Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Big week nets dual honors for Riley

ecupirates.com

• Riley Earns National And American Conference Player Of The Week Honors
• Prager Named The American Conference Video Coordinator Of The Year
• 2026 ECU Football Tickets Are Officially On Sale

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Conference

• Charlotte, Old Dominion, Temple, Vanderbilt Earn Weekly Women’s Lacrosse Honors
• UTSA’s Hernandez, Wichita State’s Moore Earn Weekly Softball Honors
• Rice’s Hayes, Tulsa’s Toman Earn Weekly Women’s Basketball Honors
• Tulane’s Cehajic, Wichita State’s Owen Washburn Earn Weekly Baseball Honors
• East Carolina’s Riley, Florida Atlantic’s Parker Earn Weekly Men’s Basketball Honors

Hardaway explains NIL, ‘To whom much is given, much is required’ Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulane football hires assistant coach off of Jon Sumrall’s staff at Florida NOLA.com

Denton Record-Chronicle

• UNT softball team to host national power Oklahoma on Tuesday. It’ll be nothing new for Britney Lewinski
• UNT track wins first indoor conference championship in the American and since 2005

Tulsa softball: Golden Hurricane enters American Conference play with momentum Tulsa World

AL.com

• UAB’s home struggles halt recent momentum in loss to North Texas
• UAB basketball’s road to a top-four finish in the American Conference

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Why missed opportunities against comparable ACC teams haunt NC State basketball
• Duke has won its past seven games and is No. 1, but where can Blue Devils improve?
• Duke basketball routs NC State. Observations from the Blue Devils’ win

WRAL

• ‘Different weight class’: No. 1 Duke wins ACC regular season with rout of slumping NC State
• Duke routs NC State to secure second straight ACC regular-season title
• ACC women’s basketball tournament: Duke, UNC, NC State earn byes until quarterfinals (full schedule)
• Kraken top Hurricanes, stop Carolina’s 12-game point streak

Charleston Post & Courier

• Why can’t the Gamecocks hit? Rivalry series again showcases weaknesses.
• Lucy Beckham lineman sets official visit to Georgia, where dad played; USC also in mix
• Dabo Swinney bringing longtime NFL special teams coordinator to Clemson
• College of Charleston ends six-game losing streak to UNC Wilmington with road victory

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• Canadian big man’s turnaround gives ODU men’s basketball team hope in long-shot Sun Belt tourney
• CNU men gain NCAA host role; Virginia Wesleyan men are left out

The Associated Press

• Duke extends No. 1 record in AP Top 25 as Michigan State, Nebraska and Texas Tech crash top 10
• Cameron Boozer helped No. 1 Duke secure the outright ACC title. He had the marks to prove it, too
• Top-ranked Duke and No. 17 North Carolina renew rivalry after court storming in Chapel Hill
• Villanova starting forward Matt Hodge will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL
• Tennessee’s Nate Ament won’t play Tuesday at South Carolina after injuring his leg against Alabama
• UConn caps its 11th unbeaten regular season, but coach Geno Auriemma warns tougher March ahead