Pirates Host North Alabama On Wednesday Night… Lamm Named Head Cheerleading Coach… Join ECU Athletics & The Pirate Club In Annapolis… Miller Career High Keys Pirates Against Elon, 60-43… ECU football loses 16 players to transfer portal as coach Harrell faces first challenge… Army and Navy have bowls to play in. They’re only focused on the Army-Navy game… Davidson beats Charlotte in close one. Wildcats win annual battle for Hornets’ Nest trophy

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Doeren discusses pending matchups with Pirates

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Host North Alabama On Wednesday Night
• Lamm Named Head Cheerleading Coach
• Join ECU Athletics & The Pirate Club In Annapolis
• Miller Career High Keys Pirates Against Elon, 60-43
• ECU, NC State To Meet In Military Bowl

East Carolina hosts North Alabama for cross-conference matchup The Associated Press

CBS Sports

• Watch East Carolina Pirates vs. N. Alabama Lions: TV channel, live stream info, start time
• Is NC State-ECU a ‘rivalry’ game? Blake Harrell weighs in

Hampton hosts Miller and East Carolina YAHOO!

Hosted

• NC State, ECU coaches say Military Bowl means ‘a little extra’ due to state’s long history
• East Carolina University’s winter break impacting North Carolina businesses

NC State vs. ECU: How to watch the 2024 Military Bowl FortheWin

ECU football loses 16 players to transfer portal as coach Harrell faces first challenge WCTI 12

WITN 7

• Pepsi Spotlight: Flipping Johnny Williams back to ECU
• Three key ECU football players announce they are entering transfer portal, one coach dismissed

247 Sports

• Transfer Portal Tracker: Which ECU players have entered the portal?
• ECU true freshman tight end Nick Slogik enters transfer portal
• TCU among the many schools that have offered East Carolina transfer WR Chase Sowell
• ECU defensive lineman C.J. Mims enters transfer portal
• ECU all-conference LB Zakye Barker enters transfer portal
• ECU football making change with strength and conditioning coach
• ECU reserve quarterback Bryson Harrison enters transfer portal
• NC State HC Dave Doeren on facing ECU on Military Bowl: ‘We look forward to playing them’

ECU football: Pirates’ focus shifts to bowl prep, staff search Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Army’s Monken Finalist For Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year
• Florida Atlantic’s Rodgers, Temple’s East Named American Players of the Week
• Florida Atlantic’s Carroll, South Florida’s Brown Earn Weekly Honors
• East Carolina, Wichita State End Week With Home Wins
• CBS Sports, Army and Navy Reach Landmark 10-Year Multiplatform Rights Extension for Annual Army-Navy Football Game

The Baltimore Sun

• Army-Navy Game 2024: Army’s Jeff Monken reportedly a candidate at North Carolina, West Virginia
• Army-Navy Game 2024: Rivalry has ‘more juice’ with both teams in midst of strong seasons

The Associated Press

• Army and Navy have bowls to play in. They’re only focused on the Army-Navy game
• Temple wins 110-81 over Holy Family

YAHOO!

• Lamb says he has history of turning around programs at Tulsa introduction
• Lamb breaks down timeline of Tulsa hire
• Navy locks in bowl berth vs Oklahoma, but rival Army looms
• Florida Atlantic defeats Jacksonville in state college basketball matchup
• Texas A&M lands a commitment from former UAB QB out of the transfer portal

Bill Haisten: Tre Lamb brings swagger and a plan to the TU football program Tulsa World

New Tulsa Coach Tre Lamb Want To ‘Inject Joy And Fun’ Back Into Program News on 6

Army and Navy have bowls to play in. They’re only focused on their rivalry game The Times Leader

America’s Game: 2024 Army-Navy Odds, Picks, Pageantry And Patriotism Forbes

Army, Navy only focused on their matchup, not bowl games The Washington Times

Duke to host Tulane QB Darian Mensah Reuters

Memphis quarterback wrapping up record-setting career The Inter-Mountain

Football Column: Tim Albin should be remembered as a hero in Athens The Post

Sports Illustrated

• Army Black Knights Coach Jeff Monken Talks Job Rumors Before Army-Navy Game
• Tulane Green Wave Primed for Challenge of Transfer Portal Losses in NIL Era
• Tulane Star Quarterback Darian Mensah Reportedly Meeting With Duke in Transfer Portal
• Tulane Green Wave Make Strong Stand With NIL Collective to Secure Core Leaders
• UVA Football Set to Host North Texas Transfer QB Chandler Morris

