Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Baseball News
Pirates edge Elon, 7-6 Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Top Phoenix Wednesday, 7-6
• East Carolina Downs Campbell LAX, 13-10
• UNCW SB Holds Off East Carolina, 8-7

Pirates hold on to beat Phoenix, 7-6 WNCT 9

ECU baseball blasts to lead, holds off Elon WITN 7

247 Sports

• Rahjai Harris looking like his old self early in spring
• ECU outlasts Elon in midweek action
• ECU 7, Elon 6: How it looked from the stands

ECU baseball: Pirates win wild game over Elon Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

UNCW downs ECU in softball WWAY

Former Pro Bowl RB Chris Johnson Opens up on Drive-by Shooting That Almost Ended His Career sportscasting

Around the American Athletic Conference

Wichita State’s Lewis And Scheufler Share Men’s Golf Player Of The Week Honors American Athletic Conference

NOLA.com

• Tulane 7, Southeastern Louisiana 6: new hair color for Wave hitters, same pitching from Zach DeVito
• New Orleans natives Ashaad Clayton, Patrick Jenkins making waves in Tulane spring practice

SMU coach Tim Jankovich announces retirement Biloxi Sun Herald

OK Preps Extra podcast: Aaron Potter and Ty Frierson would be great fit at TU Tulsa World

Cardoza let go as women’s basketball coach  Temple News

The significance of Memphis’ NCAA Tournament run, what’s next for the Tigers Memphis Commercial Appeal

Wichita Eagle

• A fourth Wichita State basketball player has entered the NCAA transfer portal
• Wichita State basketball player Joe Pleasant is third Shocker in NCAA transfer portal

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF men’s basketball: Isaiah Adams enters transfer portal
• UCF football notebook: Keene gains muscle; Gatewood works with receivers

Details of Cincinnati Bearcats’ spring football game Cincinnati Enquirer

Houston Chronicle

• UH basketball notes: NCAA’s new balls force Cougars to adjust
• Smith: Kellen Sampson the perfect fit on father’s staff at UH

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Coach K says he feels for his players, ‘pressure put on them’ amid his final season
• AJ Griffin will return for Duke Sweet 16 game vs Texas Tech. Coach K says he’s `fine’
• Brady Manek recalls ‘stressful’ moments watching UNC against Baylor from locker room
• NC State can avenge its last loss in Sweet 16. A look at its matchup with Notre Dame

Tony Bennett’s blunt message to UVA basketball: ‘We must improve’ Richmond.com

Winston Salem Journal

• Texas A&M races past Wake Forest 67-52 in quarterfinals of the NIT
• David Teel: Tar Heels ‘like kids in a candy store’ preparing for East Regional semifinal against UCLA

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• ‘He made men out of all of us’: Former Norfolk State football coach, AD Bill Archie had a major impact on and off the field
• Halfway through spring football camp, Monarchs are pleased with progress
• Point guard Jaylin Hunter, who led ODU in minutes, enters transfer portal
• Region/state roundup: NSU’s Joe Bryant Jr. named BOXTOROW’s HBCU Division I Player of the Year

Columbia The State

• How Kevin Harris improved his draft stock through NFL combine, South Carolina Pro Day
• Clemson will be without two of its most famous traditions for 2022 spring game
• Gamecocks losing a team leader to transfer portal
• Frank Martin’s next coaching stop comes into focus

Charleston Post and Courier

• Former Citadel coach Ed Conroy is coming back to coach Bulldogs again
• Top-seeded Gamecocks’ vicious defense leads the way to Sweet 16 matchup with UNC
• The Citadel rallies in bottom of 9th to beat South Carolina
• Clemson freshman ‘Baby Julio’ turning heads at spring football practice

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia linebackers have some tough acts to follow
• Georgia’s Stetson Bennett likes the feel of being QB1

Houston Chronicle

• New York state of mind: Texas A&M advances to NIT semifinals
• Remember the Alamodome. Villanova and Michigan do.

The Associated Press

• TIPPING OFF: Texas Tech ‘D’ is next hurdle for Coach K, Duke
• Duke-Texas Tech matchup features contrast in coaching paths
• Williams playing ‘goalie’ to protect rim in Duke’s NCAA push
• Kansas reunion at Sweet 16 sign of times in college hoops
• South Preview: ‘Nova vs. Michigan again at site of ’18 title