2003-04 East Carolina Pirate Basketball News

Bobbitt's key baskets void DePaul cheap shot

CINCINNATI — An elbow flew, followed by a fist. Players talked trash as they chased each other down the court. Finally, the pep band struck up the theme from Rocky.... More...

Bob Huggins (R)
hugs Tony Bobbit.

Bearcats stand between DePaul and return to glory... More...

DAILY ROUNDUPS: Round One... Quarterfinals... Semifinals... Title Game...

ECU-Louisville Game: Brian Bailey... Henry Hinton... Associated Press... Box Score...

East Carolina basketball coach Bill Herrion and his Louisville counterpart, Rick Pitino, exchange greetings before their teams went to war in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament on Wednesday in Cincinnati. (Brian Bailey Photo, ©Bonesville.net.)

Future promise on display in loss
CINCINNATI — East Carolina once again showed that it can compete against the best competition that Conference USA has to offer... More from Brian Bailey...

	Herrion deserves positive signal
	East Carolina’s 61-54 loss to Louisville on Wednesday night in the Conference USA Tournament could be the beginning of something really good... More from Henry Hinton...

Garcia, Cards pushed to the limit

CINCINNATI — Francisco Garcia scored 22 points, making clutch shots on an aching ankle, and Louisville beat East Carolina 61-54 Wednesday in the first round of the Conference USA tournament... More...

Post-Game Audio: 1-on-1 with Bill Herrion... Pitino press conference...

Tourney will sort out C-USA

While East Carolina, Houston and Tulane were jostling for the two bottom seeds in this week's Conference USA Tournament, a gargantuan fight was going on at the the other end of the league standings... More...

DePaul reclaims rightful place

CHICAGO — DePaul's once-storied basketball program is on the rise again. A team that only two years ago couldn't make the Conference USA tournament is now the No. 1 seed... More...