Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Late pitch lures lineman with pedigree

ecupirates.com

• No. 10 ECU Set To Battle Pair Of Regional Foes
• ECU-North Carolina Postponed Baseball Game Rescheduled For May 3rd
• Moylan Tabbed AAC Player Of The Week
• An Update From AD Jon Gilbert

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• ‘Inside Pirate Athletics’: Kim McNeill
• Tourney opener another chance for ECU women to defy odds

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

247 Sports

• PODCAST: What’s next for ECU after a 5-0 week?
• Three-star WR Trenton Cloud the first commitment of ECU’s 2024 class
• Postponed North Carolina-ECU game rescheduled for May 3
• Synia Johnson’s leadership instrumental in Pirates’ championship season
• #PurpleHa23: Desirrio Riles flips from Indiana to ECU
• Pirates ranked 10th after 5-0 week on the diamond

NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Predictions: 4. Texas vs. 13. East Carolina Hartford Courant

After earning a No. 4 seed, Texas women will open NCAA Tournament against East Carolina Austin American-Statesman

How to watch ECU, Duke, NC State, UNC women’s basketball in March Madness NCAA Tournament YAHOO!

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• UCF’s Evans, South Florida’s Dixon Earn Softball Weekly Honors
• Four American Teams Bound for 2023 Postseason WNIT
• JMU, Florida, Vanderbilt Players Take Weekly Honors
• East Carolina’s Moylan, South Florida’s Hudi Earn Weekly Honors

Cincinnati Bearcats vs. Virginia Tech Hokies live stream, TV channel, start time, odds For the Win

What to know as Cincinnati Bearcats host Virginia Tech Hokies in NIT opener USA Today

10 possible candidates for the USF men’s basketball coaching job Tampa Bay Times

NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Predictions: 8. South Florida vs. 9. Marquette Hartford Courant

Florida basketball accepts NIT invite, to host UCF on Wednesday YAHOO!

Florida and UCF square off in NIT matchup Washington Post

Northern Kentucky takes shot at upsetting No. 1 Houston St Louis Post Dispatch

USA Today

• Memphis basketball ranked in AP Top 25 poll for first time in two years
• Charles Barkley believes Memphis could upset Purdue in March Madness second round

Daily Memphian

• Memphis ranked in AP Top 25 poll for first time since 2021
• Memphis punches second consecutive ticket to NCAA Tournament
• Martin: What made this Tigers season possible? It starts with Hardaway
• Tigers set to play in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament

Tulsa World

• Softball roundup: OU takes on ranked FSU; TU heads to Lawrence; OSU has 6 games this week
• TU guard Anthony Pritchard among three players in transfer portal

NOLA.com

• Poll: In NCAA Men’s Tournament, which No. 1 seed has the best chance to make Final Four?
• What’s next after Memphis loss ends best Tulane men’s hoops season in more than 20 years?

Aaron McKie out as Temple head coach  Temple News

Philly.com

• Aaron McKie steps down after four seasons as Temple men’s basketball coach
• Temple won’t fix its basketball problems simply by changing coaches

Why Zhuric Phelps opted to stay at SMU, turned down transfer portal interest Dallas Morning News

Here’s how the UC Bearcats beat Virginia Tech in the NIT Cincinnati Enquirer

A No. 1 seed, Cougars understand why everyone roots for underdog Houston Chronicle

Wichita State center Kenny Pohto has officially entered NCAA basketball transfer portal Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• NCAA Tournament bracket preview from the N&O looks for some home cooking in Houston
• NC State basketball players, coaches feel mile high after selection to NCAA Tournament
• One last look at the AP Top 25 men’s poll, as Duke climbs the chart. Who’s No. 1?
• The ACC got what it deserved in NCAA Tournament selections — and another shot at redemption
• UNC basketball just misses NCAA Tournament, declines invitation to postseason NIT

Winston Salem Journal

• Jeff Battle, a former Wake Forest assistant, excited about coming to Greensboro with Providence
• Today in sports history: March 14
• Tim Cowlishaw: Ex-Texas coach Chris Beard already has a full-time job again. Why doesn’t Rodney Terry?

Charleston Post & Courier

• Sapakoff: Jalen Slawson, the heart of Furman’s NCAA Tournament joy
• Clemson’s Brad Brownell will remain as coach, AD Graham Neff says
• Clemson’s Brad Brownell feels metrics played outsized role in NCAA selection process
• College of Charleston legend John Kresse knows NCAA Tournament upsets

Hokies hire Brooks, Crook to complete offensive staff Roanoke Times

Norfolk State to play No. 1 overall seed, defending national champ South Carolina in first NCAA Tournament since 2002 Norfolk Virginian-Pilot