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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPFriday, February 2, 2024

February 2, 2024 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Fast start sparks Bulls past ECU

ECU Hoops Gallery

East Carolina visits Charlotte following Milicic’s 22-point showing The Associated Press

East Carolina vs. Tulsa – Women’s College Basketball – How to Watch Athlon Sports

ecupirates.com

  • “Total Team Effort” Lifts Pirates to Victory Over Tulsa WBB, 56-48
  • ECU Baseball Opens At No. 13 In NCBWA Preseason Poll
  • 39th Annual Pigskin Pig-Out Party Set For April 12-13
  • Pirates Track & Field Sends Contingents to Virginia Tech and South Carolina
  • Pirates Fall At Home To South Florida MBB, 71-60

The East Carolinian

  • ANALYSIS: ECU checks off every box needed to be contenders
  • Pirates Set Sail for Charlotte hoping to sink 49ers
  • TEC Athlete of the Month: Danae McNeal

WNCT 9

  • ECU baseball opens No. 13 in NCBWA preseason poll
  • ‘Total Team Effort’ lifts Pirates to victory over Tulsa, 56-48
  • ECU Football announces Annual Spring Game will be April 13th
  • Pirates fall at home to South Florida, 71-60

WITN 7

  • ECU women’s basketball wins “Monumental” game over Tulsa
  • ECU Football announces Annual Spring Game will be April 13th
  • Youngblood scores 20, South Florida wins over East Carolina

247 Sports

  • 1971: Phares’ big fly sends Diamond Dawgs to Omaha for the first time
  • ECU spring football game set for April 13
  • USF 71, ECU 60: How it looked from the baselines
  • Everything Mike Schwartz said after ECU’s loss to USF

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

  • ECU women’s basketball: Gordon, McNeal power Pirates past Tulsa
  • ECU men’s basketball: Pirates can’t keep up with USF in home loss

Liberty announces 2024 football schedule The News & Advance

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • South Florida Defeats East Carolina to Move into Tie for First Place
  • East’s Buzzer Beater Lifts Temple Past Wichita State
  • East Carolina, FIU Earn Weekly Swimming and Diving Honors
  • Charlotte’s Quiterio Named Player of the Week After 4-0 Showing at ITA Kickoff Weekend
  • Charlotte, North Texas, Rice, South Florida Claim Weekly Indoor Track & Field Honors
  • James Madison Edges Florida As Favorite In 2024 Women’s Lacrosse Preseason Poll
  • Rice Athletics to Add Women’s Diving in 2024

How Igor Milicic Jr. has led Charlotte 49ers’ men’s basketball on seven-game win streak Charlotte Observer

Wichita State plays Memphis, looks to break road skid The Associated Press

USF hoops reporter Russ Wood would have reveled in Bulls’ resurgence  Tampa Tribune

USF softball prepares for plenty of home cooking this season ABC Action News

Memphis basketball’s losing streak now at four games after loss to lowly Rice Memphis Commercial Appeal

Memphis basketball vs. Wichita State: Score prediction for Penny Hardaway’s struggling Tigers YAHOO!

Tigers’ hit rock bottom following fourth consecutive loss WREG

Tulsa World

  • Tulsa women miss chance to join AAC co-leaders
  • Bill Haisten: As TU builds momentum, Paul Mills endures a last-place run at Wichita State

NOLA.com

  • Former Tulane QB Michael Pratt hopes to answer NFL’s questions about him this week
  • Triple loyalty: Teo Banks, Brady Marget, Jackson Linn back for third year with Tulane baseball
  • Kyren Whittington sparks Tulane women past Charlotte

Temple News

  • East’s buzzer-beater lifts Temple past Wichita State
  • Wynter moves from hardwood history to next generation

East’s buzzer-beating three shocks Wichita State 247 Sports

Tyreek Smith, Ricardo Wright each score 16, SMU hangs on to beat Tulane for conference win Dallas Morning News

Denton Record Chronicle

  • UNT greats not at all surprised to see Mean Green great Zach Orr promoted to Ravens DC
  • UAB charges back from 17 down to stun UNT, snap Mean Green’s 17-game home win streak

UTSA women’s basketball knocks off first-place North Texas in overtime San Antonio Express News

Wichita Eagle

  • Wichita State basketball fails to protect 15-point lead in late-game loss at Tulsa
  • Wichita State basketball has an out-of-halftime problem. These stats illustrate it

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • NC State women’s basketball holds off rival UNC, 63-59, in battle of ranked teams
  • A requiem for NC’s Tobacco Road as it loses stature in a changing college sports world
  • Tobacco Road by the numbers: How many games? How many farms? How many big match-ups?
  • How the Wolfpack ignored the ‘noise’ to end a three-game losing streak by beating Miami

WRAL

  • James, Rivers help No. 5 N.C. State hold off No. 24 North Carolina 63-59 in rivalry game
  • Wes Moore: It was an ugly baby but it’s our baby
  • Duke women roll past Pitt, 69-38

Charlotte Observer

  • Duke-UNC rivalry has something it has been missing, and it’s not a pair of top-25 rankings
  • Mike Martin, Charlotte native and legendary baseball coach at Florida State, dies at 79

