East Carolina will try to verify that old adage regarding tournament basketball — that it's tough to beat a good team three times — as the ninth-seeded Pirates (15-14) face eighth-seeded Cincinnati (17-14) in the opening game of the American Athletic Conference Tournament at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth today (ESPNU, 1 p.m.). The winner advances to play top-seeded Houston … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTECU takes another shot at Shockers
East Carolina has never beaten Wichita State in basketball. Five matchups with the Shockers, dating back to Jan. 11, 2018, have produced five losses. The teams haven't played since Jan. 1, 2020. Two scheduled games last season were never played. ECU was supposed to open play in the American Athletic Conference this season at home against Wichita State on Dec. 29, but that … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTPirates take a step forward
After a mystifying 3-game sweep at home at the hands of Bryant to start the season, East Carolina looked like the team Pirate Nation was expecting to see in 2022 with a 10-3 win at Campbell on Tuesday. ECU took control of the nonconference contest with a 5-run fifth inning, which marked a turning point in the young campaign. "It's good to see our guys go on the road and … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTRe’quan Boyette returns to ECU
Re'quan Boyette remembers his first college football game. It also will be the site of his next football game as the new outside receivers coach at East Carolina. Boyette came to Dowdy-Ficklen Stadum as a freshman at Duke on Sept. 3, 2005. That day also marked the first contest for Skip Holtz as coach of the Pirates. It wasn't Boyette's first trip to ECU by any means. He … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTECU dynamics improve, but still Miles to go
East Carolina's personnel was severely lacking in an 86-66 loss at Tulane that extended its American Athletic Conference losing streak to six games last Saturday. Missing in action were Brandon Suggs, who averages 9.8 points, J.J. Miles (7.6) and Tremont Robinson-White (7.0). The trio was in place for ECU's 88-80 overtime win over the Green Wave on Jan. 5. Pirates coach … [Read more...]