Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Throng sees Pirates claim series over GMU

ecupirates.com

• No. 10 ECU Downs George Mason 8-1 In Series Clincher
• Pirates Fall At South Florida SB, 9-5
• William & Mary WTennis Tops East Carolina, 5-2
• Pirates Wrap Up First Weekend of Outdoor T&F Competition

WITN 7

• 10th ranked ECU baseball pulls away to clinch series win over George Mason
• ECU running backs show off burst in first spring scrimmage

247 Sports

• ECU takes second straight from George Mason, 8-1
• Four-star CB Antione Jackson signs with East Carolina

ECU baseball: Pirates erupt for late runs in Saturday’s win over George Mason Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Houston, South Florida Clinch First Conference Series Wins
• Florida, JMU, Vanderbilt Take Conference Wins Saturday

 FAU headed to Final Four after beating Kansas State: ‘It feels like a dream’ Palm Beach Post

Unheralded Owls shock another foe Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Some new (and old) names to ponder as the USF men’s basketball search lingers Tampa Bay Times

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  Memphis’s Jamirah Shutes charged with assault after punch in handshake line
• Tigers issue statement after WNIT postgame handshake incident

Tulsa World

• Throwback Tulsa: Thousands welcome NIT champion TU home 42 years ago today
• Bill Haisten: TU’s Eric Konkol – one year in but back at the starting line
• After difficult first season, TU coach Eric Konkol remains optimistic about program’s future

NOLA.com

• Presented one set of rings on Saturday, Tulane showcases the potential for more
• Photos: Tulane holds spring football game to get 2023 season started

San Diego State and SMU continue to be make headlines in Pac-12 expansion discussions Sports Illustrated

Houston Chronicle

• University of Houston basketball: ‘This could have been the year’
• Solomon: UConn has the look of a champion once again

Navy athletics scoreboard operator Dave Hoffman, ‘a true American hero,’ has never missed a game Annapolis Capital

Wichita Eagle

• Details emerge in 5-year contract for new Wichita State basketball coach Paul Mills
• New Wichita State basketball coach Paul Mills discusses expectations and recruiting

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Florida Atlantic’s historic run headlines NCAA Tournament winners and losers from Saturday’s Elite Eight YAHOO!

Raleigh News & Observer

• UNC football looking for ‘thunder and lightning’ as Tar Heels hope to improve pass rush
• Miami basketball flies the ACC flag in a busy — and historic — week for the conference

A battle off the court: UNC legend Eric Montross diagnosed with cancer WRAL

Winston Salem Journal

• NCAA Tournament recap: UConn reaches first Final Four in 9 years, FAU’s first ever; plus updated brackets and today’s schedule
• Today in sports history: March 26
• FAU edges K-State 79-76, advances to Final Four as 9 seed
• Women’s NCAA roundup: Ohio St. ends UConn’s Elite Eight strea

Columbia The State

• Another walk-off win as South Carolina sweeps Missouri
• Sweet and swift: No. 1 South Carolina runs past UCLA to reach NCAA Elite Eight game
• How Brea Beal built up, and flourished in, role as South Carolina’s lockdown defender

Virginia Tech women turn back Tennessee, advance to first Elite Eight Norfolk Virginian-Pilot