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Pirates Earn 13 Seed, Travel to Texas for NCAA First Round; South Carolina No. 1 overall seed in women’s NCAA Tournament… With NCAA Tournament at hand, UH eyes rare ‘hometown’ Final Four; Tigers stun Cougars to win AAC Tournament, secure bid to NCAA Tournament… March Madness: Alabama, Houston, Kansas, Purdue the 1 seeds

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

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ecupirates.com

  • Pirates Earn 13 Seed, Travel to Texas for NCAA First Round
  • Pirates Shooting Too Clinical for Elon in 16-11 Win
  • Pirates Set For Briar’s Creek Invitational
  • Final Game of Purple-Gold Invitational Canceled

CBS Sports

  • Cliff Godwin on ECU’s perfect 5-0 week
  • Kim McNeill reacts to ECU’s NCAA tournament bid

WBB ACC Championship painted purple The East Carolinian

ECU women hold selection show party, find out where …  WNCT 9

ECU draws Texas in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament WITN 7

ECU women find out where they’ll play in NCAA Tournament Fox 8

ECU women’s basketball gets 13 seed, will face Texas in 1st round of NCAA Tournament WCTI

ECU tabbed as 13 seed in NCAA Tournament, will open against Texas in Austin 247 Sports

ECU women’s basketball: Pirates earn No. 13 seed in NCAA Tournament, will play No. 4 Texas Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

After earning a No. 4 seed, Texas to open 33rd NCAA Tournament against East Carolina Austin American-Statesman

Texas women get No. 4 seed, will take on East Carolina at Moody Center in 1st round KXAN

Longhorns, Baylor make NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, but ‘all roads lead to Texas’ Dallas Morning News

Texas will begin NCAA women’s tournament quest at home Houston Chronicle

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • East Carolina, South Florida To Represent The American In The 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship
  • American Squads Earn Six Sunday Wins
  • Memphis Wins American Men’s Basketball Championship; Tigers, Houston Headed to NCAA Tournament

Houston Chronicle

  • With NCAA Tournament at hand, UH eyes rare ‘hometown’ Final Four
  • UH will open NCAA Tournament against Northern Kentucky
  • Smith: With UH, UT and A&M, Midwest is one Texas-tough region
  • With Marcus Sasser out, UH loses to Memphis in AAC title game
  • Kelvin Sampson: Marcus Sasser never an option in AAC title game
  • Jim Nantz comes full circle as his last NCAA call ends in Houston

Houston vs. Memphis score: Tigers stun Cougars to win AAC Tournament, secure bid to NCAA Tournament CBS Sports

NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional preview: Can Houston overcome adversity? Fox Sports

Houston gets No. 1 seed in Midwest at expense of Kansas KRIV

Houston vs. NKU: Television and live stream for NCAA Tournament first-round game USA Today

USF women’s basketball team gets an 8 seed and Marquette as an NCAA opponent WUSF News

USF women draw a No. 8 seed in NCAA tourney, could face South Carolina in second round Tampa Bay Times

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • Why Memphis can – and can’t – reach March Madness’ Final Four
  • Memphis beats No. 1 Houston for AAC tournament title
  •  Memphis to face FAU in 2023 NCAA Tournament
  •  What to know about Memphis basketball’s NCAA Tournament opponent FAU
  •  Tigers women’s basketball to play in first WNIT since 2016

What’s next after Memphis loss ends best Tulane men’s hoops season in more than 20 years? NOLA.com

Cincinnati Bearcats will face Virginia Tech Hokies in NIT first round on Wednesday Cincinnati Enquirer

Cincinnati Bearcats Hosting Virginia Tech In 2023 NIT Sports Illustrated

Bearcats set to play in NIT postseason tournament, meet Virginia Tech in first round WLWT

UCF accepts NIT bid to square off with UF and extend the season Orlando Sentinel

‘A man of character’: The legacy Isaac Brown leaves behind at Wichita State basketball Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • The ACC got what it deserved in NCAA Tournament selections — and another shot at redemption
  • NC State basketball draws the Creighton Bluejays of the Big East in the NCAA Tournament
  • Duke basketball draws a No. 5 seed, will face No. 12 Oral Roberts in NCAA Tournament
  • NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday: Latest on Duke, NC State, others as 5 ACC teams make field
  • NCAA women’s tournament begins this week. Seeds, opponents for Duke, UNC and NC State
  • UNC basketball just misses NCAA Tournament, declines invitation to postseason NIT

