Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Scintillating Seniors Help Pirates Supplant Rice for AAC Third Seed, 2-1
• East Carolina Embarks On AAC Swing Through Memphis And Birmingham
• Pirates Set for 2024 American Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships

ECU Women’s Basketball Coach Kim McNeill joins WITN in studio WITN 7

247 Sports

• Updating how ESPN’s Football Power Index projects ECU’s final four games
• These ECU commits are putting up big numbers as high school seniors
• The best pure fits by position in the 2024 college basketball transfer portal

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU women’s basketball: Loaded with bigs, Pirates eager for more success
• ECU roundup: Soccer’s Viera earns play of week honors; men’s hoops, football to hold doubleheader

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Defense Carries Tulane To 34-3 Win At Charlotte
• Seeding Set for 2024 American Women’s Soccer Championship
• National Football Foundation Names Mike Aresco A 2024 Legacy Award Recipient
• Tulsa Men, Tulane Women Look to Defend Team Crowns at 2024 American Athletic Conference Cross Country Championship

Charlotte football blistered by Tulane: 3 takeaways as 49ers return home on Halloween YAHOO!

Hughes runs for 117 yards, 2 TDs as Tulane beats Charlotte 34-3 for 6th win in a row The Associated Press

Tulane routs Charlotte, 34-3, for sixth consecutive victory FOX 8

NOLA.com

• Tulane routs Charlotte behind ball-control offense, defensive touchdown
• New Tulane coach wants to play fast and shoot 3s

Speed, depth and shooting: 5 questions Charlotte 49ers basketball must answer in 2024-25 Charlotte Observer

Sports Illustrated

• Tulane Green Wave Pummels Charlotte, Star Crosses Major Milestone
• An Inside Look at Army, the Toughest Football Program in America
• Tulane Green Wave Coach Sumrall Praises Talent Level of AAC

No. 21 Army has won 11 straight in preparing to host rival Air Force, which has lost 6 in a row Newsday

American Conference Preview: Can Memphis pull it together? SB Nation

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis’ Colby Rogers explains preseason shooting struggles
•  Hardaway on NIL drama: ‘Every team is definitely having those problems

Despite preseason losses, Tigers are geared up for season opener dailymemphian

UTSA brings NIL collectives together as Runners United San Antonio Express News

Tulane, Army, Week 10 AAC Football Power Rankings Houston Chronicle

2024 Fall Report: Charlotte D1Baseball

An in-depth look at the drastic change Wichita State basketball has made on defense Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• The Carolina Hurricanes — and their Lenovo sellout streak — keep gathering momentum
• No tricks, all treats: How the Hurricanes battered the Bruins to win fifth straight game
• Beer, wine will soon be served at UNC home basketball games. Here’s what we know
• This wasn’t the season UNC football wanted, but there’s a reason Mack Brown was here
• Thoughts, observations on Duke basketball as Blue Devils’ season opener nears

WRAL

• Breast cancer survivor and mom of NBA stars thanks Coach K for unwavering support
• Roslovic, Svechnikov each score twice to help the Hurricanes rout the Bruins 8-2
• Alex Ovechkin scores his 858th goal and is on pace to break Wayne Gretzky’s record this season
• Garrett Wilson makes eye-popping TD catch, Jets beat Texans 21-13 to snap 5-game skid
• Eric Phoenix runs for TD, throws 2 TD passes to Caden High; SC State beats NC Central 24-21
• No. 1 Duke women’s soccer caps undefeated ACC play with sweep of No. 8 UNC
• NC State emerges from open week hoping to start late-season surge in home game with Stanford

Winston Salem Journal

• Statue of Bill Hayes will be unveiled next month at Bowman Gray Stadium
• Mac Engel: There is only one reason Baylor is excluding Art Briles and his staff from a 10-year reunion
• SEC field invasions haven’t stopped, but are getting better
• A higher calling: Basketball is important to WSSU’s Jeremy Dixon, but his faith guides him even more

Charleston Post & Courier

• College Basketball Preview: Can Lamont Paris’ Gamecocks become a March Madness regular?
• Charleston Southern aims for strong finish to tough season
• How Clemson’s Klubnik got off on the right foot this season, literally
• Gamecocks focused on Texas A&M, but know final 5 games will stamp season

Mike Jones gets ready for first game as ODU head …  WAVY

Roanoke Times

• Hokies’ stingy passing defense to be tested by Syracuse’s McCord
• No. 7 Virginia Tech wrestling ‘ready to make a splash’

The Associated Press

• Eric Phoenix runs for TD, throws 2 TD passes to Caden High; SC State beats NC Central 24-21
• Jeanty, No. 15 Broncos favored by 23 1/2 points against San Diego State
• Jeanty, No. 15 Boise State look to stay perfect in MW play when they host San Diego State
• Matthew Sluka, who left UNLV over NIL dispute, enters transfer portal
• Big 12 says helmet communications flaw resolved, no games were impacted
• No. 20 SMU is finally back home vs. No. 18 Pitt in unexpected November tilt of ACC co-leaders
• UCF, Arizona battle to snap long losing streaks