Pirates Drop Heartbreaker to Temple, 63-58… Wright’s Buzzer Beater Lifts North Texas over UAB… Sugar Bowl playoff game postponed to Thursday after New Orleans attack; Gator Bowl kickoff delayed: Duke takes on Ole Miss… Fantilli scores in the 4th round of a shootout as Blue Jackets beat Hurricanes 4-3

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates Drop Heartbreaker to Temple, 63-58 ecupirates.com

247 Sports

• 10 reasons ECU fans should be excited heading into 2025
• ECU can’t overcome slow start in conference-opening loss to USF

ECU men’s basketball: Riley scores career-high 20 in road AAC loss Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

Wright’s Buzzer Beater Lifts North Texas over UAB American Athletic Conference

Anglin scores 12 off the bench, Rice beats Tulsa 70-64 to open AAC ESPN

Rice basketball opens AAC play with win, ends long losing streak to Tulsa Houston Chronicle

TCU hires Mike Buddie from Army as its new athletic director The Associated Press

Army athletics director Mike Buddie resigns post to take same job at Texas Christian Times Herald-Record

dailymemphian

• Buckley: The Tigers made one midseason addition. Do they need another? It’s a big decision.
• What to watch in Memphis’ AAC opener against Florida Atlantic

No. 21 Memphis opens league play at FAU CBS Sports

UTSA matches program’s best start with home win against UAB San Antonio Express News

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

WRAL

• Gator Bowl kickoff delayed: Duke takes on Ole Miss
• Gator Bowl preview: QB Henry Belin IV leads Duke vs. Ole Miss
• Sugar Bowl postponed after New Orleans attack: Notre Dame-Georgia game to play Thursday

Instead of game-planning for Super Bowls, Bill Belichick now wooing recruits to UNC Raleigh News & Observer

Winston Salem Journal

• Texas sure can make a mess, but resilient Longhorns gave CFP its best game yet
• 5 thoughts from Texas-Arizona State: Longhorns punch Cotton Bowl ticket in 2OT thriller
• Georgia-Notre Dame Sugar Bowl postponed after New Orleans attack
• Update: College football playoff game in New Orleans delayed one day after deadly attack
• Mistakes pile up, Jeanty bottled up: Boise State’s banner year ends with Fiesta Bowl loss to Penn State

Columbia The State

• Even with bowl loss, South Carolina’s season could set the stage for a special run
• Clemson football losing former 4-star defensive tackle to the transfer portal
• South Carolina junior defender confirms he’ll leave college early, enter NFL Draft
• How South Carolina’s bowl game provides a glimpse of offense for next season

Charleston Post & Courier

• A taunt, a tirade and a triumph not obtained: Takeaways from Gamecocks’ Citrus Bowl loss
• Gamecocks begin SEC play at site of last SEC loss
• Wes Goodwin will not return as Clemson’s defensive coordinator

Roanoke Times

• Hokies focusing on communication in young secondary for Duke’s Mayo Bowl
• Hokies’ Lovett on young secondary
• Liberty football vs Buffalo first look: Key matchup, player to watch and more
• Local college basketball roundup: Virginia Tech women to host high-scoring FSU

The Associated Press

• Sugar Bowl CFP quarterfinal between Georgia and Notre Dame postponed after deadly truck attack
• Texas avoids huge upset, beats Arizona State 39-31 in double overtime at Peach Bowl
• Skattebo’s do-it-all show is not enough to overcome Arizona State’s 4th-down woes against Texas
• No. 6 Ohio State routs top-ranked Oregon 41-21 in the Rose Bowl, advances to CFP semifinals
• Penn State takes simple approach during ride into CFP semifinals
• Targeting no-call at Peach Bowl raises more questions about disputed rule
• Top-seeded Oregon sees title hopes dashed with early knockout by Ohio State