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• Karina Gordon Named American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Week
• Earl Boykin Family Invests $100,000 In Pirates Unite Campaign
• Conrad Tabbed AAC Special Teams Player Of The Week
• Pirates Travel to VCU for Tuesday Clash

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• ECU’s Conrad tabbed AAC Special Teams Player Of The Week
• ECU’s Karina Gordon named AAC Freshman of the Week
• Episode 11 of ‘Inside Pirate Athletics’ today at 6
• Former ECU star, Jaguars WR Zay Jones arrested on misdemeanor domestic battery charge, awaits first appearance

ECU football earns first conference win at FAU on Saturday WITN 7

Jaguars WR Zay Jones arrested on misdemeanor domestic battery charge, awaits first appearance The Associated Press

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• Former ECU star Zay Jones arrested in Jacksonville on misdemeanor domestic battery charge
• Broncos energized by local rice for Monday night football: Javonte Williams and Jaquan McMillian take the field

Jaguars’ Zay Jones arrested on domestic battery charges 11 Alive

247 Sports

• Betting odds released for ECU’s game at Navy
• Three-star OL Zack Boehly commits to East Carolina

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Navy football looks to send seniors out as winners Saturday against East Carolina Baltimore Sun

South Carolina Upstate visits East Carolina after Felton’s 30-point outing USA Today

Ravens Week 10 Rookie Report: Zay Flowers ties franchise record, Keaton Mitchell balls out again SB Nation

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Memphis’ Henigan, Navy’s Ramos, East Carolina’s Conrad Earn Player of the Week Honors
• Florida Atlantic’s Rosado, Tulsa’s Cassaday Earn Weekly Volleyball Honors
• Tulsa’s Crawford, East Carolina’s Gordon Earn First Women’s Basketball Weekly Honors
• North Texas’ Scott, South Florida’s Reid Earn First Weekly Honors of the Season
• Florida Atlantic, SMU Win Sunday Conference Matches

Bill Wagner: It appears Navy football has found its starting quarterback. He was on the roster all along. | COMMENTARY Baltimore Sun

Rice takes on No. 19 Texas after Mason’s 20-point showing The Associated Press

Memphis football coach Ryan Silverfield on SMU game: ‘There’s always something to prove’ USA Today

AAC QB Rankings 2023: Michael Pratt, Frank Harris Continue to Pace the American College Football Network

See lines, odds, TV info and past history for Saturday’s Tulane at FAU game NOLA.com

Early test for SMU as No. 13 Texas A&M visits Moody Coliseum for first time in 14 years Dallas Morning News

UTSA coach Jeff Traylor pushes aside Texas A&M speculation in wake of Jimbo Fisher’s firing San Antonio Express News

UTSA’s Jeff Traylor speaks on the Texas A&M head coaching rumors Houston Chronicle

What We Learned: Loss to SMU shows UNT had too many challenges to expect a bowl berth Tyler Morning Telegraph

USF Bulls need 1 more win for bowl eligibility after victory over Temple YAHOO!

The Charlotte football team squanders fourth quarter lead, falling to Memphis 44-38 NinerTimes

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• No. 22 UNC football still struggling to find defensive answers after 47-45 win over Duke
• First look: Mike Elko, Duke football travel to face Virginia in ACC play on Saturday
• AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll: Who’s No. 1? One ballot from the N&O’s Luke DeCock
• First look: NC State and Virginia Tech game information, key matchup, betting line
• North Carolina vs Clemson football first look: key matchup, player to watch, odds

WRAL

• Duke’s Mike Elko addresses Texas A&M job rumors
• UNC reclaims top spot in WRAL College Football Power Rankings
• NC State women make huge jump into AP Top 25 after UConn win
• Doeren shares 3 keys to his long tenure at NC State
• Saniya Rivers goes for a career-best 33 points as NC State stuns No. 2 UConn 92-81
• Duke drops in men’s AP Top 25 after loss to Arizona
• UNC offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey press conference pre-Clemson

Charleston Post & Courier

• Poor shooting dooms The Citadel against Presbyterian College
• Charleston Southern cooks Johnson and Wales
• Spark, man! Gamecocks mesh with walk-on on the floor, race past VMI
• Kickoff time set for Gamecocks-Clemson football clash
• Guess who’s back: Staley’s Gamecocks re-take No. 1 spot in polls

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• College basketball roundup: Penn upsets No. 21 Villanova in Big 5 city rivalry
• No. 14 Arkansas survives Old Dominion’s 11 3-pointers to thwart Monarchs’ upset bid

The Associated Press

• No. 3 Arizona jumps 9 places in AP Top 25 behind Kansas, Purdue; James Madison ranked for first time
• Jim Harbaugh says Sherrone Moore will lead Michigan if a judge doesn’t rule in school’s favor
• No. 1 Georgia gains steam on offense with the return of Bowers and Mims from injuries
• Lt. Gen. Richard Clark brings leadership, diplomacy skills to CFP as it expands, evolves
• Boise State finds itself in rare spot after firing its football coach for first time as FBS school
• Miami QB Emory Williams expected back for spring, Tyler Van Dyke to start vs. No. 9 Louisville
• Pitino returns to big-time college hoops under MSG spotlight with challenge ahead at St. John’s
• Marquee doubleheader in Chicago headlines the week in AP Top 25 hoops
• UConn stands alone, earning ranking in women’s basketball poll for record 566th consecutive week
• Zach Edey and Braden Smith help No. 2 Purdue pass first real test with 83-71 win over Xavier