Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• ECU Faces Off Against SMU Saturday Night
• Pirates Host Memphis In Sunday Matinee
• AD Gilbert, ECU Agree To Contract
• Pirates Host UNCG
• East Carolina Earns Split On Opening Day

SMU (17-5, 8-2 AAC) Faces Road Test At ECU SMU Mustangs

WNCT 9

• ECU earns season-opening split at Kickin’ Chicken Classic in SC
• East Carolina University, AD agree to new contract through December 2026

WITN 7

• ECU athletics director gets new five-year deal
• Mike Houston lays out plan for ECU spring ball
• Jacksonville quarterback Benton commits to ECU football as PWO

AD Gilbert, ECU agree to contract WRAL

The East Carolinian

• ECU BOT extends contract with Gilbert as director of athletics
• Pirates shock the Shockers in overtime

247 Sports

• Five ECU targets to know at WR for the 2023 class
• Stability a key for Gilbert’s administration as he lands extension
• ECU, athletics director Jon Gilbert agree to new five-year contract

SMU visits East Carolina after Jackson’s 22-point game Charlotte Observer

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• East Carolina, athletic director Gilbert agree to contract extension
• ECU Notebook: Softball splits two on opening day; Pirates search for new soccer coach

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• An Appreciation: The American’s Lisa Zanecchia
• UCF Walks Off No. 12 Georgia 7-6 On Opening Night Of The 2022 Season
• No. 25 Wichita State Opens 2022 With Pair Of Friday Wins
• Dominant Performance For Freeman Lifts Tulane To Win At Memphis

Clemson, former USF player suspended 1 game for flagrant foul Tampa Bay Times

First-round bye in AAC tournament still very much in play for Tulane men’s hoops NOLA.com

Tulane Men’s Basketball Hosts Temple WGNO

SMU looking to win the week, avoid a letdown after upset of No. 6 Houston Dallas Morning News

CBS’ Gary Parrish, David Cobb predictions for Memphis Tigers vs. Houston basketball game YAHOO!

Tulsa hosts Cincinnati for Legends Day Tulsa World

 Preview: UC Bearcats look to complete regular-season sweep of Tulsa Cincinnati Enquirer

Wichita State never publicly announced AD Darron Boatright’s contract extension Wichita Eagle

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Sun Belt-bound Marshall, Old Dominion, Southern Miss announce plans to depart Conference USA in June ESPN

Marshall, Old Dominion, Southern Miss choose early C-USA exit NBC Sports

Southern Miss, Old Dominion and Marshall announce intention to depart Conference USA in 2022 SB Nation

Old Dominion will officially leave Conference USA in June, a year earlier than expected Hampton Roads Daily Press

Sun Belt-bound Marshall plans to end C-USA affiliation early News Tribune

Super Bowl LVI players with ties to the Triad, North Carolina Greensboro News & Record

Raleigh News & Observer

• UNC basketball searching for a big win as NCAA tournament bubble watch starts early
• Super Bowl will feature former NC State players who were part of impressive 2014 class
• ACC Now podcast: Mike Elko on Duke football vision, changing college sports landscape
• ACC suspends Clemson’s David Collins after flagrant foul on Duke’s Wendell Moore Jr.
• Snubbed again, NC State great Torry Holt worthy of Pro Football Hall of Fame induction

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest in the thick of the ACC men’s basketball race, but fans have been slow in coming to Joel Coliseum
• First-place WSSU picks up another Southern Division victory
• Horizon League bans UIC — which is leaving for the Missouri Valley next season — from conference tournaments, leaving school officials ‘surprised’ and ‘disappointed’

Report: WVU tabs Sun Belt coach to fill football vacancy Charleston Gazette-Mail