Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Whisenhunt Earns Preseason All-America Honors ecupirates.com

ECU basketball falls to Cincinnati at buzzer The East Carolinian

WNCT 9

• Former ECU WR Tyler Snead talks about decision to leave school for chance at NFL
• ECU’s Whisenhunt earns more preseason All-America honors

Rams to host Super Bowl, ECU baseball pitcher honored  WCTI 12

ECU baseball’s Whisenhunt named preseason All-American twice on Monday WITN 7 

Temple visits East Carolina following Jackson’s 25-point performance Charlotte Observer

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• SMU’s Weathers, Tulane’s Cook and Memphis’ Minott Earn Weekly Honors
• UCF Completes Comeback With 64-55 Victory Over Temple
• UCF’s Battles, Tulsa’s Poindexter Named Women’s Basketball Week 12 Award Winners

Here’s why USF’s Brian Gregory continues to make more than Jose Fernandez Tampa Bay Times

Owls fall to Mustangs, ending winning streak  The Temple News

YAHOO!

• Memphis has a chance to make up some serious ground in the AAC over the next 2 weeks
• No. 6 Houston rides 10-game win streak into matchup vs. Tulane

Giannotto: Merriweather has Tigers on a path they haven’t been in a decade Memphis Commercial Appeal

SMU’s Marcus Weathers named AAC co-player of the week Dallas Morning News

Tulsa World

• Tulsa men look for win in Wichita
• TU’s Poindexter named American Freshman of the Week

UCF overcomes slow start to take down Temple at home Orlando Sentinel

How Wichita State basketball coach Isaac Brown handles criticism of team’s slow start Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Where did all the hype go? Why ACC basketball this season has the feel of a mid-major
• Duke basketball hands Notre Dame first home loss of season. Trevor Keels returns
• ACC football schedule is out. What 2022 season will look like for NC State, UNC, Duke
• After NC State game, there are reasons to believe UNC’s road showings will be better
• What Kevin Keatts wants to see from Dereon Seabron in final stretch for NC State

Heading into Forbes’ second year, UNC baseball looks to build off last season’s success The Daily Tar Heel

Winston Salem Journal

• Here’s who Wake Forest will play and when during the 2022 football season
• Weary WSSU gets it done in overtime in 69-62 win over Bowie State at the Gaines Center
• Study: Diversity hires underrepresented in college athletics

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Weekend Sports Review: Norfolk State’s Joe knows winning, an ODU victory (and hope), the NBA’s local flavor
• Hampton University’s goal upon move to Colonial Athletic Association: ‘Compete and win’
• Reece Beekman has emerged as Virginia’s do-it-all weapon after a blue-collar offseason

Columbia The State

• How South Carolina is addressing positions of need through the transfer portal
• USC men seek to extend winning streak in Starkville. How to watch, what to know
• Jake Bentley begins next chapter in his football career — this time as a coach
• First look: Clemson unveils 2022 football schedule
• Another former South Carolina assistant joining Alabama staff, reports say