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Is Memphis basketball ‘doomed’ to replicate last season’s script?
• Why Penny Hardaway said ‘human nature’ might be Memphis basketball’s biggest obstacle

NOLA.com

• Tulane women’s basketball overcomes big first-half deficit to down North Dakota State
• Former Tulane QB Darian Mensah has begun scheduling visits. Here’s where he’s headed

Charlotte Observer

• Davidson beats Charlotte in close one. Wildcats win annual battle for Hornets’ Nest trophy
• How many Charlotte 49ers are in transfer portal after QB DeShawn Purdie joins exodus?

Winning a rivalry game at home ‘feels a little more special’ The Charlotte Post

UNT’s three biggest challenges are now in focus after the transfer portal opened Denton Record Chronicle

UTSA running back Kevorian Barnes enters transfer portal San Antonio Express News

Former UAB quarterback Jacob Zeno commits to SEC school AL.com

‘Is it in your DNA?’ How Shockers brought the fight to improve rebounding issues Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Duke’s beloved Crazy Towel Guy is missing from Cameron Indoor this season. Here’s why
• Taking care of business: 3 takeaways from NC State basketball’s win over Coppin State
• Heating up: Three takeaways from Duke basketball’s blowout victory over Incarnate Word
• Duke football NCAA transfer portal tracker: Who’s departing, who’s joining the Blue Devils
• Bill Belichick on UNC football head coaching job discussions: ‘We’ll see how it goes’

College football goes pro: Behind the ‘mad scramble’ to hire NFL-style GMs, front offices USA Today

WRAL

• UNC coaching search: Tar Heels offer Belichick coaching job
• UNC offers coaching job to Bill Belichick
• Who is Stephen Belichick? A role for Bill Belichick’s son could be included in UNC coaching offer
• No. 4 Duke overcomes sluggish start to beat Incarnate Word 72-46
• NC State defeats Coppin State in heritage game at Reynolds Coliseum
• Mike Krzyzewski named 2025 Naismith Outstanding Contributor to Men’s Basketball Award winner
• North Carolina tops Wake Forest to win NCAA women’s soccer title

Winston Salem Journal

• WSSU gets initial win of the season with victory over Carolina Christian College
• PHOTOS: Wake Forest student athletes volunteer with Santa’s Helper
• Mark Story: A new college football reality hangs over Kentucky’s rebuilding efforts
• What are the matchups in the College Football Playoff?

Charleston Post & Courier

• Why did Clemson make the College Football Playoff? These statistical improvements tell the tale.
• College of Charleston rallies to beat Saint Joseph on the road
• 6 Gamecocks named to coaches’ All-SEC football team
• Beamer wants to hire Gamecocks’ new OC sooner, rather than later
• Charleston Southern falls to 3-9 after loss to SC State
• Gamecocks’ Kennard named country’s best defender
• 2 Clemson Tigers named to first team All-ACC

Roanoke Times

• Transfer portal entries slow down for Hokies
• Virginia Tech football transfer portal tracker: Who’s leaving and who’s joining the Hokies
• Virginia football transfer portal tracker: Who is hearing from the Cavaliers, who is on the way out?
• UVa swimmers break 4 world records at World Short Course Championships

The Associated Press

• Lanier scores 22 points as No. 1 Tennessee beats Miami 75-62 at Jimmy V Classic
• Arkansas holds off No. 14 Michigan 89-87 in Jimmy V Classic at MSG
• Kasparas Jakucionis scores 24 points and Tre White has 23 as Illinois beats No. 20 Wisconsin 86-80
• No. 4 Duke overcomes a sluggish start and beats Incarnate Word 72-46
• Citadel plays Campbell after Fox’s 20-point showing
• Bethune-Cookman visits Virginia following Freeman’s 21-point showing