ECU MBB Hosts Charlotte In Sunday Matinee; WBB Finishes Florida Trip With Loss To Dayton…Future Pirates Garcia and Harris shine for South Carolina in Shrine Bowl victory….Memphis, Temple and Wichita State Pick Up Saturday Wins…High-scoring UCF squares off vs Marshall in Gasparilla Bowl…No Kiffin, no problem: FAU rolls past SMU 52-28 in Boca Bowl…Down early, Appalachian State gets past UAB; Hickson, Calvert lead Liberty past Ga Southern in Cure Bowl…JMU rolls into FCS title game, 30-14 over Weber St…The Patriots Beat the Bills (Again) Behind Julian Edelman…Panthers rookie Will Grier prepares for 1st NFL start under less-than-ideal circumstances

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• ECU MBB Hosts Charlotte In Sunday Matinee
• ECU WBB Finishes Florida Trip With Loss To Dayton

ECU Finishes Florida Trip With Loss To Dayton  WNCT 9

WITN 7

• Future Pirates Garcia and Harris shine for South Carolina in Shrine Bowl victory
• ECU women’s basketball suffers fifth straight defeat in loss to Dayton

Pirate football nets 25 recruits during early signing period The East Carolinian

247 Sports

• How to watch ECU commits in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas
• The 10 early enrollees from ECU’s 2020 recruiting class

Road Game at ECU Concludes Non-Conference Play Charlotte 49ers

Dooley wants centers to be aggressive Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Memphis, Temple and Wichita State Pick Up Saturday Wins
• SMU Falls to FAU in Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl
• UCF, Cincinnati, Tulsa WBB Pick Up Big Weekend Wins

The Associated Press

• High-scoring UCF squares off vs Marshall in Gasparilla Bowl
• No Kiffin, no problem: FAU rolls past SMU 52-28 in Boca Bowl

Dallas Morning News

• ‘I don’t think we were in the right frame of mind’: SMU blown out in Boca Raton Bowl
• Quick hits: Mustangs’ offense sputters, fails to score in first quarter of Boca Raton Bowl

FAU defeats SMU 52-28 to win second Boca Raton Bowl in three years, tie program’s wins record Florida Sun Sentinel

University of Cincinnati basketball’s comeback bid falls short in 77-70 loss to Iowa Cincinnati Enquirer

Tampa Bay Times

• No. 19 FSU Seminoles rally from late deficit to beat USF Bulls
• Report: USF to face Willie Taggart, Jim Leavitt on same day next September

UCF football stars share why they signed with Knights after winless season Orlando Sentinel

Temple overcomes early deficit to defeat Rider 78-66 Philadelphia Inquirer

UConn men need to ‘keep foot on the gas’ against New Hampshire Hartford Courant

Tulane women’s offense disappears in fourth quarter fall to Colorado NOLA.com

Achiuwa helps No. 11 Memphis pull away from Jackson State Reuters

Memphis basketball can’t forget what it’s already accomplished without James Wiseman Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa World

• Shorthanded TU falters late in triple-overtime loss to Colorado State
• Bill Haisten: For an overpriced ticket, the best BOK Center basketball game ever

Men’s basketball preview: Houston vs. Portland Houston Chronicle

Wichita Eagle

• Play Angry over Havoc: Wichita State basketball improves to 10-1 with win over VCU
• Five things to know about how Wichita State basketball prevailed over the VCU Rams

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Charlotte Observer

• Down early, Appalachian State gets past UAB
• East stars, fans are winners in inaugural Queen City Senior Bowl
• USC-Virginia basketball: How, what to watch as Gamecocks face reigning national champs
• UNC’s Garrison Brooks on bouncing back after four losses: ‘It was a tough stretch for us’

NOLA.com

• Appalachian State wins New Orleans Bowl against UAB
• Cause for concern? Appalachian State could have 9 starters back on offense in 2020
• Joe Burrow ‘trying to think of some more’ ideas after Heisman speech sparks big support
• Sooner Schooners, Heisman winners and Ruf/Neks: 10 things to know about Oklahoma

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Quick start and Hail Mary send JMU past Weber State and back to the FCS title game
• Cavaliers look to learn from lopsided loss to Clemson

Charleston Post and Courier

• Muschamp stays on as Gamecocks head coach despite a rough ride
• Clemson football player went 199-1 as a wrestler; the guy who beat him still inspires him

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Oregon State sues Georgia Tech’s Todd Stansbury, alleging breach of contract
• North Carolina A&T wins Celebration Bowl in record-setting fashion

The Associated Press

• JMU rolls into FCS title game, 30-14 over Weber St.
• Watson, Lance put ND St back in FCS final, top Montana St
• West Florida wins Division II title, 48-40 over Minnesota St
• Hickson, Calvert lead Liberty past Ga Southern in Cure Bowl
• No. 20 Appalachian St. tops UAB 31-17 in New Orleans Bowl
• Washington routs No. 18 Boise State in Petersen’s finale
• Hatcher, Bayless propel Arkansas State to Camellia Bowl win
• San Diego State beats C. Michigan 48-11 in New Mexico Bowl
• Kent State beats Utah State 51-41 for 1st bowl victory