Pirates Edged By South Carolina State MBB, 73-68… Alderete Selected AAC VB Freshman Of The Year… Hatfield Tabbed AAC Special Teams Player Of The Week.. UAB expected to hire former NFL QB Trent Dilfer as head coach; Willie Fritz intends to stay at Tulane

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bulldogs deal ECU first home loss

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Edged By South Carolina State MBB, 73-68
• Alderete Selected AAC VB Freshman Of The Year
• Hatfield Tabbed AAC Special Teams Player Of The Week

Pirates edged out by South Carolina State, 73-68  WNCT 9

WITN 7

• ECU men get upset at home by South Carolina State
• ECU volleyball’s Alderete named AAC Rookie of the Year

247 Sports

• ECU suffers disappointing loss at the hands of South Carolina State
• South Carolina State 73, ECU 68: How it looked from the baselines
• Senior LB Xavier Smith says he will not play in ECU’s bowl game

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU men’s basketball: Pirates lose early lead, game to South Carolina State
• ECU roundup: Volleyball’s Alderete named freshman of year; Hatfield earns special teams honor; lacrosse inks recruiting class

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Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• CFP Rankings List Tulane, UCF Entering Championship Week
• Houston Passes First Test as No. 1
• SMU Picks Up Tuesday Win
• American Athletic Conference Announces 2022 Volleyball Honors

AL.com

• UAB expected to hire former NFL QB Trent Dilfer as head coach
• UAB football players send open letter to President Ray Watts regarding Blazers’ coaching search

UAB football hiring Super Bowl-winning QB as head coach FanSided (MSN)

Bulls wideout room takes another blow as Jimmy Horn transfers 247 Sports

USA Today

• Memphis football kicker David Kemp enters transfer portal
• Memphis football tight end Caden Prieskorn to return for senior season

3 thoughts on the USF football coach search, coaching carousel Tampa Bay Times

NOLA.com

• Willie Fritz intends to stay at Tulane; Georgia Tech to promote interim coach
• Revenge factor: Tulane wanted to see Central Florida in AAC title game

Willie Fritz remains at Tulane to coach vs. UCF in AAC title game Orlando Sentinel

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  How to watch Memphis basketball vs. North Alabama on live stream
•  Memphis football transfer tracker: Who’ll be in portal for the Tigers?
•  Tigers kicker Kemp enters transfer portal

CFB bowl projections: Where might the SMU Mustangs be playing this postseason? Dallas Morning News

Cincinnati Enquirer

• UC players endorse Guidugli to replace Fickell
•  Scouting report: Cincinnati Bearcats get back to reality against NJIT
•  Landon Fickell addresses future at UC: ‘I am not in the portal’

Long wait ends: UH begins stay at No. 1 with rout of Norfolk St. Houston Chronicle

Annapolis Capital

• The hype begins for 123rd Army-Navy football game, set for Dec. 10 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia
• Army football to honor 1st Armored Division, ‘Operation Torch’ with specialty uniforms for game vs. Navy

Wichita Eagle

• Extra heartbreak: Wichita State basketball can’t close out Mizzou in overtime loss
• Wichita State can’t finish the deal in overtime against Missouri

San Antonio Express News

• UTSA focused on bouncing back as C-USA title game approaches
• How to watch UTSA in Friday’s championship game

UNT plans to turn tide in running game against UTSA Denton Record Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• NC State football players could earn $25,000 per year under new NIL collective plan
• NC State gears up for ACC opener by rolling past William & Mary
• Why NC State basketball’s 6-1 start to 2022-23 season feels different than last year
• Onus for UNC basketball improvement starts with veteran trio
• NC State, UNC, Duke football well represented as ACC releases all-conference teams

Winston Salem Journal

• Clemson and North Carolina will play for ACC championship in football on Saturday night in Charlotte
• Georgia Tech removes interim tag for coach Brent Key
• Michael Cunningham: In era of wide-open offense, great defense puts Georgia on top
• No. 1 Georgia focuses on SEC title in matchup with No. 14 LSU
• No. 2 Michigan needs to avoid letdown vs. Purdue
• No. 3 TCU looks to prove doubters wrong, takes on No. 10 Kansas State
• Hugh Freeze keeps Cadillac, plans U-turn at Auburn

Columbia The State

• What should USC’s offense look like under a new coordinator? A look at some options
• No. 1 South Carolina survives challenge from No. 15 UCLA at home. What we learned
• South Carolina makes CFP Top 25 debut after Clemson win. Here’s the ranking

Charleston Post & Courier

• Clemson turns page on ‘unacceptable’ loss to USC, sets sights on ACC title
• Sapakoff: Gamecocks must flex Clemson win with OC hire, other stuff
• College of Charleston cruises; Citadel up next for Cougars
• Clemson falls in the CFP, while South Carolina enters the top 25

College basketball roundup: N.C. State is too much for William & Mary Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Threadgill for 3! Charlotte’s buzzer-beater in OT delivers statement win vs. Davidson Charlotte Observer

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia Tech hires Brent Key as coach
• Bradley: Brent key is the right man for a tough job
• Cunningham: In era of wide-open offense, great defense puts Georgia on top
• Georgia Bulldogs stay No. 1, path to playoff remains set
• Bulldogs hope to use semblance of home-field advantage against Tigers

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