Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• ECU SB Drops Low-Scoring Affair To UNCW
• An Update From AD Jon Gilbert
• Spring Practice Q&A No. 4 – DE/OLB

WNCT 9

• ECU football returns to spring practices; Q&A No. 4: DE/OLB
• ECU softball team drops 1-0 decision to UNC Wilmington
• ECU will not hold 2021 spring football game due to COVID-19 pandemic

 ECU football makes adjustments to spring schedule Fayetteville Observer

247 Sports

• ECU’s kicking competitions likely to last through offseason
• After latest pause, ECU hoping to ‘eradicate the virus’ from program going forward
• ECU makes four-star recruit Michael Allen’s day with hometown graphic
• PHOTOS: ECU returns to work after pause
• ECU Basketball Roster Tracker: Who’s Returning, Who’s Leaving?
• NC State makes Top 5 for ECU transfer Jayden Gardner

UC baseball swept in ECU series The News Record

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Pirate sliders are sharp, thanks to some help
• ECU soccer ‘in the mix,’ eyeing top-four finish
• Pirates practice, want players vaccinated

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Cincinnati, Wichita State And Memphis Athletes Capture Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Awards
• UCF’s Travale Named American Men’s Golf Player of the Week

‘Longer it drags on, more damage it does’: How UC’s review could impact the program Cincinnati Enquirer

UCF forward Isaiah Adams enters NBA draft, keeps eligibility for now Orlando Sentinel

Look: UCF trolls Florida with epic billboard in Gainesville 247 Sports

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Temple coach Rod Carey starts spring practice with the task of sorting out the QB position
• Five questions heading into Temple’s football spring practice

Bearcats Baseball Looks to Bounce Back Against UCF SB Nation

Tulane baseball notebook: Braden Olthoff will return to mound for Friday start NOLA.com

Sonny Dykes, James Madison football and more express condolences about death of SMU quality control coach Jamal Powell Dallas Morning News

Memphis football lands first commitment for 2022 Memphis Commercial Appeal

Bill Haisten: No portal for Davis Brin, now positioned for a possibly special run at TU Tulsa World

Houston Chronicle

• UH assembles one last time to celebrate Final Four ride
• ALUMNI NOTEBOOK: College Park grad picks up two conference superlatives

‘It should be a marriage’: Wind Surge, Wichita State baseball committed to partnership  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Even if UNC basketball didn’t need saving, Roy Williams saved it anyway. And more.  Raleigh News and Observer

Winston Salem Journal

Charlie Scott on UNC’s hiring of Hubert Davis, Black head coaches and the way he would use today’s student-athlete platform

Randolph Childress steps down as assistant coach at Wake Forest

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• He lost his father to COVID-19. The tragedy fueled this Oscar Smith football player to strive for more.
• Old Dominion football season tickets go on sale, season-ticket holders from 2019 can renew online

Charleston Post Courier

• Citadel baseball standout Tyler Corbitt enters NCAA transfer portal
• With healed body, Gamecocks’ OrTre Smith ready to resume path toward becoming star receiver

Biggest College Football Stories You Likely Missed During March Madness Bleacher Report

The Associated Press

• About 17 million view Baylor’s championship win over Gonzaga
• Minnesota off hook for buyout of Pitino, now at New Mexico
• Wake Forest’s Childress exits Demon Deacons’ coaching staff
• Maryland extends basketball coach Turgeon through 2026
• Stubblefied embraces ‘limitless’ possibilities at DePaul
• Florida’s Medal of Freedom goes to FSU great Bobby Bowden
• Wisconsin hopes to hire new AD ‘within a few months’
• Barry Alvarez, AD who reshaped Wisconsin sports, to retire
• James Madison atop the Top 25 despite COVID-related layoffs
• Former Florida State star charged in double shooting