Winston Salem Journal

  • Wake Forest Notebook: Baseball team picks up another preseason No. 1 ranking
  • Down 18 at half, Nebraska rallies to stun No. 6 Wisconsin
  • NCAA spent years fighting losing battles, now helpless to defend legal challenges
  • NCAA places 15-year show cause against ex-Alabama baseball coach Bohannon in gambling case
  • PHOTOS: Winston-Salem State 77-52 over J.C. Smith in men’s basketball

Charleston Post & Courier

  • Short-handed Gamecocks lean on Watkins to dispatch Auburn
  • UNC Wilmington sweeps College of Charleston in regular-season series
  • College of Charleston’s Ante Brzovic becoming ‘best version of myself’
  • Short-handed Charleston Southern pulls off comeback at Radford
  • The Citadel blows 18-point lead, falls in OT to Furman
  • Gamecocks leaving no doubt that they belong among nation’s best

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

  • ODU rallies in second half, holds off Marshall for second Sun Belt Conference victory
  • William & Mary falls at home to Delaware, Hampton U. drops 13th straight game in road loss
  • Kitley’s 33 points, 18 rebounds lead No. 17 Virginia Tech women over Virginia

Cunningham: With NCAA closing in, Tennessee suddenly in favor of labor rights for… Atlanta Journal Constitution

The Associated Press

  • Senior Bowl features well-traveled QBs, other top prospects
  • Nebraska erases 18-point 2nd-half deficit, knocks off No. 6 Wisconsin in OT, 80-72
  • South Carolina plays Georgia, looks for 4th straight road win
  • UNC Asheville hosts Talford and Winthrop
  • N.C. A&T puts home win streak on the line against Elon
  • Notre Dame visits Pittsburgh after Carrington’s 24-point game

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • Analysis: Bill Belichick was passed over this coaching cycle but don’t count his career over yet
  • Patrick Mahomes and Brock Purdy are chasing greatness and the greatest in Tom Brady and Joe Montana
  • Austin Reaves hits 7 3-pointers, Lakers stun Celtics 114-105 without LeBron James, Anthony Davis
  • Lewis Hamilton’s departure was a ‘surprise’ at breakfast meeting, Mercedes team principal Wolff says
  • Hall of Fame tennis player Andre Agassi uncovers new passion with pickleball
  • Grizzlies trade Steven Adams to Rockets for Victor Oladipo and draft picks
  • NHL All-Star Weekend has a new look, leaning into some old ideas after input from Connor McDavid
  • ESPN looks at NHL All-Star weekend in Toronto as chance to experiment with more coverage
  • Darwin Nunez an injury doubt for Liverpool’s match at Arsenal
  • Patrick Cantlay takes off PGA Tour board hat, shoots 64. He trails Thomas Detry by 1 at Pebble Beach
  • Pebble Beach has an elite field, no celebrities but the same old ‘Crosby’ weather
  • Orioles land their ace, acquiring All-Star right-hander Corbin Burnes from Milwaukee

Raleigh News & Observer

  • Carolina Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho is an NHL All-Star. But is he a ‘superstar’?
  • When will Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen return? Canes issue health update
  • Panthers’ introductory news conference for Dave Canales, Dan Morgan felt like a win
  • Dave Canales excited to be in Carolina
  • Will Ejiro Evero, rest of Carolina Panthers’ defense stay? Dave Canales seems to hope so
  • PNC Arena could generate $3 billion for Wake County in next five years, report says

WRAL

  • What Dave Canales’ offense can teach us about the Carolina Panthers’ future
  • Panthers add former Kansas City vice president of football operations to front office
  • How much does PNC Arena contribute to Wake economy? New study puts a dollar figure on it.
  • Hurricanes’ goaltender Frederick Andersen set to return to ice

Charlotte Observer

  • Panthers’ introductory news conference for Dave Canales, Dan Morgan felt like a win
  • Coach Dave Canales, GM Dan Morgan and 4 words to redefine the new Carolina Panthers
  • What does Carolina Panthers’ Dave Canales think of Bryce Young? ‘He’s the right guy’
  • Panthers introduce head coach Dave Canales, GM Dan Morgan: ‘It’s going to get better’
  • Charlotte FC’s Karol Swiderski leaving for top-level team in Italy

Washington Post

  • The Commanders got Dan Quinn. Now they need a top offensive mind.
  • Washington Commanders are set to hire Dan Quinn as head coach
  • Orioles get their ace in Cy Young winner Corbin Burnes
  • $243 for a ticket? Pay up. Caitlin Clark might be worth it.
  • NFL considers XFL kickoff; concussions on play down due to fewer returns
  • She’s 17, and she shares an agency with LeBron James
  • In Morgan State wrestling’s return, an Olympic legend eyes new heights

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Hawks’ Trae Young not an All-Star despite averaging 27 points per game
  • Falcons’ Raheem Morris goes with two first-time NFL signal-callers
  • Commanders’ new coach? Former Falcons coach Dan Quinn
  • Braves’ Charlie Morton seeks to enjoy the rest of his journey, however long it lasts

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