Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

League’s rosters undergo major makeovers

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Remain In Second At ECU Intercollegiate
• Pirates’ Baseball Game Against Elon Moved Up Due to Weather
• Pirates Return Home To Host Elon SB On Tuesday Evening

ECU offers junior college guard RJ Nance 247 Sports

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Conference

• Tulsa, Wichita State Selected for Men’s Basketball NIT
• Rice To Host Louisiana Tech in WBIT
• UTSA To Play UConn in NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship
• South Florida Wins 2026 American Conference Men’s Basketball Championship
• UTSA Wins 2026 American Conference Women’s Basketball Championship

Faith, trust, grit and audacity come together to earn USF an NCAA bid Tampa Bay Times

What Penny Hardaway, Ed Scott said about Memphis future, fired staff Memphis Commercial Appeal

Owls overwhelmed by Bulls in conference-opener  Temple News

Bill Haisten: TU X-factors – David Green’s shoulder and attendance Tulsa World

Former UAB basketball star turned down $7M-$9M deal from Kentucky in favor of Michigan  AL.com

Five things to know about Wichita State’s NIT opponent: Wyoming Cowboys Wichita Eagle

The Associated Press

• Tulsa and SFA square off in NIT matchup
• Wichita State and Wyoming play in NIT

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• ‘Beats being at home’: NC State basketball aims to extend season in First Four
• Can NC State men’s basketball make another March Madness run? It starts in Dayton
• The unlikely bond between Khamil Pierre and a 5-year-old NC State basketball fan
• NC State wide receiver suspended after testing positive for PED. What we know
• How far can UNC basketball run through March Madness? A Tar Heels’ bracket look
• How Duke basketball can win an NCAA Tournament title. Hint: It’s a tough road
• NC State joins hosts Duke, UNC in NCAA women’s bracket. Where and when they play

WRAL

• NC State takes on Texas in First 4 matchup
• Can Jon Scheyer deliver a title? Duke enters NCAA Tournament as No. 1 overall seed
• UNC opens NCAA Tournament without Caleb Wilson vs. surging VCU
• Picking the NCAA men’s bracket: Michigan beats Duke for the national championship

UNC baseball climbs back into Top 10 of USA TODAY Sports Coaches’ Poll YAHOO!

Charleston Post & Courier

• Clemson offers running back out of Georgia; Gamecocks recruiting offensive and defensive line
• Clemson came into Selection Sunday with anxiety, left with proof of a program ‘ahead of schedule’
• College of Charleston women to face ACC power in program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• David Teel: An almost-chalk Final Four and other bracket musings
• Norfolk State lands home game Saturday in WNIT
• Hampton University softball team captures first CAA victory
• UVA, Richmond, JMU and Virginia Tech earn bids to NCAA women’s bracket

The Associated Press

• NC State faces Texas in First 4 matchup
• League tournaments can be a long grind. That could impact which teams advance in March Madness
• Alabama’s Aden Holloway, the Tide’s No. 2 scorer, is arrested on a felony drug charge
• Picking the NCAA men’s bracket: Michigan beats Duke for the national championship
• Picking the NCAA women’s bracket: UConn beats Texas for another national championship
• March Madness wagering set to tip off with the games just 2 months after federal gambling charges
• It isn’t only freshmen making this March Madness special. Here are top prospects in other classes
• March Madness tips off with First Four in Dayton, with Miami (Ohio) in the field and close to home
• March Madness No. 1 seed Florida brushes off SEC tourney loss and eyes a national title repeat
• Oklahoma State squares off against Davidson in NIT
• George Mason plays Liberty in NIT
• Howard plays UMBC in First 4 matchup
• Yale plays UNC Wilmington in NIT
• Wake Forest and Navy square off in NIT matchup
• Reaching March Madness has been in the Martelli family business for years, and it is booming at VCU