Guzman Takes Home Fourth AAC Diver Of The Week Honor… Pirates Set To Face Temple MBB In Minges On Wednesday… Jackson Named To Softball America’s Preseason Top 100… Grayson Murray remembered for passion in solemn tribute at tournament he won… Brayden Point scores with 52 seconds to play to lift Lightning to 3-2 win over Hurricanes

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates seek to avoid 0-3 start in league

Transfer portal: ECU comings and goings

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• Guzman Takes Home Fourth AAC Diver Of The Week Honor
• Pirates Set To Face Temple MBB In Minges On Wednesday
• Jackson Named To Softball America’s Preseason Top 100

Grayson Murray remembered for passion in solemn tribute at tournament he won NBC Sports

‘I miss him’: Tears as PGA Tour pays tribute to champion Hosted

Syracuse QB Kyle McCord’s 5 TD passes earn him a spot on AP’s all-bowl team The Associated Press

East Carolina hosts Temple after Mashburn’s 24-point game YAHOO!

ECU’s Riley looking to lead men’s hoops team to win over his former squad WNCT 9

College football bowl results by conference highlight ACC failures, Big Ten victories 247 Sports

Mason: ECU’s woes shouldn’t fall on Felton’s shoulders Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Grayson Murray Foundation launched in memory of the late PGA Tour golfer Raleigh News & Observer

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Memphis’ Haggerty Named to the Wooden Award Midseason Watch List
• East Carolina, FIU, Tulane Earn Weekly Honors
• South Florida Defeats Wichita State, 91-72
• Florida Atlantic’s Asbrink Hose, UTSA’s Jenkins Earn Women’s Basketball Weekly Honors
• Memphis’ Haggerty, Tulane’s Williams Earn Weekly Honors

Navy, Army football request to play 13 regular-season games The Baltimore Sun

Sports Illustrated

• Former Tulane Green Wave Football Star Transfers to Big Ten School
• Tulane Green Wave Basketball Rising Star Wins Weekly Conference Award
• Tulane Green Wave Player Withdraws From Transfer Portal, Changing Positions Instead
• Tulane Signs Former Kentucky Wide Receiver Out of Transfer Portal
• Where Does Ole Miss Men’s Basketball Land in Latest Bracketology Update?

Sammie Puisis, USF women overwhelm Temple for 5th consecutive victory Tampa Tribune

How Memphis football’s 2025 roster has benefitted from junior college eligibility ruling Memphis Commercial Appeal

The Associated Press

• Lendeborg scores 25, UAB takes down Tulane 81-69
• Temple visits Florida Atlantic following Perry’s 29-point game
• Memphis plays UAB on 5-game road skid
• How to Watch UAB vs. Tulane | Live Stream, TV Channel for January 7
• Charlotte faces Tulsa, looks to halt 4-game slide
• Graves leads Charlotte against Florida Atlantic after 23-point game
• Keenan leads Tulane against North Texas after 20-point game

Primo Spears scores 40, but UTSA still shows growing pains in loss to Tulsa San Antonio Express News

Final Four holdover now a key piece for Florida Atlantic basketball Palm Beach Post

‘It’s not okay’: How Wichita State’s offense is hurting its defense and vice versa Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Cooper Flagg … angry? ACC teams won’t like the Duke basketball star when he’s angry
• Welcome to the ACC: Three takeaways from UNC basketball’s home win over SMU
• Defense does it again: 3 takeaways from Duke basketball’s big ACC win over Pittsburgh
• As Lenovo Center authority settles on first renovations, process takes unexpected twist
• Former QB Grayson McCall to coach Coastal Carolina after retiring from football at NC State
• Why Hélio Castroneves is attempting to make his NASCAR debut at the 2025 Daytona 500
• Andy Dalton helped Bryce Young ascend. Will the Carolina Panthers bring him back?

WRAL

• Cooper Flagg and No. 4 Duke push past Pittsburgh 76-47 to stay unbeaten in ACC
• Jon Scheyer: “To me, (Cooper Flagg) is the best player”
• Davis scores 26 points to help surging North Carolina thump SMU
• Brayden Point scores with 52 seconds to play to lift Lightning to 3-2 win over Hurricanes

Why is Bill Belichick’s first North Carolina transfer portal class so underwhelming? It’s the ‘Patriot Way’ CBS Sports

Tar Heels lands big transfer lineman to bolster defense in 2025 USA Today

Columbia The State

• Former South Carolina quarterback lands in-state head coaching job
• 4 questions about South Carolina’s offense heading into the offseason
• South Carolina guard Myles Stute out indefinitely with blood clot in left leg
• South Carolina adds transfer running back who rushed for 1,000 yards last season
• Veteran South Carolina offensive lineman entering transfer portal

Northern Illinois to join Mountain West as football-only in ’26 ESPN

Northern Illinois announces move to Mountain West, MAC thanks NIU for ‘communication’ Saturday Down South

The Associated Press

• ‘This is good for us’: No. 1 Tennessee falls by 30 to No. 8 Florida, becoming last unbeaten to lose
• The SEC proved its dominance during nonconference play. Now, it gets to start beating up on itself
• Big kicks, big misses and big returns: special teams creating game-changing moments in the CFP
• Notre Dame adapts on the fly to its longest season and changing schedule as CFP semifinal arrives
• Penn State, Notre Dame arrive at Orange Bowl with a bigger game in mind
• With College Football Playoff down to 4 teams, not much looks different with Big Ten and SEC
• West Virginia’s Javon Small leads the Big 12 in scoring to fuel West Virginia’s return to the Top 25
• No. 24 Michigan shuts down UCLA’s second half rally to beat 22nd-ranked Bruins 94-75
• Davis scores 26 points to help surging North Carolina thump SMU