No. 17 Houston’s tough D tangles with ECU’s Gardner… Lady Pirates Host UCF On Wednesday Night….Pirates Claim Three Weekly Swimming And Diving Awards…Shockers tie for fifth-fewest points in program history in loss at South Florida…Zion Williamson, RJ Barrett too much as Duke rolls over Jeff Capel’s Pitt Panthers…UNC scandal raised a call for NCAA academic reforms. Will they happen?…Serena Williams Falls to Karolina Pliskova With Late Collapse…Sharks beat the buzzer, then beat the Caps, 7-6, in OT as Washington drops sixth straight…Rex Ryan linked to Chiefs’ defensive coordinator job after team fires Bob Sutton

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

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• Gameday: ECU On The Road Against No. 17 Houston
• Gameday: Lady Pirates Host UCF On Wednesday Night
• Gameday: W Tennis Travels To No. 3 North Carolina
• Pirates Claim Three Weekly Swimming And Diving Awards
• ECU Named CSCAA Scholar All-American Team

2019 Preseason Top 25 Preview: No. 12 East Carolina Baseball America

No. 17 Houston’s tough D tangles with ECU’s Gardner CBS Sports

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Pirate teams ready for return to court
• ECU roundup: Tennis team starts 2-0
• Gilbert: It’s not about me

247 Sports

• ECU travels to No. 17 Houston
• ECU adds commitment from 2021 slugger
• 2019 ECU Position Primer: Offensive Line

Around the American Athletic Conference

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• ECU trio and Cincinnati’s Schuermann take home weekly swimming and diving awards
• Women’s Tennis Notebook – USF’s Roman Dominguez Takes Weekly Honor
• Men’s Tennis Notebook – SMU’s Sarrio Named Player of the Week
• Houston, SMU and Wichita State take home indoor track and field weekly honors

BCSNN

• USF Holds Wichita State to Season-Low in Scoring for a Bulls Win
• Tulane and North Texas Announce Home and Home Football Series
• UCF Center on Midseason Watch for Defensive Player of the Year

South Florida beats Wichita State 54-41 The Associated Press

Bulls top Shockers to end 3-game losing streak Tampa Bay Times

Shockers tie for fifth-fewest points in program history in loss at South Florida Wichita Eagle

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Zion Williamson, RJ Barrett too much as Duke rolls over Jeff Capel’s Pitt Panthers
• UNC scandal raised a call for NCAA academic reforms. Will they happen?
• NC State has played two ACC games without Markell Johnson. How much longer will he be out?
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Davis Love III headline the NC Sports Hall of Fame 2019 inductees
• ACC basketball success in January not a matter of who you play but when you play them
• Chris Silva’s career night, Felipe Haase’s shot push USC past Auburn in thriller
• An early look at Clemson’s 2019 football schedule, what to expect

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest can’t overcome dismal opening stretch against No. 3 Virginia
• State-of-the-art pitching lab should also serve basic purpose for Wake Forest’s baseball team: Helping the Deacons win
• Chancellor Elwood Robinson of WSSU on a national search for next athletics director
• ‘We kept fighting’: No. 11 North Carolina got down early, but it battled back to beat No. 10 Virginia Tech

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Cavs bounce back in big way with rout of Wake Forest
• Virginia Tech receiver Eric Kumah and tight end Chris Cunningham to transfer
• Stinespring a good pick by ODU for mining talent in Hampton Roads