Pirates Falter Late in WBB Semifinal Loss to UTSA, 54-44… Ufodiama Earns Second Team All-America Accolades… Pirates Fall To Florida Atlantic In Softball Series Opener, 10-1… ECU Rolls Past Penn, 17-3, In Seven Innings

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates crush Quakers in series opener

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Falter Late in WBB Semifinal Loss to UTSA, 54-44
• Ufodiama Earns Second Team All-America Accolades
• Pirates Fall To Florida Atlantic In Softball Series Opener, 10-1
• ECU Rolls Past Penn, 17-3, In Seven Innings
• Pirates Open American Conference LAX Play at James Madison

WNCT 9

• East Carolina dominates Penn,17-3
• ECU softball loses to FAU, 10-1

Former ECU RB Keaton Mitchell Signs Two-Year Deal With Chargers, Per Report WITN 7

UTSA charges into American Conference championship game, beating East Carolina San Antonio Express-News

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ‘I belong here:’ How ECU sprinter Kelly Ufodiama is already chasing history
• ECU baseball: Pirates find spark in fourth inning, rout Penn 17-3

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Conference

• No. 6 UTSA Advances to American Women’s Basketball Championship Game with 54-44 Win Over No. 2 East Carolina
• No. 1 Rice Defeats No. 5 North Texas to Advance to American Conference Championship Final for Third Straight Year
• No. 3 Tulsa Outlasts No. 6 North Texas in Triple Overtime to Advance to Semifinals of American Men’s Basketball Championship
• Mingo Leads No. 5 Charlotte to Semifinals of American Men’s Basketball Championship
• No. 6 North Texas Advances to Quarterfinals of American Men’s Basketball Championship

Charlotte 49ers advance to American tournament semifinals behind record shooting from Dezayne Mingo YAHOO!

Charlotte 49ers advance to American Conference semifinals with win over UAB Charlotte Observer

Hot-shooting Charlotte bounces UAB out of conference tournament AL.com

Bill Haisten: True grit carries TU to a three-OT, three-hour victory Tulsa World

Denton Record-Chronicle

• Tulsa knocks UNT out of American Conference tourney in 3 OT thriller
• Rice outlasts UNT in semifinals of American Conference tournament

This is the weekend that has been years in the making for USF hoops  Tampa Bay Times

What lawyers, judges said in latest update to Cortez Braham legal saga Memphis Commercial Appeal

Temple goes home without a win in American Conference tournament  Temple News

NOLA.com

• Tulane falls in 12 innings to Creighton after rallying from six-run first-inning deficit
• Ron Hunter to return for eighth year as Tulane coach; Rowan Brumbaugh to apply for NBA draft

How the relentless optimism of Paul Mills sparked Wichita State’s turnaround Wichita Eagle

The Associated Press

• Wichita State Shockers square off against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in AAC Tournament
• South Florida takes on Charlotte in AAC Tournament
• Tulsa outlasts North Texas 90-84 in 3OT in American Conference Tournament quarterfinal
• Mingo’s 35 lead Charlotte over UAB in American Athletic Conference Tournament 83-78

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Charlotte Observer

• Duke looks like a team that can win not only the ACC, but everything worth winning
• Duke remains dominant. How the Blue Devils hammered Clemson to reach ACC final
• No. 10 Virginia vows to stick to process vs. No. 1 Duke in ACC final
• Panthers sign former Packers offensive tackle with Ickey Ekwonu sidelined
• Steelers RB Rico Dowdle says 2026 matchup vs. Panthers is ‘circled’ after exit

WRAL

• ‘We came here to win’: Duke cruises past Clemson, will play Virginia for ACC Tournament title
• ACC Tournament Rapid Reaction: Duke heads to the ACC Championship game after beating Clemson 73-61
• No. 10 Virginia rolls past Miami 84-62 to advance to ACC Tournament title game
• Who is Duke’s mystery bench player? His dad won two national titles with the Blue Devils
• NC Central advances to MEAC title game,seeking first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2019

Columbia The State

Charleston Post & Courier

• Gamecocks fall in extra innings; late grand slam sinks Tigers; Cougars, Bulldogs, Bucs drop series openers
• Gamecock basketball: What went wrong and how can it be repaired?
• Clemson flatlines in ACC semis against Duke. But new life comes for the Tigers on Selection Sunday.
• The Citadel comeback comes up short against ETSU, but future looks bright for Bulldogs
• College of Charleston women survive and advance with victory in CAA Tournament quarterfinals

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• David Teel: Progressive first-year coaches are elevating ACC basketball
• David Teel: UVA blitzes Miami, cruises into ACC Tournament final
• Larry Rubama: After a rough start, Norfolk State’s Jermaine Woods has team 1 win from NCAA tourney
• Virginia Tech declines NIT bid
• Christopher Newport upsets Randolph-Macon to make men’s NCAA Elite Eight

The Associated Press

• No. 1 Duke uses strong 1st half to beat Clemson 73-61 and return to ACC Tournament championship game
• Jaden Bradley’s last-second jumper lifts No. 2 Arizona past No. 7 Iowa St 82-80 in Big 12 thriller
• No. 5 Houston routs No. 14 Kansas 69-47 to set up another Big 12 title game with No. 2 Arizona
• No. 6 UConn and No. 13 St. John’s set for round 3 to decide Big East Tournament
• Acuff Jr. scores 37 as No. 17 Arkansas holds off Oklahoma to reach SEC Tournament semis
• Loyer scores 19 points as No. 18 Purdue beats No. 11 Nebraska 74-58 in Big Ten tourney
• Boyd scores career-high 38 as No. 23 Wisconsin rallies to beat No. 9 Illinois 91-88 in OT
• Dent, Perry lead way as UCLA holds off No. 8 Michigan State despite Bilodeau’s injury
• VCU squares off against Saint Joseph’s (PA) in A-10 Tournament
• Howard Bison take on the North Carolina Central Eagles in MEAC Championship
• MAC commissioner confident his league will get 2 bids to NCAA Tournament after Miami (Ohio) upset
• Embattled Pitt men’s basketball coach Jeff Capel will return next season