Pirates looking for saves, AAC wins…ECU signee MacKenzie Gore trending toward top 10 pick…Pirate Men Advance to Face No. 1 Seed USF at AAC Tennis Tournament…Gardner Minshew Continues to Progress at Quarterback for ECU …Festivities for 34th annual Pigskin Pig-Out start Friday…Mr. Jones tells fairytales. Is Zay Jones a fairytale the Bears are staring at? …Gov. Roy Cooper pays visit to ECU, promotes program…UCF’s Scott Frost: Orlando is state’s “best college town” …James, Cavs come from 26 down, beat Pacers to take 3-0 lead…A first for the Redskins: They’ll be home for Thanksgiving

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

View from the East: AAC Football – New faces in a lot of places Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Gameday: ECU Travels To Cincinnati
• Surging Pirates Head To Houston For Final AAC Softball Road Series
• East Carolina Track And Field Program Suits Up For Duke Invitational
• Pirate Men Advance to Face No. 1 Seed USF at AAC Tennis Tournament
• Lady Pirates’ Season Comes to an End in AAC Tennis Quarterfinals

Pirates looking for saves, AAC wins Greenville Daily Reflector

Stepping Up:  Pirates search for answers as season falls apart Washington Daily News

247 Sports

• Rice working to solidify blind side
• ECU signee MacKenzie Gore trending toward top 10 pick
• ECU picks up new JUCO OF commit
• Panthers brought in Zay Jones for pre-draft visit

Around the American Athletic Conference

East Carolina Earns First-Round win at Men’s Tennis Championship; Cincinnati, SMU, USF and Tulsa Earn Quarterfinal Wins at American Women’s Tennis Championship theamerican.org

UCF’s Scott Frost: Orlando is state’s “best college town”  Tampa Bay Times

Home-and-home hoops series with UC, UCLA not finalized Cincinnati Enquirer

High highlights deep field of Navy fullbacks Annapolis Capital

Tom Herman says he was honest with everyone in UH football… Houston Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• New model could change college football recruiting landscape
• Top recruits at Triangle universities
• Two NCHSAA football championships moving to Duke

Columbia The State

• Florida edges USC in opener; Schmidt exits early with arm stiffness
• Gamecocks’ 2017 nonconference slate among nation’s toughest

Charlotte Observer

• Could we have an NCAA championship for 3-on-3 basketball soon?
• Hall of Fame coach, Nike exec on LaVar Ball: worst thing to happen to basketball in 100 years

Receiver Damon Hazelton transferring from Ball State to Virginia Tech Norfolk Virginian Pilot