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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPSunday, March 9, 2025

March 9, 2025 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Coastal forces deciding game Sunday

ecupirates.com

  • No. 24 Coastal Carolina Evens Series With 9-1 Victory
  • Pirates Continue Spring Play At Briar’s Creek Invitational
  • Pirates Defeat UTSA In Eight Innings, 9-6
  • Pirates Open American WBB Tournament Against 10th-Seeded Memphis
  • Pirates Visit Florida Atlantic On Sunday To Close Out MBB Regular Season

The Associated Press

  • How to Watch Florida Atlantic vs. East Carolina | Live Stream, TV Channel for March 9
  • Vokietaitis and Florida Atlantic host East Carolina

Pirate baseball drops second game of series to Coastal Carolina, 9-1 WNCT 9

College Baseball: Coastal Carolina wipes ECU out 9-1 WITN 7

Community honors slain ECU student with ‘Walk for Peace’ in Washington WCTI 12

247 Sports

  • Coastal defeats ECU, 9-1, to even series
  • Coastal Carolina 9, ECU 1: How it looked from the dugouts

ECU baseball: Pirates lose to Coastal Carolina, series evened at 1-1 Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Coastal Carolina Cruises Past East Carolina, 9-1 Live 5 News

ESPN cameraman quickly cuts away as scantily-clad female fan is caught taking sultry selfies UK Daily Mail

ESPN Catches College Baseball Fan Taking ‘Inappropriate’ Picture The Spun

East Carolina plays in AAC Tournament against the Memphis Fox Sports

As NC’s teacher pipeline dwindles, education colleges are getting creative WRAL 5

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • Memphis Claims Outright American Regular Season Championship
  • Charlotte Defeats Florida Atlantic, 55-51, in First Round of American Championship

American women’s tournament bracket: Full TV schedule, channels, scores for 2025 AAC basketball championships Sporting News

The Associated Press

  • Graves and Charlotte host UTSA
  • Tulsa plays in AAC Tournament against the Charlotte
  • Tulane hosts McGhee and UAB
  • How to Watch Wichita State vs. Tulsa | Live Stream, TV Channel for March 9

Tulane men’s hoops hosts UAB with two opposing trends battling each other NOLA.com

Tulane Green Wave play in AAC Tournament against the Wichita State Shockers Fox Sports

Last season’s struggles fuel this season’s success for the Tigers WREG TV

Daily Memphian

  • ‘What life is all about’: Hardaway earns redemption a year after hitting bottom
  • The Memphis Tigers’ road to an AAC regular-season title 

 

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • Duke-UNC remains priceless in football-crazed, money-obsessed college sports — but it’s at risk
  • Duke basketball needed a challenge. Blue Devils showed championship mettle to sweep UNC
  • ‘I want to see them again’: UNC turns gaze to ACC Tournament, potential Duke rematch
  • There was always more to Duke than Cooper Flagg, but now the Blue Devils have proven it
  • Locking it down: Three takeaways as Duke secures top ACC seed with win over rival UNC
  • ACC Men’s Tournament pairings: Duke alone at No. 1, UNC slips to No. 5
  • Duke basketball takes advantage of full roster in rivalry win over North Carolina
  • ‘D’ is for defense — and Duke: Blue Devils upset Notre Dame to reach ACC Tournament final
  • Tobacco Road turf war: NC State women start strong, hold off UNC to reach ACC final
  • NC State basketball season ends with a thud. What Kevin Keatts said about the future

WRAL

  • No. 2 Duke pulls away late from UNC, claims ACC regular-season crown
  • Duke finishes game on 23-10 run to beat UNC 82-69
  • No. 7 NC State women beat No. 14 North Carolina 66-55 to advance to ACC Tournament final
  • No. 11 Duke women beat No. 6 Notre Dame 61-56 in ACC Tournament semifinals
  • ACC Tournament: Men’s basketball seeds, schedule and TV networks

March Madness bracket predictions 5.0: Projecting the Field of 68 for 2025 NCAA Tournament Sporting News

Winston Salem Journal

  • Dominos fall in favor of Wake Forest as it grabs fourth seed for ACC Tournament
  • Wake Forest sends its seniors out in style with blowout win of Georgia Tech at Joel Coliseum
  • ‘This girl’s energy is something’: Meet the hype woman for the ACC men’s and women’s hoops tourneys

Columbia The State

  • Clemson locks in ACC men’s basketball tournament seed. Here’s the 2025 schedule
  • What Vic Schaefer said about Texas facing South Carolina in SEC Tournament final
  • South Carolina locks in SEC men’s basketball tournament seed. Here’s the 2025 schedule
  • Back to the ’Ship: South Carolina WBB ousts Oklahoma to reach SEC Tournament finals

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

  • ODU shakes off 7-run deficit, evens series at No. 22 Auburn
  • ODU’s improbable Sun Belt Tournament run ends, but Monarchs will ‘remember this as a start’
  • Duke clinches outright ACC regular-season title with win at UNC; UVA, Hokies fall

The Associated Press

  • Duke’s Maliq Brown stood out at UNC. It showed his importance to the No. 2 Blue Devils’ title hopes
  • Toppin has 25 points and 11 rebounds as No. 9 Texas Tech beats Arizona State 85-57
  • Cryer scores 23 as Big 12 champ and No. 3 Houston wraps regular season with 65-61 win at Baylor
  • No. 6 St. John’s preps for March Madness with Pitino’s ‘favorite win of the season by far’
  • March Madness: Omaha headed to 1st NCAA Tournament, even with a loss in Summit League final
  • Bubble watch: Georgia is in position to end 10-year NCAA Tournament drought after beating Vanderbilt
  • Booker leads No. 1 Texas past No. 9 LSU 56-49, setting up rematch with South Carolina for SEC title

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • Tatum scores 40, Celtics beat Lakers 111-101 after James leaves late with groin injury
  • LeBron James has ‘not much concern’ after exiting loss to Celtics with late groin injury
  • Winning shot by Raptors’ Jamal Shead disallowed after review against Wizards
  • Hornets close with a 12-0 run to beat the Nets 105-102 and snap a nine-game losing streak
  • Segovia Perez and Inter Miami host Charlotte FC
  • Sellers and Rantanen are among the NHL trade deadline winners. Hurricanes and Boeser are some losers
  • Mikaela Shiffrin slips from first-run lead to place 3rd in World Cup slalom won by Katharina Truppe
  • Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy released after Texas district attorney declines to pursue charges
  • Magomed Ankalaev wins undisputed light heavyweight belt with unanimous decision over Alex Pereira
  • Warriors star Stephen Curry reaches 25,000 career points
  • Super Bowl stars Josh Sweat and Milton Williams headline a list of NFL free agents
  • WATCH: Ronaldo scores a stunning goal for Al Nassr against Al Shabab
  • Mathias Laborda, Tate Johnson help Whitecaps beat Montreal 2-0
  • Najar and Qasem each score a goal as Nashville beats Timbers 2-0
  • Jordan Morris becomes Seattle’s all-time goals leader, Sounders beat LAFC 5-2
  • Red Bulls’ Carlos Coronel has seven saves in scoreless duel with Brad Guzan and Atlanta United
  • ‘Captain America’ to the rescue as Pulisic scores 2 goals in Milan’s 3-2 win at Lecce

Raleigh News & Observer

  • ‘Starting fresh’: Why Hurricanes newcomer Logan Stankoven could fit in quickly — and well
  • Panthers agree to terms with TE Tommy Tremble on multi-year deal before free agency

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