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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPSaturday, April 5, 2025

April 5, 2025 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

ECU Baseball Rally Falls Just Short In Series Opener… Pirates Handle Memphis In SB Series Opener, 5-1… ECU Drops 4-0 WTennis Decision At No. 40 Charlotte… The Final Four again has multiple 5th-year starters. This time, it’s a farewell to an uncommon era… South Carolina returns to the NCAA title game and gets a rematch of 2022 against Bueckers and UConn

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates dealt first AAC setback by FAU

ecupirates.com

  • ECU Baseball Rally Falls Just Short In Series Opener
  • Pirates Handle Memphis In SB Series Opener, 5-1
  • ECU Drops 4-0 WTennis Decision At No. 40 Charlotte

Pirate baseball drops series opener to Owls WNCT 9

College Baseball: ECU falls to FAU 6-5 WITN 7

Norby’s pitching can’t save Pirates; FAU ends conference streak WCTI 12

WR Anthony Smith still feels like he has something to prove in the midst of his second spring at ECU CBS Sports

247 Sports

  • ECU’s comeback falls short in 6-5 loss to FAU
  • FAU 6, ECU 5: How it looked from the dugouts
  • PHOTOS: ECU in action for Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium practice

ECU baseball: Pirates fall to FAU in series opener Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Bills Look Into ‘Explosive’ Cornerback to Replace 15-Game Starter heavy

Sporting News

  • Bills set to host top cornerback prospect on Top 30 visit
  • Dolphins Friday Mailbag: Draft Trades, Dart, Jeanty, and More

Reports: Utah’s Ezra Ausar is entering the transfer portal Deseret News

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • Charlotte’s Chaisilprungruang, South Florida’s Ryding Earn Golf Weekly Honors
  • UAB, Tulane Fall in Tuesday Men’s Basketball Action

ESPN calls Memphis LB Chandler Martin a Day 3 NFL draft sleeper: ‘Stick of dynamite’ Memphis Commercial Appeal

MCAT tomorrow, surgery tonight: Tulane reliever Tayler Montiel pivotal in win over Rice NOLA.com

Bills’ replacement for Rasul Douglas could come from ESPN Day 3 sleeper pick Sports Illustrated

College Football’s Toughest Group of 5 Schedules for 2025 Athlon Sports

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • The worst, and best: How Tyrese Proctor’s career path led Duke basketball to Final Four
  • Tattoo you? Duke basketball players’ moms planning to get inked if Blue Devils win title
  • Flagg planted! Duke basketball superstar is rare freshman named AP player of the year
  • Selling Cooper Flagg, Duke’s very model of a modern college basketball superstar
  • Why Duke basketball’s Maliq Brown ‘confident’ at Final Four, despite not being 100% healthy
  • How much is NC State paying men’s basketball coach Will Wade? Here’s what we know
  • Red Wings down Hurricanes, stay alive in playoff chase

WRAL

  • Duke and Houston square off in the Final Four
  • Cooper Flagg, Duke brace for Houston’s relentless pressure
  • Duke basketball moms make a tattoo pledge if the Blue Devils win a title
  • Wade’s contract with NC State worth more than $17 million
  • Red Wings grab early lead, hold on to beat Hurricanes 5-3

Duke brings NBA talent, fierce defense to Final Four matchup against Houston San Antonio Express News

Columbia The State

  • First look at betting line for South Carolina-UConn national championship game
  • Dawn Staley, Geno Auriemma give first thoughts on 2025 national title game
  • Ready for a repeat! South Carolina WBB tops Texas to reach national title game
  • South Carolina WBB routs Texas, advances to national championship
  • Lamont Paris losing two more Gamecocks to transfer portal

Charleston Post & Courier

  • Hamilton: USC got the win, but Texas has got the shoes
  • Gamecocks again barbecue Texas to advance to national championship game
  • Here’s what to watch as Clemson shakes up spring scrimmage format

March Madness 2025: Texas has its season ended by Final Four foe South Carolina Austin American-Statesman

Winston Salem Journal

  • ACC drops the next sneaker, moves women’s basketball tournament from Greensboro to Duluth, Georgia
  • WSSU will end spring football practice with a scrimmage on Saturday at Carver High School

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

  • Coppin State’s Jermaine Woods named Norfolk State women’s basketball coach
  • David Teel: Hokies with 757 connections striving for NFL draft inclusion
  • David Teel: Youth is served as Scheyer, Flagg lead Duke’s landmark season

The Associated Press

  • South Carolina returns to the NCAA title game and gets a rematch of 2022 against Bueckers and UConn
  • Defending national champion South Carolina returns to title game with 74-57 rout of Texas
  • No superstars needed for South Carolina, which uses depth to beat Texas and reach NCAA title game
  • UConn beats UCLA 85-51 in Final Four and will face South Carolina for the title
  • At Final Four, Houston slowing Duke’s Cooper Flagg could come down to a stopper named Joseph Tugler
  • Duke freshman star Cooper Flagg named the AP men’s college basketball player of the year
  • The Final Four again has multiple 5th-year starters. This time, it’s a farewell to an uncommon era
  • WVU’s Hodge would pay hefty buyout if he leaves after 1 season, in a nod to predecessor DeVries

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • Alex Ovechkin ties Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record with his 894th goal
  • Alex Ovechkin and Wayne Gretzky are tied at 894 goals. Ovechkin can break the record Sunday
  • Red Wings grab early lead, hold on to beat Hurricanes 5-3
  • Soto at home in Polar Bear’s house: Big bats power Mets in `storybook’ Citi Field opener
  • Cleveland’s José Ramírez hits 3 homers and claims another piece of Guardians history
  • Royals beat Orioles 8-2 behind 3 RBIs apiece from Maikel Garcia and Vinnie Pasquantino
  • Reds snap 35-inning scoreless streak with 8th-inning sac fly against Brewers
  • Verstappen takes pole for Sunday’s F1 Japanese Grand Prix ahead of Norris and Piastri
  • NBA fines Grizzlies’ Ja Morant $75,000 for continued finger-gun gestures, after warning him to stop
  • Dale Earnhardt Jr. shifts gears with his No. 8 logo to avoid potential conflict with Lamar Jackson
  • Thomas Muller to leave Bayern Munich after this season
  • Charlotte FC hosts Nashville on 3-game home winning streak
  • Kings beat Hornets 125-102 to maintain hold on 10th spot in the West

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