Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Tie For Second In Spring Opener
• ECU Takes Trip To Houston
• Whisenhunt Named To Golden Spikes Watch List
• ECU Set To Compete In AAC Championships

The East Carolinian

• ECU baseball prepares for 2022 season opener
• Women’s basketball looks to face Houston
• Pirate basketball plans to grab the Bulls by the horns

WNCT 9

• ECU women’s golf finishes second in spring opener
• ECU kicks off NEA Big Read program of events

WITN 7

• East Carolina University receives $2 million donation
• ECU unveils digital timeline detailing Civil Rights movement in east

247 Sports

• 10 newcomers to watch for this season’s ECU baseball team
• Dooley provides injury updates on Miles, Tabbs
• 10 breakout candidates to watch for this season’s ECU baseball team

South Florida Bulls face the East Carolina Pirates on 3-game losing streak Charlotte Observer

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU roundup: Whisenhunt named to Golden Spikes preseason watch list; Thompson named AAC player of week
• ECU left-hander Whisenhunt named to Golden Spikes preseason watch list

Ten players to watch in college baseball in 2022 The Associated Press

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Memphis, Tulane Pick Up Road Wins Tuesday
• No. 24 UCF Shuts Out Liberty For Third Straight Nonconference Win
• Temple’s Carroll Named National Defensive Player of the Week
• UCF, Houston Athletes Win Season’s Final Indoor Track And Field Weekly Awards
• Tulsa’s Di Marco Takes Men’s Tennis Weekly Honors Following 2-0 Showing
• Tulsa’s Hutchings Takes Women’s Tennis Player of the Week Honors
• SMU Men Look To Defend Crown As 2022 Swim And Dive Championships Return To Dallas

It’s NCAA or bust for Bulls women, Jose Fernandez says Tampa Bay Times

Owls turn to their bench for crucial stretch amid injury struggles  The Temple News

McKie eyes ‘something miraculous’ with Dunn, Williams injuries 247 Sports

Tulane men’s hoops routs South Florida on road, gets to 9-5 in American Athletic Conference NOLA.com

Memphis never looked more like an NCAA Tournament team this season than at Cincinnati | Giannotto Memphis Commercial Appeal

Shorthanded Cincinnati Bearcats fall to Memphis 81-74 on ’70s night Cincinnati Enquirer

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF is silent as AAC commissioner Mike Aresco fights, writes to survive | Commentary
• UCF lose key defensive tackle Cam Goode to transfer portal

Nelp, TU to host Tulane at Reynolds Center on Wednesday night Tulsa World

Kelvin Sampson says UH’s recently ended streak was ‘movie stuff’ Houston Chronicle

New England Patriots long snapper Joe Cardona, a Naval Academy graduate, to be honored at Touchdown Club banquet Annapolis Capital

Wichita Eagle

• ‘We need these three’: WSU basketball looks to move up AAC standings in tough stretch
• Ricky Council IV breaks out in the second half to defeat South Florida
• How Addison Barnard plans to follow up her record-breaking season for WSU softball

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Duke basketball edges Wake Forest, completes sweep with Coach K unavailable after half
• NC State basketball snaps six-game ACC losing streak with 76-61 win at Georgia Tech
• Q&A with ESPN NFL Draft expert: Breaking down Ikem Ekwonu, Sam Howell, ACC prospects
• Happy with recent production, Hubert Davis seeks quality over quantity from UNC bench

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest falls short against Duke after a follow dunk by Mark Williams
• Krzyzewskiville is alive and well as North Carolina game March 5 approaches
• Wake Forest’s Michael Brennan wins chance to play in PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational

Old Dominion says it’s leaving Conference USA. League includes Monarchs in football schedule, threatens ‘legal actions.’ Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Columbia The State

• James Reese OT buzzer-beater lifts Gamecocks over Ole Miss. What we learned
• Why South Carolina baseball’s new pitching coach is a ‘superstar in the making’

Charleston Post and Courier

• College of Charleston baseball using lessons learned to improve in 2022
• Sapakoff: Monte Lee’s Clemson baseball battle of adjustments
• Citadel baseball rebuild has been slow, but coach Tony Skole says progress is being made
• Elliott Fry’s nomadic NFL season ends a step short of the Super Bowl

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Last-place N.C. State thumps Georgia Tech
• David Turner joins Georgia Tech as assistant head coach for defense
• Former Georgia kicker Kanon Parkman dies

The Associated Press

• After Coach K’s exit, No. 9 Duke edges Wake Forest 76-74
• Duke’s Krzyzewski misses 2nd half of win vs. Wake Forest
• Evans scores 28, hits late FT to help FSU beat Clemson 81-80
• Smith scores 26, leads N.C. State over Georgia Tech 77-61
• Vescovi, Chandler lead No. 16 Vols over No. 4 Kentucky 76-63
• Davis’ closing flurry sends No. 15 Wisconsin past Indiana
• Gillespie nets 33, No. 10 Villanova beats No. 8 Friars 89-84
• Oregon at No. 3 Arizona highlights week in Pac-12 hoops
• Liddell leads No. 18 Ohio State to 70-45 win over Minnesota
• House leads New Mexico to 75-66 win over No. 22 Wyoming
• C-USA releases football schedule as 3 schools eye early exit
• Georgia Tech’s Collins hires former Florida assistant Turner
• AP source: Notre Dame hiring former Miami coach Golden as DC
• Baylor’s Aranda gets contract extension through 2028 season