Gee’s Three Helps ECU Top Liberty 66-63…Gilbert hoping to mend ECU-Virginia Tech relationship…Temple Announces Manny Diaz as the Owls New Head Football Coach…Doctors call UCF QB McKenzie Milton’s fourth surgery a success…App State hires N.C. State offensive coordinator Eliah Drinkwitz as head football coach…Chargers Get Bold and Beat Chiefs on 2-Point Conversion

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

VIEW FROM THE EAST
Pirates utilize time between games Bonesville.net

Gee’s Three Helps ECU Top Liberty 66-63 ecupirates.com

Pirates, kids celebrate buzzer-beater Greenville Daily Reflector

247 Sports

• Gilbert hoping to mend ECU-Virginia Tech relationship
• JC and Morgan Podcast: Busy week with no games
• ECU looking to benefit from break as conference play nears

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Wichita State, UCF and ECU Pick Up WBB Midweek Wins
• Tulsa Wins Third-Straight Game
• AutoNation Cure Bowl Preview: Tulane Faces Louisiana

BCSNN

• AAC Daily: Talking Memphis Tigers, Temple’s New Coach and Basketball
• Temple Announces Manny Diaz as the Owls New Head Football Coach
• Shizz Alston’s 31 Points Helps Temple Rally and Beat UMass, 65-63

Orlando Sentinel

• No way, no how should UCF contractually bind itself to American Athletic Conference | Commentary
• Gators coach Dan Mullen open to playing UCF, calls two-for-one series a good deal for Knights
• Doctors call UCF QB McKenzie Milton’s fourth surgery a success

New Temple football coach Manny Diaz makes a favorable impression in his opening news conference Philly.com

Matchup of UL-Lafayette run game, Tulane run defense will decide Cure Bowl New Orleans Advocate

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Winston Salem Journal

• App State hires N.C. State offensive coordinator Eliah Drinkwitz as head football coach
• App State trying to celebrate a year’s worth of work during bowl week
• Status of Wake Forest’s Greg Dortch unclear about a week before Birmingham Bowl
• Roy Williams says he doesn’t want Silent Sam statue to return to UNC campus

Raleigh News and Observer

• UNC’s Roy Williams on Silent Sam: ‘I think that it would be best for it to not be here’
• UNC starting point guard Coby White will play against Gonzaga, Roy Williams says
• NC State basketball coach Kevin Keatts receives new six-year contract, raise
• Which South Carolina men’s basketball freshman is the best at Fortnite? 2K?