ECU Sweeps Twinbill And Series From William & Mary… Pirates Drop SB Series To Tulsa With Doubleheader Split On Saturday… Ufodiama Earns First Team All-American Honors… Memphis Tigers take on the UAB Blazers in AAC Championship

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates rolling with sweep of Tribe

ecupirates.com

• ECU Sweeps Twinbill And Series From William & Mary
• Pirates Drop SB Series To Tulsa With Doubleheader Split On Saturday
• Ufodiama Earns First Team All-American Honors

Yesavage’s pro debut: 0 runs, 3 K’s, sheer dominance Major League Baseball

ECU’s Parker Byrd, first Division I player with prosthetic leg, records first career hit vs. William & Mary CBS Sports

ECU baseball completes sweep of William & Mary with double header wins WNCT 9

Toronto Blue Jays First-Round Draft Choice Makes Incredible Debut at Spring Breakout Game Sports Illustrated

247 Sports

• ECU holds off William & Mary, 9-8, to complete sweep
• ECU 9, William & Mary 8: How it looked from the dugouts
• 13-run first propels ECU to 19-6 win over William & Mary
• ECU 19, William & Mary 6: How it looked from the dugouts

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU baseball: A hit, another milestone for Parker Byrd
• ECU baseball: Pirates sweep doubleheader, series vs. Tribe

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• East Carolina’s Ufodiama, South Florida’s Saminu Earn First Team All-America Honors
• UAB Is Finals-Bound with 66-56 Win Over North Texas at American Championship
• Memphis Advances to American Championship Final with 78-77 Win over Tulane
• UAB Advances to Semifinals with 94-77 Win Over East Carolina at American Championship

The Associated Press

• Memphis Tigers take on the UAB Blazers in AAC Championship
• Memphis vs. UAB AAC Tournament Championship Picks, Odds and Prediction – March 16
• Lendeborg’s double-double helps UAB advance to AAC title game with 66-56 win over North Texas
• PJ Haggerty finishes strong for No. 16 Memphis in 78-77 win over Tulane in AAC tourney semis

UAB vows to give its all in AAC final vs. No. 16 Memphis CBS Sports

Depleted Tigers are ‘ready for war’ on the path to secure AAC Tournament title Daily Memphian

Lendeborg’s double-double helps UAB advance to AAC title game with 66-56 win over North Texas FOX Sports

No. 16 Memphis holds off Tulane to reach AAC title game Reuters

USF women’s basketball March Madness predictions: Where Bulls could land in NCAA bracket Tallahassee Democrat

Dante Harris injury: Memphis guard won’t play in AAC final, could be out for NCAA tournament Memphis Commercial Appeal

Controversial calls play role in heartbreaking AAC tourney loss for Tulane NOLA.com

Tulane drops AAC semifinal heartbreaker to top-seed Memphis, 78-77 Crescent City Sports

Sports Illustrated

• Tulane Green Wave Nearly Upsets Memphis Tigers in Conference Tournament
• Tulane Green Wave Baseball Seeks Series Win Over Xavier in Finale

UAB runs past UNT in American Athletic Conference tournament semifinals Denton Record Chronicle

UAB gets past North Texas, advances to AAC title game to face Memphis AL.com

Wichita State basketball brought competitive fire against Memphis, but not clean play Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• For Duke basketball, ACC championship is just the start. No. 1 Blue Devils aim for more
• Shorthanded but undaunted, Duke basketball dials up the defense to claim ACC title
• Duke’s second-half surge pushes Blue Devils past Louisville for 23rd ACC championship
• ACC Tournament live updates: As Duke wins 23rd ACC title, it expects Flagg back for NCAAs
• Hurricanes shut out Flyers, extend winning streak to seven

WRAL

• Proctor, Knueppel carry No. 1 Duke past Louisville for 2nd ACC title in three years
• Duke players, coach Jon Scheyer discuss ACC title game win over Louisville
• NCAA’s Gavitt: Duke, ACC tell selection committee Flagg will be available for March Madness
• NC Courage open season with 1-1 draw against Racing Louisville
• Jankowski scores 2, Kochetkov gets 2nd shutout as Hurricanes beat Flyers 5-0

What to watch on college basketball’s Selection Sunday CNN

Men’s college basketball bubble watch: All eyes on Memphis, VCU on Selection Sunday The New York Times

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest baseball team rolling along so far in ACC play
• Top-ranked Duke captures ACC men’s title with victory over Louisville
• PHOTOS: Duke defeats Louisville, 73-62, to win ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship
• Adam Hill: Power conferences need to leave greedy hands off NCAA Tournament

Charleston Post & Courier

• Hamilton: It’s not Clemsoning, but being 0-71 in anything is never good
• What’s changing with Clemson football: Ticket prices and the spring game broadcast
• Chance for Gamecocks to make NIT slightly dented as Bracketology changes
• Dillon Hunter’s absence is a bigger problem than Clemson wants headed into March Madness

No. 23 UVA, Virginia Tech win baseball road games behind huge innings Hampton Roads Daily Press

The Associated Press

• Dick Vitale tears up on ACC Championship broadcast while talking about recent cancer battle
• Proctor, Knueppel carry No. 1 Duke past No. 13 Louisville 73-62 for 2nd ACC title in 3 years
• NCAA’s Gavitt: Duke, ACC tell selection committee Flagg will be available for March Madness
• March Madness arrives with a waiting game for Tar Heels, Texas on Selection Sunday
• Bubble watch: Surging Colorado State snags Mountain West automatic bid. Who might that knock out?
• March Madness: USC, UCLA, South Carolina and more all potential 1 seeds for women’s NCAA Tournament
• No. 6 St. John’s beats Creighton 82-66 for 1st Big East Tournament crown in 25 years
• Clayton scores 22 as No. 4 Florida beats No. 5 Alabama 104-82 in SEC semis
• No. 8 Tennessee downs No. 3 Auburn 70-65 to reach SEC Tournament championship game
• Alabama State wins first SWAC tourney title since 2011, pulls away late to beat Jackson State 60-56
• VCU Rams take on the George Mason Patriots in A-10 Championship
• Florida plays Tennessee in SEC Championship game
• Yale faces Cornell in Ivy League Championship game
• Michigan Wolverines and Wisconsin Badgers meet in Big Ten Championship