Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates preparing for second season under Harrell

Pirates ace offensive report card

ecupirates.com

• • Pirates Split First Day At Gamecock Invitational
  • Johnson And Norby Tabbed To NCBWA Preseason All-America Third Team
  • Pirates Travel West To Face UTSA On Saturday Night
  • Pirates Open 2025 Campaign at Queens on Saturday
  • Pirates to Host Tulsa on Saturday Afternoon
  • 40th Annual Pigskin Pig-Out Party Set For April 25-26
  • Pirates Drop Wednesday Night Contest To Rice, 73-60
  • Pirates Survive UAB Comeback in 61-56 Victory

Walker and East Carolina host UTSA StarTribune

Crawford and Tulsa host East Carolina The Associated Press

Five takeaways from BYU’s 2025 football schedule The Salt Lake Tribune

247 Sports

• ECU baseball to have two games featured on linear TV this season
• Rice snaps seven-game losing streak at ECU’s expense
• Rice 73, ECU 60: How it looked from the baselines

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU Board of Trustees: Pirates preparing for revenue sharing; Pirate Club participation remains strong
• ECU men’s basketball: Pirates fall at home to Rice
• ECU football: Pirates searching for new GM after Joseph accepts analyst job

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• American Softball Picks Up 14 Friday Wins
• History Made As South Florida Wins Inaugural Game; ODU Scores Opening Win Friday
• The American Honors Abdur-Rahim, South Florida Defeats Temple
• Florida Atlantic, South Florida Open Softball Season with Pair of Wins
• Top-25 Showdown, Two Inaugural Games Highlight Opening Week in American Women’s Lacrosse
• Rice, Memphis, Tulane Earn Wednesday Wins

Sports Illustrated

• Army Football Led AAC Into Being Named Best Group of 5 Conference
• Tulane Men’s Basketball Star Point Guard Setting Tone for His Teammates

No one in AAC playing better defense than Tulane men’s basketball team NOLA.com

Wichita State basketball announces Wichita native TJ Williams to redshirt this season Wichita Eagle

Improved pitching, defense high on Tigers baseball coach’s priority list dailymemphian

Haggerty and Dainja can’t wait for Sunday WERG-TV

USF women’s lacrosse nabs first win in program history The Oracle

The Associated Press

• Florida Atlantic faces Memphis following Perry’s 22-point outing
• Weathersby and UAB host Charlotte

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

WRAL

• CJ Rosser, nation’s No. 2 ranked sophomore, elevates Northern Nash basketball to new heights
• Sudden rise is new for Northern Nash super sophomore C.J. Rosser, Jr.
• Super Bowl 2025: Everything you need to know for the big game
• Northwest Cabarrus retires jersey of Super Bowl champion Bradley Pinion

SMU AD Rick Hart, one year after Mustangs’ move to ACC, to step down after 13 years The New York Times

SMU AD Rick Hart to step down footballscoop

The Associated Press

• Rick Hart stepping down as SMU athletic director after 13 years that included recent move to ACC
• RJ Luis and Kadary Richmond rally No. 12 St. John’s to 68-62 victory over No. 19 UConn
• Deion Sanders brings in Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk to coach the running backs at Colorado
• Ryan Grubb rejoins Kalen DeBoer by taking over as Alabama’s offensive coordinator
• Trey Kaufman-Renn has 24 points and 10 rebounds to help No. 7 Purdue past USC 90-72
• No. 6 Florida gets leading scorer Walter Clayton Jr. back for game at top-ranked Auburn
• UMass will pay student who made half-court shot $10,000 even though his foot was on line