Pigskin Pig-Out dates set, Wake Forest cancels 2027 football game… Good game, bad dunk contest. The highs and lows of an eventful NBA All-Star weekend

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Strong Finishes Mark ECU’s Pre-Nationals Campaign
• Pirates Wrap Up Purple-Gold Classic With 2-1 Win Over Maryland
• Men’s Golf Opens Spring At Wexford Intercollegiate

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU baseball: Pirates split doubleheader, lose season opening series
• ECU roundup: Pigskin Pig-Out dates set, Wake Forest cancels 2027 football game

Around the American Athletic Conference

Owls fall short to Mean Green  Temple News

Tulane survives late UAB comeback, holds on for pivotal road victory NOLA.com

UNT mounts furious rally, knocks off Temple to bolster hopes of making American men’s hoops tourney Denton Record-Chronicle

UTSA snaps record losing streak, rallying for win at Charlotte San Antonio Express-News

How Paul Mills changed the math to fuel Wichita State’s rematch win over Tulsa Wichita Eagle

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Inside Ven-Allen Lubin’s winding college basketball journey to NC State, via UNC
• UNC baseball embracing win-now approach in transfer portal era
• Duke women edge UNC, maintain ACC lead. Observations from the Blue Devils’ win

WRAL

• No. 11 Duke holds off No. 21 North Carolina in women’s Battle of the Blues showdown
• No. 4 Duke dominates No. 20 Clemson 67-54 to stay in control of ACC race

Charleston Post & Courier

• Gamecocks’ Johnson & Johnson at their best in win at No. 6 LSU
• Army left Clemson with a US flag made of baseball bats and deep respect for the Tigers’ patriotism
• College of Charleston ends two-game losing streak with road victory over Campbell
• South Carolina Stingrays pick up third consecutive victory

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• ODU finishes strong this time in home win over Georgia State
• Larry Rubama: ODU basketball legend Ronnie Valentine is welcomed back by Hampton Roads greats

The Associated Press

• Kansas State fires basketball coach Jerome Tang, days after fans wore bags over heads
• Big East suspends Providence’s Powell 2 games, giving him a 3-game penalty from fight-filled game
• David Mirkovic scores 25, Kylan Boswell returns as No. 8 Illinois beats Indiana 71-51
• BYU guard Richie Saunders will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL
• No. 4 Blue Devils need big man Patrick Ngongba II to avoid foul trouble