Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Spring reps revealing

ecupirates.com

• No. 10 Pirates Host Patriots For Weekend Set
• Pirates Begin Conference Play At South Florida Friday
• Football Adds Riles To 2023 Signing Class
• Pirates Set to Open Outdoor Season at N.C. State, Mount Olive

The East Carolinian

• Faith Jarvis goes the non-traditional route of a former athlete
• ECU Track and Field travels to Raleigh for start of outdoor season

WNCT 9

• ECU freshmen Bond, Jeter making strong impressions …
• Pirates add tight end from Florida to recruiting class

247 Sports

• Pennix, Rooks look to slice up defenses in Anae’s offense
• 10th-ranked Pirates drop frustrating midweek affair against No. 18 Campbell, 2-1

ECU softball: Pirates making an impact under second-year coach Winkler Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

CBS Sports

• WATCH: Sights and sounds from ECU spring practice
• NFL free agency 2023: Buccaneers release veteran kicker Ryan Succop after successful three-year run with team

Burges graduate Tristen Newton shines in first year with Connecticut YAHOO!

Mizzou adds experienced defensive assistant to staff as consultant Saturday Down South

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Memphis Falls in WNIT Super Sixteen to Bowling Green, 73-60
• Houston, Memphis Pick Up Pair of Midweek Wins
• Cincinnati Falls at Utah Valley in NIT Quarterfinals
• JMU, Florida, Cincinnati Claim Wednesday Wins; ECU Edged by Duke
• East Carolina’s Augustsson, Tulane’s Bernat Earn Weekly Golf Honors

March Madness 2023: Kelvin Sampson has Houston close to being sent home — to Final Four played across town CBS Sports

March Madness the very reason Marcus Sasser gave UH one more season Houston Chronicle

 FAU basketball stuns Tennessee to reach Elite Eight Palm Beach Post

Charlotte 49ers top Eastern Kentucky to earn College Basketball Invitational title Charlotte Observer

Tigers player strikes Bowling Green player in handshake line after WNIT loss Memphis Commercial Appeal

New USF football coach Alex Golesh monitoring Bulls’ every move, meeting, meal Tampa Bay Times

Tulsa World

• The Bill Haisten Podcast: Remember when TU basketball was great? A talk with Eric Coley
• TU opens spring practice without a defensive coordinator, but Kevin Wilson isn’t panicking

NOLA.com

• Tulane slugs its way to comfortable 14-9 win at Washington
• A Louisiana Tech transfer is embracing a winning culture with Tulane football

Jose Barbon among standouts at Temple’s Pro Day  Temple News

NCAA Women’s Final Four in Dallas: Schedule, event list and more from championship weekend Dallas Morning News

UC’s Bearcats drop their NIT quarterfinals vs. Utah Valley Cincinnati Enquirer

Bill Wagner’s weekend wanderings: Former Navy sports information director to be honored by Pro Football Hall of Fame | COMMENTARY Annapolis Capital

New Wichita State basketball coach Paul Mills discusses expectations and recruiting Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Hurricanes clinch playoff spot, still have everything to gain over final three weeks
• Hurricanes fall to Rangers in second meeting in three days amid playoff-like atmosphere
• NASCAR drivers excited by North Wilkesboro Speedway’s slick track, nostalgic feel
• UNC football coach Mack Brown welcomes new analysts with years of NFL experience
• UNC basketball big man Armando Bacot planning to run it back with Tar Heels … again

Winston Salem Journal

• NCAA Tournament recap: Gonzaga wins another thriller over UCLA; Florida Atlantic stuns Tennessee; plus updated brackets and today’s schedule
• Photos: Scenes from Thursday’s Sweet 16 action
• Florida Atlantic makes first Elite Eight, bounces Tennessee
• No. 3 Zags earn dramatic Sweet 16 win over No. 2 UCLA
• UConn dominates Arkansas in Sweet 16
• South Region preview: Alabama and surprising bunch remain in South
• NCAA men’s tournament roundup: Nowell’ 19 assists lift Kansas State; Florida Atlantic ousts Tennessee
• Markquis Nowell carries K-State past Michigan St. to Elite Eight
• Nowell breaks NCAA Tournament assist record, Kansas St. tops Michigan St in OT

Columbia The State

• Darius Rucker roasts national sports pundit over Dawn Staley job take
• What South Carolina’s Justin Stepp said about offseason Florida job interest
• How to watch, stream No. 11 Gamecocks’ Top 25 baseball showdown with Missouri
• Gamecocks QB legend appears, offense comes into focus during South Carolina practice