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• Pirates Sail Past Temple, 73-62
• Pirates Befuddled by UAB in 73-64 Loss

Felton puts up 20 in East Carolina’s 73-62 victory over Temple The Associated Press

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• Pirates win on the road, top Temple 73-62
• Pirates befuddled by UAB in 73-64 loss

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• Felton leads ECU men’s basketball to road win at Temple
• ECU women suffer first conference loss at home to UAB

UNC men’s basketball gets rivalry win over Wolfpack, ECU women fall to UAB WCTI 12

247 Sports

• Temple stumbles to first-ever homecourt loss to East Carolina
• ECU wins for first time at Temple, 73-62
• Five returning under-the-radar players who face a big winter and spring for ECU football
• Non-conference grades for each team in The American

Midseason look at ECU basketball through halfway point The East Carolinian

REPORT: Former East Carolina Pitcher Signs With Guardians Sports Illustrated

Second-half struggles hurt Temple in loss to East Carolina Temple News

Felton puts up 20 in East Carolina’s 73-62 victory over Temple Fox Sports

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU men’s basketball: Pirates pick up road win over Temple
• ECU women’s basketball: Pirates fall flat in home loss to UAB

Pisgah kicker named third team all-state Yahoo! Sports

East Carolina University’s dental school partners with University of Florida to serve rural areas WUNC

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• North Texas’ Edwards, Tulsa’s Haggerty Earn Weekly Honors
• UAB and Memphis Improve to 2-0 in Conference Play
• Tulsa’s Cassaday, SMU’s Cullen Earn Academic All-America Honors
• Charlotte’s Lawrence, East Carolina’s Gordon Earn Weekly Honors

No. 24 Florida Atlantic, Tulane to meet coming off losses Field Level Media

The Associated Press

• Felton puts up 20 in East Carolina’s 73-62 victory over Temple
• Davis and No. 24 Florida Atlantic host Tulane
• Quinerly scores 25, Jones adds 26 as No. 13 Memphis defeats UTSA 107-101 in OT

Charlotte secures 84-76 victory over Tulsa CBS Sports

Bulls showing signs of improvement under Amir Abdur-Rahim The Oracle

USF football’s latest transfers include 2 SEC defensive backs Tampa Tribune

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Penny Hardaway on standing by Mikey Williams: ‘I’d do it again’
• Tigers survive another scare, win in overtime. Here are 5 takeaways

A look at TU football players in the transfer portal Tulsa World

NOLA.com

• To beat Florida Atlantic, Tulane men’s hoops needs return to form from star guard
• Tulane men’s hoops had no answer for North Texas guard Jason Edwards

UTSA loses late lead, dropping upset bid at No. 13 Memphis San Antonio Express News

‘You have to soak it in’: Four ways Wichita State basketball can learn from Temple loss Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• How Harrison Ingram, UNC’s defense led the No. 7 Tar Heels to a win over the Wolfpack
• UNC basketball, atop the ACC and figuring out ways to win, suddenly feels inevitable
• Wolfpack insists disappointing 13-point loss to UNC won’t ‘wreck’ its season
• NC State’s NIL collectives announce merger. Here’s what that means
• UNC outmuscles NC State. Three takeaways from No. 7 Tar Heels’ 67-54 win over Wolfpack
• No. 11 Duke basketball jumps out to huge lead, never looks back in win over ACC foe Pitt

WRAL

• Davis, Ingram help No. 7 North Carolina pull away in 2nd half to beat rival NC State 67-54
• Slideshow: UNC pulls away in 2nd half, takes down Wolfpack 67-54
• No. 11 Duke catches fire, defeats Pitt, 75-53
• Alabama coach Nick Saban retiring after winning 7 national titles, according to multiple reports

Columbia The State

• Oklahoma transfer quarterback commits to South Carolina
• Dabo Swinney’s name floated for Alabama football job as Nick Saban retires
• Former Clemson receiver transferring to Conference USA school
• Former USC QB Tanner Bailey announces that he’s giving up football
• Alabama basketball coach throws shade at South Carolina player after win
• Jody Wright leaving South Carolina staff for head coaching job

Charleston Post & Courier

• CofC’s Reyne Smith shoots past early struggles
• The Citadel gets top scorer back, but falls at Furman
• Charleston Southern snaps skids at Gardner-Webb
• No. 21 Clemson drops third straight at Virginia Tech
• Here’s what Clemson coach Dabo Swinney’s contract says about Alabama job
• Alabama football coaching legend Nick Saban announces retirement
• Dawn Staley, No. 1 Gamecocks try to break hex of Mizzou Arena

Sean Pedulla’s career-high 32 points lead hot-shooting Hokies over No. 21 Clemson  Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Teel: ‘Gritty’ Hokies defeat Clemson with their best player sidelined in second half Roanoke Times

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Bradley: The great Saban has left the building. We’ll miss him terribly
• Alabama’s legendary coach Nick Saban confirms he is retiring
• Bulldogs beat Arkansas for 10th win in a row
• Georgia Tech’s 2024 roster already has more than 20 newcomers

UConn guard Tristen Newton named to Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 watch list Hartford Courant

The Associated Press

• Alabama’s Nick Saban retires after 7 national titles, most in major college football history
• Column: Saban doesn’t go out on top, but he does leave as the greatest of them all
• Nick Saban’s Alabama dynasty fueled 20 years of Southeastern Conference college football dominance
• AP Top 25 Reality Check: How will the teams in final AP poll look heading into the 2024 season?
• UCF Knights’ defense powers team to comeback victory over No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks
• Coastal Carolina faces Appalachian State, looks to break home skid
• UNC Wilmington takes on Monmouth following White’s 33-point game