Pirates Top SMU In Penalty Kicks To Advance To AAC Semifinals…Men’s Tennis Travels To UNCW Fall Hidden Duals…Basketball Single-Game Tickets On Sale Nov. 1…Brown still racking up receptions…AAC RANKINGS: ECU 10th; Memphis No. 7…ECU Hopes Defensive Changes Deliver Better Results vs Memphis…Former ECU player drafted into G-League…ECU releases 2019 baseball schedule…Zay using rough offseason as springboard…No. 9 UCF tries to remain unbeaten against surging Temple…DJ Durkin, Maryland part ways following outcry over coach’s reinstatement…Remembering Wake Forest star Brian Piccolo on what would have been his 75th birthday…Willie McCovey, 80, Dies; Was Hall of Fame Slugger With the Giants

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Top SMU In Penalty Kicks To Advance To AAC Semifinals
• Pirates To Compete At Kitty Harrison Invitational
• ECU Announces 2019 Baseball Schedule
• Men’s Tennis Travels To UNCW Fall Hidden Duals
• Basketball Single-Game Tickets On Sale Nov. 1

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Brown still racking up receptions
• AAC RANKINGS: ECU 10th; Memphis No. 7
• ECU Trustees weigh fee increases

The East Carolinian

• Former ECU player drafted into G-League
• Football looks to get revenge
• Men’s basketball ready to tip-off
• Women’s basketball prepares for season opener

Pirate players reflect on Halloween with favorite costumes as children WNCT 9

ECU announces 2019 baseball schedule WITN 7

ECU baseball 2019 schedule released WCTI 12

247 Sports

• Analyzing ECU’s 2019 baseball schedule
• ECU releases 2019 baseball schedule
• ECU still waiting for backs to bust out
• Behind Enemy Lines: An Interview with Knights247
• One year later, Pirates still remember 70-13 vividly
• JC and Morgan Podcast: More excitement needed?

ECU Hopes Defensive Changes Deliver Better Results vs Memphis Rivals.com

East Carolina releases 2019 Schedule College Baseball Daily

Zay using rough offseason as springboard WROC-TV

Why Sports Parents Sometimes Behave So Badly New York Times

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• First Place In East Division At Stake When No. 9 UCF Hosts Temple Thursday
• Midweek Pow6r Points: UCF No. 12 In CFP Rankings
• American Stories: King Rules Over Houston’s Rise
• No. 4 ECU Moves Past No. 5 SMU on Penalty Kicks
• No. 3 UCF Blanks No. 6 Temple in First Round, 3-0

The Associated Press

• No. 9 UCF faces Temple in key American Conference matchup
• No. 9 UCF tries to remain unbeaten against surging Temple

Philly.com

• Owls preparing to face two Central Florida quarterbacks
• Geoff Collins has Temple playing Above the Line, by design | Mike Jensen
• Tacko Fall, B.J. Taylor hope to lead Central Florida past Cincinnati, Houston to top of conference | AAC preview
• Quinton Rose’s NBA workouts helped make him a stronger player for Owls | Temple season preview
• Penny Hardaway goes ‘full circle’ in return to Memphis as basketball coach

Penny Hardaway comes home ESPN

UCF’s actually quite fairly rated in 2018’s Playoff rankings SB Nation

AAC Daily: Talking Everything USF Bulls And The Debut Playoff Poll BCSNN

Charlie Strong mentioned as Maryland candidate. But is he really? Tampa Bay Times

Cincinnati Bearcats reopen Fifth Third Arena with exhibition game Thursday night Cincinnati Enquirer

Hartford Courant

• UConn Men: Sidney Wilson suspended from game activity due to 2017 violation
• Looking back at the brief highs and bitter lows of the 2017-18 UConn men’s basketball season
• Mike Anthony: The UConn football season is over and Randy Edsall’s five-year plan is asking a lot of disenchanted fans
• Temple Continues To Rise In AAC Power Rankings; UConn Remains Last

