Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Handle Quinnipiac, 17-9
• Pirates Set To Host ECU Intercollegiate

Former Norfolk Tides star’s brother pitches shutout for East Carolina vs. William & Mary Hampton Roads Daily Press

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

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Four American Teams Earn NIT Bids
• Memphis Wins Second American Men’s Basketball Championship
• UTSA Bound for WBIT
• South Florida Earns 12 Seed in the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship

The Associated Press

• PJ Haggerty, Dain Dainja and No. 16 Memphis win AAC tourney with a 84-72 win over UAB
• Oklahoma State squares off against Wichita State in NIT matchup

USF women get No. a 12 seed in NCAA Tournament, open vs. Tennessee Tampa Tribune

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis vs Colorado State prediction, pick for March Madness first round
• Memphis vs Colorado State game time, TV info for March Madness first round
• What Penny Hardaway said about Memphis earning No. 5 seed

Tulane baseball team reverses its fortunes on Sunday to take series vs. Xavier NOLA.com

UTSA will travel to face Gonzaga in Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament San Antonio Express News

Wichita Eagle

• They thought their season was done. Surprise NIT bid scrambles Shockers to play again
• In wild twist, Wichita State basketball receives NIT bid with game slated for Tuesday

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Death to quadrants: North Carolina benefits as NCAA looks past archaic selection system
• Home cooking: Where NC State, Duke, UNC landed in the NCAA women’s tournament bracket
• Duke basketball earns No. 1 NCAA Tournament seed. Where and when will Blue Devils play?
• Tar Heels are in: UNC basketball makes NCAA Tournament, will start in First Four at Dayton

WRAL

• Duke is the No. 1 seed in the East region, to play at Lenovo Center in the first round of the NCAA Tournament
• North Carolina makes NCAA Tournament as final at-large selection
• NCAA Tournament: Duke, Florida and UConn to play in Raleigh at the Lenovo Center
• March Madness brackets have Auburn as the overall No. 1 followed by Duke, Houston, Florida
• NCAA women’s tournament: Duke, UNC, NC State women all hosting opening weekend games
• J.J. Spaun takes the lead at The Players Championship on windy day that wrecked rounds

Charleston Post & Courier

• They’re No. 1 (again)! Gamecocks to start NCAA Tournament as a No. 1 seed
• Gamecocks decline NIT bid, season ends at 12-20
• Gamecocks blow 2-run lead in ninth, lose in extras to drop first SEC series
• Here’s where Clemson opens NCAA Tournament play, hoping to make another March Madness run

UNCW basketball vs Texas Tech: Can Seahawks upset the Red Raiders? Wilmington Star-News

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• David Teel: NCAA bracket thoughts on Duke’s quest for six, Norfolk State’s daunting task, UNC’s inclusion
• Norfolk State men, seeded 16th, draw No. 1 seed Florida in NCAA Tournament opener

Winston Salem Journal

• High Point men go to Providence; women head to Austin to open March Madness
• UCLA, South Carolina, USC, Texas are No. 1 seeds in women’s NCAA Tournament
• Four schools from the state of North Carolina heading to NCAA Tournament
• March Madness brackets have Auburn as overall No. 1 followed by Duke, Houston, Florida
• Wake Forest’s season ends after declining bid to NIT
• Here is the NCAA men’s tournament bracket

The Associated Press

• March Madness bracket anything but sleepy as Auburn, Tar Heels picks highlight wild Selection Sunday
• March Madness: How to win your NCAA men’s tournament pool and a look at what history tells us
• March Madness: How to watch and what to watch for in the 2025 NCAA Tournament
• March Madness: UCLA, South Carolina, USC, Texas are No. 1 seeds in women’s NCAA Tournament
• March Madness: How to win your NCAA women’s tournament pool and a look at what history tells us
• No. 4 Florida Gators win their 1st SEC Tourney title since 2014 by beating No. 8 Tennessee 86-77
• West Region will feature 3 Hall of Fame coaches, another with consecutive national titles
• Clemson alum Will Wade says he’ll be ‘all McNeese’ when ball goes up for NCAA opener against Tigers
• Caleb Love has seen plenty of Duke. And there’s the potential for 1 more NCAA meeting
• Ognacevic bounces back after missing sesaon due to injury and leads Lipscomb into NCAA Tournament
• San Diego State Aztecs square off against the North Carolina Tar Heels in First 4
• Florida gets No. 1 seed in West Region, will open March Madness against Norfolk State
• Duke gets No. 1 regional seed for March Madness, headlines East with Alabama, Wisconsin, Arizona
• Auburn is the No. 1 seed in the South Region; Tigers seek redress after first-round ouster last year
• Donaldson helps No. 22 Michigan rally late again to beat No. 18 Wisconsin 59-53 for Big Ten title
• Shulga scores 18, VCU holds off George Mason 68-63 to claim Atlantic 10 title and NCAA berth
• No. 4 Florida Gators win their 1st SEC Tourney title since 2014 by beating No. 8 Tennessee 86-77
• Poulakidas’ 5 3s help carry Yale past Cornell 90-84; Elis win Ivy title and claim the NCAA berth