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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPTuesday, February 20, 2024

February 20, 2024 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

  • No. 11 ECU Visits Campbell For Midweek Showdown
  • Jenkins-Cowart Tabbed AAC Player Of The Week

The East Carolinian

  • Pirate Baseball sweeps Rider to open season
  • ECU WBB lose in a close game against Memphis Tigers

WNCT 9

  • ECU’s Jenkins-Cowart tabbed AAC Player Of The Week
  • Episode 20 of ‘Inside Pirate Athletics’
  • Former ECU star impresses, off to ‘American Idol’

PODCAST: Takeaways from ECU’s opening weekend sweep 247 Sports

Greenville sports icon Marvin Jarman dies at 77 Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • Florida Atlantic Sweeps Softball Weekly Awards
  • UTSA Sweeps Women’s Basketball Weekly Honors
  • JMU, Temple, Vanderbilt Players Take Weekly Women’s Lacrosse Honors
  • South Florida’s Miguel, Tulsa’s Haggerty Earn Weekly Honors
  • East Carolina’s Jenkins-Cowart, Tulane’s Welch Earn Baseball Weekly Honors
  • SMU, UTSA Earn Sunday Women’s Hoops Wins
  • East Carolina Defeats Longwood on Sunday
  • Commissioner Mike Aresco on the Passing of South Florida Softball Player Alexis Buchman

USF men’s basketball feeling bullish as tournament season nears ABC Action News

Tulsa women return home after costly loss at Wichita State Tulsa World

Tulane’s Chandler Welch named American Athletic Conference pitcher of the week NOLA.com

Penny Hardaway admits ‘some’ Tigers failed to fight in loss to SMU WREG

Martin: Sick of watching this Memphis basketball team? So is Penny Hardaway. Daily Memphian

Penny Hardaway says after Memphis basketball’s blowout, he’ll play only ‘guys that are bought in’ Memphis Commercial Appeal

Jones leads Memphis against Charlotte The Associated Press

Temple beats Tulane for third straight win  Temple News

247 Sports

  • Temple tied for first place in American after beating Tulane
  • 2024 college football spring games, practices: Schedules for every FBS team

UNT OL outlook for 2024: Mean Green needs transfers to thrive after top players depart Dallas Morning News

Pair of key players close to returning for UNT men’s basketball team Denton Record Chronicle

PJ Haggerty and Tulsa earn OT win over Rice Houston Chronicle

In midst of losing season, Wichita State basketball tries to find joy playing the game Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • Will Tyrese Proctor play for No. 8 Duke basketball at Miami? Blue Devils prepared regardless
  • NC State basketball gets another shot at Syracuse at home after big ACC win at Clemson
  • Where does one former Panthers scout rank UNC’s Drake Maye entering 2024 NFL Combine?

WRAL

  • Turnovers doom Duke women’s basketball in 70-62 loss to No. 19 Notre Dame
  • Duke rises to No. 8, UNC falls to No. 10 in AP Top 25
  • Southern California jumps to 7th in women’s AP Top 25. South Carolina is still unanimous No. 1
  • N.C. State women hold on in overtime to beat Georgia Tech 86-85

After sweeping weekend series, No. 1 Wake Forest travels to UNC Greensboro Winston Salem Journal

Columbia The State

  • Former star Gamecocks running back announces retirement from NFL
  • Police report details arrest of Clemson football player DeMonte Capehart

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

  • ‘Another gritty win’: Norfolk State rides strong second half to win over NC Central
  • College basketball roundup: First-place College of Charleston withstands William & Mary’s upset bid
  • Region/state roundup: Old Dominion’s baseball game at No. 14 UVA moved back to Wednesday

The Associated Press

  • No. 21 Washington State, back in the Top 25 for first time in 16 years, eyes trip to No. 4 Arizona
  • Major conferences races heating up down the stretch
  • Shead scores 26 as No. 2 Houston beats No. 6 Iowa State 73-65
  • Kidd propels Virginia Tech to a 75-41 romp over Virginia
  • Girard and Clemson host Georgia Tech

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • William Byron wins Daytona 500
  • Alex Bowman triggers ‘the big one’ in the Daytona 500 but escapes damage and comes home second
  • Austin Hill opens Xfinity Season with third consecutive win at Daytona
  • The NBA’s scoring boom is still going strong, and some wonder if that’s a good thing
  • Nets fire coach Jacque Vaughn with team in 11th place at the All-Star break
  • Hundreds are set to descend on Tahiti for Olympic surfing. Can locals protect their way of life?
  • New Raiders offensive coordinator Luke Getsy not locked into a run-based offense
  • Steve Kerr’s son finding his way in coaching not far from where his dad leads NBA stars
  • Necas, Aho help Hurricanes hold on to beat Blackhawks 6-3
  • Sabres’ season-opening high aspirations are but a faint glimmer in falling further out of contention
  • Joseph and Forsberg lead Senators past Lightning 4-2
  • The Wild made their win over the Canucks a perfect 10, setting the team record for goals
  • Chelsea targets Brighton again to bring in its head of recruitment
  • Hideki Matsuyama closes with 62 at Riviera to break PGA Tour victory record for Asian-born players
  • Ohtani takes live batting practice with Dodgers in his latest step forward in comeback from surgery
  • Philadelphia Phillies hope to sign Zack Wheeler to a long-term deal, Dave Dombrowski says

Raleigh News & Observer

  • William Byron wins NASCAR’s Daytona 500 after The Big One comes late in the race
  • William Byron grew up in Charlotte. Now he has won NASCAR’s biggest race, the Daytona 500
  • William Byron is emerging among NASCAR’s biggest stars. But he’s still ‘the other guy’
  • Carolina Hurricanes down Chicago. How the Canes beat the Hawks for third straight win

WRAL

  • Necas, Aho help Hurricanes hold on to beat Blackhawks 6-3
  • William Byron launches Hendrick Motorsports’ 40th anniversary season with win in Daytona 500

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