Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Al Myatt & Kevin Monroe on ECU vs. SMU
  Pregame Podcast
• VIEW FROM THE EAST
  Pirate hoops looking at adjusting schedule

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Fall Just Short In WBB Season Opener At Towson
• Changes Announced To Men’s Basketball Schedule
• Gameday: ECU Hosts SMU In Season Finale
• Coach Houston’s Weekly Press Conference Quotes

Pirates wrap up shortened season with visit from SMU CBSSports.com

The East Carolinian

• ECU to open men’s basketball season at UNC Charlotte
• Tyler Snead named player of the week

WNCT 9

• Houston: ‘A lot more enjoyable end to the weekend and a positive start to the game week for SMU’
• ECU men’s basketball team to open season Friday after joining Charlotte tourney
• ECU women’s basketball team falls short in season opener at Towson

WITN 7

• ECU Football: SMU Game Week Coverage
• Towson tops ECU women’s basketball in opener, 89-81
• ECU men’s basketball adds two games to 2020-2021 schedule

Rivals.com

• ECU Hoops Set to Open in Charlotte 49er Tip-Off Classic
• ECU’s D’Ante Smith Receives Reese’s Senior Bowl Invitation

247 Sports

• Pirates ready to get season rolling this weekend in Charlotte
• ECU to open season at ’49er Tip-Off Classic’
• SMU vs. ECU: Setting The Stage
• Everything Mike Houston said about SMU-East Carolina
• What SMU coach Sonny Dykes said about ECU
• After betting on himself, Morris gets the scholarship he earned
• Stribling, Johnson the latest Pirate freshmen making an impact

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU women drop first game; Men find new event
• ‘Old-school’ former Pirate Parham on graduation list
• Houston: Be conscientious, be smart this week
• Pirates gearing up for final game, chance at more momentum
• WATCH: ECU-SMU three questions

Giglio: A unique role for a unique coach WRAL SportsFan

Rockies, Reds Swap Change-Of-Scenery Candidates Ahead Of Thanksgiving Baseball America

Bernard Williams is at home as North Forsyth football coach Winston Salem Journal

Connected by tragedy, pilot of Marshall football plane crash buried an hour from ECU Wilmington Star-News

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• American Men’s Basketball Goes 4-0 on Opening Day
• American Teams Pick Up Four Wins On 2020-21 Opening Day
• Cincinnati-Temple Football Game Will Not be Played
• Cincinnati is No. 7, Tulsa No. 25 in First CFP Rankings of 2020

USA Today

• College basketball COVID updates: No. 1 Baylor stays home; Wichita State must return home after positive tests 
• What the UC Bearcats canceled football game vs. Temple means for their playoff aspirations

AAC cancels Temple football’s final game The Temple News

No. 7 Cincinnati and No. 25 Tulsa Land in Debut CFB Playoff Poll bcsnn

The Associated Press

• Wichita St’s season starts in chaos with new coach, no games
• Ellis scores 24 to help Memphis beat Saint Mary’s 73-56
• Collins lifts South Florida past Florida College 94-84
• Sasser, Mark lead No. 17 Houston to 89-45 win over Lamar
• The Latest: Tulsa’s football game at Houston postponed

UCF eager to even War on I-4 series with rival USF Florida Sun Sentinel

Bearcats will no longer play Temple on Saturday WCPO Cincinnati

Bearcats basketball notebook: Updates on UC’s scrimmage and a promising freshman Cincinnati Enquirer

Tampa Bay Times

• Alexis Yetna’s return a promising sign for USF men’s basketball team
• USF’s Johnny Ford no longer with the team

Johnny Dawkins excited UCF forward C.J. Walker cleared to play Orlando Sentinel

Temple-Cincinnati football game canceled due to COVID-19 cases at both schools Philadelphia Inquirer

Starting Five: a quick look at the American Athletic Conference in men’s hoops NOLA.com

Kendric Davis carries SMU past Sam Houston State, 97-67 Dallas Morning News

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis basketball finally can see through ‘all the smoke,’ and the view looks promising | Giannotto
• Memphis WR Calvin Austin III, Navy DB Cameron Kinley renew rivalry, share mutual respect

Tulsa World

• CFP Top 25: OU, OSU, Tulsa ranked in initial rankings
• TU basketball: No fans allowed at home games for first month of season
• Guerin Emig: TU’s charmed football team a source of pride, joy for Tulsa at the perfect time

Navy football coaching staff focused on mental health of players amid coronavirus pandemic | NOTES Annapolis Capital

Wichita Eagle

• Shocker legend Ron Baker breaks silence on abuse investigation into Gregg Marshall 
• Wichita State basketball out of tournament after ‘multiple’ positive COVID-19 tests

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

BATTLE FOR N.C.: ECU reenters at No. 5 Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Charlotte creates “49ers Tip-Off Classic” to open season WCNC

Coastal Carolina ranked No. 20 in first CFP ranking. What’s the Chants’ path to major bowl? Myrtle Beach Sun News

Baltimore Sun

• Fourth-ranked Virginia routs Towson, 89-54, in men’s basketball opener; UMBC falls to Georgetown
• Nick Saban tests positive for COVID-19 and will miss Alabama’s game against Auburn

Greensboro’s Graham Hertweck and William & Mary swim parents and alumni race to save the program Greensboro News & Record

Confused by the College Football Playoff Rankings? We Can Help New York Times

Penn State vs. Michigan is usually a huge game for both teams. This year, not even close. Philadelphia Inquirer

Raleigh News and Observer

• Energy is high, but are fans socially distancing, wearing masks at NC State football games?
• UNC basketball: Day’Ron Sharpe gives North Carolina’s frontcourt an edge
• UNC’s freshmen debut trips up College of Charleston, 79-60
• Where does UNC football fit nationally? It will find out against No. 2 Notre Dame.
• NC State’s Keatts talks about victory over Charleston Southern

Winston Salem Journal

• In an overdue debut, Wake Forest’s Tariq Ingraham shows out against Delaware State
• Quick Take: Wake Forest 111, Delaware State 51
• Wake Forest tries to engage fans, spark interest with their socially distanced new basketball coach
• N.C. A&T going with no fans for basketball in December, which includes a UNCG matchup
• ACC moving men’s basketball tournament in March to Greensboro Coliseum
• COVID-19 clouds the start of the 2020-21 college basketball season

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Maryland runs away from cold-shooting ODU in season opener at nearly empty arena
• Former ODU women’s basketball coach Karen Barefoot not currently in role as UNCW’s coach
• Transfers lead No. 4 UVa to season-opening rout of Towson in Bubbleville

Washington Post

• There is little normalcy to be found this fall, but college basketball is still college basketball
• Virginia’s defense was solid as expected in its opener. The offense was a surprise.

Fayetteville Observer

• Empty, unusual, not as much fun: UNC tops College of Charleston in surreal opener
• Duke’s Jalen Johnson enters season with something to prove
•  Takeaways from N.C. State basketball’s season-opening rout of Charleston Southern

Charleston Post Courier

• Saluting Clemson football Military Appreciation Day and a real hero
• No. 16 North Carolina pulls away from College of Charleston
• Citadel basketball fights off COVID rust to win season opener
• South Carolina football interviews: CCU’s Chadwell done, Shane Beamer next
• Delayed COVID results scuttle Gamecocks’ basketball game with Coker

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia Tech falls to Georgia State in four overtimes
• Photos: Georgia State edges Georgia Tech in late-night marathon
• Georgia Tech players lament not playing Georgia
• Georgia basketball opener canceled