Pirates Open American Athletic Conference Play At South Florida On New Year’s Eve… Shorthanded Pirates Fall to Tulsa, 93-84… ECU veteran DB Jordan Huff, ECU starting nickel Gavin Gibson enter transfer portal… The American is on a bowl roll, can UNT build on it with a win over Texas State?

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Open American Athletic Conference Play At South Florida On New Year’s Eve
• Shorthanded Pirates Fall to Tulsa, 93-84

South Florida and East Carolina face off in conference showdown The Associated Press

247 Sports

• ECU veteran DB Jordan Huff enters transfer portal
• ECU starting nickel Gavin Gibson enters transfer portal

ECU women’s basketball: Pirates drop AAC opener on road at Tulsa Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Delanie Crawford’s career-best 36 points leads TU to win over East Carolina Tulsa World

South Florida and East Carolina face off in conference showdown Washington Post

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• American Women’s Hoops Begins Conference Play
• Memphis Defeats No. 16 Ole Miss in Weekend Action

The Associated Press

• Tulane visits Thomas and Charlotte
• North Texas faces UAB, looks for 4th straight victory
• Rucker’s 27 lead Army past UTSA 78-75

Denton Record-Chronicle

• The American is on a bowl roll, can UNT build on it with a win over Texas State?
• UNT women’s basketball team holds off Wichita State in conference opener

WSU career-high scoring from Xavier Bell powers Shocker basketball to 10-3 start Wichita Eagle

Bill Wagner: Navy football’s upset of Oklahoma puts bow on turnaround season | COMMENTARY Baltimore Sun

Temple thumps Buffalo as Quante Berry provides a spark Philadelphia Inquirer

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Three takeaways from UNC basketball’s win over Campbell; RJ Davis hits scoring milestone
• Now what? NC State football faces offseason reckoning, needs growth from young players
• After Fenway Bowl fizzle, as their new coach might say: Tar Heels are on to Belichick
• Carolina Hurricanes come alive in chippy third period, find way past New Jersey Devils
• Fix the defense, Carolina Panthers: Nothing else is going to matter until you do

The Associated Press

• Ian Jackson scores career-high 26, UNC beats Campbell 97-81
• Virginia plays NC State following Saunders’ 21-point game
• No. 4 Duke Blue Devils face the Virginia Tech Hokies on 6-game win streak
• South Carolina hosts Parrish and Presbyterian
• Chip Kelly returns to the Rose Bowl, this time as Ohio State’s offensive coordinator
• Oklahoma’s Zac Alley joins Rich Rodriguez’s West Virginia staff as defensive coordinator
• Penn State coach James Franklin says Nick Saban should be college football’s commissioner
• Volcano to Heisman stage: Ashton Jeanty’s journey helped push Boise State into playoff
• Penn State’s polarizing QB Drew Allar puts critics on mute and keeps winning games