East Carolina Pirates play in AAC Tournament against the UTSA Roadrunners; Felton, Walker Earn All-AAC First Team Honors… East Carolina Rolls To 12-2 Run-Rule Win At VCU;Norby Garners National Pitcher Of The Week Honors … East Carolina Defeats Mercer 5-2 In Macon

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates take 12-2 win over VCU

Norby earns national acclaim

ecupirates.com

• East Carolina Defeats Mercer 5-2 In Macon
• Pirates Tie For Fifth At Briar’s Creek Invitational
• East Carolina Rolls To 12-2 Run-Rule Win At VCU
• Pirates Fall At NC State, 11-5
• Pirates Set for California Finale Against UC Davis on Wednesday
• ECU Takes Fourth At Palmetto Invitational
• Norby Garners National Pitcher Of The Week Honors
• Felton, Walker Earn All-AAC First Team Honors
• Pirates Drop High-Scoring Marathon to San Diego State, 17-16

East Carolina Pirates play in AAC Tournament against the UTSA Roadrunners The Associated Press

WNCT 9

• ECU basketball’s Felton, Walker earn All-AAC First Team Honors
• Norby garners National Pitcher of the Week Honors

Sources: Blake Harrell amps East Carolina personnel staff with five-time North Carolina high school state champion coach Football Scoop

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

247 Sports

• ECU takes midweek series opener at VCU, 12-2
• FINAL: ECU 12, VCU 2 (8 innings)
• ECU’s RJ Felton, CJ Walker earn First-Team All-AAC honors
• PODCAST: What we learned from ECU’s tough series loss to Coastal Carolina

ECU baseball: Pirates crush VCU for 12-2 win in eight innings Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• South Florida Advances to Final with 58-48 Win over North Texas at American Championship
• Rice is Finals-Bound with 67-49 Win over Temple at American Championship
• Rice’s Schwartzman Wins Player Of The Week Honors For Second Time In 2025
• South Florida’s Llanes Takes Player Of The Week Honors Following 6-0 Week
• American Athletic Conference Announces 2024-25 Men’s Basketball Awards

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

Betting AAC Conference Tournament 2025: Preview, picks, odds, projections CBS Sports

The Associated Press

• Memphis guard Haggerty and Tigers coach Hardaway headline American Athletic Conference honors
• Temple Owls play in AAC Tournament against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane

USF women top North Texas in AAC tourney, now 1 win from NCAA berth Tampa Tribune

NOLA.com

• AAC coaches reward Tulane’s Rowan Brumbaugh for outstanding season
• Connor Rasmussen’s early grand slam carries Tulane to another win against Nicholls

Temple upset in AAC women’s basketball semifinals by Rice for a second-straight season Philadelphia Inquirer

Hardaway wins AAC Coach of the Year, Haggerty Player of the Year Daily Memphian

UNT lands three on All-AAC men’s basketball team ahead of conference tournament Denton Record Chronicle

UAB basketball star earns conference award for 2nd straight year AL.com

Wichita Eagle

• Wichita State basketball players honored in American Athletic Conference awards
• Wichita State basketball wiping slate clean to try unprecedented AAC tournament run
• How Wichita State basketball won recruiting war for Sunrise ‘freak athlete’ Noah Hill

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

WRAL

• Holliday: What UNC must do in Charlotte
• ACC Tournament: Notre Dame beats Pitt, will face UNC on Wednesday
• First and last spots in March Madness riding on outcome of conference tournaments
• Tiger Woods says he ruptured his Achilles tendon, an injury likely to keep him out of the Masters
• Jarvis scores short-handed, Kochetkov stops 23 shots as Hurricanes beat Lightning 4-1

March Madness bracket tracker: Who’s in, out and on men’s NCAA Tournament bubble USA Today

2025 college basketball coaching carousel: 13 top candidates to know from the mid-major ranks CBS Sports

Coastal Carolina’s run of dominance at home against Wake Forest comes to abrupt end MyHorryNews

Winston Salem Journal

• Traveling for two: High Point men, women heading into March Madness together
• Stephen Curry joins alma mater Davidson as assistant GM for basketball

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

Charlotte Observer

• Here’s who UNC men’s basketball plays in second round of the ACC Tournament in Charlotte
• ACC Tournament live updates: Syracuse tops Florida State to finish Day 1 slate in Charlotte
• Who will win the ACC Tournament? Five bold predictions, even as Duke expected to dominate
• Why FSU coach, Gastonia native Leonard Hamilton’s retirement is such a big loss for ACC
• NFL free agency: Six running back options for Panthers after release of Miles Sanders
• Searching for a bright spot in another dim season? Hornets’ Miles Bridges proves his worth

Roanoke Times

• Virginia Tech loses to Cal in double OT in ACC Tournament
• Virginia basketball set for ACC tournament clash against Georgia Tech

The Associated Press

• UNCW denies No. 12 seed Delaware a historic end to the CAA Tournament and secures NCAA bid
• Wofford rallies to beat Furman 92-85 to win sixth Southern Conference Tournament championship
• No. 19 Saint Mary’s back in WCC Tournament final after defeating Pepperdine 74-59
• Big 12 commissioner believes NCAA Tournament expansion is due. He says 76 teams is the right number
• Gonzaga beats No. 19 Saint Mary’s 58-51 to capture West Coast Conference Tournament title
• No. 14 seed UCF uses 24-3 second-half run to beat No. 11 seed Utah 87-72 in Big 12 tourney opener
• Omojafo’s 24 points send Robert Morris past Youngstown State to claim Horizon title and NCAA bid
• Hawkins scores 26 as No. 10 seed K-State beats No. 15 seed Arizona State 71-66 in Big 12 tourney
• Several once-highly ranked teams enter conference tournament week in need of wins to make NCAA field