Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates outscore UTSA to even series

Roadrunners top ECU in conference opener

ecupirates.com

• No. 10 ECU Outslugs UTSA 14-10 To Even Series
• East Carolina Drops AAC Opener At UTSA, 4-2
• Pirates Open Outdoor Season at Bob Davidson Team Challenge
• Pirates Fall Short to Temple LAX, 13-8
• Pirates Defeat Charlotte SB In Series Opener, 4-1

WITN 7

• 10th ranked ECU baseball has 8-game winning streak snapped by UTSA in AAC opener
• ECU football opens spring ball with first practice

247 Sports

• ECU evens series with 14-10 win at UTSA
• ECU drops conference opener at UTSA, 4-2
• Sights and Sounds: ECU holds second spring practice
• ECU announces full Pigskin Pig-Out weekend schedule of events

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU baseball: Pirates begin AAC play with road series at UTSA
• ECU basketball: Johnson, others enter transfer portal
• ECU baseball: Pirates pick up road win at Elon
• ECU football: Pirates begin spring practices

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Florida Atlantic, Tulane Earn Series Wins Saturday
• North Texas Falls at Seton Hall in NIT Second Round
• Shockers Earn Series Win over UTSA on Friday Doubleheader
• Rice Falls to LSU in First Round of NCAA Tournament
• UAB Falls to San Diego State in NCAA First Round
• Florida Atlantic Drops OT Heartbreaker to Northwestern in NCAA Tournament
• Tulsa Defeats Arkansas in First Round of WBIT

The Associated Press

• Dusty May will take over at Michigan, leaving Florida Atlantic after 6 seasons and a Final Four run
• March Madness: Langborg lights it up in OT as Northwestern beats Florida Atlantic 77-65 in East
• Behind the scenes with FAU: How the Owls prepared for the NCAA Tournament
• South Florida and VCU play in NIT matchup
• San Diego State avoids an early March Madness exit, holds off UAB 69-65 in first round

USF men to host Virginia Commonwealth in NIT second-rounder Sunday Tampa Tribune

The most important offseason of Penny Hardaway’s coaching career has arrived | Giannotto Detroit Free Press

Tulsa looks for a postseason milestone against Georgetown in WBIT’s second round Tulsa World

Topsy-turvy: Tulane wins AAC opener at Rice in game with huge momentum swings NOLA.com

Temple sprints by East Carolina Temple News

Powerful run game highlights Temple’s first spring scrimmage 247 Sports

Charlotte baseball makes AAC debut against FAU Niner Times

North Texas’ dreams to repeat as NIT champions end with loss to Seton Hall Dallas Morning News

San Antonio Express News

• UTSA earns program’s first postseason win, beating Northern Colorado in WNIT
• After scary injury in 2023, UTSA’s Willie McCoy feeling primed for new year

AL.com

• Yaxel Lendeborg and ‘Butta’ Johnson’s second-half response not enough in loss to SDSU in NCAA tournament
• What Andy Kennedy, UAB players said after 69-65 loss to SDSU in NCAA tournament

Palm Beach Post

• Dusty May era over at Florida Atlantic, Owls coach headed for Michigan
• Florida Atlantic exits early after failing to recreate tournament magic

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

WRAL

• Powered by big man DJ Burns Jr., N.C. State muscles past Oakland in overtime to reach Sweet 16
• Morsell: We’re here and not going away
• 2024 NCAA men’s interactive bracket: Matchups, times, TV
• NC State women extend home win streak with 64-45 NCAA Tournament win over Chattanooga
• March success means more money for UNC’s Davis, NC State’s Keatts
• Keatts: We bent but never broke
• North Carolina beats Tom Izzo, Michigan State in March Madness again to reach Sweet 16
• Blue Devils ready to take on JMU, haters in NCAA Tournament round 2
• A game official was replaced at halftime of the NC State women’s basketball game because of background conflict

Raleigh News & Observer

• UNC back in Sweet 16 after tough win over Michigan State: ‘You’re not going to bully us’
• UNC basketball outlasts Michigan State in gritty win, earns trip to Sweet 16 in Los Angeles
• NC State basketball again has the will to find a way to win, and win over more doubters
• There’s still only one question N.C. State hasn’t been able to answer: ‘Why not us?’
• NC State basketball outlasts Oakland in OT as Wolfpack’s charmed March continues

Winston Salem Journal

• Powered by big man DJ Burns Jr., NC State muscles past Oakland in overtime to reach Sweet 16
• Chip Scoggins: We can’t go on like this: NIL chaos in six words.
• Veteran players lead the way as top-seeded North Carolina moves on in NCAA Tournament
• Back to school: Handful of coaches in women’s NCAA Tournament leading their alma maters
• Longtime Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos dies at 94
• Powered by big man DJ Burns Jr., NC State muscles past Oakland in overtime to reach Sweet 16
• March Madness Round of 32 picks for Sunday: Purdue vs. Utah State best bets & more for March 24

Charleston Post & Courier

• Revenge game? No. 1 Gamecocks, Tar Heels meet again in NCAA Tournament
• Clemson’s RJ Godfrey and Hunter brothers continue their fathers’ bond
• Cougars’ Kelsey ‘bullish’ on future. But can CofC hang on to him?
• Awkward! Clemson AD, ACC commish sit together at Big Dance despite lawsuits
• Alabama rolls past College of Charleston in NCAA Tournament
• Sweet 16 again? Clemson wins in first round for first time since 2018 run
• Short-handed Gamecocks cruise past Presbyterian, will face Tar Heels Sunday

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• Second-half surge helps Norfolk State advance to CIT championship game
• Norfolk State women hang tough on defense, but fall to powerful Stanford in NCAA’s first round
• NCAA champs! UVA women swim to fourth consecutive title; Caleb Henson wrestles to Hokies’ second individual crown
• Ohio State men end Hokies’ season in NIT second round

The Associated Press

• Creighton outlasts Oregon 86-73 in double OT thriller to earn spot in Sweet 16 of March Madness
• Powered by big man DJ Burns Jr., N.C. State muscles past Oakland in overtime to reach Sweet 16
• North Carolina beats Tom Izzo, Michigan State in March Madness again to reach Sweet 16
• All-American Dalton Knecht leads No. 2 Tennessee back to the Sweet 16 with 62-58 win over Texas
• Illinois finally gets past opening weekend of March Madness with 89-63 rout of Duquesne
• March Madness builds in Connecticut with top seed UConn, underdog Yale playing in East Region
• After whistle hastens Samford’s exit from March Madness, the referee could be next
• James Madison pulls first 12-5 upset of March Madness by knocking off Wisconsin 72-61
• Aggies add March Madness insult, beating Nebraska 98-83 after hiring Huskers’ AD
• LSU coach Kim Mulkey lashes out at Washington Post, threatens legal action
• Iowa cruises past Holy Cross 91-65 as Caitlin Clark scores 27
• Wake Forest meets Georgia in NIT
• Baylor and Clemson square off in second round of NCAA Tournament
• Duke Blue Devils and James Madison Dukes meet in NCAA Tournament second round
• Marquette Golden Eagles and Colorado Buffaloes play in NCAA Tournament second round
• San Diego State and Yale play in second round of NCAA Tournament
• UConn Huskies and Northwestern Wildcats meet in NCAA Tournament second round
• Houston Cougars face the Texas A&M Aggies in second round