Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Hoops balance sheet shows Pirates profiting in portal

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Move Into Third Place At AAC Championships
• Pirate Invitational Weekend Schedule Altered
• Friday’s East Carolina-North Carolina Baseball Contest Postponed To Monday
• Pirates Set To Compete In Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational Friday

WNCT 9

• Friday’s East Carolina-North Carolina Baseball contest …
• ECU students make most of snow day with some fun

Winter weather disrupts sports schedules across the region WCTI 12

East Carolina hosts Lampkin and North Texas The Associated Press

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

247 Sports

• How ESPN’s Basketball Power Index forecasts the rest of ECU’s season
• ECU’s series opener against North Carolina postponed to Monday

Weather rearranges some ECU-UNC baseball, Pirate softball; PCC games set Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Sports Illustrated

• 2025 NFL Draft Profile: East Carolina CB Shavon Revel Jr.
• Tulane Green Wave Keep Pace in AAC Standings With Win Over East Carolina Pirates 

NC native Linda McMahon moves closer to leading Department of Education Raleigh News & Observer

Marvin Ridge softball’s Ella Tracy makes ‘ESPN-worthy’ catches, is daughter of ex-MLB player Charlotte Observer

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Rice Takes Lead After Second Day of 2025 American Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship
• UAB, North Texas Win to Stay in Tie for Second Place
• Temple Wins Third Straight

Surging USF women control destiny, but not metrics, as March looms Tampa Tribune

The Associated Press

• Dar leads Rice against Tulsa after 24-point game
• Jenkins and the UTSA Roadrunners visit conference foe Rice
• UAB hosts Tulsa following Cartwright’s 23-point game
• Jenkins and the UTSA Roadrunners visit conference foe Rice
• Memphis plays South Florida following Welch’s 21-point showing

North Texas joins growing college football trend of how teams approach spring ball Dallas Morning News

Denton Record Chronicle

• UNT joins growing college football trend for spring
• UNT trio runs away with team diving title at AAC championship meet

UTSA suffers another late stumble, giving up 20-point lead in loss to South Florida San Antonio Express News

UTSA announces price increases for 2025 football season tickets KSAT

Hottest team in American: Wichita State extends winning streak with road FAU win Wichita Eagle

Shockers hold off FAU for 5th straight win KWCH 12

Sports Illustrated

• Tulane Baseball Soaring With Top Stat in Nation After Undefeated Start
• Tulane Green Wave Receiver with Strong Blocking Skills Declares for NFL Draft
• Army West Point Black Knights Star Named Among Best Players in College Football

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• All NC State basketball has left is the future. There’s nothing left to lose. It’s all lost
• ‘The vibe was good’: How UNC turned an amped crowd into a big win over rival NC State
• Will Duke basketball get injured Maliq Brown back this season? An update from Jon Scheyer
• UNC women stay perfect on the road: 3 takeaways from the Tar Heels’ win over Syracuse

WRAL

• James and Brooks score 17 points apiece, lead No. 13 N.C. State women over No. 20 Georgia Tech 83-68
• Maria Gakdeng’s 21 points and 14 rebounds lead No. 9 North Carolina over Syracuse 68-58
• Louisville gets job done at the line, beats No. 11 Duke women 70-62
• ‘Positive news’ for injured Brown, key defender for No. 3 Duke
• Tar Heels rout NC State before open-door Smith Center crowd on snowy night
• UNC legend Roy Williams tells 6,500 western NC residents their debt caused by Helene was erased

UNC Baseball: Midweek Recap Hosted

Winston Salem Journal

• Kevin Sherrington: As ‘Super 2’ of SEC, Big Ten take over CFP, where does rest of college football sit?
• Wake Forest club hockey team wins Admiral Cup on its home ice
• What is next for college baseball?

No. 6 South Carolina WBB returns to SEC play, routs Arkansas at home Columbia The State

Charleston Post & Courier

• Gamecocks pitcher Eli Jerzembeck will miss second straight season
• Why the foes on Clemson’s 2025 schedule could be ‘contenders’ or ‘pretenders’

Roanoke Times

• Virginia Tech women get ‘tight’ in OT loss to Stanford
• Radford’s Nichols on win over UNC Asheville
• Early into spring ball, Liberty players describe refreshing environment with new squad
• In the region: Virginia Tech’s Coll Marti, Cavaliers win ACC gold
• Why Virginia’s Antonio Clary took on a ‘really tough’ recovery process to play a 7th year

The Associated Press

• Mack Brown back in Texas and at peace after the Hall of Fame coach’s North Carolina departure
• Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell gets 1-year extension on contract that runs through 2031
• No. 20 Maryland wins its 13th straight at home, starting both halves strong in an 88-71 win over USC
• Duke’s Scheyer ‘optimistic’ that Maliq Brown can return this season from shoulder injury
• Missouri coach Dennis Gates takes PA microphone to head off court-storming celebration
• Mark Mitchell scores career-high 31 points to help No. 15 Missouri beat No. 4 Alabama 110-98