GAMEDAY: Women’s Basketball Hosts Wichita State…ECU’s starting staff plenty seasoned heading into 2018…Ingle now with Wolfpack…ECU Named CSCAA Scholar All-American Team…Cincinnati relying on defense to stay unbeaten in league play…UCF football national title celebration offends Alabama players…No. 4 Duke uses a late 18-0 run to blow past Notre Dame 88-66…Virginia pulls closer to top-ranked Villanova in AP Top 25…Pacers find enough energy late to pull away from Hornets…Pistons acquire Griffin from Clippers in blockbuster deal…Cleveland Indians’ removal of Chief Wahoo reignites debate over controversial nicknames

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

From the Anchor Desk: Pirates scrapping for positions Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• GAMEDAY: Women’s Basketball Hosts Wichita State
• ECU Named CSCAA Scholar All-American Team

Ingle now with Wolfpack Greenville Daily Reflector

ECU’s starting staff plenty seasoned heading into 2018 247 Sports

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• The Rise Season 4 Episode 58 – Basketball Players of the Week
• Cincinnati’s Clark, Houston’s White Jr. Earn Weekly Honors
• Mondays With Mike: Jan. 29
• USF’s Jespersen, UConn’s Walker Claim Weekly Accolades

 

UCF football national title celebration offends Alabama players Orlando Sentinel

Tampa Bay Times

• All-America hype keeps pouring in for USF’s Shane McClanahan
• Grim NCAA seed forecast for USF women could brighten

Driven To Distraction: Takeaways From Another UConn Blowout Hartford Courant

Tulane football adds another 3-star commitment New Orleans Advocate

Sonny Dykes on why SMU will build through its offensive and defensive lines Dallas News

Tigers football update for National Signing Day Memphis Commercial Appeal

Houston Chronicle

• Weekly breakdown on UH’s NCAA tournament bid
• Cougars forward Fabian White Jr. named AAC Rookie of the Week

Tulsa World

• AAC men’s basketball standings
• AAC Insider: Cincinnati relying on defense to stay unbeaten in league play
• TU men’s basketball storylines: Collapsing late, emerging Henderson, giving up flurries of 3s

Wichita Eagle

• Sometimes when you’re a coach, you just need to wear a yellow bodysuit
• Baseline View: Reaves’ threes and Shaq’s dunks tell the story of WSU win over Tulsa

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• No. 4 Duke uses a late 18-0 run to blow past Notre Dame 88-66
• As Notre Dame runs out of bodies, there’s only so much magic Mike Brey can make happen
• Does this video show Duke’s Grayson Allen trying to trip another player?
• Why UNC, despite NC State loss and 5-4 ACC record, is projected as lock for NCAA tournament
• Duke ✔ … UNC ✔ … How NCSU beat both the Blue Devils and the Tar Heels this season
• Duke defensive coordinator Jim Knowles leaves for Oklahoma State

App State tennis player suspended from team indefinitely; accused of ‘derogatory and offensive’ behavior Winston Salem Journal

They’re still No. 2, but Cavaliers pull closer to top spot in AP Top 25 Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Columbia The State

• Why this early enrollee in USC baseball won’t have to wait for playing time
• Why Frank Martin is dismissing NCAA Tournament talk for South Carolina
• Clemson defensive lineman to transfer
• Clemson basketball didn’t get much break before one of the best teams on the schedule

The Associated Press

• Virginia pulls closer to top-ranked Villanova in AP Top 25
• Trent, No. 4 Duke bounce back by routing Irish 88-66
• No. 24 Michigan outlasts Northwestern 58-47
• No. 18 Tennessee eager to avoid another February fade
• North Carolina hoping to get back on track this week
• Mykhailiuk leads No. 7 Kansas over Kansas State 70-56
• Palmer scores 28, Nebraska rallies past Wisconsin 74-63