Gameday: ECU Welcomes USC Upstate To Minges Coliseum…’In rare company’: More than 2,000 students receive degrees at ECU fall commencement…Gilbert hoping to mend ECU-Virginia Tech relationship…Kingsley Ifedi transfers out from ECU…What college bowl games are on today? New Orleans Bowl caps six-game lineup…Alcorn St., NC A&T square off for HBCU national championship…NC State promotes Des Kitchings and George McDonald to co-offensive coordinators…Ovechkin hat trick helps Caps rally, top Canes in shootout

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

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Pirates utilize time between games Bonesville.net

Gameday: ECU Welcomes USC Upstate To Minges Coliseum ecupirates.com

‘In rare company’: More than 2,000 students receive degrees at ECU fall commencement Greenville Daily Reflector

247 Sports

• Kingsley Ifedi transfers out from ECU
• How to watch ECU commits in the 2018 Shrine Bowl
• Gilbert hoping to mend ECU-Virginia Tech relationship

Around the American Athletic Conference

BCSNN

• AAC Daily: UCF Knights, Latest on McKenzie Milton and Bowl Talk
• The Tennessee Squad Travels to Memphis to Face Off with the Tigers

Tulane, Louisiana-Lafayette eye strong finish in Cure Bowl The Associated Press

Memphis won’t have All-America RB Henderson for bowl game Charlotte Observer

Marshall players impressed with what USF shows on film West Virginia MetroNews

Cincinnati hopes to beat No. 18 Mississippi State again CBS Sports

Orlando Sentinel

• UF-USF series now to begin in 2021
• Gators coach Dan Mullen open to playing UCF, calls two-for-one series a good deal for Knights

UConn men’s basketball vs. Manhattan: time, how to watch, broadcasters, preview Hartford Courant

Men’s basketball gameday: Manhattan at UConn New Haven Register

Chance to Coach Led Joe Ferriss Back to UConn Connecticut Huskies Football

Francis Brown returning to Temple as a football assistant coach Philly.com

Regardless of result, rising Tulane, UL-Lafayette poised for better days New Orleans Advocate

New Orleans Times Picayune

• What college bowl games are on today? New Orleans Bowl caps six-game lineup; here’s how to watch
• Cure Bowl: Tulane vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, TV channel, how to watch live stream online

5 SMU players who exceeded expectations in 2018, including how Reggie Roberson softened the blow of key WR departures Dallas News

UT Vols basketball, Rick Barnes take on Memphis Tigers, Penny Hardaway Memphis Commercial Appeal

TU overcomes poor free-throw shooting night, beats New Orleans 70-60 Tulsa World

Dale Pehrson retires after 23 seasons on Navy football staff Annapolis Capital

Saturday’s opponent will force WSU to do something it’s struggled with: make open jumpers Wichita Eagle

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Everything you need to know to enjoy college football bowl season, from A to Z
• NC State promotes Des Kitchings and George McDonald to co-offensive coordinators

Winston Salem Journal

• Status of Wake Forest’s Greg Dortch unclear about a week before Birmingham Bowl
• App Trail: An email exchange with Middle Tennessee beat writer Luis Torres
• App State’s culture of players leading the way has had major role in the team’s success
• Wake Forest hires all-time wins leader John Hendricks as pitching coach; Griffin Roberts suspended 50 games

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Old Dominion faces a tall task vs. Syracuse’s famed zone defense
• Norfolk in the running for CIAA hoops tourney
• Hokies face zone of their own vs. Washington at Boardwalk Classic

Charleston Post and Courier

• A key for Clemson heading into Cotton Bowl: Third down. Tigers must get better
• As South Carolina’s Chris Silva struggles to find his game, so do the Gamecocks
• Can College of Charleston compete at VCU’s level? Cougars find out Saturday

Cornerback Marquill Osborne transferring from Tennessee to Charlotte 49ers Charlotte Observer

The Associated Press

• Alcorn St., NC A&T square off for HBCU national championship
• Appalachian State, Middle Tennessee meet in New Orleans
• ASU, Fresno St on the ascent heading into Las Vegas Bowl
• Georgia Southern, Eastern Michigan meet in Camellia Bowl
• NC State’s Kitchings, McDonald to fill co-coordinator roles
• Akron hires Chattanooga coach Tom Arth to replace Bowden
• Stick leads NDSU over Jackrabbits, into FCS title game
• Saban: Alabama hasn’t hired ex-Maryland coach DJ Durkin
• Miami promotes defensive coaches Banda, Patke and Simpson
• Bill Fralic, star lineman for Pitt and Falcons, dies at 56