Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ECU completes sweep

 

ecupirates.com

• UNC Greensboro Edges East Carolina, 4-3
• Pirates Hold Off Presbyterian In Jolly Roger Invite Finale
• No. 10 East Carolina Sweeps Away Missouri State
• Pirates Set To Host ECU Intercollegiate
• Pirates Fall to Texas in NCAA Tournament, 79-40

ECU baseball sweeps weekend series with Missouri State WCTI 12

WNCT 9

• No. 10 East Carolina sweeps away Missouri State
• Pirates hold off Presbyterian in Jolly Roger Invite finale

WITN 7

• 10th ranked ECU baseball sweeps Missouri State
• ECU football holds first full pads practice of spring ball in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium

247 Sports

• No. 10 ECU completes three-game sweep of Missouri State
• ECU 10, Missouri State 1: How it looked from the stands
• Texas rolls to 79-40 NCAA Tournament win over East Carolina as UT guard Sonya Morris returns from injury
• ECU falls to Texas in opening round of NCAA Tournament

ECU baseball: Pirates finish off sweep behind Grosz’s gem, Moylan’s 4-for-4 day Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Mo-State swept by East Carolina in road series KOLR

What a college football 64-team playoff bracket would look like in 2023 ESPN

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• UCF Falls in NIT Second Round at Oregon, 68-54
• American Squads Go 6-1 in Sunday Action
• Wichita State, East Carolina Earn Sunday Wins
• South Florida Falls to South Carolina in NCAA Second Round
• East Carolina Falls to Texas in NCAA First Round

USF women hang with South Carolina for a half before succumbing down stretch Tampa Bay Times

Aliyah Boston leads Gamecocks past USF, into Sweet 16 as win streak reaches 40 Charleston Post & Courier

 Tigers start spring football practice looking for new playmakers Memphis Commercial Appeal

NOLA.com

• Tulane rallies from 3-1 deficit, beats Columbia for first series win of the year
• Clutch hitting, dominant pitching powers Tulane baseball team to much needed win

Temple quarterback E.J. Warner walks us through his process Philly.com

Bearcats advance in NIT with double-digit win over Hofstra Cincinnati Enquirer

Houston Chronicle

• Smith: UH’s win over Auburn a reminder of why they are No. 1
• Cougars are a No. 1 that’s not done
• Houston vs. Miami: What you need to know about Sweet 16 matchup

Payton Tolle did what? Another 2-way gem for Wichita State baseball star vs. Creighton Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• One year after NC State basketball coach was ‘humbled,’ Kevin Keatts can smile again
• Unable to stand its ground, Duke basketball shoved out of NCAA Tournament in loss to Vols
• Duke women’s basketball leaning on transfer experience in NCAA Tournament’s second round
• Duke women’s basketball downs Iona in first round of NCAA Tournament, faces Colorado next
• UNC women’s basketball survives St. John’s in 61-59 first-round NCAA Tournament win

Winston Salem Journal

• Today in sports history: March 20
• Ole Miss stuns Stanford, reaches first Sweet 16 in 16 years
• NCAA Tournament roundup: No. 6 Creighton ousts No. 3 Baylor
• No. 3 Gonzaga reaches Sweet 16 again with win over No. 6 TCU
• Nowell, late 3s lift Kansas State past Kentucky and into the Sweet 16
• No. 9 Florida Atlantic ends No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson’s run
• No. 5 Miami returns to Sweet 16 by beating No. 4 Indiana
• March Madness: Top-seeded SC moves on after topping South Florida

Columbia The State

• Hello, Sweet 16! No. 1 Gamecocks battle past USF Bulls to advance in NCAAs
• South Carolina’s ‘Freshies,’ with eyes on a repeat, let home finale marinate
• Dawn Staley shares story behind Cheyney State jersey worn during Sunday’s NCAA game
• Three observations from No. 16 South Carolina’s sweep at Georgia

Men’s NCAA Tournament Sunday night roundup: Miami ousts Indiana, becomes ACC’s only Sweet 16 team Norfolk Virginian-Pilot