Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates top Coastal, 63-59, as Felton leads way

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Stun Memphis for 2024 American Athletic Conference Championship
• ECU Falls At JMU Sunday Afternoon, 57-51
• South Florida Nudges Past East Carolina In Five-Set Photo Finish
• Felton’s Double-Double Lifts Pirates Over Chanticleers, 63-59

Pirates survive penalty shootout against South Florida, advance to AAC Title Game The East Carolinian

ECU Women’s Soccer wins Conference Championship in overtime versus top-seeded Memphis WITN 7

247 Sports

• ECU women’s soccer wins AAC championship, earns first NCAA Tournament berth
• ECU alum Clayton McCullough lands managerial job with Miami Marlins
• News roundup: Multiple FAU coaches let go, local defensive back decommits
• Betting odds released for ECU’s Thursday night matchup at Tulsa

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

U of M women’s soccer loses AAC championship to East Carolina in double overtime daily memphian

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• East Carolina Wins First American Women’s Soccer Championship
• Florida Atlantic, UTSA Earn Home Saturday Wins

Tulane, Army, Week 12 AAC Football Power Rankings Houston Chronicle

Army football moves to No. 16 in AP Top 25 poll, No. 17 for coaches rankings Times Herald-Record

Florida Atlantic fires two coaches after 2-7 start to the season Florida Sun Sentinel

AAC Predictions: Can Army vs. Navy Face Off for the Conference Championship? College Football News

Mensah, Hughes power Tulane in 52-6 rout of Temple to reach 6-0 in American Athletic Associaton WVUE 8

USF Football Bulls ready to win again after losing homecoming game to Navy WWSB

Memphis women’s basketball defeats Samford, improves to 2-1 on season daily memphian

The Associated Press

• Jaren Jackson leads Memphis with 20 points in 134-89 rout of the Blazers
• Temple hosts Drexel following Mashburn’s 25-point game
• Bradley hosts UTSA following Spears’ 27-point outing

Sports Illustrated

• Highest Graded Tulane Green Wave Players From Dominant Win Over Temple
• Tulane Green Wave Finally Crack AP Poll Top 25 After Seventh Straight Win
• Tulane Green Wave Guard Delivers Best Game of Career vs. UL-Monroe Warhawks

Denton Record Chronicle

• Brett Vito: UNT’s desire was big wins when it hired Eric Morris, who is feeling pressure to deliver
• North Texas update: UNT-Army highlights, AAC standings, stats and more

Lendeborg’s 17-point second half leads UAB past SE Louisiana in an 82-72 victory AL.com

FAU Owls defensive coordinator Roc Bellantoni fired in shakeup of Tom Herman’s staff Palm Beach Post

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Duke basketball has a road game set up for next season that’s notable in numerous ways
• NC State’s disappointing season epitomizes quandary of NIL-driven college football world
• After loss to South Carolina, NC State women’s basketball has questions to address
• ‘Women’s basketball won today:’ No. 1 South Carolina hoops it up in superb Charlotte event
• Early season barometer: 4 takeaways from NC State’s loss to top-ranked South Carolina

WRAL

• No. 9 NC State falls in Final Four rematch vs. No. 1 South Carolina
• Late comeback falls short, No. 11 Duke loses at No. 18 Maryland 85-80

Wake Forest’s defense shines late in win over Michigan in Greensboro Winston Salem Journal

Charleston Post & Courier

• Takeaways from Gamecocks’ bowl-clinching win over Vanderbilt
• No. 1 Gamecocks deny No. 9 Wolfpack to stretch win streak to 40

The Associated Press

• AP Top 25: Oregon remains No. 1 as Big Ten grabs 4 of top 5 spots; Georgia, Miami out of top 10
• AP Top 25 Extra Points: 4 teams in top 5 a first for the Big Ten; SEC is only other league to do it
• FSU coach Mike Norvell fires both coordinators a day after a 52-3 drubbing at Notre Dame
• Brian Bohannon is out as Kennesaw State’s coach with the Owls mired at 1-8
• It was a lost college football weekend in Florida. The state’s FBS and FCS teams went 0-9