GREENVILLE — East Carolina has not seen a deficit it could not overcome in a 3-0 start under first-year coach Michael Schwartz. In a matchup of Pirates in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Wednesday night, ECU trailed, 52-35 with 16:52 left to play before coming back for an 82-73 victory over Hampton. ECU was behind by 16 points against Mercer in the season opener … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina rallied from a 23-4 deficit to improve to 2-0 under first-year coach Michael Schwartz with a 77-57 win over Presbyterian in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Saturday. R.J. Felton scored 20 of his game-high 23 points for the Pirates in the second half as ECU outscored the Blue Hose, 51-26, after intermission. The Pirates came from 16 points … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina overcame a 16-point first half deficit to take a 77-75 win over Mercer in the coaching debut of Michael Schwartz in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Tuesday night. Brandon Johnson had 24 points and Javon Small added 23 points for the Pirates. "Proud of the guys for the grit and the resilience they showed tonight," Schwartz said. "Obviously … [Read more...]

Michael Schwartz has been working steadily since March at putting personnel in place, preparing for the 2022-23 basketball season and recruiting for the future. Schwartz anticipates that the first game will be Tuesday, Nov. 8, in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum. The new Pirates coach announced four staff additions on Wednesday. Those include Nick Matson as director of … [Read more...]

Mike Schwartz has been on the job as East Carolina basketball coach for about five weeks. He talked about the priorities he has addressed after his first recruiting class was announced on Thursday. "I think that from the beginning, the most important things to me were three areas and that was the people of this university and the people around the community and in terms of … [Read more...]