Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Yesavage tames Owls as Pirates take opener

Spring drills focused on fast paced attack

ecupirates.com

• No. 12 ECU Takes Series Opener At Florida Atlantic
• Pirates Defeat UTSA In Series Opener, 6-1
• Pirates Host No. 10 Florida for Senior Day

Yesavage helps No. 12 ECU take series opener at Florida …  WNCT 9

Yesavage, Root named to Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List WITN 7

247 Sports

• Yesavage pitches ECU to series-opening win at FAU, 4-1
• FINAL: ECU 4, FAU 1
• Returning players showing flashes in ECU’s revamped offense this spring

ECU track & field: Pirate sprinters Burris, Mouzzon eye strong finish to season Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Tristen Newton’s remarkable journey from underrated high school recruit to UConn’s star point guard YAHOO!

UC Irvine Impresses In Big West Showdown Opener, Highlighting College Baseball Roundup Baseball America

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• East Carolina’s Nash, Florida Atlantic’s Sturdza Named Golf Players of the Week
• Tulsa Defeats Missouri State in Midweek Action
• Six American Teams Claim Midweek Wins

USF star Selton Miguel declares for NBA draft, enters transfer portal Tampa Tribune

Report: Memphis basketballs’ Ashton Hardaway enters transfer portal Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa’s PJ Haggerty wins National Freshman of the Year award, transfers to Memphis Tulsa World

Miscues in the field turn early lead into 6-2 loss for Tulane baseball team NOLA.com

UNT excited to see how pieces come together in spring game Denton Record Chronicle

After scary injury in 2023, UTSA’s Willie McCoy feeling primed for new year San Antonio Express News

AL.com

• UAB basketball‘s Eric Gaines declares for NBA draft
• UAB’s Kameran Shanks breaking into WR rotation on speed and skill

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

WRAL

• South Carolina defeats the Wolfpack 78-59 to head to the National Championship
• NC State Wolfpack women’s team fall to South Carolina 78-59
• South Carolina defeats the Wolfpack 78-59 to head to the National Championship
• Holliday: Keatts has Pack believing they can beat the best
• Corchiani: Under Keatts, NC State basketball has a program, national prominence
• Big men are rolling for Purdue, NC State and UConn. Now they’ve got their teams in the Final Four

Raleigh News & Observer

• The long, improbable journey of NC State’s DJ Horne, from Cary rec center to Final Four
• On NC State’s miracle run: A free throw, a buzzer beater and a world spun off its axis
• NC State ready to embrace the challenge of all that comes in Final Four game
• South Carolina’s second-half surge stuns NC State as Gamecocks advance to NCAA final
• South Carolina WBB cruises past NC State into national championship game
• Relief before revenge: South Carolina clears Final Four hurdle, gets rematch with Iowa

Winston Salem Journal

Columbia The State

• Early betting line released for South Carolina-Iowa NCAA championship game
• One win away! South Carolina tops NC State in Final Four to reach NCAA title game
• Relief before revenge: South Carolina clears Final Four hurdle, gets rematch with Iowa
• Hometown star Ashlyn Watkins plays her ‘best basketball’ in USC’s Final Four win
• Surging Texas A&M baseball team frustrates South Carolina in series opener

Charleston Post & Courier

• Gamecocks storm past Wolfpack into national championship game
• Iowa, Caitlin Clark earn title shot against unbeaten Gamecocks
• 4 things to watch in Clemson’s Orange and White spring scrimmage
• Aidan Knaak’s journey from late-bloomer to MLB prospect to Clemson starter

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• Rubama: Basketball great George Gervin thankful for start in Hampton Roads, will reunite with Virginia Squires players
• Former Princess Anne High star Aziaha James ready for the big stage as she leads NC State women to Final Four
• Virginia Wesleyan names new women’s basketball coach

The coach’s wife who understands: Georgette Keatts enjoying NC State’s Final Four ride Charlotte Observer

The Associated Press

• Caitlin Clark leads Iowa rally for 71-69 win over UConn in women’s Final Four. South Carolina awaits
• Bad call? Late whistle on UConn’s Edwards helps send Iowa to the title game and the Huskies home
• South Carolina women stay perfect, surge past N.C. State 78-59 to reach NCAA title game
• Purdue Boilermakers take on the NC State Wolfpack in Final 4
• UConn Huskies play the Alabama Crimson Tide in Final 4
• Purdue’s Zach Edey is the overwhelming choice for 2nd straight AP Player of the Year award
• March Madness: How to watch and what to watch for in the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four
• Florida’s 2007 repeat came in ‘totally different environment’ than UConn is facing at Final Four
• A look at each men’s Final Four team, through advanced stats
• UConn, Purdue, Alabama, NC State ride transfer portal additions straight into the Final Four