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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPThursday, March 13, 2025

March 13, 2025 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

East Carolina Overpowers VCU For Midweek Sweep… Pirates Set To Face UTSA In Second Round Of AAC Championship Thursday Night

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates look to start AAC Tournament by finishing

Pirates complete sweep at VCU with 11-1 win

ecupirates.com

  • East Carolina Overpowers VCU For Midweek Sweep
  • Pirates Set To Face UTSA In Second Round Of AAC Championship Thursday Night
  • Pirates Struggle in 17-9 Loss to UC Davis
  • East Carolina Defeats Mercer 5-2 In Macon

East Carolina takes on UTSA in AAC Tournament The Associated Press

Parker Byrd gets first collegiate RBI as Pirate baseball beats VCU WNCT 9

247 Sports

  • ECU completes midweek sweep of VCU with 11-1 victory
  • ECU Football: New transfers assigned jersey numbers

ECU baseball: Pirates sweep two-game midweek series with VCU Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

No. 11 seed UTSA carries growing confidence into AAC tournament San Antonio Express News

NC State softball sinks Pirates in 11-5 victory NCSU Technician

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • South Florida Earns Second American Championship With 69-62 Win over Rice
  • Charlotte Defeats Rice, 64-61, in First Round of American Championship

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

American Athletic tournament schedule, bracket, scores: Memphis is team to beat but others have NCAA hope USA Today

The Associated Press

  • USF women power past Rice for AAC Tournament championship
  • Blasigh, Brito power South Florida women past Rice 69-62 for AAC Tournament championship
  • American Athletic Conference sets minimum for schools to share with athletes at $10M over 3 years
  • Wichita State Shockers face the South Florida Bulls in AAC Tournament
  • Temple Owls play in AAC Tournament against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane
  • Florida Atlantic Owls play the Charlotte 49ers in AAC Tournament

Tampa Tribune

  • USF women win AAC Tournament title, earn automatic NCAA berth
  • Former USF greats applaud effort of Bulls interim coach Ben Fletcher

Blasigh, Brito power South Florida women past Rice 69-62 for AAC Tournament championship YAHOO!

Why Joe Lunardi said Memphis basketball is so difficult to seed in March Madness bracket Memphis Commercial Appeal

TU men hope Madness of March can erase disappointing season Tulsa World

Tulane freshman makes first career hit a huge homer in run-rule win against Jackson State NOLA.com

Charlotte 49ers, Davidson Wildcats advance in men’s conference basketball tournaments Charlotte Observer

Dallas Morning News

  • UNT senior Moulaye Sissoko came a long way to star for the Mean Green
  • Texas State hires UNT’s Justin Owens as its new general manager

What is AAC tournament schedule? Full bracket, game dates, how to watch for FAU fans Palm Beach Post

His time with Shockers brought unexpected challenges. How Ronnie DeGray persevered Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • Stanford-Cal in Charlotte?! Welcome to the new-look ACC. But Thursday will feel familiar
  • UNC men’s basketball to face Wake Forest in ACC tournament quarterfinals in Charlotte
  • UNC needed an easy win over Notre Dame, and wanted a rematch with Wake Forest. It got both
  • Strong defense helped North Carolina men’s basketball blow out Notre Dame and advance
  • ‘It’s been a long journey’: Behind Mark Jankowski’s well-timed start with Hurricanes

WRAL

  • ACC Tournament: UNC beats Notre Dame, Wake next with NCAA hopes on the line
  • ACC Tournament: Georgia Tech defeats Virginia, will play No. 1 Duke on Thursday
  • March Madness: High Point student broadcasters’ call of comeback goes viral

Winston Salem Journal

  • North Carolina beats Notre Dame, sets up rematch with Wake Forest at ACC Tournament
  • ACC Notes: Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton exits with classy press conference after loss

Columbia The State

  • Heading home already? South Carolina ousted by Arkansas in SEC Tournament opener
  • What Lamont Paris said after South Carolina’s loss in SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament
  • Gamecocks top Georgia State. Where things stand for USC baseball ahead of SEC play
  • Where is Clemson basketball going in NCAA Tournament? Here’s the latest bracketology

Roanoke Times

  • Virginia basketball ends season with loss to Georgia Tech in ACC tournament: 3 takeaways
  • This is the ‘biggest and strongest’ Virginia’s DTs have been in the Tony Elliott era

The Associated Press

  • Minnesota fires coach Ben Johnson after 4 seasons at alma mater with 56-71 record
  • Bubble Watch: Ohio State’s loss is North Carolina’s gain, plus a good day for the SEC
  • Montana will head to NCAA Tournament for first time since 2019 with 91-83 win over Northern Colorado
  • Jeremiah Fears scores 29 points, Oklahoma beats Georgia 81-75 in the SEC Tournament first round
  • Sixth-seeded Kansas holds off No. 14 UCF 98-94 in overtime to reach Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals
  • Desmond Claude scores 28, shines in OT, and USC tops Rutgers 97-89 in 2OT at Big Ten Tournament

 

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • Jets make it official and release quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who’s now a first-time free agent
  • Former Super Bowl MVPs Aaron Rodgers and Cooper Kupp hit the open market
  • Ohtani’s Tokyo airport arrival hidden from fans hoping to catch a glimpse of Japanese star
  • Rams release Super Bowl 56 MVP Cooper Kupp
  • With Allen’s personal and financial life set, Bills QB focuses on unfinished business — Super Bowl
  • Tiger Woods faces another injury and another lost year. Has golf seen the last of him?
  • The secret to Sawgrass for The Players Championship: Play well and stay out of trouble
  • F1’s Mercedes chief Wolff says he’s not looking to sign Verstappen for 2026
  • Bridges nails 3-pointer at buzzer to give Knicks a 114-113 OT win over the Trail Blazers
  • The 49ers agree to a 2-year contract with QB Mac Jones, AP source says
  • Woman who accused Chiefs WR Xavier Worthy of attacking her granted protective order by Texas judge

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