Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates power past Memphis for AAC sweep

ecupirates.com

• East Carolina WTennis Falls At Appalachian State, 4-1
• Pirates Fall 5-1 To South Florida In SB Series Finale
• East Carolina Overpowers Memphis In Rule Run Fashion To Clinch AAC Series Sweep

ECU baseball completes weekend sweep in dominating …  WNCT 9

College Baseball: ECU tops Memphis 3-1 as Godwin returns to coaching third base WITN 7

247 Sports

• ECU rolls past Memphis, 11-1, to complete sweep
• ECU 11, Memphis 1 (7): How it looked from the dugouts

ECU baseball: Pirates sweep Memphis with run-rule win on Sunday Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Predicting the win total for every first-year FBS head coach in 2025 Saturday Blitz

2025 draft cornerback who visited Saints shares update on injury recoveryu Saints Wire

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Becker, Guzman Conclude Action at NCAA Championships
• South Florida, JMU Off To 2-0 Starts In Conference Play; Vanderbilt Rallies For First Conference Win

UAB completes another comeback, beats Santa Clara to advance in NIT AL.com

Lendeborg’s 22 lead UAB over Santa Clara in NIT 88-84 CBS Sports

Jasper Floyd hits game-winner, scores 18 to lead North Texas over Arkansas State 65-63 in NIT The Associated Press

Jasper Floyd’s game-winner pushes North Texas past Arkansas State in NIT thriller Dallas Morning News

Jasper Floyd’s game-winner pushes UNT past Arkansas State in NIT thriller Denton Record Chronicle

USF women fall to fast-paced Tennessee in NCAA tourney opener Tampa Tribune

Ranking Memphis basketball’s top roster priorities this offseason Memphis Commercial Appeal

Sports Illustrated

• RECRUITING: UTSA Football Lands 4-Star SEC Decommit For 2025
• Watch: Tulane Baseball’s Jackson Linn Hits Moonshot Grand Slam Against Wichita State

Tulane baseball takes opening AAC series with Sunday win over Wichita State WDSU

USF’s Jayden Reid enters transfer portal after two seasons USF Oracle

North Texas plays UT Arlington in NIT matchup The Associated Press

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Duke dominant: Top-seeded Blue Devils run away from No. 9 Baylor to reach NCAA Sweet 16
• Paws crossed: ‘Woofpack’ helps NC State women’s basketball team on and off the court
• End of an era: NC State women’s basketball faces Michigan State in seniors’ home finale
• Why Tyrese Proctor’s red-hot shooting brought tears to Duke coach Jon Scheyer’s eyes
• Cooper Flagg continues to make it look easy, just as Duke did in a win over Baylor
• Feeling Sweet: Duke women overcome early deficit, hold off Oregon to advance to Birmingham

WRAL

• Proctor, Flagg lead No. 1 Duke past Baylor, into Sweet 16
• NC State Wolfpack square off against the Michigan State Spartans in second round
• North Carolina Tar Heels take on the West Virginia Mountaineers in second round
• Men’s NCAA tournament gets a breather as women’s bracket enters final day of Round of 32
• New NC State basketball coach Wade on Wolfpack: ‘A destination job’
• Taylor Hall scores his 6th career hat trick in the 3rd period, leading Hurricanes past Ducks 5-2

Winston Salem Journal

• Bullpen falters late as No. 11 Wake Forest loses to seventh-ranked Clemson
• Hot-shooting Duke rolls past Baylor to move into the Sweet 16
• Dom Amore: The ACC now needs UConn as much as UConn needs the ACC. Oh, how things change.
• Wake Forest’s Jake Dickert talks about first practice of the spring

Charleston Post & Courier

• Hamilton: Paopao’s words hit home in her CLA finale as a Gamecock
• ‘Never out of the fight’ is Clemson’s motto. Tigers showed it in series win over No. 11 Wake Forest.
• Glue Girl: College of Charleston’s Jazmyn Stone energizes Cougars lineup
• Pao! Senior makes most of final game at CLA, leads Gamecocks to Sweet 16

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• UVA women swim to fifth consecutive national championship
• David Teel: Tyrese Proctor shoots Duke past Baylor and into Sweet 16
• Norfolk State women’s basketball coach Larry Vickers has been hired by Auburn

The Associated Press

• Derik Queen’s buzzer-beating fadeaway gives Maryland a 72-71 March Madness win over Colorado State
• Power conferences fill this year’s Sweet 16 for the first time ever
• With March Madness underway, it’s game time for newly opened women’s-sports bars across the US
• Anger, frustration, sadness and pride: Dan Hurley full of emotion after UConn’s three-peat bid ends
• Florida ends UConn’s bid for third straight national title with 77-75 March Madness win
• Texas fires coach Rodney Terry after Longhorns make another quick exit from NCAA Tournament
• Caleb Love leads Arizona past Oregon 87-83 to set up a showdown with Duke in March Madness
• Michigan State reaches 16th Sweet 16 under Tom Izzo with 71-63 March Madness win over New Mexico
• Pedulla scores 20 as Ole Miss adds to SEC run in March Madness, beating Iowa State 91-78
• Talaysia Cooper leads Tennessee to 82-67 victory over Ohio State for spot in Sweet 16
• Purdue Fort Wayne meets Old Dominion in NIT
• Charleston (SC) plays Howard in NIT matchup