Running to success: Tulane QB Justin McMillan showed surprising feet in first start New Orleans Advocate

Tulane to play without starting point guard in exhibition against neighboring Loyola New Orleans Times Picayune

Meet the SMU defensive end making his presence felt for the Mustangs Dallas News

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis basketball: Once a stranger to the sport, Kyvon Davenport now a Tigers star
• Memphis football receives commitment from 3-star JUCO DE Wardalis Ducksworth

Revamped TU defense delivering highlights during down season Tulsa World

Navy Sports Chat: Notre Dame recap – Cincinnati preview Annapolis Capital

Wichita Eagle

• WSU player grades: Freshman Jamarius Burton turns in complete performance vs. Catawba
• Beyond the box score: 10 stats you didn’t know from WSU’s exhibition win

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Marvin Bagley III zigzagged his way to Duke and the NBA. Can his brother make it, too? Raleigh News and Observer

Winston Salem Journal

• Remembering Wake Forest star Brian Piccolo on what would have been his 75th birthday
• Ernie Nestor ‘energized’ to be back in assistant coaching capacity with Wake Forest
• App State’s Jordan Fehr offers the official explanation for his targeting call against Georgia Southern
• App State’s Satterfield reacts to the Arizona Cardinals’ signing of Colby Gossett
• How’s App State QB Zac Thomas doing after the Mountaineers first two days of practice?
• App Trail: Karl Benson on App State’s addition to the Sun Belt, a five-year evaluation and upcoming construction

With opener around the corner, Hokies suspend Virginia Beach’s Chris Clarke Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Columbia The State

• He’ll be in NFL next year. For now, Christian Wilkins is all over Clemson depth chart
• Can two new World Series rings help USC’s recruiting? Mark Kingston thinks so
• He missed half the season, but when South Carolina called on him, he answered
• Why can’t Gamecocks start faster? ‘I can’t answer that question’
• It’s been nine years. Should South Carolina be playing Ole Miss more often?
• A morning start against Ole Miss? The earlier, the better, South Carolina says
• Clemson ranked in top 4 of first College Football Playoff rankings
• Before he was World Series MVP, Steve Pearce deferred MLB dream for South Carolina
• ‘The best 2-6 team I’ve seen.’ Clemson doing best to talk up struggling Louisville

WRAL SportsFan

• Not your average Good Samaritan: NCSU football player comes to woman’s rescue in Cary parking lot
• Tar Heel football fans need reasonable expectations. 9 wins enough?
• ACC players: Cost of attendance stipend helps in many ways
• Maryland fires coach DJ Durkin day after reinstatement

Washington Post

• DJ Durkin, Maryland part ways following outcry over coach’s reinstatement
• Maryland rights a wrong — but it remains a long way from being out of the woods
• Maryland players react to DJ Durkin’s departure
• Amid turmoil, players involved in altercation at practice
• A timeline of events at Maryland in McNair saga

New York Times

• D.J. Durkin Is Fired by Maryland a Day After Being Reinstated
• First College Football Playoff Rankings: No Surprises but a Few Conundrums

The Associated Press

• No. 24 BC’s visit to Virginia Tech headlines ACC’s Week 10
• ‘Bama-LSU, Kentucky-Georgia matchups have title implications
• Waddle, other SEC freshmen finding roles, making plays
• Toledo beats Ball State 45-13 in game with 10 turnovers
• Penn St. can dent Michigan playoff hopes, polish bowl resume
• No. 12 WVU at No. 15 Texas in matchup of Big 12 co-leaders
• Maryland fires coach DJ Durkin day after reinstatement
• Maryland has fired football coach DJ Durkin, a day after his reinstatement drew ire of players, students and politicians
• The Latest: Maryland’s Loh: ‘no choice’ but to fire Durkin
• College Football Picks: Showdown Saturday to shape CFP race