ECU leaves Nassau with 2-5 record…Like Carden, Ahlers holds the keys at QB; Houston: Tulsa much better on film than its record shows …Panthers sign former ECU lineman McGhin to active roster …AAC: Cincy clinches East, awaits West winner…Virginia Tech upsets No. 3 Michigan State in Maui…Rafael Nadal Ends the Season in a Familiar Place: On Top…Bill Callahan took a ‘different tone’ with Redskins ahead of win over Lions…Ravens QB Lamar Jackson’s historic performance in rout of Rams was unbelievable — even for Hollywood

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

From the Anchor Desk
Pirates look to build on late-season trend Bonesville.net

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Like Carden, Ahlers holds the keys at QB
• Shining light on diversity: ECU students celebrate multiple faith traditions

Panthers sign former ECU lineman McGhin to active roster WITN 7

247 Sports

• True Freshmen Report: ECU vs. UConn
• Mike Houston: Tulsa much better on film than its record shows
• Pirates gearing up for crucial December with 2020 class

The East Carolinian

• ECU leaves Nassau with 2-5 record
• Pirates top Maryland Eastern Shore

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Cincinnati, USF Pick Up Wins Monday
• Memphis’ Achiuwa, UConn’s Bouknight Earn Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors
• Football Coaches’ Teleconference – Week 14
• Cincinnati’s Thomas, Memphis’ Griggs Earn Women’s Basketball Weekly Accolades
• Navy’s Perry, Cincinnati’s Forrest, Houston’s Roy Earn Weekly Football Honors

AAC: Cincy clinches East, awaits West winner Greenville Daily Reflector

Vogt leads Cincinnati over Valparaiso 81-77 in OT Sports Illustrated

Tampa Bay Times

• USF won’t have leading rusher Jordan Cronkrite for UCF game
• USF men rally past Loyola Chicago in Cayman Islands Classic

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF players still irked by late USF score in 2016, fired up to win War on I-4
• UCF volleyball beats Cincinnati in five sets to clinch AAC Tournament championship

Temple RB Jager Gardner out for the season with a broken ankle Philadelphia Inquirer

Hartford Courant

• UConn men wearing down opponents with ‘a very deep team’ and other takeaways the Charleston Classic
• UConn football announces 2020 games with North Carolina, Old Dominion and Middle Tennessee, finalizing first independent schedule

Hoops revival continues: Tulane men win 2 of 3 in Myrtle Beach, improve to 5-1 NOLA.com

Dallas Morning News

• ‘I want to be remembered as a winner’: James Proche reflects on his SMU career as it comes to a close
• Bowl projections (11/25): With the Cotton Bowl out of the picture, where does SMU go? Could Texas play A&M?

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Podcast: Memphis good enough to stay afloat without James Wiseman and Lester Quinones
• Memphis football focused on Cincinnati but also chance to win third AAC West title

Memphis guard Lester Quinones out 3 weeks with broken hand Washington Post

Houston Chronicle

• UH punter Dane Roy a Ray Guy Award finalist
• UH center Jack Freeman out of concussion protocol

Navy heads to Houston with West Division hanging in the balance Annapolis Capital

Five ways Wichita State basketball can beat South Carolina in Cancun and a prediction  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Have Coach K and Roy Williams switched bodies? Duke, UNC are acting like each other
• Rebounding, post play has No. 1 Duke among the nation’s most efficient offensive teams
• For Wolfpack to play spoiler, it has to avoid lapses UNC football’s 2020 opponents are set. Here’s who the Tar Heels will play next year.

App Trail: What No. 24 App State’s Eli Drinkwitz said at his weekly press conference Winston Salem Journal

Fayetteville Observer

• Blue Devils pick up honors, toughness
• South View grad Emery Simmons part of personal, school history in UNC win

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Virginia Tech upsets No. 3 Michigan State in Maui
• Virginia, Virginia Tech seek relief from ACC on Black Friday football date
• Fumble could fuel U.Va.’s Bryce Perkins against rival Virginia Tech
• JMU earns No. 2 overall seed, first-round bye in FCS playoffs

College football winners and losers: Oregon is not all it’s quacked up to be Washington Post