Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Harrell has Houston as NCAA hoops pick

Owls finish strong to complete sweep

ecupirates.com

• ECU Drops Series Finale To Florida Atlantic, 8-6
• Pirates Rally To Defeat Memphis, 4-3

Cowboy Roundup: Sleeper first-round option, Top EDGE fits for Dallas Sports Illustrated

Pirates can’t hold on, get swept by FAU  WNCT 9

College Baseball: ECU swept at home following 8-6 loss to FAU WITN 7

East Carolina suffers first home conference sweep since 2018 after 8-6 loss to FAU Sunday WCTI 12

247 Sports

• Mike Schwartz addresses the needs ECU will be tackling in the portal this offseason
• ECU commits four errors in 8-6 home loss as FAU completes sweep
• FAU 8, ECU 6: How it looked from the dugouts

ECU baseball: Pirates fall on Sunday, swept by FAU Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

Temple transfer guard Quante Berry commits to Memphis Daily Memphian

Sports Ilustrated

• Tulane Football Coach Looks for Important Quality in Competing Quarterbacks
• Tulane Baseball Bounces Back, Sweeps Rice to Claw Closer in AAC Standings

Baseball gets outlasted by Charlotte in road series loss WSU Sunflower

UAB transfer guard Ja’Borri McGhee picks Mississippi State basketball over Ole Miss Jackson Clarion Ledger

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• After Duke’s stunning loss to Houston in the Final Four, what’s next for the Blue Devils?
• Kelvin Sampson left NC and never came back, but still represents the best of the state
• Duke basketball haunted by ‘what ifs’ after stunning collapse to Houston in Final Four

WRAL

• Welter: After collapsing versus Houston in the Final Four, Duke’s season is a failure, I can’t look at it any other way
• Duke’s Cooper Flagg on loss to Houston: ‘It didn’t end the way that we wanted it to’

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest finds a spark to win series on the road against fourth-ranked Florida State
• Houston, Florida put different spin on underdog role
• UConn women claim record 12th national championship, first since 2016
• How college sports are preparing for ‘seismic change,’ including revenue sharing and new roster limits
• Mike Bianchi: Florida AD Scott Stricklin benefits from patience with Todd Golden

Columbia The State

• Championship loss stings. Season still a success for Dawn Staley, Gamecocks
• South Carolina coach Dawn Staley teases Gamecocks’ transfer portal plan
• Way-too-early look at next year’s South Carolina WBB roster after UConn loss
• Masters week arrives. Here’s what everyone will talking about

The Associated Press

• UConn crushes South Carolina to win 12th national women’s basketball title
• UConn’s Geno Auriemma gives no indication of slowing down after winning 12th NCAA title
• South Carolina unable to repeat, but Gamecocks poised to be back for another March Madness run
• Houston, Florida play for title and put a different spin on the underdog role to wrap March Madness
• Houston’s Cryer goes for his chance to win NCAA titles at 2 schools in finale vs. Florida
• Final Four games average 15.3 million viewers, its biggest audience in 8 years