Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• ECU Sweeps Tri-Meet Saturday
• Resilient Pirates Show Heart in Defeat at SMU, 68-66
• Pirates Compete at Dick Taylor Carolina Challenge
• Pirates Set to Host South Florida Sunday

East Carolina hosts South Florida following Harris’ 31-point game Washington Post

ECU’s Ahlers named MVP of Hula Bowl WNCT 9

Ahlers named “Player of the Game” at the Hula Bowl all-star game WITN 7

Team Kai outlasts Team Aina in Hula Bowl, which could return to UCF again Orlando Sentinel

The East Carolinian

• ECU men’s basketball outscored for the fourth time in conference games
• ECU women’s basketball defeats Temple on the road

247 Sports

• What to expect, how to watch ECU’s home contest against USF on Sunday
• ECU WR Andre Pegues enters transfer portal

Fellowship Christian hires former SEC defensive coordinator as football coach Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Around the American Athletic Conference

Tulsa Defeats Houston In Battle of Unbeaten American Teams American Athletic Conference

Tulane suffocates Central Florida defensively, holds on for pivotal conference win NOLA.com

 UC basketball escapes SMU with 2-point win Saturday Cincinnati Enquirer

Forbes scores 27 as host Tulane knocks off UCF 77-69 Orlando Sentinel

Wichita Eagle

• Wichita State basketball does it again: Shockers erase 16-point deficit in Tulsa win
• Inside the play that sealed the biggest Wichita State home comeback win in team history

Tulsa World

• Steve Spurrier Jr. returns to Oklahoma as TU’s offensive coordinator: ‘It’s good to be back’
• Temira Poindexter, Maddie Bittle lead TU past Houston
• TU stumbles late, loses 73-69 at Wichita State

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• NC State basketball edges Miami in overtime, 83-81, behind career game from Ernest Ross
• When NC State needed something extra against Miami, Ernest Ross was at the front of the Pack
• Clemson rallies past No. 24 Duke to cement its place atop ACC standings
• UNC basketball and Armando Bacot rout Louisville for first road win of season
• NC State women’s basketball among the ACC’s hunted; Duke, UNC hot on the Pack’s tail

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest rolls to 85-63 win on the road at Boston College
• Mike Bianchi: Florida Gators’ $13 million gaffe with Jaden Rashada is biggest fail of NIL
• WSSU wins a defensive game at home against St. Aug’s on Saturday afternoon
• State of USC’s football program: Overhaul complete. Now comes the ‘critical’ stage.

Charleston Post & Courier

• Sapakoff: Dabo wins the off-season with Clemson’s Garrett Riley hire
• College of Charleston makes 15 3s to push win streak to 17 games
• Texas A&M delivers second straight home drubbing to end USC win streak

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• Marshall men overcome Old Dominion before sold-out crowd in West Virginia
• No. 13 Virginia goes 11 of 22 from 3-point range, defeats Florida State on the road
• NSU celebrates a moment too early, falls to Howard on last-second technical foul
• William & Mary men upset UNC Wilmington for first road victory

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Parade, trophy presentation highlight Georgia Bulldogs’ back-to-back championships
• ‘It feels amazing’: Bulldogs fans turn out for parade, celebration
• Complete AJC coverage of Georgia’s championship celebration

The Associated Press

• Georgia celebrates back-to-back titles with another parade
• Ole Miss hires Alabama’s Golding as defensive coordinator
• Kentucky, Calipari frustrated by season-long struggles
• Detroit Mercy’s Davis sets NCAA career 3-point record
• Adams scores late, No. 2 Kansas edges No. 14 Iowa St 62-60