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
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Winston Salem Journal
- Today in sports history: Dean Smith becomes college basketball’s career victory leader at 877
- Sports events on the air for Tuesday, March 15
- Antetokounmpo and the Bucks face the Kings
- DeRozan, Chicago set for matchup with Utah
- Boston visits Golden State after Curry’s 47-point outing
- Oklahoma City faces San Antonio on 6-game losing streak
- Toronto faces Los Angeles, aims for 5th straight road win
Raleigh News & Observer
Charlotte Observer
- Panthers have improved their chances of landing Deshaun Watson in a trade
- Panthers or Saints? What each team has to offer Deshaun Watson as a trade destination
- Panthers to have a meeting with quarterback Deshaun Watson this week, per report
Washington Post
- It’s just another spring training day for Juan Soto, face of the Nationals
- Sean Doolittle, Nationals fan favorite, agrees to a one-year deal to return to Washington
- NFL free agency tracker: Mitchell Trubisky to Steelers; Deshaun Watson to meet with Panthers, Saints
- Never doubt the Steelers, even when they sign Mitchell Trubisky
- The hype is already building for the free-spending Mets and unapologetic owner Steve Cohen
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Bradley – A sobering day: The Braves land Freddie Freeman’s replacement
- Hawks beat Blazers, reach .500 for first time since December
- AJC Braves Report Podcast: Freeman is gone, Olson is in
- Social media reaction to Matt Olson trade to Braves
- Braves trade for Matt Olson, likely ending Freddie Freeman era
Coach’s statement on the Whisenhunt matter is well worth the listen. CW obviously is a difference maker; his loss for the season is an irrefutable blow to the program, yet Coach strikes a perfect tone of magnanimity and mercy. Pirates Nation is very fortunate to have him.