East Carolina wrapped up 2019 with a hard-fought win over a stubborn Eastern Kentucky team, 82-74. Just a month ago this was a game that the Pirates wouldn’t have won. Like Pirate coach Mike Houston in football, ECU basketball coach Joe Dooley is trying desperately to change the culture in his program. Instead of being… [ More… ]
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Cramming helped Pirates pass defense exam
East Carolina basketball coach Joe Dooley was obviously embarrassed with the way his team was playing defense this season. That defensive issue really stood out in ECU’s 85-75 loss to Coppin State. Dooley knew his club would have a chance to really work out some of those defensive kinks during exam week. With no games… [ More… ]
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Pirate hoops looks to dig out of hole
The East Carolina basketball program has so many new faces that many of us are still trying to learn everyone by name. These Pirates have dug themselves an early season hole. Now the squad hopes to use December as a chance to dig themselves out. It won’t be easy. ECU opened the month by falling… [ More… ]
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Pirates turn the page to next season
Mike Houston: “Obviously, it’s not what any of us wanted for the way we ended the season. It’s not how we want to go out and represent East Carolina University.” With that, year one of the Mike Houston coaching era at East Carolina came to a close. This first year ended on a sour note,… [ More… ]
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Pirates look to build on late-season trend
Four wins in a season doesn’t sound like that much. Five wins isn’t exactly a dream season either. After three straight 3-9 campaigns at East Carolina, that fourth win was a welcome sight for this program under first-year coach Mike Houston. ECU got win number four with a 31-24 win over Connecticut in East Hartford… [ More… ]
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Growing pains for Pirate hoops
East Carolina Coach Joe Dooley would have liked nothing more than to have come into this second stint in Greenville and won right away. That didn’t happen last year during a 10-21 campaign highlighted by the upset win over Cincinnati. This year, Dooley’s Pirates are off to a 1-3 start after falling to a big,… [ More… ]
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Déjà vu all over again
Last week Pirate quarterback Holton Ahlers became the first East Carolina player in history to throw for over 500 yards in a game. This past week at Southern Methodist he came within two yards of duplicating the feat. One of Yogi Berra’s greatest quotes was thinking something was ‘deja vu all over again.’ Ahlers performance… [ More… ]