Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Baseball News
VCU rally avoids sweep Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• VCU Takes Game Three At ECU, 5-2
• East Carolina Clinches AAC Series At Memphis, 7-4
• No. 53 Charlotte Downs East Carolina, 4-0
• Pirates Win Six Events At Mount Olive

VCU takes Game Three at ECU, 5-2 WNCT 9

247 Sports

• PODCAST: Three things standing out midway through spring practice, plus ‘Port of Call’ with PirateBacker
• VCU 5, ECU 2: How it looked from the stands
• ECU can’t finish sweep as VCU rallies late

ECU baseball: Pirates give up late lead in Sunday’s loss to VCU Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Lincoln Riley Shares Heartfelt Message Following USC Coach Dave Nichol’s Tragic Passing Sports Illustrated

Vikings WR Blake Proehl ventures into music, releases first song USA Today

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• ECU Claims Series At Memphis, No. 23/24 UCF Sweeps South Florida For First Time
• Vanderbilt, Florida, Cincinnati Give The American a 3-0 Sunday
• Five American Squads Earn Sunday Wins
• Rob Lanier Named SMU Men’s Basketball Head Coach

Lanier named SMU’s coach after NCAA tourney with Georgia St The Associated Press

Georgia State coach Rob Lanier, fresh off NCAA appearance, headed to SMU Atlanta Journal Constitution

SMU hires Georgia State’s Rob Lanier as its next head basketball coach Dallas Morning News

Walk-off fun: Tulane answers Dayton comeback with game-winning single by Simon Baumgardt NOLA.com

Bill Haisten: Both for suddenly aggressive TU and Eric Konkol, a sensational event Tulsa World

 What we know about Memphis’ NCAA infractions case and how we got here Memphis Commercial Appeal

Kelvin Sampson says UH basketball is ‘here to stay’ Houston Chronicle

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Leading Tar Heels to Final Four, Hubert Davis restores respect for Carolina basketball
• How Kai Crutchfield’s brother helped her become NC State’s top defender
• Duke vs UNC in Final Four is a first. But it nearly happened in 1991 NCAA tournament
• Looking to advance to Final Four for 2nd time, NC State will have to take down UConn
• UNC beats Saint Peter’s to advance to Final Four in Hubert Davis’ first season
• Duke and UNC will meet for 3rd time this year, 1st time in NCAA tournament Final Four

Winston Salem Journal

• Today in sports history: March 28
• Duke-Carolina at the Final Four: Here’s what they’re saying
• Final Four is set with North Carolina win. Get the highlights here.
• South Carolina advances to women’s basketball Final Four in Minneapolis
• Duke-Carolina at the Final Four: Here’s what they’re saying

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Final Four has a blue tint with power programs
• Duke-Carolina, Kansas-Nova set for epic Final Four showdowns
• Ouch! Bracket-busting Saint Peter’s run ends in Elite Eight
• Carolina crushes Saint Peter’s, will meet Duke in Final Four
• Kansas races past Miami in 2nd half, reaches 16th Final Four
• Column: Familiar Four prove NCAA tourney is not ‘Hoosiers’
• Full circle: Villanova leaders got Final Four taste in 2018