Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

VIEW FROM THE EAST
Houston weighs new transfer eligibility rule Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Houston Defeats East Carolina, 5-2
• ECU Set To Play In American Championship
• Pirates Compete In First Spring Scrimmage

East Carolina football brings the intensity in first spring scrimmage Wilmington Star-News

Pirates compete in first spring scrimmage WNCT 9

247 Sports

• ECU defensive camaraderie, energy on full display in scrimmage
• PHOTOS: ECU completes initial spring scrimmage

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU sees record number of freshman applicants: SAT, ACT not considered in admissions due to COVID-19
• ECU not planning to require COVID-19 vaccine for students in the fall
• Retired ECU professor publishes new book

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Memphis Picks Up Win, UCF and USF Split in Saturday Action
• USF Defends Women’s Soccer Championship with 4-0 Win over Cincinnati

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Wes Miller agrees to 6-year, $7.875M deal to be Cincinnati Bearcats men’s basketball coach
•  Details of Wes Miller’s contract with UC
•  Miller talks to former UC players on Zoom call
• Four guards expected to return to Bearcats
• Takeaways from Cincinnati Bearcats spring football game

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF running backs turn heads after productive spring camp
• UCF spring game highlights strides Knights have made under new coach Gus Malzahn
• New coach Gus Malzahn embraces player Twitter-handle jerseys at spring game | Commentary

Tulane-Wichita State baseball game postponed overnight by bad weather NOLA.com

Dallas Morning News

• SMU football coach Sonny Dykes criticizes NCAA: It ‘makes rules without thinking about the consequences’
• See the best photos from SMU’s spring football practice

What we learned from Tigers spring game Memphis Commercial Appeal

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Davidson’s football team goes from afterthought, to league champion, to FCS playoffs  Charlotte Observer

The Associated Press

• Top-ranked James Madison defeats No. 11 Richmond 23-6
• VMI earns first FCS playoff bid, beats The Citadel 31-17
• Samford douses Mercer’s SoCon championship hopes 44-20
• Chambers leads Charleston Southern over Gardner-Webb 20-7
• No. 7 Delaware beats 10th-ranked Villanova for CAA title
• South Dakota St. ends North Dakota St.’s 32-game home streak
• Efficient Nick leads S. Carolina St. past Delaware St. in OT
• Southern beats Grambling State 49-7 in Bayou Classic
• Family affair: Jimmy Boeheim to play for his dad at Syracuse
• USC’s Evan Mobley declares for NBA draft in unique way

Winston Salem Journal

• First-team defense, second-team offense thrive in App State scrimmage
• WSSU shuts down the rest of spring sports amid a rise in COVID-19 cases on campus
• Jahcobi Neath, former Wake Forest basketball player, chooses new destination

Columbia The State

• Tight ends will play ‘major part’ in South Carolina’s offense, Erik Kimrey says
• Gamecocks sweep doubleheader vs LSU, clinch fourth straight SEC series
• Defense wins final scrimmage before Gamecocks’ spring game

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• A G-Day aerial display shows UGA no longer lacks QBs
• Adonai ‘A.D.’ Mitchell makes name for himself in G-Day game
• Georgia fans savor first G-Day in two years