Both ECU teams fall on the road…Pirates practice as BOT meeting looms…Pirates’ AD search zeroing in on Southern Miss’ Jon Gilbert…UCF QB McKenzie Milton faces uphill battle to play football again, according to renowned surgeon…Orlando company donates 40,000 leis to help UCF fans honor injured QB McKenzie Milton…Hurricane, bowl season has Gamecocks, Hokies still playing…App State will finally go bowling somewhere other than Alabama…By claiming Reuben Foster, the Redskins show they’re numb, indifferent and reckless…Panthers S Eric Reid: Random drug tests don’t feel so random after 5 in 8 weeks…M.L.B., Once Averse to Gambling, Strikes a Deal with MGM Resorts

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Basketball News: Seahawks turn back ECU Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Fall To UNCW In High Scoring Duel
• Pirates Fall At William & Mary 63-43
• Shelby Martin Named To 2018 AAC Second Team

Pirates’ AD search zeroing in on Southern Miss’ Jon Gilbert North State Journal

A former C-USA rival is considering hiring the Southern Miss athletic director Sun Herald

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Both ECU teams fall on the road
• Pirates practice as BOT meeting looms

Early energy leads UNCW past ECU Wilmington Star-News

WNCT 9

• Seahawks shoot down ECU, 95-86
• William & Mary hands ECU women first loss, 63-43

WITN 7

• ECU loses high scoring affair to UNCW
• Pirates fall at William & Mary 63-43

UNC Wilmington holds off late East Carolina rally, 95-86 WCTI 12

247 Sports

• Seahawks out-pace Pirates in Wilmington
• What NC State head coach Dave Doeren said about ECU

UNC-Wilmington Tops ECU 95-86 Rivals.com

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Six American Athletic Conference volleyball teams prepare for postseason play
• Emmanuel Rotich & Winny Koskei take home Runner of the Year honors

The Associated Press

• Family of UCF’s Milton says QB recovering from nerve damage 
• Temple continues hot November with win at Missouri
• Adams, Vital lead UConn over UMass Lowell 97-75
• UNC Wilmington holds off late East Carolina rally, 95-86

AAC Daily: Aresco, Heupel and Norvell Talk Football Championsihp BCSNN

Bearats Overwhelm Arkansas-Pine Bluff to Win Sixth-Straight Down the Drive

Memphis vs. UCF: Who has the edge AAC Championship edition 247 Sports

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF moves up a spot to No. 8 in latest College Football Playoff rankings
• UCF QB McKenzie Milton faces uphill battle to play football again, according to renowned surgeon
• UCF QB McKenzie Milton has nerve injury, will have reconstructive surgery on injured knee
• McKenzie Milton Update: UCF QB helps Knights prepare for Memphis, school joins fan movement to wear leis
• Orlando company donates 40,000 leis to help UCF fans honor injured QB McKenzie Milton

Mike Anthony: The basketball world lost a champion on and off the court in UConn’s Tony Hanson Hartford Courant

New Haven Register

• An early look at 2019 UConn football team
• UConn cruises over UMass Lowell; Sid Wilson makes debut

Temple beats Missouri, Quinton Rose leads with 18 points and pivotal steal Philly.com

Tulane point guard injury lingers longer than expected: Who is the freshman in his place? New Orleans Times Picayune

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis basketball: Three up, three down after Orlando trip
• Tiger Basketball Podcast: Where does Memphis go after AdvoCare?

DaQuan Jeffries scores 24 points in TU’s win against UT Arlington Tulsa World

Houston bowl projections: Week 14 Houston Chronicle

Dexter Dennis learning how to avoid fouls to stay on the court for the Shockers Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Pack took tough loss to Wisconsin, proved it could be a tough out this season
• Coach K tells Duke fans to “just cut it out” with criticism of R.J. Barrett
• This won’t be a rebuilding process, new UNC coach Mack Brown says. He plans to win now.
• Will bowl history repeat for NC State?

Larry Fedora got the axe at North Carolina, but don’t feel too bad for him Sun Herald

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest survives scare from Western Carolina
• Williamson, Barrett lead Duke to easy win over Indiana
• App State’s Victor Johnson day-to-day as championship game approaches
• App Trail: App State will finally go bowling somewhere other than Alabama
• Mack Brown, the salesman, already making his pitch: Play for us, buy tickets

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Teel: Cavaliers’ conservative play-calling was costly in another loss to Hokies
• Penn State hands No. 13 Virginia Tech its first loss
• No. 4 Cavaliers draw a daunting task in 24th-ranked Maryland

Columbia The State

• Clemson in top 4 of College Football Playoff rankings entering ACC title game
• UNC coaching change an example of why Clemson coach wants fans to appreciate winning
• What South Carolina, Muschamp still need to finish off his next recruiting class
• USC offense had not doubts vs. Clemson: ‘We knew we were going to do that’

The Associated Press

• Hurricane, bowl season has Gamecocks, Hokies still playing
• No. 24 Iowa State, like Drake, happy for 12th game
• Mack Brown eager to ‘fix things’ in taking over Tar Heels
• Western Kentucky hires Tyson Helton as head football coach
• No. 2 Clemson settles into familiar ACC title game routine
• Oklahoma ahead of Ohio State in pivotal playoff rankings
• China court reduces sentence of American Wendell Brown
• Georgia gets the game it wanted all along: a ‘Bama rematch
• Williamson, Barrett lead No. 3 Duke past Indiana 90-69
• Louisville upsets No. 9 Michigan State 82-78 in overtime
• Wake Forest holds off Western Carolina 71-64

Oklahoma-Ohio State feud beckons in penultimate College Football Playoff rankings Washington Post