Pirate Nation gives back with annual 24-hour fundraiser; ECU celebrates seventh day of giving Wednesday…No. 10 ECU Resumes Season Series With No. 18 Campbell; Jon Gilbert Named To NCAA Baseball Committee…Charlotte Topples No. 4 South Carolina in Uptown, 6-2… UTSA spending ahead of conference move…Wichita State expected to hire Oral Roberts’ Paul Mills as next men’s basketball coach 

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• THE SPORTS OBJECTIVE: ABSOLUTE EMPOWERMENT
  Jeff Connors with Vonta Leach
• ECU Recruiting News
  Class of 2024 starts with prized receiver

PIRATE NATION GIVES – 7th annual day of giving (TODAY) give.ecu.edu

ecupirates.com

• Pirates, Augustsson Take Top Honors At ECU Intercollegiate
• East Carolina Topples Campbell In Buies Creek
• No. 10 ECU Resumes Season Series With No. 18 Campbell
• Jon Gilbert Named To NCAA Baseball Committee
• Pirates Set For Midweek Test At UNC Wilmington
• Pirates Host No. 18 Duke Wednesday

WITN 7

• ECU Director of Athletics named to NCAA Division-I Baseball committee
• Pirate Nation gives back with annual 24-hour fundraiser
• Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce hears from ECU head football coach Mike Houston

247 Sports

• Everything ECU coach Mike Houston said after the team’s Tuesday spring practice
• Back in the number 4, Julius Wood ready to help lead ECU secondary
• Move inside to slot receiver a ‘natural’ one for Jaylen Johnson
• PODCAST: Is ECU already being disrespected in the national polls?

Highlights from ECU’s March 21 practice CBS Sports

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU celebrates seventh day of giving Wednesday
• ECU women’s basketball: Pirates’ magical season ends with loss to Texas in NCAA tournament opener

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Wichita State Defeats Kansas 9-3 in Tuesday Action
• SMU’s Neff Named Player of the Week After Two Top-35 Wins
• South Florida’s Berry Earns Second Player of the Week Honor of 2023
• UCF, Houston, South Florida Bring Home First Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Honors

USF interviews former Notre Dame coach Mike Brey for men’s basketball job Tampa Bay Times

Putting a bow on Tigers’ 22-23 season, looking ahead to big offseason Memphis Commercial AppealTulsa World

Maintaining momentum the primary topic as Tulane baseball team heads to tropics NOLA.com

Owls in the portal after McKie steps down  Temple News

Everett Withers returns as Temple’s defensive coordinator 247 Sports

Dallas Morning News

• SMU football wants to change its rushing attack, and a ‘baby bison’ might be the key piece
• Tylor Perry’s clutch overtime play leads UNT past Oklahoma State into NIT semifinals

 What to know before UC faces Utah Valley in NIT quarterfinals Cincinnati Enquirer

Houston Chronicle

• It’s the shoes: How the Jordan Brand has impacted UH basketball
• Podcast: Looking ahead to Houston vs. Miami in Sweet 16

Navy football opens spring camp with first-year head coach and two new coordinators Annapolis Capital

Wichita State expected to hire Oral Roberts’ Paul Mills as next men’s basketball coach Wichita Eagle

Denton Record Chronicle

• UNT players sense renewed enthusiasm as spring football practice begins
• Perry’s clutch 3 lifts UNT past OSU in NIT as speculation about McCasland’s future heats up

San Antonio Express News

Palm Beach Post

• FAU basketball faces Tennessee in March Madness. Here’s how to watch
•  Dusty May says no stage too big, no lights too bright for FAU

Charlotte 49ers

• Dale F. Halton: “Her Legacy Will Last Forever”
• Men’s Basketball Central: Charlotte vs. Eastern Kentucky CBI Championship
• Charlotte Outlasts Radford, 63-56, Advances to CBI Championship
• Charlotte Topples No. 4 South Carolina in Uptown, 6-2

Charlotte 49ers open spring practice with focus on ‘physical, fundamental football’ Charlotte Observer

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Transfer portal provided boost for most March Madness teams MSN

Raleigh News & Observer

• NC State football will face Tennessee in 2024 Duke’s Mayo Classic in Charlotte
• UNC football coach Mack Brown welcomes new analysts with years of NFL experience
• Trend or aberration? All Triangle basketball teams miss Sweet 16 for 1st time in years
• It’s been years since every Triangle basketball team missed the Sweet 16. We do the math

Winston Salem Journal

• Today in sports history: March 22
• Matt Calkins: Conference of also-rans? Pac-12’s woes continue with men’s NCAA tourney exits.
• Ohtani fans Trout, Japan tops US 3-2 for WBC championship
• Dennis Anderson: Bud Grant hunted peace and thrills far from football fields
• Houston-Miami matchup a battle for respect
• History points to another epic Gonzaga-UCLA clash

Sapakoff: Gamecocks’ special teams-only coach idea beats alternatives Charleston Post & Courier

ODU’s Mekhi Long, the Monarchs’ top rebounder and third-leading scorer, joins handful of teammates in transfer portal Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Toughness a defining trait in Georgia Tech quarterback derby
• Sedrick Van Pran’s return a centerpiece for another Georgia title run
• Numerically speaking, Georgia Bulldogs set for season