Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates take series with Memphis with 3-1 win

ecupirates.com

• ECU Claims Series Over Memphis With 3-1 Victory
• Dalton’s Seventh Inning Home Run Lifts Pirates Over South Florida, 4-1
• Pirates Win City of Oaks Collegiate, Modder Earns Individual Medalist Honors
• Pirates Lose Conference Opener to South Florida, 23-9

ECU baseball tames Tigers to take second of three-game series WNCT 9

247 Sports

• Countdown to First Pitch: ECU aims for sweep of Memphis
• ECU clinches series over Memphis with 3-1 win behind more strong pitching
• ECU 3, Memphis 1: How it looked from the dugouts

ECU baseball: Tramel homers, Pirates’ bullpen stifles Memphis in Saturday’s win Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Bucs get help on both sides of the ball in latest mock draft YAHOO!

Saints to host Oregon left tackle on top 30 visit before 2025 NFL draft Saints Wire

Around the American Athletic Conference

South Florida, JMU Off To 2-0 Starts In Conference Play; Vanderbilt Rallies For First Conference Win American Athletic Conference

The Associated Press

• North Texas and Arkansas State square off in NIT matchup
• Santa Clara, UAB square off in NIT

TU spring football preview: Tre Lamb era kicks off at Tulsa with plenty of questions Tulsa World

The then, and now: Tigers basketball was all about Memphis in 1984-85. Today, not so much. Daily Memphian

Breaking down UNT’s game against Arkansas State tonight in the NIT Denton Record Chronicle

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Virginia basketball hires coach Ryan Odom, who led No. 16-seed upset of Cavaliers USA Today

Dan Hurley sees a lot of UConn in Florida — but to be the champs, the Gators have to beat the two-time champs CBS Sports

Raleigh News & Observer

• ‘Kaizen!’: Why a Japanese philosophy has been so important to Duke’s success this season
• Baylor the kind of NCAA tourney test Duke has struggled to handle — but was built to pass
• Former Duke captain Jeremy Roach admits it’s ‘weird’ as Baylor readies for Blue Devils
• Will Wade is headed to NC State. Will any McNeese State players go with him?
• Is viral McNeese State student manager Amir Khan following coach Will Wade to NC State?
• Will Wade will sign six-year contract to coach NC State men’s basketball, reports say

Charlottesville Daily Progress

• ‘He didn’t skip any steps’: How Ryan Odom earned his chance to be Virginia’s basketball coach
• Chance Mallory’s love for Charlottesville, familiarity with Ryan Odom led him back to UVa
• Mike Bianchi: With FSU’s Mike Norvell shutting out the media, we miss Bobby Bowden more than ever

Roanoke Times

• Virginia basketball transfer portal tracker: Who is departing? Who is coming?
• Hokies’ Keller on Adibi
• No. 13 Liberty’s comeback bid falls short against No. 4 Kentucky, 79-78

The Associated Press

• Calipari bests Pitino in March Madness and leads Arkansas to sweetest Sweet 16 appearance yet
• Auburn coach Bruce Pearl makes plea for return of American hostage Edan Alexander from Gaza
• In March Madness, BYU gets a stop, then gets to go … to Sweet 16 with 91-89 win over Wisconsin
• No. 1 seed Houston holds off Gonzaga comeback, beats No. 8 seed Bulldogs 81-76 to reach Sweet 16
• Top overall seed Auburn reaches first Sweet 16 since 2019, turning away Creighton 82-70
• Tennessee is March Madness dancing to program-best 3rd straight Sweet 16 with 67-58 win over UCLA
• McNeese’s Will Wade signs a 6-year deal to become NC State coach, AP source says
• Chalk talk: Women’s March Madness goes mostly according to seed as top teams advance to second round
• Booker scores 20 and No. 1 Texas opens March Madness with 105-61 win over No. 16 William & Mary
• After pushing Maryland for 40 minutes, Norfolk State coach says his team deserves more respect
• Penn State’s Starocci wins record 5th national title; Hendrickson stuns Steveson for 285-pound title
• Cal hires former NFL head coach Ron Rivera to be GM of football program
• Elon and Army square off in CBI Tournament matchup