Houston weighs new transfer eligibility rule … Virus puts ECU-Houston series in limbo … Season ends for ECU women’s soccer team in AAC semifinals … Marshall transfer G’Mone Wilson commits to East Carolina … Weekend Spotlight: Wichita State Emerges As Top Challenger To ECU In AAC; Weather permitting, Tulane and Wichita State could be headed for crackerjack baseball series …Cincinnati hires UNC Greensboro basketball coach Wes Miller …Hurricanes rebound from stinging loss by beating Nashville Predators 4-1 … Sapakoff: Hey, kids, driving distance isn’t all DeChambeau mania implies

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• VIEW FROM THE EAST
  Houston weighs new transfer eligibility rule
• Baseball News
  Virus puts ECU-Houston series in limbo

ecupirates.com

• ECU-Houston Series Postponed
• Pirates Fall To USF In AAC Semifinals
• Spring Practice Q&A No. 8 – Safeties
• Pirates Challenge Cougars In Houston This Weekend

The East Carolinian

• Baseball series against Houston postponed
• Softball to play Houston in four-game series
• ECU announces keynote speaker, ceremony details for Spring 2021 Commencement

WNCT 9

• Season ends for ECU women’s soccer team in AAC semifinals
• ECU’s baseball series with Houston postponed due to COVID-19

WITN 7

• No. 15 USF blanks ECU women’s soccer, 1-0, in AAC semifinals
• ECU baseball series at Houston PPD this weekend

East Carolina Weekend Baseball Series With Houston Postponed  Rivals.com

247 Sports

• ECU’s series at Houston postponed
• Marshall transfer G’Mone Wilson commits to East Carolina
• The 20 biggest commitments (so far) of the college basketball transfer portal
• Pirate players showing dedication with extra time outside practice

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Multi-layered freshmen here for now, future
• BATTLE FOR N.C.: Charlotte, N.C. State make strides
• Rebekah Rogers, wife of new chancellor, excited to serve university

Jeff Lebo The Associated Press

Around the American Athletic Conference

UH baseball’s series vs. East Carolina postponed due to COVID-19 Houston Chronicle

Weekend Spotlight: Wichita State Emerges As Top Challenger To ECU In AAC D1Baseball

Cincinnati hires UNC Greensboro basketball coach Wes Miller The Associated Press

American Athletic Conference

• USF Moves to Women’s Soccer Final with 1-0 Win over East Carolina
• Cincinnati Advances to Women’s Soccer Championship Final with 1-0 Win over Memphis
• Wes Miller Named Cincinnati Head Coach
• UCF Falls To Undefeated High Point In Five Sets In NCAA First Round
• UCF Completes Season Sweep Of No. 5 Florida

Weather permitting, Tulane and Wichita State could be headed for crackerjack baseball series NOLA.com

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  Former Cincinnati OL Robinson commits to Tigers
•  Five things I’m watching entering Memphis spring football game

Hybrid linebacker Nicholas Straw ‘separating himself’ for Navy football, but questions remain at defensive end Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Charlotte Observer

• Who will be on Hubert Davis’ coaching staff at UNC? They’re all in the Carolina family.
• Davidson’s football team just did something it hasn’t been able to do since 1969
• Duke basketball just landed a grad transfer from Davidson. You’ll know his brother
• South Carolina’s lineup struggles in series-opening loss to LSU
• Frank Martin reflects on ‘crappy’ year, reacts to new contract, defends USC tenure
• How Pete Lembo hopes to add ‘a few more yards’ to South Carolina’s kicks, punts
• Coach K promotes Nolan Smith to assistant coach. What that means for Duke basketball.

Former Tar Heel Garrison Brooks heads back to the future at Mississippi State  Raleigh News & Observer

Winston Salem Journal

• UNCG athletics director Kim Record wants to hire Wes Miller’s successor ‘as soon as possible’
• Wake Forest basketball notebook: Demon Deacons, and their coach, trying to shape up
• Wake Forest football notebook: Spring practice will end Saturday with final scrimmage

‘Got to be a Carolina guy’: Hubert Davis links eras, mentors with UNC staff Fayetteville Observer

He was “in a dark place” when he left to care for an ill family member. But that time away fortified TyJuan Garbutt’s dedication to Fuente, Hokies.  Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Charleston Post Courier

• The Citadel’s Javonte Middleton is the first Bulldog to wear No. 0. Here’s why.
• Gamecocks’ Frank Martin reflects on last season’s ‘poor job’ as basketball coach
• College of Charleston basketball coach Pat Kelsey adds 6 new players

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia players choose Athens school to receive G-Day proceeds
• Georgia baseball’s Scott Stricklin receives contract extension
• Georgia’s ‘assistant linebackers coach’ making an impression
• Improvement of Georgia Tech passing game a piece-by-piece process