Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
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- No. 11 ECU Two Hits Columbia To Clinch Series
- Pirates’ Comeback Attempt Falls Short Against Wichita State, 6-5
- Pirates Fall at No. 4 James Madison, 19-3
- East Carolina Knocks Off Elon, 4-3
No. 11 ECU two-hits Columbia to clinch series WNCT 9
No. 4 JMU lacrosse takes conference opener, defeats East Carolina, 19-3 WHSV
247 Sports
ECU baseball: Root tosses a gem, offense comes through as Pirates win sixth straight Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference
- No. 11 Temple Continues Run with 74-73 Win over No. 2 Florida Atlantic in American Championship Semifinals
- No. 4 UAB Upends No. 1 South Florida, 93-83, in American Championship Semifinals
The Associated Press
- UAB Blazers and Temple Owls play for AAC Championship
- Temple defeats Florida Atlantic 74-73 in American Athletic Conference Tournament
- Johnson scores 21 in UAB’s 93-83 win over top-seeded South Florida in AAC semifinal
AAC Tournament: Temple vs. UAB odds, picks and predictions SportsbookWire
Temple edges Florida Atlantic 74-73 in American Athletic Conference tournament WPTV
Temple edges FAU 74-73 in AAC tournament WFLX
Sun Sentinel
- Temple defeats Florida Atlantic 74-73 in American Athletic Conference Tournament
- Temple, with a losing record, stuns FAU in American Athletic Conference semifinal
AAC Draws Embarrassingly Small Crowd For Basketball Tournament After Picking Terrible Location brobible
USF’s NCAA tourney hopes diminish with semifinal loss in AAC tourney Tampa Tribune
Storylines to watch as TU football enters second year in Kevin Wilson era Tulsa World
Tulane baseball comes up just short while looking for series sweep of Pepperdine NOLA.com
Temple advances to AAC finals with upset against FAU Temple News
Charlotte 49ers await potential bid to NIT or CBI postseason men’s basketball events Charlotte Observer
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
WRAL
- NC State stuns UNC to claim first ACC Tournament title since 1987, earn NCAA bid
- In D.C. and Raleigh, from court to locker room to bell tower, Wolfpack fans celebrate ACC Tournament title
- On-court celebration: NC State completes sweep to claim ACC Tournament title
- Keatts: It’s everybody’s championship
- Raw: Fans greet ACC champs NC State
Raleigh News & Observer
- After waiting a lifetime for an ACC title, NC State can finally stop living in the past
- NC State basketball completes miracle ACC Tournament run, downs rival UNC in final
- Photos: NC State defeats North Carolina to win the ACC Tournament Championship
- UNC entered ACC Tournament with sense of desperation, but couldn’t match NC State’s
- ACC ‘not as good … as it thinks it is’: Perception vs. reality in NCAA bracket selection
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
- VCU fends off Saint Joseph’s, will face Duquesne for Atlantic 10 championship
- N.C. State completes stunning run to ACC Tournament championship, downing top-seeded North Carolina
- UVA hopes it did enough for NCAA tourney berth despite crushing OT loss in ACC semifinal
- Back-to-back! Norfolk State women beat Howard for second straight MEAC tourney title, NCAA Tournament bid
The Associated Press
- March Madness is here. Bracket reveal the 1st step in what should be an NCAA Tournament free-for-all
- No. 2 UConn beats No. 10 Marquette 73-57 to win 1st Big East Tournament title since 2011
- Bad news for the bubble: NC State and Oregon swipe bids as wild tournament results continue
- NC State beats No. 4 North Carolina to win the ACC Tournament and earn an automatic NCAA bid
- DJ Burns bruises NC State into the NCAA Tournament, and March Madness will be his next big chance
- No. 7 Iowa State blitzes No. 1 Houston in second half, wins Big 12 tourney title 69-41
- Late mistake by Kent State allows Akron to pull out 62-61 win for MAC title, NCAA Tournament bid
- Florida Gulf Coast tops Central Arkansas 76-47 to win seventh-straight ASUN title
- New Mexico fends off San Diego State 68-61 for MWC title, automatic berth in NCAA Tournament
- Princeton tops Columbia 75-58 to win Ivy Tournament for the 5th straight time
- Florida reaches SEC final rallying from 18 down to beat Texas A&M 95-90
- Shannon scores Big Ten tourney-record 40 points as No. 13 Illinois tops Nebraska 98-87 in semifinals
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
The Associated Press
- Nullified 3-pointer by James, shot clock malfunction make for lengthy ending to Warriors-Lakers
- Bears trade Justin Fields to Steelers, clear way to take a QB such as Caleb Williams with No. 1 pick
- Keenan Allen is ready to form a dynamic duo with DJ Moore, help Bears no matter who their QB is
- Brunson becomes fourth Knicks player with consecutive 40-point games, leads New York past Kings
- Lehkonen scores last-second goal to lift Avalanche over Oilers 3-2 in OT
- Ovechkin gets No. 841 as Capitals beat Canucks 2-1
- Guentzel scores in SO to lift Hurricanes to 5-4 win over Maple Leafs
- Harry Kane set to join England squad despite ankle injury picked up in Bayern game
- Reigning NASCAR champion Ryan Blaney wins pole for Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway
- Xander Schauffele overcomes a 4-shot deficit to take the lead at The Players Championship
- Wyndham Clark sets a big target at The Players Championship. Scheffler coping with pain in his neck
- Ohtani may be South Korea’s most-beloved Japanese athlete. His charm’s winning over historic rivals
- NASCAR’s concrete coliseum is back to normal for Sunday’s race at Bristol. Drivers welcome the move
Jake Guentzel’s shootout goal caps Canes’ rally past Leafs Raleigh News & Observer
Charlotte Observer
Washington Post
- The ACC can’t forget its past. What’s at stake is its future.
- N.C. State basketball polished off a life-changing, history-making week
- Stephen Curry and LeBron James put on a show. Then the NBA ruined it.
- Minus Lionel Messi, Inter Miami rides Luis Suárez to win over D.C. United
- Bears trade Justin Fields to Steelers, clear way to draft a QB at No. 1
- In T.J. Oshie’s 1,000th game, Capitals raise their level and beat the Canucks
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