Pirates’ Second Half Rally Falls Short In 86-81 Loss At Tulane… ECU In Fourth Place After Day 1 At AAC Championships… AAC Commissioner Ready for Strong Fight To Keep Tulane Football Amid Pac-12 Rumors… UNC faces open records lawsuit over conference realignment legal bills

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Tulane holds off Pirates for 86-81 win

On Deck with UNC coach Scott Forbes

ecupirates.com

• Pirates’ Second Half Rally Falls Short In 86-81 Loss At Tulane
• ECU In Fourth Place After Day 1 At AAC Championships
• ECU Set To Compete In AAC Championships

The East Carolinian

• East Carolina Baseball predictions versus UNC Chapel Hill
• ECU softball goes 3-2 in Pirate Clash
• ECU basketball beats instate rival UNCC 75-59
• ECU has dominant defensive performance leads to rout of Charlotte
• East Carolina basketball pulls off upset win against UAB 82-75

Banks scores 25 in Tulane’s 86-81 win against East Carolina The Associated Press

247 Sports

• ECU sees three-game win streak snapped at Tulane
• FINAL: Tulane 86, ECU 81
• ECU set to hire Cincinnati’s Luke Mullett as new general manager

UTSA at East Carolina odds, tips and betting trends – February 23 SportsbookWire

Banks scores 25 in Tulane’s 86-81 win against East Carolina Fox Sports

Kaleb Banks explodes for 25 points as Tulane beats East Carolina NOLA.com

2025 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Shavon Revel, CB, East Carolina Vikings Wire

Packers Take Cornerback in Sports Illustrated’s New Mock Draft Sports Illustrated

Edgecombe college signs agreement with ECU Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Tulane Leads After Day One of 2025 American Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship
• Charlotte’s Matthews Named Men’s Golf Player of the Week
• Rice, South Florida Earn Tuesday Hoops Wins

The Associated Press

• Williams and South Florida knock off UTSA 78-73
• North Texas secures 63-44 victory over Tulsa
• Wichita State plays Florida Atlantic following overtime win

AAC Commissioner Ready for Strong Fight To Keep Tulane Football Amid Pac-12 Rumors Sports Illustrated

Graves, Thomas lead Charlotte to 78-72 OT win over Temple Fox Sports

Would Matt Wells have been a better hire than Seth Littrell? | Berry Tramel’s ScissorTales Tulsa World

Owls fall to worst-in-conference 49ers  Temple News

North Texas rolls past Tulsa behind highlight reel performance from Moulaye Sissoko Dallas Morning News

Johnson, Lendeborg and UAB defeat Rice 90-89 ESPN

UAB Blazers squeak out 90-89 road victory at Rice AL.com

Why Wichita State basketball is focused on the process, not 4-game winning streak Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• UNC hired a law firm to explore leaving the ACC. Now it’s being sued for keeping it quiet
• NC State’s Kevin Keatts says Wolfpack is not proud of loss to UNC, but not ‘embarrassed’
• Total domination: Three takeaways from UNC basketball’s lopsided win over rival NC State
• The Citadel hires new athletic director who spent past 25 years with Duke Blue Devils

WRAL

• UNC faces open records lawsuit over conference realignment legal bills
• Tar Heels rout NC State before open-door Smith Center crowd on snowy night
• Baseline Thoughts: UNC piles on NC State, Woflpack on thin ice
• Fans say snowy trek to UNC-NC State game in Chapel Hill was worth it

Winston Salem Journal

• What is next for college baseball?
• Inside job: Wake Forest men’s tennis team wins ITA National Indoor Championship
• Column: ‘The ultimate dream’: Dowell Loggains brings NFL influence to Appalachian State

Columbia The State

• Gamecocks emerge from midweek baseball battle with Queens cold, wet and victorious
• South Carolina surprises in-state walk-on linebacker with scholarship

Charleston Post & Courier

• Chances of coin flip deciding top seed for women’s SEC Tournament getting higher
• Why the foes on Clemson’s 2025 schedule could be ‘contenders’ or ‘pretenders’
• High Point routs CSU, never trailing
• The Citadel extends nation’s longest losing streak to 18 games

The Associated Press

• RJ Davis scores 21 to help North Carolina beat NC State 97-73
• No. 1 Auburn overcomes a rough offensive performance to beat Arkansas 67-60
• Mark Mitchell scores career-high 31 points to help No. 15 Missouri beat No. 4 Alabama 110-98
• Richmond, Smith lead the way as No. 10 St. John’s pounds DePaul 82-58
• Otega Oweh scores 20 and No. 17 Kentucky uses strong 2nd half for 82-61 win over Vanderbilt