The American Athletic Conference announced changes to the basketball slate involving three schools on Monday. The East Carolina-Wichita State game scheduled for Dec. 30, which was postponed in the wake of a cluster of positive COVID-19 tests in the ECU program, will not be rescheduled. The only regular-season contest between the Pirates and Shockers will take place on … [Read more...]
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VIEW FROM THE EASTGodwin, Pirates plot course in pandemic
With the start of baseball season against Rhode Island at Clark-LeClair Stadium coming up on Feb. 19, East Carolina coach Cliff Godwin talked about his team's state of preparedness via Zoom earlier this week. During the pandemic, Godwin is as concerned with bubbles, testing and protocols as he is with the things that he deals with during the lead-up to a season under normal … [Read more...]
Basketball NewsCOVID hits keep coming
The American Athletic Conference announced on Friday more schedule changes in the wake of the detection earlier this week of positive COVID-19 cases involving the Memphis and East Carolina basketball programs. The schedule changes were made due to ongoing issues with COVID-19 and contact tracing. No. 8 Houston's schedule was impacted by the circumstances at ECU and … [Read more...]
Basketball NewsCoronavirus trips up ECU, other AAC teams
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended East Carolina's basketball schedule again. The school announced Wednesday that it is temporarily pausing all hoops activities in the wake of a positive COVID test and subsequent contact tracing resulting in the quarantining of individuals within the program. The impact to ECU's schedule so far is that games between the Pirates and Temple, … [Read more...]
ECU Recruiting Evaluation, Part 2Defensive report card: Pirates lure experience
Experience is one significant characteristic among the defensive signees in East Carolina's recruiting Class of 2021. Five of the seven players who signed a national letter of intent with the Pirates by February 3rd had a season or more of post-high school experience at either the prep school level, junior college ranks or are graduate transfers from other Football Bowl … [Read more...]