ECU basketball preps for season opener with strong roster …Pirates Dominate in Sweep Against Charlotte… Pirates Set for American Conference Individual Tennis Championships… Pirates Voyage to Rice on Thursday… Gators baseball coach Kevin O’Sullivan takes personal leave… ‘The crowd was lit.’ Hornets give fans plenty to cheer about in season opener

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Hoops just around the corner

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Dominate in Sweep Against Charlotte
• Pirates Set for American Conference Individual Tennis Championships
• Pirates Voyage to Rice on Thursday

WNCT 9

• One on One with Coach Mike Schwartz
• Pirate Basketball host Media Day for 2025-26 season

ECU basketball preps for season opener with strong roster WCTI 12

ECU Basketball: The crazy training routine of Preseason All-Conference 1st-Teamer Jordan Riley WITN 7

247 Sports

• Revisiting the biggest preseason burning questions for ECU, now that we’re more than halfway through
• How Week 8 changed the ESPN FPI for ECU’s 2025 season

ECU roundup: Volleyball sweeps past Charlotte Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Was TU defense as bad as it looked against ECU? PFF grades tell different story Tulsa World

Trey Yesavage and Roki Sasaki have barely played in MLB. They’ve been stars in the postseason anyway The Associated Press

Ranking World Series players based on prospect hype Major League Baseball

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Conference

• American Conference Unveils 2025-26 Men’s Basketball Tip Times and Television Designations
• American Conference Announces 2025-26 Women’s Basketball Tip Times and Television Assignments
• JMU, Marshall, Rice, Tulane Earn Weekly Honors
• No. 4 Memphis Earns Highest United Soccer Coaches Ranking in Program History
• Tulane Sweeps Cross Country Weekly Honors

Exclusive: FAU coach John Jakus reveals unfortunate ‘anomaly’ that needs fixing in Year 2 Clutch Points

Greg Desrosiers fighting to keep Memphis’ playoff hopes alive, even as he battles own pain Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulane football still looking for a complete game after close calls: ‘The best is yet to come” NOLA.com

UNT inches closer to campus-wide vote on increased student fee to bolster athletics program Denton Record-Chronicle

UTSA working to regroup through open week after blowout loss at North Texas San Antonio Express-News

AL.com

• Goodman: At UAB, the answer to a new controversy couldn’t be more obvious
• UAB quarterback on Alex Mortensen: ‘If he’s here, I’m here’

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Did NCAA House settlement create international pipeline to college basketball?
• Hurricanes near end of ‘State Fair’ trip. How has Carolina done in years past?
• What made freshman forward Nikolas Khamenia a prized recruit for Duke basketball

WRAL

• Colorado and Carolina square off in non-conference matchup
• Victor Wembanyama uses Cooper Flagg’s debut as a reminder of why he was so hyped
• North Carolina loses three more players, including early season offensive line starter

Charlotte Observer

• ‘The crowd was lit.’ Hornets give fans plenty to cheer about in season opener
• What we learned in the Hornets’ season-opening win over Brooklyn
• The Charlotte Hornets’ Brandon Miller just reminded everyone how good he can be
• Notebook: Bryce Young doesn’t practice; Panthers could get Rob Hunt back this year
• NFL owners approve Panthers’ new lease, non-relocation agreement at their stadium
• Six things to know from Charlotte FC’s GM as team charges into MLS playoffs

Charleston Post & Courier

• Game time vs. family time: How Gamecocks’ staff shows up for their kids during the football season
• NIL demands led Clemson baseball coach to say ‘adios’ to pitching transfers
• Hamilton: Death Valley was once Clemson’s Death Star … now it’s a black hole

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• David Teel: UVA a case study of college football’s parity, fragility
• Norfolk State announces 8 for Hall of Fame — 4 with basketball
• ODU, picked to finish 5th in Sun Belt, takes on road-heavy men’s basketball schedule

The Associated Press

• Gators baseball coach Kevin O’Sullivan takes personal leave
• College football picks: Indiana, Vandy have gotten better together, landing both in top 10
• Has parity arrived in college football? Transfer portal, NIL money credited for tighter games
• Coaching carousel: Tracking the hirings and firings in the Power Four
• Giants name Tennessee’s Vitello manager, gambling on a college coach with no professional experience
• College football Week 9: No. 8 Ole Miss to test defense of No. 13 Sooners in 1 of 3 Top 25 SEC games
• Oklahoma’s top-ranked defense faces Ole Miss’ high-powered offense in SEC showdown
• No. 24 Arizona St hosts Houston as No. 11 BYU, No. 21 Cincy look to stay unbeaten in Big 12 play
• Resurgent UCLA travels to No. 2 Indiana in Big Ten clash, Iowa hosts Gophers
• SMU’s trip to Wake Forest, No. 7 Georgia Tech’s league-leading march headline ACC slate
• Nick Minicucci throws for 276 yards, 4 touchdowns and Delaware holds off Middle Tennessee 31-28
• Liberty Mutual Insurance becomes title sponsor of the Music City Bowl pitting SEC-Big Ten teams