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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPFriday, February 28, 2025

February 28, 2025 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pirates Welcome In Kent State, Indiana State And Virginia Tech For 22nd Annual LeClair Classic.. Pirates SB Travels To Clemson For Tiger Invitational… Pirates Use First-Half Onslaught to Defeat Florida Atlantic WBB, 80-70… Rantanen scores a goal and has an assist as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Big weekend at ECU has unique quality

On Deck with Kent State coach Jeff Duncan

Pirates deal ODU an 8-2 defeat as Godwin gets 400th win

ecupirates.com

  • Pirates Welcome In Kent State, Indiana State And Virginia Tech For 22nd Annual LeClair Classic
  • Pirates Travel To Clemson For Tiger Invitational
  • ECU Tennis Falls To No. 4 North Carolina In Chapel Hill
  • Pirates Set for 2025 American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships
  • Pirates Defeat UNCW and N.C. Central In Midweek Action
  • Pirates Use First-Half Onslaught to Defeat Florida Atlantic, 80-70
  • East Carolina Puts Away Old Dominion, 8-2
  • Women’s Swimming & Diving Season Recap

South Florida takes on East Carolina, aims for 6th straight home win The Associated Press

WNCT 9

  • ECU Head Baseball Coach Godwin excited for annual LeClair …
  • ECU men’s basketball Coach Schwartz talks overtime win …
  • Pirate baseball bounces back with home win over Old Dominion

College Baseball: Cliff Godwin wins 400th-career game as East Carolina takes care of Old Dominion 8-2 WITN 7

ECU baseball bounces back with a commanding 8-2 win over Old Dominion, ending 4-game skid WCTI 12

East Carolina vs. UTSA women’s basketball tickets still available for Tuesday, March 4 For the Win

Top CB Shavon Revel Jr. Talks Raiders Visit Sports Illustrated

247 Sports

  • ECU Football: Number changes heading into 2025 for returning players
  • ECU gets back in the win column with midweek victory
  • ECU 8, ODU 2: How it looked from the dugouts

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

  • ECU baseball: Pirates snap losing skid, Godwin earns 400th win
  • ECU roundup: Women’s basketball earns road win; softball wins two on Wednesday
  • ECU baseball: Pirates show potential, despite slow start to season

Former interim ECU chancellor charged in fatal Raleigh crash with teen motorcyclist Raleigh News & Observer

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • 2025 American Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships Return To Birmingham
  • Tulane vs. South Florida Women’s Basketball Game Rescheduled
  • Seven American Baseball Teams Earn Midweek Victories
  • Memphis, Temple, Tulane Pick Up Wednesday Wins
  • UTSA Clinches Share of Regular Season Title with Tulsa Win over South Florida
  • McNemar Hits Walk-off Grand Slam, North Texas Softball Defeats No. 13 Texas Tech
  • Charlottes’ Chaisilprungruang Named Women’s Golf Player of the Week
  • UTSA Overcomes 4th Quarter Deficit To Defeat Tulane
  • Memphis’ Gannon Named Men’s Tennis Player Of The Week
  • Matthews Takes Women’s Tennis Player Of The Week For No. 22 Florida Atlantic
  • Charlotte, South Florida, Wichita State Earn Weekly Indoor Track & Field Honors
  • East Carolina’s Johnson, UTSA’s Olivarez Earn Softball Weekly Honors

The Associated Press

  • UAB faces North Texas on 4-game road slide
  • Tulsa visits Memphis following Boler’s 22-point game
  • Jenks leads Florida Atlantic against UTSA after 22-point game

Breaking down UNT’s game at Florida Atlantic Denton Record Chronicle

Florida Atlantic men’s basketball heading in wrong direction as regular season winds down Palm Beach Post

SportsbookWire

  • 2025 South Florida football odds to win American Athletic Conference, national championship
  • 2025 Florida Atlantic football odds to win American Athletic Conference, national championship
  • 2025 Army football odds to win American Athletic Conference, national championship

CBS Sports

  • North Texas vs. FAU odds, prediction, time: 2025 college basketball picks, Feb. 27 best bets from proven model
  • Lorient scores 16 as North Texas defeats Florida Atlantic 71-61
  • Stanford and Temple knock off South Florida 73-71

Breaking down UNT’s game at Florida Atlantic tonight KTEN

Sports Illustrated

  • Tulane Green Wave Basketball Star Finding Rhythm Again Offensively at Perfect Time
  • Tulane Green Wave Basketball Stays Locked on Double-Bye Tourney Seed

Vasquez scores 29 as UAB defeats Wichita State 80-72 WBRC

Wichita Eagle

  • The streak ends here: UAB powers its way past Wichita State basketball for road win
  • How and why UAB’s trapping defense haunted Wichita State basketball in home loss

Shockers fall to UAB, win streak snapped at 6 games KWCH

Hogs, 49ers Square Off at Baum-Walker Stadium KNWA

WholeHogSports

  • Arkansas baseball vs. Charlotte: How to watch and listen, pitching matchup, forecast, what to know
  • Arkansas-Charlotte baseball series will bring 49ers hitting coach back to hometown

