Pirates Steal Victory from VCU, 48-46 … Aldridge Named East Carolina Defensive Coordinator… ECU Selected As 2025 AAC Preseason Baseball Favorite… Emily Buccilla Tabbed to Lead East Carolina Soccer

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Steal Victory from VCU, 48-46
• Aldridge Named East Carolina Defensive Coordinator
• ECU Selected As 2025 AAC Preseason Baseball Favorite
• Pirates Snap Three Game MBB Skid With 75-64 Win Over FIU
• Four Pirates Earn CSC Academic All-District Accolades
• Emily Buccilla Tabbed to Lead East Carolina Soccer
• Wright Earns FWAA All-America Honors

WNCT 9

• East Carolina women’s hoops holds off VCU
• ECU men’s basketball gets bounce back win over Florida …

WITN 7

• ECU WBB beats VCU 48-42
• ECU Men’s Basketball snaps losing streak win 75-64 win over FIU

ECU women continue December dominance with 48-46 win over VCU, 4-0 this month WCTI 12

YAHOO!

• East Carolina women’s hoops holds off VCU
• 2025 NFL Draft scouting report: Shavon Revel, CB, East Carolina
• Former MSU football QB affirms he will not transfer

Shavon Revel Jr. NFL Draft 2025: Scouting Report for East Carolina CB Bleacher Report

Auburn linebackers coach Josh Aldridge named defensive coordinator at East Carolina AL.com

Auburn football assistant coach Josh Aldridge leaving to become ECU defensive coordinator The Montgomery Advertiser

Mid-Major Madness Women’s Player of the Week: Amiya Joyner, East Carolina SB Navy

247 Sports

• Houston defensive tackle transfer Justin Benton commits to ECU
• ECU baseball once again tabbed as preseason favorite in the AAC
• ECU starting quarterback Katin Houser confirms he will return in 2025
• Travali Price ready to lead NC State D-line in the future
• Teagan Wilk transferring back to East Carolina
• ECU snaps skid with 75-64 win over FIU
• ECU 75, FIU 64: How it looked from the baselines

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU women’s basketball: Pirates mount comeback to beat VCU, win fourth straight
• ECU men’s basketball: Pirates snap losing skid with home win over FIU

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• East Carolina Voted as American Baseball Preseason Favorite
• 2024 Army-Navy Game Delivers Massive TV Audience
• Henigan Caps Record-Setting Career With 42-37 Frisco Bowl Win Against West Virginia
• All-Session Ticket Packages for 2025 American Basketball Championships on Sale Thursday

ACC college football bowl games 2024: live stream and TV channel info For The Win

The Associated Press

• Seth Henigan sets ACC passing TD record as Memphis holds on for 42-37 win over WVU in Frisco Bowl
• Alabama A&M takes on Tulane following Walker’s 30-point performance
• Mashburn’s 19, Gray’s game-winner lead Temple over Davidson, 62-61
• Coleman’s 25 help UAB take down Alabama A&M 96-67

Tigers get 11th win of season, sending Henigan out with win in Frisco Bowl WREG

Tulsa wide receiver Joseph Williams is transferring to Utah Deseret News

USA Today

• QB Matthew Sluka, who left UNLV after starting 3 games, plans to visit Memphis football | Sources
• Memphis women’s basketball transfer DeeDee Hagemann to make debut against Tennessee
• Memphis basketball vs Virginia final score: Tigers escape with win over Cavaliers
• What’s next for Memphis football after end of QB Seth Henigan’s college career?

Can Florida football notch first bowl win since 2019? Prediction for UF vs Tulane in Gasparilla Bowl YAHOO!

Tulane vs. Florida Prediction: Gators, Green Wave Meet in Gasparilla Bowl Athlon Sports

UNT aiming to build on last season’s series sweep of SMU in Thursday home game KTEN

Chicken wings and coaching dreams: Lamb right at home talking to Tulsa fans Tulsa World

Blown away: Tulane’s Jon Sumrall loves what USC transfer Mario Williams brings to Wave NOLA.com

The quarterback guru: Can Eric Morris build another star at UNT? Denton Record Chronicle

UTSA takes next step in facilities with groundbreaking for basketball and volleyball training center San Antonio Express News

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

WRAL

• Gakdeng, Grant lead balanced No. 19 UNC women to 77-57 win against Florida
• Elliot Cadeau, UNC ponder emotional loss to No. 7 Florida after comeback falls short
• Fournier, Okananwa, rebounding work help No. 9 Duke beat Wofford 93-58
• Mack Brown to receive Bagnell Award for contributions to college football
• College Football Playoff picks: SMU, Clemson, Vols, Hoosiers beware as CFP opens on campus
• Wake Forest hires Washington State’s Jake Dickert to follow Dave Clawson as football coach
• Kochetkov’s first shutout of season lifts Hurricanes past Islanders 4-0
• New sponsor for Cary soccer stadium, home of the Courage

Forde-Yard Dash: Everything You Need to Know for Bowl Season Sports Illustrated

Sources: AppState, Dowell Loggains set to tab former SEC head coach into key post Hosted

Winston Salem Journal

• Matt Calkins: Why Jake Dickert’s departure shouldn’t cause Washington State fans to fret
• Step inside athletic director Chris Del Conte’s office, and you’ll see why Texas is back
• Reality of ban on transgender athletes competing is nuanced

SMU’s Playoff opener at Penn State is a house-money game for the Mustangs and ACC Saturday Down South

The Associated Press

• Brr! Winter adds an old-school challenge to the CFP. Visiting teams insist it’s ‘snow’ problem
• Notre Dame and Indiana get 1st taste of playoff football under the Friday night lights
• College Football Playoff picks: SMU, Clemson, Vols, Hoosiers beware as CFP opens on campus
• Hajj-Malik Williams throws 2 TDs passes to help No. 24 UNLV beat Cal 24-13 in the LA Bowl
• James Madison secures its first bowl win after topping Western Kentucky 27-17 in the Boca Raton
• Vandy QB Diego Pavia wins injunction allowing him to play D-I football in 2025
• Colorado and Oklahoma add quarterbacks from transfer portal
• Jeremiah Fears’ 4-point play with 11.5 seconds left helps No. 14 Oklahoma edge No. 24 Michigan 87-86
• No. 13 Gonzaga pulls away in the 2nd half to beat Nicholls 102-72