Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Basketball News
Pirates pull away in OT Bonesville.net

ECU Controls Extra Session To Defeat UNCW ecupirates.com

College Basketball Roundup: ECU controls OT, beats UNCW North State Journal

East Carolina controls OT, beats UNC-Wilmington 88-78ESPN

Pirates rally, win in OT against UNCW  WNCT 9

ECU comes back to beat UNCW in overtime, 88-78 WITN 7

Pirates down Seahawks in overtime WECT

UNCW Men’s Basketball falls in overtime thriller to ECU on the road WWAY

East Carolina basketball outlasts UNCW rally Wilmington Star-News

East Carolina controls OT, beats UNC-Wilmington 88-78 Raleigh News and Observer

ECU Tops UNC-W 88-78 In OT  Rivals.com

247 Sports

• ECU takes thrilling overtime victory over UNC Wilmington
• ECU 88, UNCW 78 (OT): How it Looked from the Baselines
• Five building blocks ECU discovered on defense in 2020

Pirates win a wild one in OT over Seahawks Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• East Carolina Defeats UNCW, 88-78, in Overtime Monday Night
• SMU’s Davis, Houston’s Mark Earn Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors
• UCF Selected for RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl
• Tulane, Tulsa Players Earn Weekly Football Honors
• SMU Downed By Oklahoma State 75-63
• USF’s Pinzan, Tulane’s Jordan Secure Week Two Women’s Basketball Awards

AAC Basketball: Houston on top, SMU and Tulsa rise in latest power ranking Busting Brackets

The Bearcats go as far as Williams takes them Cincinnati Enquirer

USF point guard Elisa Pinzan honored by American Athletic Conference Tampa Bay Times

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF’s Dillon Gabriel, Marlon Williams and Richie Grant national award semifinalists
• UCF football accepts invite to Boca Raton Bowl

Former Illinois running back Ra’Von Bonner is transferring to Temple Philadelphia Inquirer

Tug-of-war over: Offensive line coach Cody Kennedy to join Will Hall at Southern Miss NOLA.com

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis DL O’Bryan Goodson’s season-ending injury is latest loss for Tigers football
• Memphis football bowl projections: Could Tigers face Tennessee Vols in Birmingham Bowl?
• Memphis basketball mailbag: Examining Alex Lomax’s role and where things stand on the leadership front

Tulsa World

• TU’s Zaven Collins, Allie Green IV semifinalists for national awards
• TU football: Jaxon Player, Zack Long among major contributors in win at Navy

Houston Chronicle

• UH, Holgorsen prepare for Memphis, possible extra game
• UH’s Tramon Mark named AAC freshman of week, again

Annapolis Capital

• ‘I couldn’t have ever imagined it’: Navy senior Jackson Perkins relishing role as captain amid difficult season
• Navy football welcomes challenge of beating Army in true road game
• President Donald Trump to attend Army-Navy game Saturday
• Bill Wagner: One thing can salvage this Navy football season: Beat Army. | COMMENTARY

Official: Trump to attend the Army-Navy game at West Point The Associated Press

‘Our guys kept battling’: Shockers optimistic after battling adversity past two weeks  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Who will UNC use to guard Luka Garza? He has a good idea, and it’s not who you think
• No. 10 Duke needs good shooting. So far, Jaemyn Brakefield is delivering
• The NC State basketball game at Michigan is off. You probably already know why

Winston Salem Journal

• College basketball insider: Gift for Appalachian State, ACC-Big Ten Challenge to tip off
• N.C. State’s basketball game against Michigan in ACC-Big Ten Challenge postponed
• ‘Is Miami back?’: Hurricanes may finally have a good answer
• No bubble means no assurances NFL and college football schedules aren’t disrupted
• A big moment for Stanford and N.C. A&T
• Wake Forest men’s basketball team could face 33 days between games

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Bronco Mendenhall makes sure U.Va.’s reg. season won’t extend beyond Saturday, and bowl for Cavaliers is to be determined
• Hokies move forward after odd episode involving Hendon Hooker as Fuente evaluates QBs ahead of U.Va. game
• Hokies making their presence felt in rebounding category heading into ACC-Big Ten Challenge against Penn State
• Norfolk State pulls away late to top Hampton in Battle of the Bay

Chuck Landon: Terrible time to be football fan in W.Va. Huntington Herald-Dispatch

Charleston Post Courier

• Clemson’s Dabo Swinney called ‘friend’ Shane Beamer, offered advice
• Shane Beamer right at home as Gamecocks’ new head football coach
• Sapakoff: A ‘premier’ Gamecocks formula for Shane Beamer requires help
• Shane Beamer’s energy, passion, drive stood out to former Gamecocks
• USC formally names Shane Beamer as the Gamecocks’ new head coach: ‘Perfect fit’
• Kornblut: Clemson football hopes for Nyland Green; Beamer on the trail
• CCU jumps to No. 11 in AP poll, No. 13 in coaches poll after downing BYU

Columbia The State

• How Beamer plans navigate ‘chaotic’ few weeks finishing Oklahoma job, starting USC
• ‘A lot of respect’ between USC coach Shane Beamer, predecessor Will Muschamp
• What Dabo Swinney said about Gamecocks hiring ‘a friend’ in Shane Beamer
• It’s Beamer’s Time: Gamecocks introduce their new football coach, 2020-style
• Hall of Famer Frank Beamer will be around South Carolina ‘a lot’, Shane Beamer says
• Beamer expects investment of ‘every resource’ needed to build his USC coaching staff
• Watch: Shane Beamer introduced as South Carolina’s new football coach
• All-Carolina College Football Poll: Coastal Carolina upset of BYU should set a new trend