Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates pummel Blazers, 18-1, to take series

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Overbear Blazers, Finishing in Seven 18-1
• Zuniga Earns All-America Honors At NCAA Diving Championship
• Pirates Take 4-3 Decision over Campbell
• Pirates Bounce Back To Defeat Memphis, 6-3
• Defense Stands Tall to Push Pirates Past Temple, 8-7

ECU Baseball pummels UAB 18-1 WITN 7

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Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU baseball: Pirates offense explodes in series-clinching win over UAB
• ECU roundup: Wilkes’ winner gets LAX past Temple

Around the American Athletic Conference

UTSA’s Season Ends in First Round of NCAA Tournament American Conference

Providence tabs South Florida’s Bryan Hodgson as head coach Reuters

Providence hires USF’s Bryan Hodgson as new basketball coach ESPN

USF basketball coach Bryan Hodgson is making the jump to Providence College WUSF

Bryan Hodgson leaving USF to coach at Providence Tampa Bay Times

Perfect bunting and big two-out hits key Tulane bounce-back victory against Memphis NOLA.com

UNT hits field for first time in spring under Neal Brown with high energy, higher hopes Denton Record-Chronicle

UTSA hopes NCAA tournament loss to UConn provides fuel for program’s future San Antonio Express-News

Bill Haisten: Leaving TU hasn’t always been a smart career decision Tulsa World

How UAB’s committee approach to the run game extends beyond the field AL.com

How Paul Mills’ daily rebounding obsession has fueled Wichita State’s success Wichita Eagle

The Associated Press

• UConn women overwhelm UTSA 90-52 as the Huskies roll in their March Madness opener
• Providence brings in Bryan Hodgson from South Florida as men’s basketball coach

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Charlotte Observer

• When Duke is Duke, as it was against TCU, no one is going to beat Blue Devils
• Duke topples TCU, advances to NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 after second-half surge
• Coach Hubert Davis’ UNC future up in the air after stunning NCAA Tournament loss
• Hot start: South Carolina WBB starts March Madness with easy win over 16-seed Southern
• Charlotte FC thumps New York Red Bulls after second-half goal-scoring explosion
• ‘He’s still hungry to learn’: LaMelo Ball’s mentality keying Hornets’ surge

WRAL

• Boozer, No. 1 overall seed Duke get rolling after halftime to beat TCU 81-58 and reach Sweet 16
• 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

Charleston Post & Courier

• Despite NCAA tourney loss, Clemson’s future seems bright — if there aren’t transfer portal surprises
• Gamecocks drop heartbreaker to No. 4 Razorbacks; Tigers, Bulldogs, Cougars, Bucs all fall

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• David Teel: UVA likely to need Jacari White’s spark against Tennessee
• David Teel: UVA rallies with late surge, holds off Wright State in NCAA tourney opener
• Dominant Illinois ousts VCU from NCAA Tournament
• UVA wins sixth consecutive NCAA women’s swimming and diving championship
• Walk-off walk propels Norfolk State to baseball triumph

The Associated Press

• Call it March Mildness. Dominant performances by top seeds are now the norm at the NCAA Tournament
• Acuff scores 36 as Arkansas holds off No. 12 seed High Point 94-88 to reach the Sweet 16
• Andrej Stojakovic scores 21 as No. 3 seed Illinois beats 11th-seeded VCU 76-55 to reach Sweet 16
• Perfect brackets fall into the single digits after Texas upsets Gonzaga and Nebraska tops Vandy
• Nearly the greatest buzzer-beater ever? Half-court heave from Vanderbilt’s Tyler Tanner rims out
• Frager’s layup puts Nebraska ahead and Huskers reach Sweet 16 when Tanner’s heave rims out for Vandy
• Texas goes from First Four to Sweet 16, beating Gonzaga 74-68 in March Madness
• UNC is evaluating its basketball program after another early March Madness exit under Hubert Davis