Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

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ecupirates.com

• Pirates Travel to Old Dominion Saturday
• Pirates Shut Out By Notre Dame, 7-0
• 38th Annual Pigskin Pig-Out Update
• No. 10 East Carolina Plays Host To Missouri State

The East Carolinian

• ANALYSIS: ECU athletics have entered a renaissance
• WBB’s postseason journey to the NCAA tournament
• Ranking 2023 ECU baseball’s walkout songs
• WBB AAC Championship painted purple
• MBB season ends against No. 1 Houston in the AAC semi-finals

WNCT 9

• ECU women arrive in Texas for NCAA Tournament
• Pirates shut out by Notre Dame, 7-0

WITN 7

• ECU softball blanked by Notre Dame
• 10th ranked ECU baseball edges William & Mary

247 Sports

• SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: ECU returns to field for second day of spring practice
• With her confidence all the way back, Danae McNeal leads ECU into NCAA Tournament
• Pirates take midweek win over Tribe, 6-5
• ECU 6, William & Mary 5: How it looked from the stands

ECU women’s basketball: No. 13 Pirates kick off NCAA tournament against No. 4 Texas Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Houston Advances to NCAA Second Round with 63-52 Win over Northern Kentucky
• Memphis, SMU Advance to WNIT Second Round

Tampa Bay Times

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

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  Fallon includes Memphis’ Chandler Lawson in bit on ‘The Tonight Show’
•  How Memphis’ Kendric Davis, other first-timers are approaching March Madness
•  Tigers top Jackson State for first WNIT win since 2012

Tulane’s baseball team, at times ‘mentally vacant,’ is looking for way out of a skid NOLA.com

Khalif Battle enters transfer portal  Temple News

SMU women’s basketball cruises to victory over Arkansas-Little Rock to advance in WNIT Dallas Morning News

Cincinnati Enquirer

•  UC Bearcats have matinee NIT date at Hofstra with 5/3 Arena unvailable
•  Here’s how to watch the Cincinnati Bearcats vs Hofstra in the NIT

Houston Chronicle

• All-American Sasser back in Houston lineup for NCAA opener
• Highlights from Houston’s NCAA tournament win over Northern Kentucky
• Smith: UH’s road home to Final Four is off to a bumpy start

UH star Marcus Sasser now a big question mark at March Madness KHOU

Wichita State basketball leading scorer enters transfer portal amid coaching change Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• UVA is out of NCAA Tournament after 1-point loss to 13th-seeded Furman
• Taylor Heinicke says he signed with Falcons to be Ridder’s backup
• St. John’s considering NSU’s Robert Jones for its vacant coach job, source says
• Buzz Williams knew his marriage with Virginia Tech would be fleeting

Raleigh News & Observer

• Furman delivers the first madness of this NCAA Tournament with finish that will endure
• Duke basketball dominates Oral Roberts in 74-51 first-round NCAA Tournament victory
• Duke basketball continues early-game dominance while playing with chip on its shoulder
• Duke basketball discovers a level of defense not seen since its coach was a player
• Creighton, NC State’s NCAA Tournament foe, still has a place in Triangle sports infamy
• NC State basketball’s NCAA opener against Creighton may come down to battle of big fellas
• NC State basketball’s Terquavion Smith came back for this. It’s his time to shine
• NCAA Tournament South Region news and notes: Two Hurleys, a unicorn and the Bluejays
• Duke, UNC, NC State women’s basketball teams look to make deep NCAA Tournament runs

Winston Salem Journal

• NCAA Tourney recap: Most March Madness brackets bust as top teams fall before Day 2
• On the rise, Big Ten eyes women’s NCAA tourney breakthrough
• Arizona, Virginia add to reputations for March sadness
• Tony Paul: What does TV broadcast future look like for Tigers, Wings and Pistons?
• Andrew Funk, No. 10 Penn State deep-six No. 7 Texas A&M
• No. 2 UCLA jumps to early lead, routs No. 15 UNC Asheville
• No. 1 Houston takes down No. 16 Northern Kentucky
• Sir’Jabari Rice leads No. 2 seed Texas over Colgate
• No. 7 Northwestern races past No. 10 Boise State
• Today in sports history: March 17

Columbia The State

• Mark Kingston, Gamecocks ready for first SEC test of the season at Georgia
• Furman delivers the first madness of this NCAA Tournament with finish that will endure
• How to watch as No. 1 South Carolina opens NCAA Tournament vs. Norfolk State

Charleston Post & Courier

• Gamecocks looking to give their ‘mother hen’ one last championship ride
• Sapakoff: A short, happy College of Charleston career for Ryan Larson
• College of Charleston’s ‘super special’ season comes to an end in NCAA Tournament

NCAA Tournament live updates: Will St. Patrick’s Day offer more March Madness upsets? USA Today

March Madness: Brackets busted! Top teams fall before Day 2 Omaha.com