Pirates Open American Athletic Conference Play At South Florida On New Year’s Eve… Shorthanded Pirates Fall to Tulsa, 93-84…Two more Pirate defenders enter transfer portal …The NC State ECU brawl was ugly, dangerous, but also beautiful. The sport is different, but some things never change… NC State fires offensive coordinator after bowl loss to ECU

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

The Associated Press

• South Florida plays conference rival East Carolina 
• Temple hosts East Carolina following Hearp’s 21-point outing

Welter: The NC State ECU brawl was ugly, dangerous, but also beautiful. The sport is different, but some things never change. WRAL

247 Sports

• East Carolina DB Kingston McKinstry enters transfer portal
• ECU cornerback Dontavius Nash enters transfer portal

South Florida Bulls vs. East Carolina Pirates live stream info, start time, TV channel: How to watch NCAA Basketball on TV, stream online CBS Sports

Two more Pirate defenders enter transfer portal WNCT 9

South Florida plays conference rival East Carolina ESPN

86-yard run carries East Carolina past NC State in Military Bowl kpvi

18 exciting prospects set for full-season debuts in 2025 MLB

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Tulsa’s Crawford, Tulane’s Shores Earn Weekly Women’s Basketball Honors
• American Women’s Hoops Begins Conference Play
• Memphis’ Cisse, Tulsa’s Nash Earn Weekly Honors
• Memphis Defeats No. 16 Ole Miss in Weekend Action

Bowl Season Standings Update 2 SB Nation

The Associated Press

• Charlotte hosts Tulane following Banks’ 21-point showing
• Broadnax and the Rice Owls visit conference foe Tulsa
• North Texas takes home win streak into matchup with UAB
• Tulsa takes on North Texas following Crawford’s 36-point game
• Jenkins, UTSA Roadrunners square off against the UAB Blazers

Charlotte 49ers men’s basketball: Breaking down AAC opponents as conference play begins Charlotte Observer

UNT to host UAB in AAC opener featuring two of league’s top teams Denton Record Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• NC State fires Robert Anae, promotes QB coach Kurt Roper to offensive coordinator
• Three takeaways from UNC basketball’s win over Campbell; RJ Davis hits scoring milestone

WRAL

• Report: NC State expected to hire D.J. Eliot as defensive coordinator
• NC State fires Robert Anae, Kurt Roper named new OC
• Duke QB Henry Belin IV due to start vs. Ole Miss in Gator Bowl

NC State fires offensive coordinator after bowl loss to ECU FOX 8

YAHOO!

• NC State football fires Robert Anae, promotes Kurt Roper to offensive coordinator
• NC State fires offensive coordinator Robert Anae after 6-7 season, loss to ECU in bowl game

Sources: Eliot expected to be NC State defensive coordinator ESPN

Winston Salem Journal

• UConn football coach Jim Mora calls out opposing coaches: ‘Think hard before you tamper with our players’
• Greg Cote: Miami sits QB Cam Ward late in bowl loss, end season a disappointing success
• Hurricanes defense gives up lead late as Miami falls to Iowa State in Pop-Tarts Bowl

Columbia The State

• Five final thoughts, score prediction for South Carolina vs. Illinois in Citrus Bowl
• It’s official: Clemson star QB Cade Klubnik announces return for 2025 season
• Shane Beamer offers final thoughts, injury report ahead of Citrus Bowl

Charleston Post & Courier

• Hamilton: Even football lifers accepting changes
• Gamecocks come back to down Presbyterian in last game of 2024
• Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik announces his plans for the 2025 season

Roanoke Times

• Stern test awaits Virginia Tech men at No. 4 Duke
• Hokies’ Keller on decision to return
• Hokies post-practice report: Young safeties, offensive linemen expected to play
• Hokies’ Foster returning to coaches’ booth in advisory role for Duke’s Mayo Bowl

The Associated Press

• A jet carrying the Gonzaga men’s basketball team ordered to stop to avoid collision at LAX
• College Football Playoff picks: Broncos and Sun Devils embrace their underdog roles in quarterfinals
• Six former Florida State players sue coach Leonard Hamilton over failed NIL payments
• Jeremiah Smith’s record-setting freshman season has Ohio State thinking big
• The upperclassmen: Oregon, Ohio St. leaned on well-traveled veteran QBs to reach Rose Bowl, CFP
• No. 23 Missouri rallies from 10 down, beats Iowa 27-24 in the Music City Bowl
• A year after playing in CFP semifinal, No. 11 Alabama and Michigan meet again in ReliaQuest Bowl
• Holidays over, college basketball season resumes with a super Saturday of marquee games
• No. 17 Mississippi State pulls away for 87-73 victory over Bethune-Cookman
• No. 3 Iowa State spoils Colorado’s return to the Big 12, beats the Buffaloes 79-69
• Jackson leads North Carolina against Louisville after 26-point game
• Wofford hosts Atwell and UNC Greensboro
• Notre Dame visits Georgia Tech after Davis’ 24-point game
• Lawal, Virginia Tech Hokies to visit Flagg, No. 4 Duke Blue Devils
• Saunders leads Virginia against NC State after 21-point game
• Miami (FL) visits Hand and Boston College