Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates nip Tribe, 6-5

ecupirates.com

• No. 10 East Carolina Turns Aside William & Mary
• Pirates Face Notre Dame To Begin Four-Day Homestand
• East Carolina Drops Midweek Clash At UNCW
• ECU Returns To Gridiron With Opening Of Spring Practice

247 Sports

• Pirates take midweek win over Tribe, 6-5
• ECU 6, William & Mary 5: How it looked from the stands
• ECU point guard Javon Small enters transfer portal
• ECU loses two assistants as spring practice begins
• PODCAST: ECU AD Jon Gilbert discusses basketball, Pirates Unite, and more
• ECU freshman guard Saxby Sunderland enters transfer portal

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU men’s basketball: Small, Sunderland enter transfer portal
• ECU baseball: Pirates hold off Tribe for midweek win

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• UCF, Cincinnati Advance to NIT Second Round
• UCF Sweeps Florida State in Midweek Action
• South Florida Splits Midweek Doubleheader
• South Florida’s Peacock, SMU’s Zhang Earn Golf Weekly Honors

Tampa Bay Times

• USF women seek historic opportunity as NCAA tourney begins
• 10 possible candidates for the USF men’s basketball coaching job

Barack Obama believes in Memphis basketball. How far his March Madness bracket has Tigers going Memphis Commercial Appeal

What Ryan Silverfield said as Memphis football prepares to start spring practice USA Today

TU lands Louisiana Tech guard Cobe Williams out of the portal Tulsa World

NCAA Tournament: First-round schedule, TV info, times, betting lines NOLA.com

Khalif Battle enters transfer portal  Temple News

SMU women’s hoops want to avoid ‘worst thing’ about March, win NIT Dallas Morning News

Cincinnati basketball advances in NIT after win over Virginia Tech | Replay Cincinnati Enquirer

Here’s how to watch the Cincinnati Bearcats vs Hofstra in the NIT YAHOO!

UCF routs host UF in NIT opener to leave Gators with losing record Orlando Sentinel

Smith: Now’s time for Jarace Walker to make lasting UH impression Houston Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• As Oral Roberts seeks to again become March Cinderella, larger mission remains controversial
• Duke ascendant, UNC pulls the plug as the mighty pendulum of rivalry swings the other way
• For Duke basketball, winning ACC title was nice, but Blue Devils focus on larger prize
• Who’s going to win the NCAA Tournament? Former President Barack Obama picks Duke
• NHL Stadium Series outdoor hockey game brought serious money to Triangle, report says
• NC State, Virginia on collision course? Breaking down Wolfpack’s NCAA Tournament road
• What’s next for UNC basketball? After a disappointing season, Tar Heels look forward

Winston Salem Journal

• Today in sports history: March 16
• NCAA tournament’s ‘don’t-miss’ games
• The NCAA tournament’s top seeds
• Women’s First Four: Mississippi State, Sacred Heart advance
• Mississippi State women top Illinois at First Four
• Fairleigh Dickinson beats Texas Southern in First Four
• NCAA women’s tournament roundup: Sacred Heart beats Southern for 1st NCAA tourney win
• NCAA men’s tournament roundup: Arizona State races to early lead, beats Nevada 98-73 in First Four

Charleston Post & Courier

• Sapakoff: Doing Aflac spots with Dawn Staley ‘amazing,’ says Coach K
• Clemson one-and-done in NIT with loss to Morehead State
• NCAA notes: Porter-Gaud’s Josiah-Jordan James glad he returned to Vols; Cougars charter flight
• College of Charleston fan ‘Johnny Ballgame’ Kelsey makes the scene with Cougars

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• He mostly runs the scout team. But former Maury High star Chase Coleman has no regrets about staying at UVA.
• Cincinnati ends Virginia Tech’s season with first-round NIT victory
• Back in the NCAA Tournament, UVA prepares for ‘an exciting challenge’ against Furman