Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

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ecupirates.com

• Pirates Outlast No. 25 Owls In 14 Innings, 5-4
• No. 15 ECU Plays Host To UAB For AAC Series
• ECU Set To Co-Host Cutter Creek Intercollegiate
• Three Named to CSC Academic All-District Women’s Basketball Team

No. 15 ECU plays host to UAB for AAC series WNCT 9

ECU football: Quarterback competition heating up in spring’s second week Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

How to Watch UAB vs. East Carolina NCAA Baseball: March 29 WBRC 6

An ECU student could soon be NC’s youngest legislator WUNC

Around the American Athletic Conference

Tulsa’s postseason run ends as Illinois secures victory in WBIT quarterfinal | Barry Lewis’ five takeaways Tulsa World

Tepid hitting leads to 6-3 loss for Tulane in opener against Texas-San Antonio NOLA.com

A guide to spring sports at UNC Charlotte Niner Times

AL.com

• ‘Bringing life’: Former walk-on Lee Beebe leads thin RB unit in UAB spring practice
• Alejandro Vasquez and ‘Butta’ Johnson returning to UAB basketball; Daniel Ortiz enters transfer portal

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

WRAL

• Alabama holds off top-seeded North Carolina 89-87 to reach Elite Eight for 2nd time ever
• Bacot: Tough to go out like this because we had high aspirations, but I wouldn’t trade anything
• Ingram: It hurts, we didn’t make it as far as we wanted to together
• Duke trying to knock off higher seeded team for first time since 1994 against Houston
• 50 years after battling for a championship, State hopes to continue unforeseen ride against Marquette

Raleigh News & Observer

• UNC suffers stunning season-ending loss befitting of the cruelty of March
• UNC goes cold in second half as Tar Heels suffer season-ending loss against Alabama
• As they meet in the Sweet 16, what Duke learned about Houston in their 2022 scrimmage
• ‘Blessed’: Jaylen Blakes discusses his scary fall on flagrant foul in Duke’s NCAA win
• On a team full of stars and shooters, Mark Mitchell is Duke’s most indispensable player
• NC State has had all the answers in postseason play, but what about for Marquette?
• NC State women playing in fifth Sweet 16 since 2018, and they’re feeling good
• Drake Maye’s final NFL draft test: Tracking QB’s every move at Tar Heels pro day

Winston Salem Journal

• March Madness Sweet 16 Friday preview and picks: Odds, best bets and more for NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
• Teel: N.C. State’s Sweet 16 run reminiscent of 1983 national championship
• WSSU Notebook: Football program adds scholarships and funds for players to attend summer school
• Mark Story: One thing Kentucky men’s basketball acutely needs: A coaching succession plan
• Alabama holds off top-seeded North Carolina 89-87 to reach Elite Eight for 2nd time ever
• UConn rolls in title-game rematch
• Freshman Jared McCain brings uncommon talent, leadership to Duke
• Gonzaga’s sister act propels Zags into Sweet 16
• Houston’s Sweet 16 run, best since Phi Slama Jama
• Stanford, NC State women get acquainted in March Madness
• South Carolina feels more pride than pressure at Sweet 16
• Transfer portal, NIL challenge teams to fill and maintain rosters
• Wake Forest’s Kevin “Boopie” Miller enters transfer portal along with three more of his teammates

Columbia The State

• Tigers triumph: Clemson topples 2-seed Arizona to advance to NCAA’s Elite 8 round
• What Clemson coach Brad Brownell said about the refs after NCAA Sweet 16 win
• Why Dawn Staley’s dog isn’t traveling with Gamecocks for the NCAA Tournament
• ‘She’s a really special girl’: USC’s Te-Hina Paopao to face familiar foe in Sweet 16
• How to watch No. 1 South Carolina WBB vs. Indiana in NCAA Sweet 16
• Observations from South Carolina’s Thursday spring football practice

Charleston Post & Courier

• Who’s next at College of Charleston? A look at 5 possible candidates
• Clemson clinches spot in Elite Eight with victory over Arizona
• How a 6-foot-10 Dutchman became Clemson basketball’s hype man
• Clemson needs star PJ Hall in Sweet 16. Can he avoid foul trouble this time?
• College of Charleston’s Pat Kelsey expected to be named next Louisville coach

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• NASCAR weekend starts Friday at Richmond Raceway
• Molinaro: Will Colorado football stars pick their NFL teams? Deion Sanders thinks so.
• Norfolk State rallies from 18-point deficit, wins CIT championship against Purdue Fort Wayne

The Associated Press

• Alabama holds off top-seeded North Carolina 89-87 to reach Elite Eight for 2nd time ever
• Clemson reaches the Elite Eight for the first time since 1980, beating Arizona 77-72
• Top-seeded UConn blows through another opponent, beating San Diego State 82-52 to reach Elite Eight
• Terrence Shannon Jr. leads Illinois past Iowa State 72-69 for first Elite Eight trip since 2005
• Houston’s 5 Sweet 16s in a row its best run since Phi Slama Jama. Duke has done a lot since then
• March Madness: How to watch and what to watch for in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16
• From junior college to starring for Tennessee, Dalton Knecht took a long road to March Madness
• NIT selection changes not popular with mid-majors, or many favored Power Six conference programs
• As women’s hoops grows, scrutiny increases on NCAA hosts to manage hotel offerings, travel times
• South Carolina feeling more pride than pressure as they bring perfect record into the Sweet 16
• Stanford, NC State women to get acquainted in March Madness before becoming ACC rivals next season
• Hijab wearing players in women’s NCAA Tournament hope to inspire others