No. 11 ECU Blows Past George Washington 23-5 To Complete Series Sweep; Pirates Run Past Coastal Carolina SB, 11-3… Pirates MBB thumped by SMU in road loss; ECU women close on 15-0 run to beat UCF… No. 2 Houston holds off shorthanded Memphis to win 7th straight… Beating its rivals and having fun doing it, NC State has turned the tables on UNC

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates unleash barrage for series sweep

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Split Home Matches With Richmond And Hampton
• Pirates Fall At SMU, 86-70
• No. 11 ECU Blows Past George Washington 23-5 To Complete Series Sweep
• Pirates Finish Seventh In Lake Oconee Invitational
• Pirates Run Past Coastal Carolina, 11-3
• ECU Opens Spring Season At Wexford Intercollegiate

WBB finds fifth straight win with victory over UCF The East Carolinian

ECU football superfan pens book about the view from 20 rows up Hickory Daily Record

WNCT 9

• Pirates fall at SMU, 86-70
• No. 11 ECU blows past George Washington 23-5 to complete …
• Pirates run past Coastal Carolina, 11-3

WITN 7

• #11 ECU baseball completes opening day doubleheader sweep of George Washington
• ECU women close on 15-0 run to beat UCF
• ECU baseball comes back to win season opening game over George Washington

247 Sports

• ECU tripped up on the road at SMU
• ECU 23, George Washington 5: How it looked from the stands
• ECU scores 23 runs Sunday to complete season-opening sweep

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU men’s basketball: Pirates thumped by SMU in road loss
• ECU baseball: Takeaways from Pirates’ sweep of George Washington, 23-run outburst on Sunday

No. 11 ECU blows past George Washington 23-5 to complete series sweep MSN

Coastal softball falls to ECU on final day of Battle at the Beach WMBF

SMU lights up Moody Coliseum in win vs ECU SMU Daily Campus

SMU basketball show renewed desire to win in confident display vs. East Carolina Dallas Morning News

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• UCF, East Carolina, Tulsa, Wichita State Earn Sunday Wins
• UCF and East Carolina Earn Season-Opening Sweeps
• No. 2 Houston Wins Seventh Straight with Home Victory over Memphis
• Tulane Takes Down South Florida, 84-66
• East Carolina, Houston, Tulsa Capture Saturday Sweeps

USF women surge past SMU to clinch 2nd American Athletic Conference crown Tampa Bay Times

Memphis basketball, without leading scorer Kendric Davis, comes up short at No. 2 Houston USA Today

Temple beats Tulsa for much-needed win  Temple News

Tulsa losing streak reaches eight with lopsided loss at Temple Tulsa World

Jalen Cook’s career-high 30 points, team defense carry Tulane past South Florida comfortably  NOLA.com

Dallas Morning News

• SMU basketball show renewed desire to win in confident display vs. East Carolina
• How valuable is SMU actually to the Pac-12′s pursuit of a digital media deal?

 UC gets a DeJulius floater to beat UCF in Orlando for big AAC win Cincinnati Enquirer

Nolley, DeJulius lead Cincinnati past UCF, 73-71 Associated Press

YAHOO!

• David DeJulius buzzer-beater gives Cincinnati basketball win over UCF
• UC escapes UCF with a buzzer-beater 

UCF men’s basketball drops second straight in final seconds vs. Cincinnati Orlando Sentinel

UC Baseball Wins Season Opening Series At Georgia State Sports Illustrated

Houston Chronicle

• Smith: This is why Marcus Sasser stayed at UH
• No. 2 Houston holds off shorthanded Memphis to win 7th straight
• UH great Michael Young back on campus after 10 years

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• NC State basketball takes down rival UNC behind Jarkel Joiner, dominant second half
• Beating its rivals and having fun doing it, NC State has turned the tables on UNC
• UNC basketball suffers another ACC road loss, falls 77-69 to rival NC State in Raleigh
• UNC’s Hubert Davis keeps faith after loss, but Tar Heels running out of time to justify it
• NC State, UNC college hockey teams to take their fight outdoors on Stadium Series ice
• Duke returns home: How to watch, stream Blue Devils vs. Louisville men’s basketball

Off The Bat: Opening Weekend Brings Excitement, Surprises Baseball America

Winston Salem Journal

• Today in sports history: Feb. 20
• WSSU men will be fifth seed for this week’s CIAA Tournament in Baltimore
• Winston-Salem State finishes regular-season in style with win over Livingstone at Joel Coliseum
• Second half surge powers No. 5 Kansas over No. 9 Baylor 87-71

Columbia The State

• No. 1 South Carolina survives scare from Ole Miss to stay undefeated. What we learned
• Jack Mahoney dominates in first start since 2021 as Gamecocks sweep UMass Lowell

Charleston Post & Courier

• No. 1 Gamecocks survive OT scare at Ole Miss, enter championship week with perfect record
• Gamecocks’ Mahoney makes stellar return to mound as USC sweeps opening series