Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ECU, Coastal Carolina Announce Two-Year Football Series ecupirates.com

ECU, Coastal Carolina announce two-year football series WNCT 9

ECU Football to face Coastal Carolina in non-conference series in 2025 and 2028 WITN 7

247 Sports

• ECU running back Gerald Green enters transfer portal
• ECU, Coastal Carolina announce home-and-home series
• Where does USC football fall in opening 2025 College Football Playoff Championship odds?

Coastal Carolina and East Carolina to play home-and-home football series The Associated Press

Coastal Carolina, East Carolina schedule football series for 2025, 2028 FBSchedules.com

East Carolina & CCU announce future football series for 2025 & 2028 News 13

CAL quarterback Cole Hodge named Gatorade Kentucky Football Player of the Year Louisville Courier Journal

Southern Miss football hires Clay Bignell from Eastern Illinois as defensive coordinator Des Moines Register

Men’s Basketball: Owls bounce back in Boca with 79-64 win over ECU University Press

No. 17 Florida Atlantic pulls away late, tops East Carolina in American opener WPBF

Just Baseball’s Top 10 Second Base Prospects for 2024 Just Baseball

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• East Carolina, North Texas, Tulsa Earn Conference Wins
• UAB, Florida Atlantic, SMU Open Up Conference Play with Wins

The Associated Press

• Youngblood leads South Florida against Temple after 26-point game
• No. 15 Memphis visits Haggerty and Tulsa
• Holloway puts up 18 in Tulane’s 84-59 victory against Rice

For USF women’s basketball, conference play more critical than ever  Tampa Tribune

3 questions needing answers for Memphis football, Ryan Silverfield heading into offseason Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa carries winning streak into Thursday’s AAC men’s opener against Memphis Tulsa World

Tulane men’s hoops team shuts down Rice, coasts to comfortable win in AAC opener NOLA.com

Temple’s struggles lead to loss against North Texas  Temple News

Temple paid $4.5 million to play at the Linc in 2022 247 Sports

Charlotte women’s basketball opens up AAC play with 74-64 win over North Texas ninertimes

UNT to open AAC play at Wichita State Dallas Morning News

The AAC looks like a premier basketball league, but how is UNT stacking up? Denton Record Chronicle

San Antonio Express News

• UTSA men fall just short in AAC opener against UAB
• UTSA quarterback Frank Harris announces retirement from football

Frank Ryan, Rice alum who led Browns to NFL title, dies at 87 Houston Chronicle

Efrem ‘Butta’ Johnson’s last-second shot lifts UAB to 78-76 win over UTSA AL.com

Why coach Paul Mills won’t ‘overreact’ to Wichita State basketball’s December losses Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

WRAL

• Burns’ last second bucket gives Pack win at Notre Dame
• NCCU finishes non-conference slate strong with 112-70 win over Truett McConnell
• UNC defensive coordinator, line coach are out as part of Tar Heel staff shakeup
• Bacot reaches 2,000 points as No. 8 North Carolina pulls away from Pitt in a 70-57 win
• Mark Mitchell and Jared McCain boost No. 14 Duke past Syracuse 86-66

Bowl games aren’t dying — at least not the smart ones Washington Post

Charleston Post & Courier

• Sapakoff: College of Charleston basketball vs. the Coastal, aka CAA
• Miami blows past Clemson in ACC clash
• Charleston Southern falls in Big South opener to Presbyterian
• The Citadel loses another player to injury as Western Carolina wins
• Clemson rusher Will Shipley declares for NFL Draft
• Dawn Staley’s No. 1 Gamecocks storm into SEC play with opening night at Florida
• Gamecock women’s basketball signee, a highly rated 6-5 center, to enroll early
• Gamecocks’ Shane Beamer makes change to coaching staff

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• William & Mary enters CAA men’s basketball play injury-riddled, but eager
• High energy, attention to detail have spurred ODU’s Jordan McLaughlin
• Isaac McKneely leads perimeter charge as UVA dominates Louisville
• Region/state roundup: ODU defensive back Shawn Asbury II says he will enter transfer portal

Roanoke Times

• Teel: Virginia rediscovers grit, steadiness in rout of Louisville
• Hokies ‘going to continue to build’ on offensive success heading into 2024

The Associated Press

• Michigan QB McCarthy says sign-stealing saga masked work of players who ‘did things the right way’
• Injured Washington RB Dillon Johnson expected to play in title game against Michigan, DeBoer says
• Clemson tailback Will Shipley entering NFL draft
• Tar Heels change defensive coaching staff with Chizik and Cross not returning for 2024
• Houston set to host its 1st CFP title game, could see it return after new contracts are signed
• LSU coach Brian Kelly is overhauling his defensive staff
• In AP poll’s earliest days, some Black schools weren’t on the radar and many teams missed out
• Pack scores 25, Miami pulls away in 2nd half for 95-82 win over No. 16 Clemson
• USC beats Cal 82-74 to end 2-game skid with Bronny James making key defensive play
• No. 19 James Madison takes on Louisiana following Bickerstaff’s 21-point game
• Spillers, Appalachian State Mountaineers square off against the South Alabama Jaguars
• Old Dominion visits Troy following Eugene’s 20-point game
• UNC Wilmington visits Drexel after Okros’ 20-point outing
• N.C. A&T hosts Sinani and Campbell
• Coastal Carolina visits Texas State for conference matchup