Martin: One day until March — and Dain Dainja might be the key dailymemphian

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • Taking care of business: 3 takeaways as NC State women’s basketball routs Wake Forest
  • Sweet revenge: 3 takeaways as Duke upends UNC in second meeting of ACC regular season
  • ‘More comfortable every day’: Mikko Rantanen stars as Carolina Hurricanes top Sabres
  • If a February weeknight game against the Sabres is ever a must-win, this was for the Canes
  • New NC State football offensive coordinator makes impression as spring practices begin
  • NCAA women’s basketball tournament: Where do NC State, Duke, UNC stand in second preview?
  • Over and out? Three takeaways from NC State basketball’s critical ACC loss at Syracuse
  • ‘Checks so many boxes’: How Drake Powell brings versatility to UNC basketball lineup
  • Blockbuster Orioles Trade Scenario Sends $75 Million All-Star Pitcher to Baltimore

WRAL

  • Rantanen scores in Hurricanes’ 5-2 win against the Sabres
  • Carolina Panthers’ ownership ranked 31st in NFLPA survey
  • James, Brooks help No. 9 N.C. State blow out Wake Forest 78-57
  • Richardson, hot shooting lead Duke past rival UNC
  • Here are the players from NC who will be at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine
  • Heisman Trophy winner and 2-way star Travis Hunter says he won’t work out at the NFL combine
  • No. 8 UNC, No. 9 NC State, No. 16 Duke vying to give region 3 NCAA host sites

Winston Salem Journal

  • NC State women roll past Wake Forest on Thursday night at Reynolds Coliseum
  • Defense missing in action again for Wake Forest in loss to Virginia at Joel Coliseum
  • PHOTOS: Wake Forest men’s basketball falls to Virginia, 83-75
  • Winston-Salem State’s women’s season ends with loss to Bowie State in CIAA Tournament

Charleston Post & Courier

  • Gamecocks’ Paul Mainieri prepares for first taste of Clemson rivalry
  • Clemson’s leadoff hitter proves a D-III on-base machine can thrive in D-I baseball
  • Returning to become The Citadel’s athletic director wasn’t on Art Chase’s ‘bingo card’
  • Magic: Chloe Kitts posts ninth triple-double in program history as USC women thump Ole Miss
  • College of Charleston secures CAA Tournament bye with victory over Delaware
  • Here are some burning spring ball questions as Clemson gears up for highly anticipated 2025 season

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

  • Bob Molinaro: Another impressive season proves Norfolk State is a basketball school
  • David Teel: New coaches aim to re-establish Hokies’ old ways, including ‘blue-collar mentality’
  • Virginia Tech women fall in OT to Boston College, imperil NCAA hopes

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • The Associated Press
  • Mountain West Conference seeks mediation over $55 million in dispute in Pac-12 ‘poaching’ lawsuit
  • College Football HOF coach Joe Fusco, who won 4 NAIA titles at Westminster College, dies
  • Kentucky’s Oweh has the last word in career-best performance against Oklahoma, his former team
  • Northern Illinois accepts invitation to Horizon League for basketball, most other sports
  • No. 15 Michigan beats Rutgers 84-82 on Burnett’s 3-pointer at buzzer, moves into 1st-place tie
  • No. 23 Saint Mary’s beats Loyola Marymount 58-55 behind Murauskas

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • Rantanen scores a goal and has an assist as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2
  • Oilers take 5-game losing streak into matchup with the Hurricanes
  • Kyrie Irving scores 25, Moses Brown adds 20 points and 11 rebounds in Mavs’ 103-96 win over Hornets
  • NFL coaches value face-to-face interviews with draft prospects at the scouting combine
  • What happens after a PGA Tour player shoots a 59? Jake Knapp is about to find out.
  • Stephen Curry does it all in a 56-point masterpiece, from a halfcourt heave to a jersey toss to mom
  • Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce plans to play next season rather than retire
  • Investigator on SafeSport case gets arrested and now a survivor is facing trauma once again
  • The Tampa Bay Buccaneers say they’re reinstating Jon Gruden into their ring of honor
  • Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards likely to be suspended after picking up 16th technical foul
  • In dominant triple-double performance, Pelicans’ Zion Williamson provides reminder of his talent
  • Popovich says he will not return to the Spurs this season, has hope of coaching in the future
  • Gene Hackman’s role in ‘Hoosiers’ led to an unforgettable, beloved film for fans far beyond Indiana
  • ‘Toughest game on earth’ — Australia’s National Rugby League returns to Las Vegas
  • With top players sitting out, Kain Medano, Shemar Stewart deliver impressive workouts at NFL combine
  • LeBron James powers the Lakers to 4th straight victory, 111-102 over the Timberwolves
  • Zion Williamson has 1st career triple-double, leads the Pelicans to a 124-116 victory over the Suns
  • Barbashev’s 4-point night helps Golden Knights hold off Blackhawks 7-5
  • Troy Terry and Ryan Strome lead the surging Ducks’ rally for a 5-2 victory over Canucks
  • Clayton Keller has goal and 4 assists for career-high 5 points in Utah’s 6-1 romp over Wild
  • Saros, Predators beat weary Winnipeg 2-1 to end NHL-best Jets’ team-record winning streak at 11
  • Terry Francona says his mind went right back to baseball after a needed year off
  • White Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi out 4 to 6 weeks with broken hand after being hit by pitch
  • Orioles remove star Gunnar Henderson from game as precaution due to lower right side discomfort
  • Angels don’t expect SS Zach Neto to be ready by opening day with shoulder still recovering
  • English referee David Coote banned by UEFA until 2026

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