Ticket Punched! ECU wins American Tournament to solidify NCAA spot

About this episode

East Carolina clinches a spot in the NCAA tournament by winning the American Conference tournament championship against UTSA.

East Carolina is heading back to the NCAA tournament. The Pirates won the American Conference tournament championship to clinch an automatic berth, topping UTSA 1-0 on Sunday. The Bucs on the Pond podcast returned on Sunday night to break it all down in the first of two podcasts over the next few days.

Topics covered

• NCAA tournament
• American Conference
• East Carolina Football
• sports news
• college athletics

Keywords

• East Carolina
• NCAA tournament
• American Conference
• UTSA
• football
• championship
• Pirates

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: East Carolina, American Conference, UTSA

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