Pirates Bounce Back To Defeat Coppin State, 84-75… Navy football coach Ken Niumatalolo out after 15 seasons; Ken Niumatalolo deserved better than what he got from Navy … Paul Silas, 3-time NBA champion, longtime coach, dies at 79… Panthers post first road win in 9 tries, take aim at NFC South after win against Seattle… Mississippi State Coach Mike Leach hospitalized with ‘personal health issue’

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Small big in ECU win

 

Pirates Bounce Back To Defeat Coppin State, 84-75 ecupirates.com

Pirates bounce back to defeat Coppin State, 84-75  WNCT 9

247 Sports

• ECU tops Coppin State behind strong second half
• ECU 84, Coppin State 75: How it looked from the baselines

ECU men’s basketball: Small’s double-double guides Pirates past Coppin State Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Memphis Takes Down Auburn in Weekend Action
• Tulane, Tulsa Pick Up Sunday Wins

Annapolis Capital

• Navy football coach Ken Niumatalolo out after 15 seasons
• ‘I wasn’t ready for it to be over’: Ken Niumatalolo surprised by dismissal as Navy football coach
• Navy football coach Ken Niumatalolo through the years | PHOTOS

Ken Niumatalolo deserved better than what he got from Navy Washington Post

The Associated Press

• Navy’s Ken Niumatalolo out after 15 seasons as coach
• Tulsa hires Ohio State coordinator Wilson as head coach

 Tigers add commitment from former ETSU LB Martin Memphis Commercial Appeal

Bill Haisten: Kevin Wilson’s impact – TU aggressively pursues Braylin Presley Tulsa World

Tulane women take control in second half against Southern and never look back NOLA.com

Temple blows another lead in loss to Big 5 rival Penn  Temple News

SMU football lands three Miami (FL) transfers in one day Dallas Morning News

 A look back at the Cincinnati-Louisville football rivalry Cincinnati Enquirer

Host UCF women fall to Seton Hall 63-56 Orlando Sentinel

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• UNC basketball earns reprieve from the noise during much-needed win over Georgia Tech
• Short-handed No. 8 NC State women beat South Florida 65-57
• UNC records season high in 99-67 win over Wofford
• Duke basketball downs Maryland-Eastern Shore, 82-55. What we learned in Blue Devils’ win

Winston Salem Journal

Lamont Paris’ Gamecocks top Presbyterian for second straight win. What we learned Columbia The State

Charleston Post & Courier

• Gamecocks’ Big Three push away Presbyterian with second-half comeback
• College of Charleston wins 9th straight with easy victory over Division II opponent

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• USF transfer Jackson Long commits to Georgia Tech
• Georgia Tech hires Appalachian State offensive line coach Geep Wade