Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Sports Illustrated

• It Took a Pandemic to See the Distorted State of College Sports
• Lincoln Riley selects Shane Beamer’s replacement for Cotton Bowl

OU football: Ryan Dougherty replaces Shane Beamer on Sooners’ coaching staff for Cotton Bowl The Oklahoman

Davidson basketball coach Bob McKillop going for career win No. 600 on Wednesday sportsgrindentertainment

Lions sign CB Josh Hawkins to practice squad, place CB Alex Myers on Practice Squad I.R. USA Today

ECU – Wichita State Game Postponed Due to Covid19  Rivals.com

247 Sports

• Grading ECU’s Early Signing Class: Offense
• True Freshman Report: DE Kareem Stinson

Pirates continue with AAC honor Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

Tulsa Takes Down No. 5 Houston, 65-64, Tuesday Night American Athletic Conference

The Associated Press

• Rachal’s late free throws lift Tulsa past No. 5 Houston
• Late 3 by Quinones carries Memphis past South Florida

Cincinnati Enquirer

•  Cincinnati calls facing Georgia QB ‘a huge challenge’
•  Breaking down the UC vs. Georgia matchup
•  Peach Bowl: How to watch, tickets, game time for UC vs. Georgia

USF conference foe SMU ends women’s basketball season Tampa Bay Times

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF’s Tre Nixon, Greg McCrae declare for 2021 NFL draft
• UCF forward Isaiah Adams inspired by mom’s push to overcome homelessness

Unbeaten SMU takes on untested Temple Sports Illustrated

Learning lessons: Each game is a first for young Tulane basketball team NOLA.com

SMU women’s basketball team opts out of season after six games Dallas Morning News

Alex Lomax sparks Memphis’ rally past South Florida Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa World

• Gallery: TU upsets No. 5 Houston on last-second free throws
• TU upsets No. 5 Houston, 65-64, on Brandon Rachal’s free throws with 0.1 seconds left

Tulsa’s late free throws send No. 5 UH to first loss Houston Chronicle

Inside the world of college basketball scheduling: How the WSU-Newman game came to be Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

West Virginia vs. Army prediction, pick, odds, line, live stream, TV channel, Liberty Bowl kickoff time CBS Sports

Adam Kramer’s College Football Locks and Top Bets for the Bowl Season: Part 2 Bleacher Report

2020-21 College football bowl game schedule and results USA Today

Watchability rankings: Which college football bowl games, including the CFP semifinals, are best bets for excitement Detroit Free Press

Raleigh News and Observer

• How 2 days in February with a Marine changed NC State football and got it to Gator Bowl
• UNC will be without 2 best running backs in Orange Bowl. Here’s who replaces them
• Arizona men’s basketball self-imposes 1-year postseason ban

Why ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit is calling the College Football Playoff from home  Sporting News

Now former App State, ECU OC, Petersen, takes Power 5 job at Illinois Watauga Democrat

Winston Salem Journal

• With ACC play looming, Wake Forest and Steve Forbes try to start building up again
• College basketball update: State, Carolina resume play Wednesday night; UNCG postponed

Charleston Post Courier

• Sapakoff: Buckeyes’ Justin Fields wants last laugh vs. Trevor Lawrence, Clemson
• Clemson upends No. 18 Florida State in basketball

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Bulldogs’ Ben Cleveland opts out, leaving gap at right guard for Peach Bowl
• Bulldogs QB and coach bonding through X’s and O’s
• Georgia Bulldogs plan to stay on move in SEC opener
• Sacrificing size for ballhandling, Josh Pastner hopes recipe works

For some students in need, campus is a safe — but lonely — place to live during the pandemic  Washington Post