Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Rivalry With UNCW Renews In Minges ecupirates.com

East Carolina looks for 4-0 start in matchup with UNC Wilmington National Post

Seahawks, Pirates hope to keep rivalry healthy  Wilmington Star-News

Seahawks Begin Challenging Stretch UNCW

ECU faces short turnaround with UNCW prep 247 Sports

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• UCF, Cincinnati and Wichita State Fall Sunday
• Memphis WBB Downs Liberty 72-67

The Associated Press

• Scruggs scores 20 to carry Xavier over Cincinnati 77-69
• Brown scores 18, Michigan uses big 2nd-half run to beat UCF

Cincinnati’s History Versus Tulsa Football SB Nation

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Late miscues, loss of Vogt cost UC in Shootout
• Scruggs leads Xavier to Shootout victory
• Idle Bearcats remain No. 7 in football polls ahead of Tulsa game
• Kentucky Wildcats fire former UC Bearcats offensive coordinator Eddie Gran

Tampa Bay Times

• USF women’s basketball upsets No. 6 Mississippi State in overtime
• USF men’s basketball’s game vs. FAMU canceled due to coronavirus-related issues

UCF can’t hold off Michigan surge, falls to Wolverines Orlando Sentinel

Owls drop second straight game despite Davis’ high scoring The Temple News

Playing in the middle of a pandemic, the best number for Tulane football was 11 NOLA.com

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis vs. Houston football game kickoff time, TV information announced
• Memphis linebacker Tim Hart enters transfer portal after opting out of 2020 season

Tulsa World

• TU basketball postpones two games after positive COVID-19 test
• TU football: Jaxon Player, Zack Long among major contributors in win at Navy
• Guerin-teed it was quite a week: If College GameDay ever comes to Tulsa, who is guest picker, Bill Hader, Dr. Phil or Drew Pearson?

Tulsa Postpones game with Arkansas KNWA

Bill Wagner: One thing can salvage this Navy football season. Beat Army. Baltimore Sun

Naval Academy’s Tecumseh statue typically is painted ahead of the Army-Navy game. Not this year. Annapolis Capital

Missouri overwhelms Wichita State basketball to hand Shockers a loss at Koch Arena  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Charlotte Observer

• Charlotte coach Will Healy had COVID-19 last month. This season has brought him to tears
• Charlotte 49ers football team falls flat in return to action, loses to Western Kentucky

Charleston Post Courier

• Shane Beamer’s energy, passion, drive stood out to former Gamecocks
• USC formally names Shane Beamer as the Gamecocks’ new head coach: ‘Perfect fit’
• 7 Takeaways from Gamecocks’ loss at Kentucky, hiring of Shane Beamer
• CCU jumps to No. 11 in AP poll, No. 13 in coaches poll after downing BYU
• 7 takeaways from Clemson’s win at Virginia Tech

Columbia The State

• It’s official: Shane Beamer announced as South Carolina football’s new head coach
• How Shane Beamer, new USC coaching staff might tackle building first recruiting class
• Shane Beamer arrives in Columbia, set to meet with Gamecocks as team for first time
• The three current South Carolina assistants most likely to stay on with new staff
• Here are five of the biggest items on new Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer’s to-do list
• Dabo expects ‘unbelievable matchup’ as Clemson gets rematch with Notre Dame

They’ve quarantined under different roofs. They’ve distanced themselves at home. Somehow, Dave Clawson’s family feels closer than before. Winston Salem Journal

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Norfolk State and Hampton brace for early season men’s basketball showdown
• Hokies breakdown: More questions about play-calling, a ‘cold’ QB and second-half collapse against AP No. 4 Clemson

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia Tech delivers upset of No. 20 Kentucky
• After two stunning losses, Georgia Tech wrecks Kentucky
• Florida’s good game(s) leads to a bad day for Bulldogs
• Report: Former Georgia assistant to be hired as South Carolina coach
• Bulldogs’ makeup date at Missouri gets early kickoff

The Associated Press

• AP Top 25: No. 1 Tide runs poll streak to 210, 3rd-best ever
• POLL ALERT: No. 1 Alabama makes 210th consecutive poll appearance for third-longest streak; Buffalo ranked for 1st time
• AP Top 25 Reality Check: IU, I-State reach historic heights
• South Carolina names Oklahoma’s Beamer its football coach
• Western Kentucky tops Charlotte 37-19 in rare Sunday contest
• Slovis, St. Brown help No. 16 USC rout Washington State
• The Latest: Texas football pauses after positive virus tests
• No. 3 Buckeyes await word on ‘The Game’ with plenty at stake
• ‘Is Miami back?’: Hurricanes may finally have a good answer
• AP Top 25 Takeaways: More games like BYU-Coastal Carolina?
• No. 11 West Virginia finishes strong, beats Georgetown 80-71
• Seton Hall rallies, and rallies, to beat Penn St. in OT
• Wright powers Georgia Tech past slumping No. 20 Kentucky