Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates walk past Liberty

Top-ranked Houston pulls away from Pirates

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Pull Away Late To Defeat UMass SB, 8-1
• No. 12 ECU Takes Series Opener Over Liberty, 7-2
• Pirates Fall Short To No. 1 Houston In AAC MBB Quarterfinals
• Congratulations ECU Women’s Basketball

The East Carolinian

WNCT 9

• No. 12 ECU takes series opener over Liberty, 7-2
• Pirates pull away late to defeat UMass, 8-1
• No. 1 Houston beats ECU in AAC, gets back-to-back 30 wins
• How to help ECU women celebrate AAC title

WITN 7

• ECU women’s basketball fans welcome home their AAC Champion Pirates
• 12th Ranked ECU Baseball takes game one against Liberty
• ECU men’s basketball falls to top ranked Houston in the AAC tournament quarterfinals

247 Sports

• AAC Tournament 2023: Bracket, schedule, seeding, how to watch
• No. 12 ECU opens Liberty series with 7-2 victory
• ECU 7, Liberty 2: How it looked from the stands
• ECU falls to Houston in AAC quarterfinals, 60-46
• Details on how to attend the ECU women’s Selection Show special, plus more

Last to first: ECU women’s basketball grabs NCAA Tournament bid from American Conference Wilmington Star-News

KHOU

• UH Lady Coogs fall in AAC championship game to East Carolina
• No. 1 Houston tops East Carolina in AAC tournament opener

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU men’s basketball: Pirates’ season come to end in second round of AAC tournament
• D.G. Martin: Terry Holland combined success and service

No. 1 Houston tops East Carolina, advances to AAC semifinals The Associated Press

Houston Chronicle

• Houston survives ‘out of character’ effort to beat East Carolina
• Houston opens AAC Tournament with win over East Carolina

No. 1 Houston beats ECU in AAC, gets back-to-back 30 wins CBS Sports

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• No. 1 Houston Defeats No. 9 East Carolina, 60-46, in Quarterfinals of American Men’s Basketball Championship
• No. 3 Tulane Defeats No. 6 Wichita State, 82-76, in Quarterfinals of American Men’s Basketball Championship
• Davis, Williams Shine as No. 2 Memphis Advances at American Men’s Basketball Championship with 81-76 Win over No. 7 UCF
• No. 4 Cincinnati Takes Down No. 5 Temple, 84-54, in Quarterfinals of American Men’s Basketball Championship
• American Softball Finds Success To Begin Weekend
• East Carolina Wins American Women’s Basketball Championship

Houston Chronicle

• UH opens AAC Tournament with win over East Carolina
• UH women come up short in AAC tournament title game

Cincinnati has 3 score 20 points in AAC win over Temple The Associated Press

No. 1 Houston looks to top Cincinnati for 3rd time this season CBS Sports

Tampa Bay Times

• USF fires men’s basketball coach Brian Gregory
• USF women staring at No. 7 seed at best, ESPN bracketologist says

USF fires men’s basketball coach Brian Gregory WUSF

 Davis, Williams carry Tigers to win over UCF at AAC Tournament Memphis Commercial Appeal

NOLA.com

• R.J. McGee ties career high as Tulane advances to AAC tourney semis for second straight year
• Notebook: Tulane running back Shaadie Clayton-Johnson confident he can replace Tyjae Spears

Tulane advances to AAC Tournament semifinals with win over Wichita St. WGNO

Temple blown out in 30-point loss against Cincinnati Temple News

SMU’s upset bid falls just short as late push from UCF ends tournament run  Dallas Morning News

UC basketball tears into Temple at AAC tourney Cincinnati Enquirer

UCF men lose 81-76 to Memphis in AAC tourney Orlando Sentinel

Missed layups too much to overcome in AAC tournament loss for Wichita State basketball Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• ‘Disrespected’ Duke will play in ACC championship, but battle with Miami felt like it
• ACC tournament the biggest story in Greensboro. There’s barely a hometown paper left to cover it
• Duke basketball’s ‘revenge tour’ continues, will meet Virginia in ACC championship game
• Duke basketball closes out Miami in second half to reach ACC tournament final
• ACC tournament semifinal live updates: Duke to face Virginia after Cavaliers down Clemson
• NC State basketball counting on its ‘body of work’ to earn it a spot in NCAA tournament

No. 13 Virginia tops Clemson, will meet Duke for ACC title The Associated Press

Virginia clobbers Clemson to advance to ACC tournament title game Washington Post

Josh Pastner fired after 7 seasons as Georgia Tech coach WDUN

Winston Salem Journal

• Today in sports history: March 11
• PHOTOS: Duke topples Miami, Virginia defeats Clemson in semifinals of ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament
• Young Blue Devils are growing up along with their rookie head coach Jon Scheyer
• No. 6 Marquette holds off No. 11 UConn to advance to Big East title game

Columbia The State

• With NCAA fate uncertain, Clemson drops key ACC tournament game to Virginia
• Under construction: Gamecocks have pieces in place, but Lamont Paris is still building
• Transfer Mario Anderson eager to prove his game on big stage with South Carolina

Clemson loss in ACC semis leaves Tigers on NCAA tournament bubble Charleston Post & Courier

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• UVA routs Clemson in ACC Tournament, moves on to championship game against Duke
• NSU sinks clutch free throws, benefits from technical foul in OT to beat N.C. Central, advance to third straight MEAC final

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Josh Pastner out at Georgia Tech after seven seasons
• Bradley: It’s again time for Georgia Tech to dream big hoop dreams