Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Drop 14-13 Contest To Niagara
• ECU-Morehead State Softball Contest Canceled
• ECU Baseball To Play Doubleheader Sunday

247 Sports

• PODCAST: Joe Dooley out as ECU basketball coach
• ECU takes series opener over Saint Mary’s

ECU baseball: Kuchmaner’s quality start guides Pirates to series-opening win Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

A Tale of 2 former FGCU men’s hoops coaches: ECU fires Joe Dooley, USC extends Andy Enfield YAHOO!

Dooley speaks after firing: ‘I wanna coach’ WNCT

Around the American Athletic Conference

• American Athletic Conference
• No. 3 Memphis Defeats No. 2 SMU, 70-63, in 2022 Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Championship Semifinal
• No. 1 Houston Advances to Fourth-Consecutive Air Force Reserve Men’s Basketball Championship Final with 86-66 win over No. 5 Tulane
• Cincinnati’s Leather Third In The Mile, UCF’s Jones Third In 60-Meter Hurdles To Lead The American At The 2022 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships

UCF men’s basketball faces roster questions in offseason Orlando Sentinel

No Cook, no chance: Tulane men’s hoops season ends in AAC tourney semifinal loss to Houston NOLA.com

Dallas Morning News

• Popping bubbles? SMU’s AAC tourney loss to Memphis puts Madness bid in jeopardy
• Commissioner Mike Aresco gives update on looming American Athletic Conference realignment

Tulsa World

• After a 20-loss season and attendance issues, TU’s Frank Haith resigns after 8 seasons
• Bill Haisten: Frank Haith’s departure pressures Rick Dickson to find the right fit for TU
• Who’s going to be TU’s next coach? Here are some names to consider like Sutton, Mills, Pooh, Montonati, others
• Throwback Tulsa: Doug Wojcik hired as TU basketball coach on this day in 2005

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  Memphis bounces SMU, will face Houston for AAC Tournament title
•  How to watch Memphis Tigers vs. Houston basketball in AAC title game
•  5 things to know about Memphis Tigers basketball guard Lester Quinones
•  Here’s where Memphis basketball’s NCAA Tournament resumé stands

Houston Chronicle

• No. 18 Houston advances to AAC Tournament championship
• Memphis moves into AAC tourney final with win over SMU

The Associated Press

• Tulsa basketball coach Frank Haith resigns after 8 years
• Memphis moves into AAC tourney final with 70-63 win over SMU
• American Athletic – Semifinal 2 (win) at Houston Cougars 3/13/2022
• No. 18 Houston to AAC title game with 86-66 win over Tulane

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

The Associated Press

• 7th-seed Virginia Tech upsets Duke, Coach K for ACC title
• No. 2 Arizona tops No. 13 UCLA 84-76 to win Pac-12 title
• No. 6 KU beats No. 14 Texas Tech 74-65 to win Big 12 tourney
• Champs again: Villanova tops Creighton to win Big East title
• Anosike, CSU Fullerton rally, beat LBSU 72-71, win Big West
• New Mexico St. beats Abilene Christian 66-52, win WAC

Charlotte Observer

• Duke loses to Virginia Tech in ACC championship game. Hokies win first league title
• After ACC championship game defeat, end draws closer for Coach K and his time at Duke
• This Selection Sunday, here is what Duke, UNC and Wake Forest basketball likely hear
• Davidson rides wave of 3-pointers to beat Saint Louis and reach Atlantic 10 title game

Washington Post

• ‘It was a dark place’: How Virginia Tech rose from last place to the ACC title
• Virginia Tech dominates Duke to claim first ACC title, secure NCAA tournament berth
• As Coach K’s exit nears, the storied Duke-North Carolina rivalry prepares for a seismic shift

Winston Salem Journal

• David Teel: Hokies ‘forever champions’ after emphatic ACC Tournament conquest of Duke
• The all-time best characters of the NCAA tournament

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Upset! Virginia Tech knocks off Duke for first ACC Tournament title
• Norfolk State beats Coppin State to win MEAC Tournament and earn automatic NCAA berth

Charleston Post and Courier

• Clemson’s Will Putnam embraces opportunity to shift to center
• Tony Romo, 4 past champions return to Charleston for Azalea Invitational golf tournament
• Charleston’s Shelby Rogers, Emma Navarro in field for Charleston Open tennis
• Sapakoff: South Carolina basketball fans, Frank Martin need a change