Pirates Drop High-Scoring Marathon to San Diego State, 17-16… Pirates See Season End in Loss to Second Seed North Texas, 69-58… Pirates Visit NC State On Tuesday Night… ECU Faces Host VCU In Pair Of Midweek Contests… Jackson Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week…. Norby Selected Co-AAC Pitcher Of The Week

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

On Deck with VCU coach Sean Thompson

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Drop High-Scoring Marathon to San Diego State, 17-16
• Pirates See Season End in Loss to Second Seed North Texas, 69-58
• Pirates Visit NC State On Tuesday Night
• ECU Faces Host VCU In Pair Of Midweek Contests
• Jackson Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week
• Norby Selected Co-AAC Pitcher Of The Week

UTSA vs East Carolina AAC Tournament odds, tips and betting trends – March 13 SportsbookWire

WNCT 9

• ECU women’s basketball beaten by North Texas in conference …
• ECU’s Ethan Norby named Co-Pitcher of the Week for American Athletic Conference
• ECU Softball’s Jackson earns American Athletic Conference …
• Episode 25 of ‘Inside Pirate Athletics’

ECU learns seeding, draw for AAC basketball tournament 247 Sports

ECU women’s basketball: Pirates fall to North Texas in AAC quarterfinals Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

North Texas cruises into semifinals of AAC women’s basketball tourney win tin over East Carolina Denton Record Chronicle

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Charlotte’s Gillespie, East Carolina’s Norby, UTSA’s Detlefsen Earn Weekly Honors
• East Carolina’s Jackson, Florida Atlantic’s Courtney Earn Softball Weekly Honors
• North Texas Heads to Semifinals with 69-58 Win over East Carolina at American Championship
• South Florida Advances to Semifinals with 69-59 Win over Tulane at American Championship
• Temple Advances to Semifinals with 65-34 Win over Charlotte at American Championship
• Rice Continues Run, Defeats UTSA 62-58 in Quarterfinals of American Championship

The Associated Press

• Temple Owls play in AAC Tournament against the Rice Owls
• Rice Owls take on the Charlotte 49ers in AAC Tournament

Confident Tulane men’s basketball team looking to make history at AAC tournament NOLA.com

Sports Illustrated

• Tulane Green Wave Women’s Basketball Advances to American Quarterfinals
• How to Watch Nebraska Baseball vs. Wichita State: Preview, Breakdown, Streaming

Temple breezes past Charlotte and will face Rice in the AAC semifinals Philadelphia Inquirer

How to watch North Texas in the American Athletic Conference tournament Dallas Morning News

UTSA in cash war as pay-to-play escalates The Business Journals (sub req’d)

Florida Atlantic men’s basketball looking ahead to American Athletic Conference tournament Palm Beach Post

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• The ACC Tournament’s official scorer is a Hornets staple, and has NC hoops in his soul
• The 2025 all-ACC men’s basketball team is set, award winners announced. Here’s who won
• Return to glory: Duke women’s basketball slays NC State for first ACC title in 12 years
• Kevin Keatts’ struggles wasted some Final Four momentum. His firing wiped out the rest
• Who could replace Kevin Keatts as NC State basketball coach? Some possible candidates

WRAL

• Cooper Flagg is ACC’s player and rookie of the year, only Triangle player on All-ACC first team
• Duke ends Auburn’s 8-week stay at No. 1 in AP Top 25; Oregon, Illini return as postseason heats up
• Brind’Amour: Rantanen was first player who didn’t want to stay with Hurricanes
• Panthers make Jaycee Horn the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL with $100M deal, AP source says
• Interactive bracket: 2025 ACC Tournament teams, times, live scores
• UCLA and South Carolina are 1-2 in women’s AP Top 25; No. 6 TCU has highest ranking in its history
• Welter: Drake Powell and his Cajun Pasta have all the right ingredients

Winston Salem Journal

• Stephen Curry joins alma mater Davidson as assistant GM for basketball
• Ram Ramblings: Murdock Williams Jr. was way more than just a superfan at WSSU
• Greg Cote: New Hurricanes coach Jai Lucas’ job: Make Miami college hoops matter like never before
• Duke’s Cooper Flagg is ACC player of the year; Wake’s Hunter Sallis is first team again
• WSSU’s Charnessa Reid conquers adversity, prepares for NCAA D-II indoor championships
• Column: Is the ACC women’s basketball tournament really saying goodbye to Greensboro?

College baseball week in review: Stanford makes a statement, Tennessee keeps mashing New York Times

How to watch Coastal Carolina vs. Wake Forest baseball today: Time, TV channel, live stream for college game Sporting News

Columbia The State

• How to watch South Carolina MBB vs. Arkansas in SEC Tournament opener
• Clemson athletics reports seven NCAA violations during 2024 calendar year
• Fight for The Real SC: South Carolina, Southern Cal lock in future WBB matchups

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• Virginia Tech wins ACC wrestling championship meet
• Virginia Beach product Donald Hand Jr. voted ACC’s Most Improved Player
• CIAA champion Virginia State men’s basketball team to face West Chester in NCAA Division II first round
• Navy stuns top seed, reaches Patriot League final
• UNCW ousts Hampton University in CAA quarterfinal

The Associated Press

• Teams vying for No. 1 NCAA seeds stated their cases and now its up to selection committee to decide
• Several once-highly ranked teams enter conference tournament week in need of wins to make NCAA field
• Wofford rallies to beat Furman 92-85 to win sixth Southern Conference Tournament championship
• UNC Wilmington and Delaware meet in CAA Championship
• UNC Wilmington outlasts Charleston 68-67 in Coastal Athletic Association Tournament semifinal
• Davidson takes on Richmond in A-10 Tournament
• Saint Mary’s (CA) plays Gonzaga in WCC Championship game
• Duke’s Flagg headlines ACC’s list of individual award winners
• Notre Dame plays in ACC Tournament against the Pittsburgh
• Virginia Tech plays Cal in ACC Tournament
• Florida State Seminoles square off against the Syracuse Orange in ACC Tournament