Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ECU extends streak with sweep of Lions

ecupirates.com

• No. 11 ECU Downs Columbia To Complete Series Sweep
• Pirates Fall To Wichita State In Series Finale, 9-1
• Pirates Set To Host ECU Intercollegiate

The East Carolinian

No. 11 ECU downs Columbia to complete series sweep WNCT 9

No. 11 ECU Two Hits Columbia To Clinch Series WITN 7

247 Sports

• PODCAST: ECU sweeps Columbia to complete 4-0 week
• ECU completes sweep of Columbia
• ECU 8, Columbia 6: How it looked from the dugouts

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

D1Baseball Top 25: Florida State headlines four new entrants D1 Baseball.com

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• No. 4 UAB Wins First American Men’s Basketball Championship with 85-69 Win over No. 11 Temple
• Tulsa, North Texas Bound for Inaugural WBIT
• Rice To Represent The American In The 2024 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship

USF Bulls to face rival UCF in Orlando in opening round of NIT Tampa Tribune

USF men’s basketball team misses NCAA Tournament after conference semifinal loss WUSF

No March Madness for Penny Hardaway’s Memphis Tigers. Now what? Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa women will host Arkansas in WBIT opener Tulsa World

NOLA.com

• Tulane baseball comes up just short while looking for series sweep of Pepperdine
• What went wrong? Tulane basketball coach Ron Hunter, Sion James talk about frustrating season

Temple’s season comes to an end in AAC Finals loss to UAB  Temple News

Owls fall one win short in AAC Championship quest 247 Sports

SMU, North Texas basketball to play in National Invitation Tournament Dallas Morning News

UTSA announces Austin Claunch as its newest men’s basketball coach KSAT

UTSA moves quickly to land new coach Austin Claunch on five-year, $2.75M deal San Antonio Express News

AL.com

• 12-seed UAB to meet San Diego State in Spokane for 2024 NCAA tournament
• Goodman: Strap your dancing shoes to the wagon train 

Florida Atlantic No. 8 seed in NCAA Tournament, will face Northwestern in opener Palm Beach Post

Spring cleaning: Wichita State softball and baseball teams both sweep weekend series AOL

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• ACC getting five teams into tournament should be motivation, not relief
• Where do NC State, rest of the ACC land in NCAA Women’s Tournament bracket?
• Who will UNC play — and where — in the NCAA Tournament? Tar Heels learn their fate
• Who and when will NC State play in NCAA Tournament? ACC champion Pack learns its fate
• Who will Duke play — and when — in the NCAA Tournament? Blue Devils learn their fate
• ACC ‘not as good … as it thinks it is’: Perception vs. reality in NCAA bracket selection

WRAL

• Men’s NCAA Tournament: Here’s when, who and where UNC, Duke and NC State will play
• NC State faces Texas Tech in Pittsburgh on Thursday
• 2024 NCAA men’s interactive bracket: Matchups, times, TV
• Women’s NCAA Tournament: Here’s when, who and where NC State, Duke and UNC will play
• March Madness is here. UConn, Purdue, Houston and North Carolina get top seeding in NCAA Tournament
• NC State stuns UNC to claim first ACC Tournament title since 1987, earn NCAA bid

Charleston Post & Courier

• Undefeated Gamecocks again No. 1 overall seed in NCAA Tournament
• Clemson faces New Mexico in first NCAA tournament appearance since 2021
• College of Charleston learns NCAA Tournament assignment
• Gamecock men in NCAA Tournament for first time since Final Four run

UVA gains one of last at-large bids to NCAA Tournament, will play Colorado State on Tuesday in First Four  Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Charlotte Observer

• Charlotte’s piece of NCAA Tournament includes UNC, Tennessee and major madness potential
• Get to know the men’s basketball teams headed to Charlotte for the NCAA Tournament

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Bradley: Auburn got a raw deal, which doesn’t mean Auburn can’t win it all
• Georgia basketball lives to play another day
• How new coordinator is in early stages of molding Georgia Tech’s defense

The Associated Press

• March Madness is here. UConn, Purdue, Houston and North Carolina get top seeding in NCAA Tournament
• South Carolina, Iowa, USC and Texas are the top seeds in the women’s NCAA Tournament
• March Madness? Indiana State, 3 20-win Big East teams among those snubbed on Selection Sunday
• The only rule for filling out your March Madness bracket this year: Don’t take it for granted
• How bracketologists are using artificial intelligence this March Madness
• March Madness: How to watch and what to watch for in the 2024 NCAA Tournament
• March Madness features several NBA prospects. But they likely won’t get drafted among first few picks
• Cornhuskers, winless in NCAA Tournament, will get a chance to end their March Madness misery
• Caitlin Clark’s final NCAA Tournament to begin at home. Can she be as prolific as she was last year?
• March Madness: How to watch the women’s NCAA Tournament and what to watch for
• Led by No. 1 seed USC, the Pac-12 has 7 teams in the NCAA Tournament in its final run
• Saint Rose falls in its last basketball game. The Golden Knights lost their NCAA tournament opener