ECU-UAB Series To Begin With Friday Doubleheader… Pirates Set For Road Series At No. 25 Florida Atlantic… Pirates Set for Raleigh Relays Thursday Through Saturday… Three more ECU men’s basketball players enter the transfer portal… FAU hires Baylor associate head coach John Jakus as its coach, gives him 5-year deal… Frank Orgel, former Auburn assistant under Pat Dye, loses his battle with ALS at 86… Duke, NC State bandwagons full again after making the most of March
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
ecupirates.com
- ECU-UAB Series To Begin With Friday Doubleheader
- Pirates Set For Road Series At No. 25 Florida Atlantic
- Pirates Set for Raleigh Relays Thursday Through Saturday
The East Carolinian
- ECU’s WBB fall short of repeating last years’ success
- No. 15 Pirates set to take on UAB Blazers
- Football’s spring game brings on Pig-Out party
- Eight athletes shine at ECU’s 2024 pro day
WITN 7
- Garcia, Houser showing they understand the role as they compete to be ECU’s starting quarterback
- Three more ECU men’s basketball players enter the transfer portal
Bad weather forces ECU baseball to reschedule series with UAB WNCT 9
Randleman OL Jonathan Stokes commits to East Carolina WRAL
247 Sports
- ECU’s series with UAB to start with Friday doubleheader
- ECU point guard Bobby Pettiford enters transfer portal
- ECU guard Jaden Walker enters transfer portal
ECU baseball: Upcoming series against UAB to begin with Friday doubleheader Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
Frank Orgel, former Auburn assistant under Pat Dye, loses his battle with ALS at 86 AL.com
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference
FAU hires Baylor associate head coach John Jakus as its coach, gives him 5-year deal The Associated Press
FAU names Baylor associate head coach John Jakus new men’s basketball coach YAHOO!
John Jakus will replace Dusty May as new basketball coach at Florida Atlantic Palm Beach Post
Florida Atlantic basketball finally finds Dusty May replacement after March Madness exit Clutch Points
USF’s Jose Fernandez to remain with Bulls after courtship with Miami Tampa Tribune
Memphis star LB Chandler Martin reveals why he left some games in 2023 Memphis Commercial Appeal
Bill Haisten: WBIT quarterfinal a ‘five-star event’ for the TU women’s program Tulsa World
NOLA.com
- Second-generation Tulane pitcher Chandler Welch: “I bleed green and blue.”
- Jeff Duncan: Michael Pratt is going to make the NFL team that drafts him very happy
Temple Football hosts annual pro day Temple News
North Texas set to lose star guard Jason Edwards to the transfer portal Dallas Morning News
North Texas set to lose star guard Jason Edwards to transfer portal Denton Record Chronicle
UAB basketball’s Yaxel Lendeborg annouces return to Blazers for 2024-2025 season AL.com
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News & Observer
- Duke, NC State bandwagons full again after making the most of March
- A storm surrounded UNC’s Hubert Davis a year ago. He made it out to the other side
- NC State women to face Stanford in the Sweet 16. Here’s the matchup
- As potential Elite Eight game vs. UNC looms, Arizona’s Caleb Love ‘grateful’ for journey
- After upsetting Ohio State, Duke women take aim at UConn in Sweet 16. Here’s the matchup
- This former Duke basketball star helped future Blue Devil Cooper Flagg celebrate award
WRAL
- UNC looks to stop Tide’s high-octane offense from rolling in Sweet 16 clash
- Hubert Davis on Alabama: They pose a lot of problems, challenges
- NC bet $198 million in first week online sports betting became legal
- NCAA President Charlie Baker urges state lawmakers to ban prop betting on college athletes
- There were 4 million entries. Now just four perfect brackets remain in women’s March Madness
- Duke signee Cooper Flagg wins Gatorade Boys Basketball Player of the Year award
- Rumored moonshine cave found underneath North Wilkesboro Speedway grandstands, track officials say
Winston Salem Journal
- Mike Bianchi: If college athletes become employees, then a bunch of them are going to get laid off
- NCAA President urges states with legal wagering to ban prop bets on college athletes
- WSSU loses two key starters in Parson and Dodd
- Utah coach says team was shaken after experiencing racist hate during NCAA Tournament
- Dutcher’s Aztecs get second chance to beat UConn
- 2024 March Madness Sweet 16 odds, previews and picks UNC vs. Alabama, UConn vs. SDSU & more
- NCAA President urges states with legal wagering to ban prop bets on college athletes
Columbia The State
- Clemson basketball vs. Arizona in NCAA Sweet 16: How to watch, top storylines
- Gamecocks defense raving about faster, ‘more athletic’ linebackers and edge rushers
- Gamecocks band director praises Dawn Staley for classy move before Sweet 16 game
- USC WBB’s MiLaysia Fulwiley cashing in on NIL. What goes into making those deals?
Charleston Post & Courier
- Clemson needs star PJ Hall in Sweet 16. Can he avoid foul trouble this time?
- College of Charleston’s Reyne Smith latest to join transfer exodus
- College of Charleston’s Pat Kelsey expected to be named next Louisville coach
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
- Column: ODU vs. JMU Royal Rivalry is a rout, and so is the Dukes’ dominance in the national conversation
- Norfolk State rallies from 18-point deficit, wins CIT championship against Purdue Fort Wayne
In wake of Brooks exit, Babcock says Virginia Tech has ‘limitations’ Roanoke Times
The Associated Press
- Louisville tabs Charleston’s Pat Kelsey to become Cardinals’ head coach, AP source says
- NCAA President Charlie Baker urges states with legal wagering to ban prop bets on college athletes
- Top-seeded North Carolina and Clemson looking to move ACC beyond Sweet 16 vs Alabama and Arizona
- UConn, San Diego State set for title game rematch in Sweet 16; Iowa State, Illinois target Elite 8
- So happy together: Syracuse transfer Joseph Girard III helps lead Clemson to Sweet 16
- Here are some numbers that will help you get your March Madness fix for the Sweet 16
- Caitlin Clark and Iowa draw nearly 5 million viewers for second-round NCAA win
- Super-sized March Madness stats in women’s Sweet 16
- Norfolk State beats Purdue Fort Wayne 75-67 for the CIT championship
- NIT selection changes not popular with mid-majors, or many favored Power Six conference programs
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