The basketball game between East Carolina and Massachusetts at the Mullins Center on the UMass campus has been moved to a 1:30 p.m. starting time to help accommodate the Pirates' travel plans.

Four Pirates scored in double figures as East Carolina defeated VCU, 67-56, at the Verizon Wireless Arena on Sunday afternoon.

The seven Big East schools that don't play FBS football are leaving behind the conference many of them founded to build a league focused on basketball.

James Michael McAdoo scored 19 points to help No. 21 North Carolina hold off East Carolina 93-87 on Saturday.

Skip Holtz has accepted the head coaching job at Louisiana Tech, according to sources.

Greenville native Scarlett Walston has signed a National Letter of Intent to play collegiate tennis at East Carolina University.

East Carolina junior defensive end Matt Milner has been named to the Capital One Academic All-America Second-Team for the second-straight year.

A pair of East Carolina men's basketball Conference USA games have been picked up for local television coverage on WITN and game times have been moved to accommodate the broadcasts.

East Carolina continued to claim awards from Conference USA Wednesday with the selection of junior Vintavious Cooper as the league’s Newcomer-of-the-Year.

Charles has undergone two emergency surgeries after getting diagnosed with colon rectal cancer.

ECU head basketball coach Jeff Lebo collected career win #250 Tuesday night at Minges Coliseum as East Carolina beat St. Andrews 111-59.

Britny Edwards found her way into the ECU career record book after recording her 63rd career block while helping the East Carolina women’s basketball team defeat visiting NC Central, 65-28, on Tuesday night at Minges Coliseum.

East Carolina had 12 players named to All-Conference USA football teams, according to an announcement from the league office Tuesday. Headlining the selections for the Pirates’ was sophomore first-team receiver Justin Hardy.

East Carolina outside linebacker Montese Overton has been named to the 2012 Conference USA All-Freshman Team, according to an announcement by the league office Tuesday afternoon.

Skip Holtz was fired as South Florida's football coach after two straight losing seasons in which the program fell back instead of progressed.

Chris Braswell had 18 points and seven rebounds as Charlotte held off East Carolina for a 76-64, nonconference victory Saturday night.

Britny Edwards notched a double-double for the East Carolina women’s basketball team as the Pirates defeated Monmouth, 64-49, at the Navy Classic on Saturday at Alumni Hall on the campus of the United States Naval Academy.

The ECU Pirates Bowl game fate has been determined in Saturday’s Conference USA Championship match between UCF and Tulsa.

Britny Edwards led the Pirates with a double-double, but East Carolina’s efforts at a comeback were halted by Navy’s stout defense as ECU dropped a 57-48 decision to the Midshipmen at the Navy Classic Friday night at Alumni Hall.

WITN will air Saturday's game between East Carolina and Charlotte live starting at 7pm. Here's a look at the matchup between two unbeaten teams.

East Carolina juniors Matt Milner and Adhem Elsawi are two of the 14 student-athletes named to the 2012 Conference USA All-Academic Team.

ECU will join the Big East for football in 2014.

Maurice Kemp scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as undefeated East Carolina defeated Georgia State 62-53 Monday night, extending its winning streak to five games.

Conference USA officials have narrowed down East Carolina's list of bowl possibilities to two, confirming Monday that the Pirates will participate in either the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl or R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl depending on the outcome of Saturday's C-USA Championship Game.

East Carolina sophomore quarterback Shane Carden earned his third Conference USA Offensive Player-of-the-Week honor of the season according to an announcement Monday by league officials.