12/18 v East Carolina

Not surprised at how many ecu fans were there. Was very surprised at how many ok state fans came to that game. Probably more than showed for ecu last night.

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Always good to beat ECU, and encouraging we were able to get the W despite JD being a little off.

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The state schools should play each other regularly. Charlotte, ECU, UNCW, UNCG, UNCA, and WCU have few instate conference rivals. Games such as ECU vs. Charlotte attract more fans and media attention than a game against Southern Illinois or Towson.

A weekend game at UNCA makes for an enjoyable road trip.

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Completely agree! I think Hill understands that and will push for more local stuff going forward. It doesn’t help to play App in basketball but it does always feel good to beat them.

Completely agree with both of you !

Hill wants us to play against App in every sport. Wants to build that natural rivalry.

Well they only field one team, so that should be easy.

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FWIW, see that ECU freshman phenom 6-6 F Jayden Gardner (Heritage H.S., Wake Forest, NC) had 35 pts and 20 rebs vs AAC leader UCF today. Averaging 18.8 ppg and 8.8 rpg.

Our freshmen and walkons held him to 11 and 6, then fouled him out.

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