East Carolina is taking on some rested teams during the late February-early March portion of its basketball schedule.
The Pirates won at Tulane on Wednesday, snapping a six-game losing streak against a Green Wave team that had a week off. At noon today in Minges Coliseum, ECU (11-17, 3-12 American Athletic Conference) hosts Cincinnati (20-8, 10-5), which has not played since beating Connecticut on Feb. 20. After taking on the Bearcats, the Pirates will travel to South Florida for a game against the Bulls, who will have had a week off before Wednesday’s 9 p.m. tip-off.
ECU got a week-long break from American play that started on Jan.