Photo Gallery | April 3, 2013

ECU Victory Flight Returns Home

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WNCT-TV 9 Sports Director and Bonesville columnist Brian Bailey was on hand at the Pitt-Greenville Airport when East Carolina's record-setting basketball team arrived at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday on an overnight charter flight from Ogden, Utah.

Bailey was able to capture a number of candid still frames as about 200 Pirate Nation partisans welcomed the champions home from capturing a dramatic road victory over Weber State for the 2013 CIT championship.

The Pirates were moved by the fans' middle-of-the-night greeting and the pride was evident all the way around in the smiles and gestures of Coach Jeff Lebo, his players and the fans.

A selection of Bailey's images is presented in the slide show gallery below.

Photos taken April 3, 2013 by Brian Bailey at the Pitt-Greenville Airport.
(This gallery includes 9 pictures with captions. Click left and right arrows to navigate thumbnails. Click thumbnails to display images.)