Source: ECU to hire Tennessee assistant to lead hoops … Zay Jones agrees to contract worth $30 million to join Jacksonville Jaguars … Eyes on Augusta: Harold Varner’s Players Championship showing inches him closer to Masters  …Carson Whisenhunt, ECU ace and top draft prospect, to miss rest of season after failed drug test

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• ECU Concludes General Hackler Championship
• LeGar Named AAC Midfielder Of The Week
• Saylor Earns Weekly National Honor
• East Carolina Falls To Rider, 8-0

WNCT 9

• Source: ECU to hire Tennessee assistant to lead hoops
• Godwin: Whisenhunt to miss season after testing positive …

WITN 7

• ECU football hopes to continue to build momentum for fall through spring ball
• Former ECU wide receiver Zay Jones signs with Jacksonville

Former ECU, West Craven pitcher Armstrong signs with Marlins, Whisenhunt out for year WCTI

Report: Tennessee basketball associate coach Mike Schwartz to be hired at ECU Tennessean

Tennessee basketball’s associate head coach plans to go to ECU, reports say WLVT

Report: Tennessee basketball associate head coach Mike Schwartz to be hired at East Carolina 10 News

Rick Barnes assistant expected to be hired at East Carolina, per report Saturday Down South

Report: Tennessee assistant Michael Schwartz taking East Carolina head coaching job SB Nation

247 Sports

• Zay Jones agrees to contract worth $30 million to join Jacksonville Jaguars
• ECU set to hire Michael Schwartz as next head basketball coach

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU men’s basketball: Pirates expected to hire Tennessee assistant Schwartz as new head coach
• ECU baseball: NCAA rules Whisenhunt ineligible for 2022 season

Carson Whisenhunt, ECU ace and top draft prospect, to miss rest of season after failed drug test CBS Sports

YAHOO!

• Eyes on Augusta: Harold Varner’s Players Championship showing inches him closer to Masters
• 2022 NFL free agency: Jags agree to terms with WR Zay Jones

PGA Tour

• Harold Varner III finishes with Even-par 72 in third round of the PLAYERS Championship
• Harold Varner III rebounds from poor front in fourth round of the PLAYERS Championship

Zay Jones heads to the Jaguars NBC Sports

Zay Jones leaving Raiders for big contract with Jaguars SB Nation

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Wichita State Rolls On Final Day Of Play In Kansas
• Four American Teams Bound For 2022 Postseason WNIT
• Houston’s Schulte, South Florida’s Corrick The Top Softball Award Winners For Week Five
• Old Dominion, East Carolina, Florida Players Earn Weekly Lacrosse Honors
• South Florida’s Mayo, UCF’s Staine Earn Weekly Baseball Honors
• UCF, South Florida To Represent The American In The 2022 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship

NOLA.com

• Ron Hunter: ‘From a local and a national level, Tulane is back.’
• Darius Hogges leaves transfer portal, returns to Tulane football team

Tulane set to host Jacksonville State in the WNIT Thursday Crescent City Sports

Sources: SMU RB Ulysses Bentley IV to enter the transfer portal Dallas Morning News

TU women to play at North Texas in WNIT first round Tulsa World

The 901: After 8 years, the Memphis Tigers are dancing again YAHOO!

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  Tigers RB coach Jones hired at TCU in same capacity
•  Memphis Tigers men’s basketball odds to win the NCAA Tournament
•  Memphis Tigers vs. Boise State men’s basketball betting odds
•  Tigers spring game announced for April 22

Orlando Sentinel

• Gus Malzahn enters second spring football camp at UCF
• UCF women’s basketball receives its highest seed for NCAA tournament and will face Gators

 Watch: Former UC Bearcat Jason Kelce sings national anthem before 76ers game Cincinnati Enquirer

Houston not fazed by history of upsets in the 5-12 matchups in NCAA Tournament Houston Chronicle

A&M will play Houston tonight before opening SEC play this weekend at LSU The Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• How does NC State’s region in NCAA women’s basketball tournament compare to others?
• ‘Her gift was inspiration.’ Remembering the late Kay Yow and her lasting legacy
• Ahead of NCAA tournament, here’s everything you need to know about Duke and West Region
• UNC basketball draws familiar name with unfamiliar faces in NCAA Tournament

Sources: Norfolk State coach Robert Jones is in high demand Hampton Roads Daily Press

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest turns its attention to Towson and the NIT after not making NCAA Tournament
• Pressure-packed hoops flaring up tempers on the hardwood
• FrontPageBets experts help you build your best NCAA Tournament bracket
• Your NCAA tourney guide: Bracket breakdown, how to watch and more
• March Madness 2022: NCAA men’s basketball tournament TV schedule, game times and announcers
• Sweet 16 things to look at in this NCAA field
• Picking the bracket: Big Ten resurgence, but title goes West

Columbia The State

• Frank Martin dismissed as South Carolina’s basketball coach
• Looking back, Frank Martin tenure certainly kept things interesting at South Carolina
• Possible candidates to replace Frank Martin as South Carolina basketball coach
• Another coach buyout? What Frank Martin’s contract says about how much USC owes him
• Clemson reports 21 NCAA violations in past two years
• Clemson coach Mike Reed has 2 new job titles, 2 new starters and 1 surprise from Dabo

Charleston Post and Courier

• Frank Martin’s tenure with Gamecocks ends after 10 years, 1 Final Four
• Gamecocks’ coaching hot board: Local names, big names, longshots
• 5 things to watch as Gamecocks open spring football practice

The Associated Press

• FGCU hires Pat Chambers as men’s basketball coach
• First Four back in Dayton with a ‘home’ team, Big Ten squads
• Collins gets another year to turn Northwestern around
• The NCAA Tournament by the numbers
• Georgia State looks to pull off its biggest NCAA stunner yet