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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPFriday, February 23, 2024

February 23, 2024 By Greg Vacek 1 Comment

Pirate baseball takes on UNC in ranked matchup… Pirate Invitational Schedule For Friday Altered Due To Rain… Sink or Swim Pirates ready for AAC Championship meets

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ECU on run going to Rice

ecupirates.com

  • ECU Completes Day One Of AAC Championships
  • Pirate Invitational Schedule For Friday Altered Due To Rain
  • No. 11 ECU Challenges No. 15 North Carolina
  • Friday Contest At North Carolina Moved To 5 P.M.
  • Pirates Set To Host Pirate Invitational Friday
  • Pirates Set For Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational
  • Pirates Set for 2024 AAC Indoor Championships

The East Carolinian

  • Sink or Swim Pirates ready for AAC Championship meets
  • Pirate baseball takes on UNC in ranked matchup

First pitch time change as No. 11 ECU takes on No. …  WNCT 9

ECU baseball’s Parker Byrd gets baseball card, game at UNC Friday moved back WITN 7

247 Sports

  • Pirates go for four in a row as they travel to Rice
  • Pirate defense not immune to feeling impact of offseason change
  • ECU set to name Rico Zackery new DE/OLB coach

ECU women’s basketball: Third consecutive loss spoils gems from McNeal, Joyner Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

East Carolina plays Rice following Felton’s 21-point performance Washington Post

KLTV

  • Rice vs. East Carolina Predictions & Picks: Spread, Total – February 24
  • SMU vs. East Carolina Women’s Basketball Predictions & Picks – February 24

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • FIU Sweeps Events on First Day of 2024 American Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships
  • Four American Teams Earn Midweek Wins
  • South Florida Increases Lead in American Standings to Two Games
  • 2024 American Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships Set for Friday In Birmingham
  • UAB Defeats Samford 10-4 in Softball
  • Charlotte, South Florida, Tulsa Earn Wednesday Hoops Wins

Why USF men’s basketball is still on the bubble despite leading the AAC Tampa Tribune

New Memphis players bond over thirst for vengeance from March Madness loss vs FAU Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa women show resiliency with big comeback win over UAB | Barry Lewis’ three takeaways Tulsa World

UC Irvine home series a litmus test for Tulane baseball team’s progress NOLA.com

Temple survives offensive struggles to beat UTSA  Temple News

SMU basketball sees 6-game win streak snapped with loss to Florida Atlantic Dallas Morning News

Goldin’s 21 help Florida Atlantic take down SMU 80-70 FOX

Goldin’s 21 points help Florida Atlantic take down SMU 80-70 Sun Sentinel

UTSA offense goes cold in 4th quarter against Temple KSAT

UTSA hits late offensive slump in loss to Temple San Antonio Express News

‘Thick skin and big hearts’: Team meeting clears air for Wichita State basketball to win Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

College Baseball What To Watch For: Week 2 Baseball America

WRAL

  • Lexi Donarski scores 23, powers North Carolina past No. 6 N.C. State, 80-70
  • Duke women beat No. 17 Syracuse 58-45; Orange’s Fair scores 22, pulls within 4 of Brittney Griner
  • Jeremy Roach leads No. 8 Duke in 84-55 rout over Miami

Charleston Post & Courier

  • Gamecocks look for repairs with NCAA Tournament hopes dented
  • Kobe Rodgers-led CofC beats Delaware for 6th straight victory
  • Furman football player’s death was unrelated to practice, university says
  • Top-ranked Gamecocks can clinch another SEC title at home

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

  • College basketball roundup: Virginia Wesleyan upends national No. 7 Guilford, reaches ODAC semifinals
  • Hampton men win at Campbell for second consecutive CAA victory after 13 defeats

The Associated Press

  • EA Sports College Football 25 to block gamers from manually adding players who reject NIL opt-in
  • Jaylen Wells has late 4-point play to help No. 21 Washington State beat No. 4 Arizona 77-74
  • Washington beats Arizona State 84-82 in OT after blowing 25-point lead

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • MLB players miffed at sport’s new see-through pants, relaying concerns to league
  • Doncic scores 41 points, pairs with Irving to help Mavs beat Suns 123-113 for 7th straight victory
  • Chiefs sign punter Matt Araiza, who was dropped from lawsuit in December after alleged rape
  • Bears great Steve McMichael remains hospitalized; family hopes to have him home Friday
  • Stephen Curry scores 32 points as Warriors beat Lakers team missing LeBron James, 128-110
  • Kyle Lowry gets six stitches for a gash to his forehead in his debut for the 76ers
  • Miles Bridges has 26 points and 14 rebounds, Hornets beat Jazz for 4th straight victory
  • Sebastian Aho scores in the final seconds as the Hurricanes beat the Panthers 1-0
  • Josh Norris scores twice, Ottawa Senators top Dallas Stars 4-1
  • T.J. Oshie departs Capitals’ 5-3 win over Lightning with non-contact injury
  • Sei Young Kim is among three tied for the lead after two rounds of the LPGA Thailand tournament
  • Liverpool to play Sparta Prague in Europa League round of 16. Leverkusen gets Qarabag

Carolina Hurricanes stifle Panthers behind red-hot Pyotr Kochetkov, stout penalty kill Raleigh News & Observer

WRAL

  • Sebastian Aho scores in the final seconds as the Hurricanes beat the Panthers 1-0
  • Carolina Hurricanes tapped Apex native to design logo for Black History Month

Charlotte Observer

  • Grant Williams is making an impact with the Hornets. And in more ways than one
  • Charlotte FC’s third season is on deck: New coach, new players and a new style
  • As Charlotte’s coaches conference showed, women are following in Jen King’s path

Washington Post

  • The Lerners are holding on to the Nats. Here’s why that makes sense (for now).
  • Dylan Crews already feels he belongs at his first Nats spring training
  • Rick Pitino still thinks he’s the main act
  • College basketball’s quietest kingdom has everything except its due attention
  • Capitals keep their composure, beat Lightning for third straight win
  • Decades before Shohei Ohtani, ‘Mashi’ was a Japanese trailblazer
  • Wizards make a move — and it’s turning Jordan Poole into a reserve

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Chase Elliott: ‘It’s crazy how fast time has flown by’
  • Kennesaw State picks up road win over Florida Gulf Coast
  • Brock Bowers to head list of Georgia connections at NFL Scouting Combine
  • Cunningham: Kelenic gets fresh start he wanted with Braves
  • Brad Guzan again will be an Atlanta United captain, but may not start

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Comments

  1. Tim Slavin says

    February 23, 2024 at 3:09 pm

    Greg,

    Is the revised CFP playoff format good or bad for the AAC/ECU?

    Thanks,

    Tim Slavin

    Reply

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