Pirates Travel West To Face Charlotte Saturday; Charlotte 49ers winning streak to draw biggest Halton Arena crowd in five years… ECU Opens At No. 13 In NCBWA Preseason Poll… ECU women’s basketball freshman Karina Gordon making most of extra minutes…

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Travel West To Face Charlotte Saturday
• “Total Team Effort” Lifts Pirates to Victory Over Tulsa, 56-48
• ECU Opens At No. 13 In NCBWA Preseason Poll

Charlotte hosts East Carolina following Milicic’s 22-point showing The Associated Press

Charlotte men’s basketball looks to extend their win streak to 8 with matchup against ECU ninertimes

Charlotte men’s basketball prepares for East Carolina The Charlotte Post

Charlotte vs. East Carolina Predictions & Picks: Spread, Total – February 3 WECT 6

Pirates Set Sail for Charlotte hoping to sink 49ers The East Carolinian

Pirates travel west to face Charlotte on Saturday WNCT 9

WITN 7

• ECU women’s basketball freshman Karina Gordon making most of extra minutes
• ECU football commit Moye and Farmville Central share special senior night with their manager

247 Sports

• How to watch, what to expect, as ECU travels to Charlotte
• 1971: Phares’ big fly sends Diamond Dawgs to Omaha for the first time
• ECU spring football game set for April 13

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• SMU Defeats Tulane, 80-76, in Thursday Action
• East Carolina, South Florida Earn Thursday Wins

AAC Men’s Basketball TV Schedule & Live Stream Links – Saturday, February 3 WBRC

AAC Basketball Predictions, Odds & Best Bets – February 3 Athlon Sports

Charlotte 49ers strike gold in adversity  Charlotte Sports Live

Charlotte 49ers winning streak to draw biggest Halton Arena crowd in five years The Business Journals

How Igor Milicic Jr. has led Charlotte 49ers’ men’s basketball on seven-game win streak Charlotte Observer

Rice visits UTSA after Ivy-Curry’s 23-point showing The Associated Press

Who will build USF football’s $340 million on-campus stadium? Tampa Tribune

Tigers’ backs against the wall with just ten games left in the regular season YAHOO!

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• What former Tiger Lester Quinones said about Memphis basketball’s current struggles
• What channel is Memphis basketball vs. Wichita State on today? Time, TV schedule, streaming info

Wichita State, Memphis both look to break out of their slumps in Saturday’s game Wichita Eagle

Tulsa women miss chance to join AAC co-leaders Tulsa World

UNT to face another test against USF as it looks to bolster chances in AAC men’s basketball race Denton Record Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

WRAL

• No. 3 UNC is leaning on a season-long defensive surge entering rivalry game with No. 7 Duke
• ‘This is how it should be’: UNC, Duke square off again as Top-10 teams
• James, Rivers help No. 5 N.C. State hold off No. 24 North Carolina 63-59 in rivalry game
• A racial slur was allegedly directed towards a UNC player Thursday night at Reynolds Coliseum
• Private schools in NCISAA adopt NIL policy for next school year
• Footballer-turned-actor Carl Weathers, who starred in ‘Rocky’ movies and ‘The Mandalorian,’ dies

Raleigh News & Observer

• UNC freshman Elliot Cadeau keeps rising to the moment. Now, the stakes grow even higher
• This Duke-UNC basketball matchup is a return to normalcy, however fleeting that may be
• NC State women’s basketball holds off rival UNC, 63-59, in battle of ranked teams

Charleston Post & Courier

• Gamecocks’ Roman Kimball ready to return after documenting recovery from Tommy John
• Clemson was ‘No. 2’ for The Rock, who now eyes Wrestlemania
• Clemson assistants earn big pay bumps to over $1 million

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• Battle of the Bay set for Sept. 14 as Hampton U, Norfolk State finalize football schedules
• College basketball roundup: Kali Murrell, Regent women set school records in romp

Virginia baseball picked to win the ACC Coastal Division The Daily Progress

The Mountain West is changing what it means to be a mid-major conference | College Basketball Insider Denver Gazette

The Associated Press

• AP Top 25 teams finding life on the road difficult against unranked opponents
• Butler holds off No. 13 Creighton 99-98 in a wild finish for 4th straight win
• Clemson hosts Virginia following Hall’s 25-point outing
• James Madison hosts Ceaser and Old Dominion
• Harcum leads Appalachian State against Georgia Southern after 22-point outing
• Western Carolina visits Wofford after Woolbright’s 36-point game
• King leads Richmond against VCU after 29-point showing
• Florida State visits White and Louisville
• UNC Greensboro takes road win streak into matchup with Furman