Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Purple and gold too much for Blue Hose

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Pick Up Second Straight Win With 74-53 Victory Over Presbyterian
• Barner’s 30 Points Help Pirates Blow By Wofford, 80-59

WITN 7

• Men’s Basketball: ECU topples Presbyterian 74-53
• Women’s Basketball: ECU dominates Wofford 80-59 on Kids Day

ESPN’s Thamel: ECU Football Hires Jordan Davis as Offensive Coordinator YAHOO!

How to buy East Carolina vs. Pittsburgh Military Bowl tickets USA Today

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU basketball: Balanced scoring, defense key 74-53 home win over PC
• ECU women’s basketball: Stingy defense leads to 80-59 rout of Wofford

Around the American Athletic Conference

Old Dominion wins StaffDNA Cure Bowl with 24-10 victory over South Florida American Conference

2025 Wasabi Fenway Bowl Prediction: Army vs UConn YAHOO!

2025 Gasparilla Bowl Preview: Memphis Tigers vs. NC State Wolfpack SB Nation

USF loses Cure Bowl to Old Dominion in battle of backup quarterbacks Tampa Bay Times

ODU beats USF, celebrates ‘very significant’ Cure Bowl victory to complete 10-win season  Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• What we’ve learned about Memphis basketball after 4-6 start to season
• Predicting Memphis football vs NC State in Gasparilla Bowl

The Associated Press

• Old Dominion wins StaffDNA Cure Bowl with 24-10 victory over South Florida
• Labaron Philon, Aden Holloway power No. 16 Alabama past South Florida 104-93

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• ‘Kindergarten is over’: What NC State’s Will Wade said about Wolfpack in rant
• Paul McNeil has record night as NC State tops TSU. What we learned in a Pack win
• How the ‘Bus’ is helping drive the Carolina Hurricanes’ success this season
• Sebastian Aho scores twice as surging Canes top Preds

WRAL

• WRAL documentary: Coaching Carolina: The Belichick Way debuts Thursday
• Welter: Covering Bill Belichick this season felt like a movie, now it is one
• McNeil drops career-high 47 points in NC State’s 108-72 win over Texas Southern
• NC State seeks first bowl win since 2017, plays Friday against Memphis in Gasparilla Bowl
• Carolina Panthers are in a ‘must win’ situation against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• David Teel: Will JMU, the largest underdog in CFP history, make Oregon sweat?
• ODU defeats JMU in men’s basketball to snap a nine-game losing streak in the series

The Associated Press

• College Football Playoff picks: Sooners, Aggies, Rebels and Ducks should advance to quarterfinals
• Delaware holds off Louisiana 20-13 for 68 Ventures Bowl win in first season of FBS play
• Texas Tech prepping while waiting for CFP opponent, Jacob Rodriguez not planning to watch on TV
• All-American receiver Makai Lemon headed to NFL, skipping his final season at USC
• Kentucky coach Will Stein hires Jay Bateman as defensive coordinator
• Penn State players are encouraged by their first impressions of new coach Matt Campbell
• Braden Huff scores a career-high 37 points as No. 7 Gonzaga beats Campbell 98-70
• Harris scores 19, Colvin hits late 3 to help Wake Forest beat Longwood 71-68