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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPSunday, March 8, 2026

March 8, 2026 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Watson powers Coastal to series win

ecupirates.com

  • Career Performance by Van Kempen not Enough Against Coastal
  • Pirates Handle Tulsa, 76-61
  • Pirates Close Out Regular Season At UAB Sunday
  • Pirates Run Rule Wichita State, 8-0
  • Pirates Travel to Campbell Sunday

Watson’s Go-Ahead Homer Sparks Six-Run Eighth as Coastal Tops ECU, 7-1 WPDE 15

Coastal Carolina defeats East Carolina in game two 7-1 WBTW

247 Sports

  • Countdown to First Pitch: ECU tries to salvage finale at Coastal Carolina
  • Coastal Carolina 7, ECU 1: How it looked from the dugouts.
  • ECU wastes Van Kempen’s gem in another crushing loss to Coastal Carolina
  • FINAL: Coastal Carolina 7, ECU 1

ECU baseball: Watson cues series win for No. 16 Coastal Carolina Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

Field Set for 2026 American Conference Women’s Basketball Championship American Conference

What must happen for Memphis to earn American Conference Tournament berth Memphis Commercial Appeal

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

WRAL

  • Murph’s Turph: Injuries threaten to derail Duke’s national title dreams
  • Duke coach Jon Scheyer on win over UNC: ‘We were tested’
  • Joel Farabee scores 2 goals as Flames edge visiting Hurricanes
  • Duke fans celebrate with fire after win over rival North Carolina
  • Hubert Davis on Wilson’s season-ending injury: ‘Tremendous sadness for him’
  • NC State loses to Stanford on Senior Day: Wolfpack have lost 6 of 7 games

The Associated Press

  • Bracket Watch: Semifinal win puts LIU in. Tennessee State qualifies for the first time in 32 years
  • Boozer, No. 1 Duke take over after halftime to beat 17th-ranked rival North Carolina 76-61
  • Caleb Wilson watches from sideline as No. 17 North Carolina loses at No. 1 Duke
  • Burries scores season-high 31 as No. 2 Arizona comes back to beat Colorado 89-79
  • Wright scores 23 in 2nd half as BYU rallies for 82-76 win over No. 10 Texas Tech
  • Philon, Holloway each score 21 points to help No. 16 Alabama beat Auburn 96-84
  • Baylor coach Scott Drew gets 500th win in Bears’ 101-75 rout over Utah

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • Biel scores 2 goals, Toklomati adds another to help Charlotte beat 10-man Austin 3-1
  • Joel Farabee scores 2 goals as Flames edge Hurricanes 5-4
  • Charlotte takes road win streak into matchup with Phoenix
  • NFL’s free-agent spending frenzy begins first with a legal tampering period
  • Shiffrin extends World Cup overall lead in rare start in super-G won by 35-year-old Curtoni
  • Daniel Berger’s lead cut to one shot over Akshay Bhatia at Bay Hill
  • Japan rallies late to beat Australia 4-3 behind Masataka Yoshida’s home run, Taiwan tops South Korea
  • Maxx Crosby bids emotional farewell to Raiders fans, eyes Super Bowl with Ravens
  • Even Japanese Emperor Naruhito and the royal family are Ohtani fans, make appearance at Tokyo Dome
  • George Russell wins Formula 1’s Australian GP as Mercedes goes 1-2

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