Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
ecupirates.com
- Pirates Open Conference with Close Victory Against UAB
- Pirates Drop Series Opener At Memphis, 2-1
- Football Announces Staff Additions/Promotions
- Pirates Return Home to Host Temple
WNCT 9
- Pirates defeat UAB 3-2 in American Conference Play opener
- Pirates defeat UAB 3-2 in American Conference Play opener
- Coach Harrell unveils 8 new roles in ECU football program
ECU Baseball starts conference play with 3-2 win over UAB WITN 7
ECU baseball: Pirates quiet late rally, top UAB in conference opener Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Conference
- Rice Advances in WBIT with 66–61 Win Over Louisiana Tech
- South Florida’s Second Half Rally Falls Short in NCAA Tournament
Even with an NCAA loss, USF is a program on the rise. (Potentially) Tampa Bay Times
Four candidates who could replace Charlotte 49ers basketball coach Aaron Fearne Charlotte Observer
Memphis basketball turnstile attendance dropped during 2025-26 season Memphis Commercial Appeal
Temple hosts annual Pro Day Temple News
NOLA.com
- Same old same old: mistakes sink Tulane in conference-opening loss to Memphis
- Where’s the hitting? Tulane needs more from transfers heading into league play
Wichita Eagle
- Wichita State baseball opens American Conference play with something to prove
- How Paul Mills’ daily rebounding obsession has fueled Wichita State’s success
- TJ Williams delivers again to power Wichita State past Wyoming for home NIT win
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Charlotte Observer
- Queens keeps it close early, but Purdue pulls away in NCAA Tournament opener
- Duke’s Isaiah Evans can shoot. But he needs to do a lot more than that vs. TCU
- Carolina Panthers add former App State linebacker, bring back special-teams ace
- Duke basketball updates injuries to starters after near upset in NCAA Tournament
WRAL
- No. 7 NC State tops No. 10 Tennessee 76-61, Lady Vols lose 8 in a row for 1st time in NCAA era
- North Carolina advances in women’s NCAA Tournament by beating Western Illinois 82-51
- Nikishin scores in OT to lift the East-leading Hurricanes past the Maple Leafs, 4-3
- Toby Fournier scores 24, Duke beats Charleston 81-64 in 1st round of women’s NCAA Tournament
- What’s next for Hubert Davis after UNC’s NCAA Tournament meltdown
Columbia The State
- Over and out: Clemson basketball drops opening NCAA Tournament game vs. Iowa
- What Brad Brownell said after Clemson’s latest first-round March Madness exit
- Arkansas drops 22 runs on South Carolina baseball in run-rule win. 3 key takeaways
Charleston Post & Courier
- Clemson fought to the finish. But the pain of another NCAA one-and-done was hard to bear.
- Clemson blanked by Notre Dame; Bucs win Big South opener; Gamecocks, Cougars, Bulldogs fall
- Clemson hoping fans will come to see them in Columbia
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
- David Teel: UVA rallies with late surge, holds off Wright State in NCAA tourney opener
- CNU hopes to pay back No. 2 Emory in NCAA basketball semifinal at 5:30 p.m. Saturday
- Chris Finwood becomes ODU’s all-time winningest baseball coach
The Associated Press
- Number of perfect March Madness brackets dwindles into the hundreds after the first round
- After Santa Clara and Kentucky trade 3s in thrilling finish, ‘a tough one to swallow’ for Broncos
- Florida begins title defense with 59-point rout of Prairie View, 2nd-biggest margin in NCAA tourney
- Trump issues executive order requiring CFP to avoid broadcasting conflicts with Army-Navy game
- Purdue’s Braden Smith breaks Bobby Hurley’s Division I career assist record in NCAA tourney opener
- Otega Oweh’s buzzer-beater saves Kentucky in 89-84 overtime win over Santa Clara in March Madness
- March Madness spotlight shines on Florida’s 7-foot-9 center Olivier Rioux
- Marcus Allen, fighting cancer, helps lead Miami’s NCAA Tournament celebration after win
- Tarris Reed Jr. has 31 points and 27 rebounds as No. 2 UConn beats Furman 82-71 in NCAA Tournament
- Malik Reneau scores 24 as Miami pulls away from Missouri late for 80-66 win in NCAA Tournament
- No. 7 NC State tops No. 10 Tennessee 76-61, Lady Vols lose 8 in a row for 1st time in NCAA era
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
The Associated Press
- Wimbledon introduces video review on six courts for this year’s tournament
- Japan wins the Women’s Asian Cup, beating Australia 1-0 on Hamano’s early strike
- A landmark 7-year WNBA labor deal moves forward with a signed term sheet
- Liverpool loses 2-1 at Brighton to continue downward spiral in Premier League
- Jamal Murray scores 31 points to help lift Nuggets past Raptors 121-115
- Grant hits late 3 and Trail Blazers beat Timberwolves 108-104 for third straight win
- Rockets snap Hawks’ 11-game win streak with a 117-95 rout as Durant scores 25
- Jaylen Brown has 30 points as Celtics rally to defeat Grizzlies 117-112
- Hall of Famer Darrell Green taking field for USA flag football trials at 66 in bid to earn a spot
- Packers coach Matt LaFleur finalizes his staff moves for 2026
- Nationals option outfielder Dylan Crews, the 2023 No. 2 overall draft pick, to Triple-A Rochester
- Ducks beat the Mammoth 4-1 to pad their Pacific Division lead
- Dustin Wolf makes 24 saves in the Flames’ 4-1 victory over the Panthers
- Avalanche become first NHL team to clinch a playoff spot this season
- MacKinnon stars as the Avalanche beat the Blackhawks 4-1 to clinch playoff spot
- Audi team boss Jonathan Wheatley leaves 2 races into F1 season after reported Aston Martin interest
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