ECU Comes Up Just Short In 4-2 Decision At Davidson… ECU Opens Spring At Wexford Intercollegiate… ECU rides blistering hot second half to double-digit road win at Charlotte… Wichita State upsets No. 14 Memphis in OT … South Carolina WBB home win streak snapped in 29-point loss to UConn

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• ECU Comes Up Just Short In 4-2 Decision At Davidson
• ECU Opens Spring At Wexford Intercollegiate

247 Sports

• ECU rides blistering hot second half to double-digit road win at Charlotte
• ECU 4, George Mason 3: How it looked from the dugouts

Big second half lifts East Carolina past Charlotte 49ers The Charlotte Post

Charlotte men’s basketball sinks in 75-59 defeat to East Carolina ninertimes

ECU baseball: Bouche’s walk-off home run sends Pirates to series win over George Mason Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Florida Atlantic, South Florida Complete Sweeps on Sunday
• Wichita State Defeats No. 14 Memphis
• Florida Atlantic, South Florida Increase Win Total to Nine
• UTSA Stays Atop Women’s Hoops Standings

Wichita State upsets No. 14 Memphis in OT Reuters

Wichita State takes down Memphis in OT thriller for first ranked win since 2021 Wichita Eagle

Memphis drops AAC matchup in OT at Wichita State 84-79 WMFS

Temple’s poor defense against Florida Atlantic extends losing streak to four games Philadelphia Inquirer

USF baseball snags Opening Weekend series win USF Oracle

Tulane Green Wave Men’s Basketball Controls AAC Tournament Destiny Sports Illustrated

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Tigers crumble late in OT loss to Wichita State. Here are 3 takeaways
• Why Memphis’ Penny Hardaway calls national perception of AAC ‘crazy’

Reports: Kevin Wilson, former TU head coach and Sooners OC, returns to OU as analyst Tulsa World

See how the Tulane baseball team made history against Omaha on Sunday NOLA.com

Temple can’t hold on against FAU for fourth straight loss  Temple News

UAB tops South Florida 85-78 behind record-setting day from Lendeborg AL.com

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Columbia The State

• Hammered: South Carolina WBB home win streak snapped in 29-point loss to UConn
• No need to panic, but South Carolina’s path to WBB Final Four feels like it’s in doubt
• How South Carolina leaned on pitching staff to sweep Sacred Heart in opening series

Raleigh News & Observer

• Down to the wire: Three takeaways from UNC women’s basketball’s win over rival NC State
• NCAA women’s basketball tournament bracket preview: Where do NC State, Duke, UNC stand?
• Charlotte native William Byron wins his second straight Daytona 500 after late wrecks
• Kyle Busch leaves Daytona 500 upset at a NASCAR rule, knocked out by rivals and winless

WRAL

• Townsend’s free throws help No. 12 Tar Heels edge No. 10 Wolfpack 66-65
• UCLA, South Carolina, Texas and Notre Dame are No. 1 seeded teams in first NCAA Tournament reveal
• Hamlin expected a late caution would give him a 4th Daytona 500 win. NASCAR never threw the yellow
• Stephen Curry captures MVP honors in All-Star Game at home, leads Shaq’s OGs to victory
• US beats Canada 3-1 at the 4 Nations Face-Off to wrap up a spot in the tournament final

Grading all 26 college football coach hires, from Bill Belichick to Scott Frost The New York Times

Sources: SEC, Big Ten building momentum to further expand College Football Playoff to 14 or 16 teams YAHOO!

The Associated Press

• Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes scores NCAA Division I freshman record 55 points in win over Auburn
• Former Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden is named Broyles Award winner
• No. 25 Maryland scores 101 points against Iowa, its most in a Big Ten game since joining the league
• Creighton’s Ryan Kalkbrenner hurts foot but avoids serious injury in loss to St. John’s
• Brice Williams, Juwan Gary help Nebraska erase 20-point deficit in 68-64 victory over Northwestern