WRAL

  • 2023 NCAA Tournament: Duke takes on Oral Roberts, NC State plays Creighton on Friday
  • Duke earns No. 5 seed, to play Oral Roberts on Thursday in Orlando
  • NC State gets No. 11 seed in NCAA Tournament, Friday game set against Creighton
  • Lea: No easy layups for Duke in East region of NCAA Tournament
  • Murphy: Down year for ACC reflected in NCAA bracket
  • 2023 NCAA men’s interactive bracket: Matchups, times, TV and Our Take

Winston Salem Journal

  • Winston-Salem State looks ahead after loss in NCAA Tournament
  • Let the Madness begin: Alabama top seed as bracket revealed
  • NCAA Tournament: South Region breakdown
  • NCAA Tournament: East Region breakdown
  • NCAA Tournament: Midwest Region breakdown
  • NCAA Tournament: West Region breakdown
  • Clemson, Oklahoma State among No. 1 seeds in NIT
  • March Madness 2023: South Carolina women chasing 3rd title
  • S. Carolina, Indiana, Va. Tech, Stanford top NCAA women’s bracket

Charleston Post & Courier

  • March Madness 2023: South Carolina women chasing 3rd title
  • Gamecocks again NCAA tourney’s top seed; will host Norfolk State on Friday
  • Clemson’s bubble bursts as Tigers are excluded from NCAA Tournament
  • CofC, Lowcountry’s Jalen Slawson, Josiah-Jordan James all Orlando-bound in NCAA Tournament

Veteran, but not tournament experienced, Virginia earns 4-seed, heads to Orlando to face Furman Richmond Times Dispatch

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

  • UVA doesn’t plan to let ACC championship game defeat linger, prepares to face Furman in NCAA Tournament
  • Virginia-Furman, VCU-Saint Mary’s among first-round NCAA Tournament matchups
  • Norfolk State to play No. 1 overall seed, defending national champ South Carolina in first NCAA Tournament since 2002

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Kennesaw State will play Xavier in NCAA Tournament
  • Kennesaw State’s plan to try to upset Xavier
  • Six coaching candidates Georgia Tech could consider

Washington Post

  • Virginia basketball returns to NCAA men’s tournament after one-year absence
  • The five best bets to win the 2023 NCAA men’s tournament
  • The South Carolina women are the favorites. Here’s who could beat them.
  • The selection committee points to quadrants, but the math doesn’t add up
  • Kentucky and North Carolina epitomize a basketball season of confusion
  • NCAA tournament selection committee rewards Nevada, punishes Oklahoma State
  • To preserve John Thompson’s legacy, Georgetown must finally move past it

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • March Madness: Alabama, Houston, Kansas, Purdue the 1 seeds
  • Here’s what to know before filling out your March Madness bracket
  • Picking the Bracket: Houston wins, 40 years after ’83 loss
  • South Carolina No. 1 overall seed in women’s NCAA Tournament
  • AP sources: Rams trading All-Pro CB Jalen Ramsey to Dolphins
  • Scheffler turns in masterpiece at Sawgrass to win Players
  • BBC backtracks on Lineker over tweet slamming UK asylum plan
  • Alabama, Kansas bring twists, turns to unpredictable bracket
  • Byron wins 2nd straight Cup race, beats Larson at Phoenix
  • Dutch sports broadcaster editors quit over bullying report
  • Meneses homers twice, Mexico clobbers US 11-5 in WBC

Charlotte Observer

  • William Byron earns second consecutive NASCAR Cup Series win in thrilling finish
  • Panthers free agency preview: Positions of need, impending free agents, best available

Devils blank Hurricanes to forge tie atop Metro Division Raleigh News & Observer

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Braves Report podcast: Braves chart course for second half of spring training
  • Watch: Meet the Braves’ new public address announcer
  • Where are former Braves from 2021 World Series team this spring?
  • Five things learned from Atlanta United’s win against Charlotte

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