East Carolina Baseball Ranked No. 12 In USA Today/Coaches Preseason Top 25 Poll; Continue To Garner Preseason Accolades… ECU MBB look to break losing streak against UTSA; WBB prepares for homestand against Charlotte… McNeal Named American WBB Player of the Week… Mouzzon Named AAC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week… Charlotte loses 17-point lead, loses 8-game win streak in wild finish at South Florida… Hall, Clemson take down No. 3 North Carolina 80-76 on the road to bolster NCAA resume

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• East Carolina Baseball Ranked No. 12 In USA Today/Coaches Preseason Top 25 Poll
• Pirates Finish 10th At Paradise Invitational
• Mouzzon Named AAC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week
• Pirates Continue To Garner Preseason Accolades
• Swimming & Diving Named Scholar All-America Team
• McNeal Named American WBB Player of the Week
• 2024 Season Tickets And Renewals On Sale

The East Carolinian

• ECU MBB look to break losing streak against UTSA
• ECU WBB prepares for homestand against Charlotte
• ECU softball season set to begin in Charleston

WNCT 9

• ECU baseball’s Yesavage, Starling pick up more preseason honors
• East Carolina ranked No. 12 In USA Today/Coaches preseason poll
• ECU swimming & diving receives Scholar All-America Team honors
• ECU’s Mouzzon named AAC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week

ECU baseball’s Parker Byrd featured in Super Bowl advertisement WITN 7

247 Sports

• Five ways ECU can turn its basketball season around
• National Signing Day: Top 10 uncommitted college football recruits in 2024 class
• Iowa State lands commitment from DL Trey Verdon
• College football recruiting rankings: 247Sports reveals 21 new 4-star prospects in 2024 class
• PODCAST: ECU Baseball Season Preview

ECU basketball notebook: Pirates searching for more consistency Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

USA Today Preseason Baseball Coaches Poll  The Associated Press

YAHOO!

• On National Signing Day, find out where Charlotte-area players are heading for college
• Where Wake Forest baseball, other NC teams are ranked in USA TODAY Sports coaches poll

It’s National Signing Day. Here’s where 75 Shore standouts will be playing college football MSN

National signing day ‘24: Check out area football players who are headed to college News4Jax

Baseball America’s Ultimate 2024 College Baseball Preview Baseball America

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Charlotte, East Carolina, South Florida, Wichita State Claim Track & Field Weekly Honors
• Commissioner Mike Aresco Named to Sports Business Journal Champions Class of 2024
• North Texas’ Nformi Named Women’s Tennis Player of the Week

The Associated Press

• UTSA faces Wichita State, looks to stop road losing streak
• Rogers and the Wichita State Shockers host conference foe UTSA
• Jones leads Memphis against Temple after 26-point game
• SMU visits Rice following Mason’s 30-point performance
• Tulsa hosts North Texas following Edwards’ 31-point game
• Edwards leads North Texas against Tulsa
• UAB hosts No. 20 Florida Atlantic following Davis’ 24-point game

Who’s the Best Team in the AAC? See our Weekly Women’s AAC Power Rankings actionnews5

Trailing for 39 minutes, USF storms back to stun Charlotte, claim AAC lead Tampa Tribune

Charlotte loses 17-point lead, loses 8-game win streak in wild finish at South Florida Charlotte Observer

Bulls claim first place in the conference with comeback win over Charlotte The Oracle

USF men’s basketball is off to best start since 1990-91 ABC Action News

Hurricanes will reportedly hire USF’s Matt Merritt as new running backs coach Florida Sun Sentinel

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Why Keonde Henry almost quit football — and then became Memphis’ highest-ranked WR recruit
• Memphis football recruiting class 2024: See the Tigers’ signees

Hardaway says Tigers’ vision got ‘cloudy’ during four-game skid Daily Memphian

Bill Haisten: The challenge for TU – keeping rising-star coach Angie Nelp Tulsa World

Tulane’s Ron Hunter looking for second-half surge up American Athletic Conference standings NOLA.com

Who’s left at Temple Football?  Temple News

Explosive JUCO WR Leland Smith previews his upcoming decision 247 Sports

Niner Times

• Charlotte football’s key gains and losses from the transfer portal
• Charlotte women’s basketball defeats Temple 88-81 in comeback thriller

UTSA’s late push fizzles in loss to Rice San Antonio Express News

UAB basketball building momentum on confidence of Efrem ‘Butta’ Johnson AL.com

FAU men’s basketball NCAA Tournament projections: Where do bracketology experts have Owls? Palm Beach Post

Winning loose balls helps make Ronnie DeGray a fixture for Wichita State basketball team Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

WRAL

• Hall, Clemson take down No. 3 North Carolina 80-76 on the road to bolster NCAA resume
• UNC Fails to wake up for 80-76 loss to Clemson
• Ingram: We just weren’t ready to go, some people slept in
• Peace, NC State Star shares cancer journey in new book
• ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery are planning a sports streaming platform in the fall

Raleigh News & Observer

• North Carolina saw this Clemson loss coming, and didn’t do anything to stop it
• UNC suffers post-Duke hangover. Three takeaways from Tar Heels’ home loss to Clemson
• No. 3 NC State beats No. 15 Louisville on Play4Kay night. Three takeaways from the win

Winston Salem Journal

• Hall, Clemson take down No. 3 North Carolina 80-76 on the road to bolster NCAA resume
• Chris Perkins: Senior Bowl players disagree on NIL money: ‘I feel like it’s ruined college football’
• Fox, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery are launching a joint sports streaming service
• Wake Forest goes into road warrior mode to blow out Georgia Tech
• WSSU’s football schedule announced for 2024 with opener in Greensboro against N.C. A&T

Charleston Post & Courier

• Clemson stuns No. 3 North Carolina in Chapel Hill
• Newly ranked Gamecocks slip past Ole Miss for sixth straight win
• Clemson’s Dabo Swinney, Gamecocks’ Shane Beamer lobby for NIL law change
• The Citadel’s 2024 football slate has 12 games, 2 new trophies
• Gamecocks crack AP Top 25 for first time in 7 years

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• Return to ‘Virginia basketball,’ trademark defense have spurred UVA’s recent surge
• Southern Miss basketball coach hospitalized a day before team hosts ODU
• Region/state roundup: Nine who played with Tides last season are among Orioles’ non-roster invitees to spring training

The Associated Press

• Auriemma says players and winning championships are more important to him than reaching 1,200 wins
• Football powers converge to support South Carolina athlete compensation bill
• Missi’s dunks help power No. 13 Baylor to a 79-73 win over No. 23 Texas Tech
• UNC Asheville hosts High Point after Pember’s 36-point outing
• Sears and No. 16 Alabama host No. 12 Auburn
• Louisville visits Syracuse following Huntley-Hatfield’s 29-point game
• Gardner-Webb visits Presbyterian following Barnett’s 23-point performance
• Charleston (SC) faces N.C. A&T following Burnham’s 20-point game