Hot Second Half Shooting Propels ECU Past Prairie View…ECU Roundup: Swimmers meet NCAA marks…No. 3 Gonzaga holds off top-ranked Duke 89-87 for Maui title…Houston-Memphis meet for West Division crown…Can the Redskins rally behind a backup QB? It’s happened before.

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Basketball News
  Gardner paces Pirates
• Football Recruiting
  Angus keeps Guilford County pipeline flowing

ecupirates.com

• Hot Second Half Shooting Propels ECU Past Prairie View
• Pirates Enjoy Successful Weekend At Georgia Tech Invitational
• ECU VB Falls In Three At Cincinnati In Season Finale
• Gameday: ECU Travels To Cincinnati For AAC Finale

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Gardner, Pirates win as Williams returns
• ECU Roundup: Swimmers meet NCAA marks
• AAC RANKINGS: ECU moves up a spot

Pirates race past Prairie View A&M with big second half, 76-64 WNCT 9

Gardner scores 28 in ECU’s win over Prairie View A&M WITN 7

247 Sports

• ECU victorious in Williams’ return
• Memphis has huge opportunity for another AAC West Championship
• Shawn Williams reinstated for Wednesday night’s game
• ECU vs. Cincinnati: Setting The Stage
• What Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell said about ECU

ECU Beats Prairie View A&M 76-64 in Shawn Williams’ Return Rivals.com

Down the Drive

• The Matchups That Will Decide Cincinnati vs. East Carolina
• Video Vault: East Carolina

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

The Associated Press

• East Carolina pulls away from Prairie View A&M, 76-64
• Collins with 21, Yetna 15; USF breaks away from FAMU, 69-59
• ULL beats Tulane 68-61 in Gulf Coast Showcase 3rd-place game

theamerican.org

• The American Up to 10 Weekly Wins Before Thanksgiving
• The American Huddle: Episode 26
• Midweek Pow6r Points: Busy Final Weekend Ahead In The American

BCSNN

• AAC Daily: Houston and Memphis Battle for the AAC West Title
• Temple Owls Football Hits the Road to Face the UConn Huskies

Group of Five Playoff: Ranking the new top four after UCF’s bludgeoning of Cincinnati CBS Sports

On Thanksgiving Eve, USF’s Vincent Jackson will serve up benevolence Tampa Bay Times

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF basketball eager to build on Myrtle Beach Invitational win
• UCF Podcast: A historic night, a better ranking and USF preview

Undefeated UCF tops AAC football power rankings, followed by Temple, Houston, Cincinnati Hartford Courant

Philly.com

• Temple’s Zack Mesday has persevered, and it’s paying off in a big way
• What Geoff Collins is saying heading into Temple’s regular-season finale vs. UConn
• No, Temple hasn’t forgotten that football loss to Villanova | Mike Jensen

Last call? Tulane prepares for ‘football in a phone booth’ against Navy New Orleans Times Picayune

SMU looks for more takeaways in vital game at Tulsa Dallas News

Penny Hardaway returns to Orlando, this time as a Memphis Tigers’ coach Memphis Commercial Appeal

TU seniors preparing for emotional final game Tulsa World

UH coach on Ed Oliver practicing Tuesday: ‘It looks like he is… Houston Chronicle

AAC Power Rankings: Houston-Memphis meet for West Division crown Annapolis Capital

NCAA denies initial waiver request for Teddy Allen, but WSU plans to appeal Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Gonzaga welcomed a tangle with Duke. Through losing, the Blue Devils hope to win next time.
• Duke’s Coach K after loss to Gonzaga: ‘They can beat anybody’
• Lawsuit adds new Adidas bribery allegations involving former NC State star Dennis Smith Jr.
• No. 4 Cavs, No. 25 Badgers eye trips to Atlantis final

Winston Salem Journal

• No time better than finale for Wake Forest to put together another complete effort
• No. 1 Duke loses to No. 3 Gonzaga in Maui Invitational championship game

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Cavaliers’ 2003 win over Virginia Tech a possible lesson for today’s team
• Mike London brings his charisma, gripping personal story to William & Mary
• No. 4 Virginia storms past Middle Tennessee at the Battle 4 Atlantis

Columbia The State

• TJ Brunson’s history with Carolina-Clemson goes back to ‘split household’
• Gamecocks could ‘shock the world’ but maybe not themselves
• Trips to Columbia taught Clemson players how heated rivalry is

The Associated Press

• No. 4 Virginia, No. 25 Wisconsin top Battle 4 Atlantis field
• No. 3 Gonzaga holds off top-ranked Duke 89-87 for Maui title
• No. 2 Kansas and No. 5 Tennessee to meet for NIT title
• For 3rd week, ‘Bama, Clemson, ND, Mich top CFP; UCF’s path
• Rivalry week playing major role in conference races
• Young and old, rivalry games remain important in Big Ten
• AP All-America Watch: Tua’s stretch run; Tenacious D-ends