East Carolina won two out of three in the Keith LeClair Classic and now the Pirates will spend this spring break week in Mississippi. This is a team still trying to find itself. The Pirates had their best outing of the weekend on Sunday, beating Western Carolina 12-6. But even in that game things got dicey late. The Pirates built a 7-2 lead only to see the Catamounts … [Read more...]

It might be difficult to believe now that Duke has become one of the most recognized brands in college basketball and Mike Krzyzewski has earned his niche as winningest coach in the history of the game, but there was a time early in his tenure with the Blue Devils in which Coach K’s job was anything but secure. Battling to build his program and unhappy about what he … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina downed Western Carolina 12-6 on Sunday and earned a share of the Keith LeClair Classic title. Utah (5-5) defeated Wright State 12-8 in the first game Sunday to leave both of those teams with 2-1 records for the event. ECU (8-4) beat Utah and lost to Wright State (4-4) to go 2-1 as well. Head-to-head results did not resolve the tie among the 2-1 … [Read more...]

TULSA, OK — Four East Carolina players scored in double figures in a 91-78 American Athletic Conference loss at Tulsa on Sunday. Isaac Fleming had 20 points on nine of 15 field goal shooting with nine rebounds, 10 assists and three steals. Shawn Williams added 18 points as the Pirates slipped to 10-18 overall and 3-13 in the AAC. Seth LeDay had 15 points before fouling … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Wright State downed East Carolina 12-4 on Saturday in the Keith LeClair Classic to improve to 2-0 in the event. Part two of suspended game ends on walk-off single The Pirates completed a suspended game from Friday with a 7-6 win in 10 innings over Utah before taking on the Raiders. Utah downed Western Carolina 14-0 in Saturday's first game. ECU (7-4) opened … [Read more...]