Pirates Outlast Campbell, 79-69… No. 18 Tulane welcomes rematch with No. 22 UCF for AAC crown… No. 23 USTA tops North Texas 48-27 in C-USA title game… Keg of Nails rivalry returns: UC, Louisville to play in Fenway Bowl… No. 4 USC falls to Utah in Pac-12, all but ending CFP hope

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Felton leads Pirates past Campbell

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Outlast Campbell, 79-69
• Pirates Dropped by George Mason, 54-41

Felton’s 25 lead East Carolina past Campbell 79-69  WNCT 9

ECU men’s basketball tops Campbell WITN 7

247 Sports

• ECU bounces back with win over Campbell
• ECU 79, Campbell 69: How it looked from the baselines
• College football bowl projections 2022: Final playoff picks, matchups for every game
• ECU safety Shawn Dourseau enters transfer portal
• Updated Final Bowl Projections for East Carolina football

ECU men’s basketball: Pirates snap losing skid, zip past Campbell in home win Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Felton’s 25 lead East Carolina past Campbell 79-69 CBS Sports

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• East Carolina, South Florida Earn Friday Night Wins
• South Florida WBB Takes Down #22/18 Texas
• UCF, Houston Advance to NCAA Second Round

The Associated Press

• No. 18 Tulane welcomes rematch with No. 22 UCF for AAC crown
• AAC title game a rematch between No. 18 Tulane, No. 22 UCF
• No. 23 USTA tops North Texas 48-27 in C-USA title game

 Keg of Nails rivalry returns: UC, Louisville to play in Fenway Bowl Cincinnati Enquirer

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF football sets sight on leaving AAC on top vs. Tulane
• Holy Holler, what a catch! A true UCF underdog story | Commentary

Tampa Bay Times

• USF coaching search: If not Deion Sanders or Jamey Chadwell, then who?
• How USF football compares against Colorado, Liberty and Cincinnati

 Rivalry or revenge?: How Memphis is treating matchup vs. Ole Miss Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa World

• TU, ORU ready for Mayor’s Cup basketball battle
• Brennan Marion’s story of survival
• Letter: Stop making excuses for TU’s lack of success in sports

NOLA.com

• AAC championship: Time and TV for UCF-Tulane, Guerry Smith’s analysis and what’s at stake
• Rod Walker: LSU, Southern, Tulane vie for conference titles on banner day for Louisiana football
• Tulane one win away from proving linebacker Nick Anderson a prophet

Houston Chronicle

• No. 1 UH to kick off a tough stretch against Saint Mary’s
• Houston Cougars basketball preview: vs. Saint Mary’s
• UTSA wins second straight Conference USA championship

Army-Navy football game weighs most heavily on seniors from both institutions Annapolis Capital

Wichita State seeking something its offense hasn’t done in five years at K-State Wichita Eagle

UTSA quarterback Frank Harris spoils UNT’s shot at history in C-USA title game Dallas Morning News

Denton Record Chronicle

• UTSA quarterback Frank Harris spoils UNT’s shot a history in C-USA title game
• Davis, Aune reach individual milestones in C-USA title game loss to UTSA
• 5 thoughts on UNT’s loss to UTSA in the Conference USA championship game

UTSA wins second straight Conference USA championship San Antonio Express News

FAU Owls name Tom Herman as new football coach Palm Beach Post

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

The Associated Press

• No. 4 USC falls to Utah in Pac-12, all but ending CFP hope
• Whittingham’s legacy grows with second straight Pac-12 title
• CFP deja vu: TCU in third, Ohio State lurking and lobbying
• South Carolina DB Cam Smith declares for NFL draft
• Coaching friends Swinney, Brown meet in ACC championship
• Troy hosts Coastal Carolina in Sun Belt championship game
• No. 2 Michigan chases Big Ten crown, playoffs against Purdue
• No. 2 Michigan’s begins title quest against Boilermakers
• No. 1 Georgia looks to add SEC title to trophy case vs LSU
• Toledo in the way of Ohio’s first MAC title since 1968
• SWAC rematch: Jackson State, Southern meet in title game
• Schools increasingly giving disgraced coaches second chances

Raleigh News & Observer

• After ACC title game, another challenge awaits UNC, Clemson: Managing transfer portal
• UNC’s Mack Brown, Clemson’s Dabo Swinney put friendship aside in ACC title game clash
• How to watch or stream Boston College at Duke college basketball game on Saturday
• NC State stumbles out of the gate in ACC basketball play, falling to Pittsburgh, 68-60

Gipson’s 14 lead Charlotte past Appalachian State 71-62 Fox Sports

Charleston Post & Courier

• As Clemson aims to regain ACC title, 4 things to watch
• Coastal Carolina prepares for Sun Belt title game with Troy; McCall a game-time decision
• Clemson blasts Wake Forest, 77-57, to open ACC play

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• Excitement mounts as William & Mary readies for its first FCS playoff game in seven years. Tribe hosts Gardner-Webb.
• Norfolk State to make rare men’s basketball visit to ODU
• Ali Jennings III, ODU’s leading receiver, entering transfer portal. He and six teammates gain All-Sun Belt recognition.
• UVA quarterback Brennan Armstrong has entered the transfer portal, multiple reports say
• Bob Molinaro: FCS playoff qualifiers William & Mary, Richmond to play year’s biggest football games for state teams Saturday

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Bradley’s Buzz: With a 12-team playoff, will the SEC championship matter?
• With ‘lid knocked off,’ No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs want more
• Georgia high-school coaches: Georgia Tech needs to recruit state better

Missouri shies away from bowl matchup against arch-rival, CFB insider reports Saturday Down South