Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Purple-Gold Spring Football Game Update; Pigskin Pig-Out Party Cancelled
• ECU-UCF Baseball Series Schedule Altered By Weather
• No. 12 ECU Battles UCF In American Conference Series
• Yesavage Tabbed To Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List
• Pirates Travel To Houston SB Thursday
• Pirates Set to Compete at Duke Invitational

The East Carolinian

• ECU’s 2023 football roster begins annual preseason practices
• ECU Baseball Braces for Home Stand against UCF
• Baseball puts on a home run derby against NC State
• ECU Track and Field set to attend Duke Invitational

WNCT 9

• Possible bad weather changes Pig-Out, ECU baseball schedules
• Yesavage tabbed to Golden Spikes Award midseason …

ECU baseball series with UCF moved up, Pigskin Pig-Out Party cancelled, Spring Game still on WITN 7

247 Sports

• Mike Schwartz details what ECU is looking for in the portal
• OT transfer Owen Murphy commits to East Carolina
• Mike Houston shares thoughts on four new staff hires, Steve Shankweiler’s new role
• ECU, UCF series will begin with doubleheader on Thursday
• UNC basketball transfer Dontrez Styles to visit ECU before Georgetown, decision; NC State ‘heavily involved’

ECU baseball: Pirates blast six home runs in win over N.C. State Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• UCF Wins Fifth Straight SB Game
• Cincinnati’s Ford, Tulsa’s Thomas Claim Weekly Golf Honors
• East Carolina Hits Six Home Runs in Victory over NC State

What will USF’s spring game look like? Alex Golesh still deciding Tampa Bay Times

Who Memphis, Penny Hardaway is pursuing in the transfer portal Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulane pitcher Ricky Castro is enjoying a solid, commanding year on the mound NOLA.com

Fisher looks to change culture and bring energy to Temple  Temple News

Dallas Morning News

• Pac-12 realignment talks went quiet. What does that mean for SMU?
• SMU OL Hyrin White is seeking elusive healthy season with Mustangs
• UNT introduces longtime assistant Ross Hodge, Jason Burton as new basketball coaches

Navy football’s new outside linebackers coach Ricky Brown brings NFL pedigree to coaching staff Baltimore Sun

Temple ushers in the Adam Fisher era with an introductory press conference Philadelphia Inquirer

UAB coach Trent Dilfer embraces Hugh Freeze’s spring idea at Auburn: ‘Pretty, please.’ AL.com

How a dream became reality for Wichita State softball with win over No. 2 team in country Wichita Eagle

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• The missing piece of UConn’s national title team was waiting for the Huskies at ECU
• Which Duke basketball players are leaving? Who’s staying? What we know
• Second Duke basketball freshmen enters his name in NBA Draft, but it’s not a surprise
• Duke basketball search for a veteran big man in transfer portal turns close to home

Dontrez Styles talks about why he left UNC ahead of new decision YAHOO!

Winston Salem Journal

• Greg Cote: On taunting, warning for Miami/FAU and the rise of the women’s game
• LSU’s Reese on White House flap: ‘We’ll go to the Obamas’
• Chris Barnette, a former offensive coordinator for N.C. A&T, joins WSSU as its next offensive coordinator

WRAL

• Revisiting NC State’s 1983 miracle run 40 years later
• ‘You need to know your history’: Former Cardiac Pack players recognize impact of NC State’s 1983 title run
• Jim Valvano’s far-reaching contributions to basketball make him natural Hall of Fame pick
• North Carolina men’s basketball to play in 2024 Maui Invitational
• Dariq Whitehead declares for NBA Draft after one season at Duke