believes Lester Quinones has ‘walking triple-double’ potential
  • Tigers No. 2 WR Washington enters transfer portal
  •  How to watch Memphis basketball vs. Boise State

‘Everything literally came full circle for me’: Walnut Hills grad Briggs returns home to UC Cincinnati Enquirer

UCF tackle Kalia Davis back in action after 2020 opt-out, ‘stoked’ about new coach Gus Malzahn Orlando Sentinel

SMU basketball players Darius McNeill, Charles Smith IV entered transfer portal this week Dallas Morning News

Notebook: first two weeks have been a whirlwind for new Tulane OL coach Chris Watt Tulsa World

Houston Chronicle

  • UH center Kiyron Powell right at home in Indiana bubble
  • UH defensive coordinator Doug Belk has two-year, $1.1 million contract

‘Burn the Boats’: Navy inside linebacker Diego Fagot explains 2021 season motto | NOTES Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • Very average NCAA tournament proves the ACC is as mediocre as we thought it was
  • Why NC State football’s class of ‘super seniors’ are returning for another year

Winston Salem Journal

  • March Madness: Who has the best and worst odds in the West region
  • Shannon Ryan: Only 1 Big Ten team remains in the NCAA Tournament after a record 9 bids. What went wrong?
  • Wake Forest plans for spring football game still uncertain
  • Mike Jensen: The NCAA women’s tournament landed in the spotlight for inequity
  • Defending champ Baylor routs Virginia Tech
  • Few Black women coaches lead Power Five basketball programs

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

  • William & Mary announces $55M fundraising campaign, hoping to build on momentum started by reinstated sports
  • Hampton’s historic upset still resonates with players

Fayetteville Observer

  • NC State’s Wes Moore earns coach of the year
  • N.C.’s top unsigned senior a hot topic after decommit

Charleston Post Courier

  • What Clemson RB coach C.J. Spiller wants from Lyn-J Dixon
  • Gamecocks’ R.J. Roderick: ‘I can’t be without football, no matter what’
  • No. 20 Gamecocks take control early in 8-3 win over The Citadel

Columbia The State

  • Will Muschamp and Kirby Smart at UGA: It’s like ‘two peas in a pod’
  • Be aggressive, attack, get to QB. USC defenders offer early reviews of new scheme
  • Facing another top SEC pitching staff, why the Gamecocks might switch up rotation

Washington Post

  • Colleges cut sports to save money amid the pandemic. Then came the Title IX lawsuits.
  • Buddy Boeheim thought he would just be a role player. His role now is Syracuse’s leading man.
  • Complete men’s bracket
  • The NCAA’s shell game is the real women’s basketball scandal
  • Pressure mounts on NCAA as House Democrats demand answers over tournament disparities
  • Maryland women make it look easy, advance to Sweet 16 with 100-64 demolition of Alabama
  • Complete women’s bracket
  • Roll Terps? As spring practice starts, Maryland’s Alabama connections are no accident.

New York Times

  • The Son Shoots, the Dad Shouts, and Syracuse Keeps Winning
  • In Indianapolis, Checking the Bracket Means Looking Up

The Athletic

  • Iowa’s Luka Garza is The Athletic’s men’s basketball player of the year
  • Gamecocks’ Aliyah Boston is The Athletic’s women’s basketball player of the year

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Top 5 candidates to succeed George Pickens as Georgia’s ‘X’ receiver
  • Georgia Tech spring practice delayed through week
  • Shooting woes knock promising Georgia team out of NCAA Tournament

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Winston Salem Journal

  • Today in sports history: March 25
  • Sports events on the air for Thursday, March 25
  • Torch relay for Tokyo Olympics kicks off its 121-day journey
  • Padres star Tatis feels better, expected back in lineup soon

Charlotte Observer

  • If nothing changes for Hornets at trade deadline, they face a tough Monk-Graham choice
  • Panthers haven’t added at safety after cutting Tre Boston. What’s the state of roster?
  • Carolina Panthers free agency tracker: Bills sign Efe Obada to one-year deal
  • Inside the drama NASCAR and FOX created by forgetting to let Timmy Hill go iRacing

New York Times

  • Longing for a Shot at the Majors, but Sitting Out the Sabbath
  • With Captivating Performances, Black Figure Skaters Strike More Than Gold

Washington Post

  • NFL free agency grades for all 32 teams: Patriots, Jets, Browns earn high marks
  • Washington’s free agency haul gives it options heading into draft
  • Stephen Strasburg dogged by command issues in first outing following calf injury
  • At White House, Megan Rapinoe says she’s been ‘disrespected and dismissed because I am a woman’
  • Daniel Snyder to receive NFL debt waiver to buy out Washington Football Team partners
  • Lars Eller remains day-to-day for Washington, even after the Caps’ long break

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Let’s not mince words: The Braves’ moment is now
  • Truist Park’s changes for 2021 include going cashless
  • Acuna ranked fourth best MLB player; who are top three?
  • Report: Falcons sign cornerback Fabian Moreau

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