College Basketball - Conference USA
East Carolina Pirates
| Location: Greenville, NC University Founded: 1907 Enrollment: 25,990 Nickname: Pirates  Mascot: PeeDee the Pirate School Colors: Old gold and Royal purple Joined the C-USA: 2001 Varsity Sports: 17 U. President: Steve Ballard Director of Athletics: Terry Holland Basketball Head Coach: Mark McCarthy Conference Titles: CAA Champions: 1993 Basketball Arena: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum Current Capacity: 8,000 First Year of Basketball: 1931 |
The school’s athletics program is known as the Pirates and they have played in 4 different conferences. The school joined the Conference USA in 2001.
East Carolina men’s basketball Pirates has won one conference championship in 1993. In 1989 Theodore “Blue Edwards became the only Pirate to win a CAA Player of the year then later on he was chosen by the Utah Jazz in the NBA draft.
During the 1995 campaign the team welcomed a new Coach Joe Dooley; he won 17 games which became the second most ever at ECU by a first coach.
The Pirates are currently coached by Mack McCarthy and they play their home games at the Williams Arena at the Minges Colliseum. Just last season 2007-08 the team finished with an overall record 11-19 and losing the first game of the CUSA tournament against Tulsa 49-66. This season the Pirates are looking for a better season and a better performance in the CUSA tournament.
East Carolina 2009/2010 Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time/Result |
| 13-Nov | Virginia-Wise | W 77-60 |
| 15-Nov | vs. Wake Forest | L 89-58 |
| 17-Nov | at Campbell | L 74-68 |
| 20-Nov | vs. No. 11 Tennessee | L 105-66 |
| 21-Nov | at Northern Iowa | L 74-68 |
| 23-Nov | vs. South Dakota State | W 82-73 |
| 28-Nov | at UNC Greensboro | W 82-61 |
| 2-Dec | at Charlotte | L 80-68 |
| 5-Dec | Coker | W 69-63 |
| 16-Dec | No. 24 Clemson | L 80-63 |
| 19-Dec | St. Andrews | W 74-69 |
| 22-Dec | George Washington | L 84-80 |
| 29-Dec | at Virginia Commonwealth | L 82-74 |
| 3-Jan | North Carolina Central | W 68-58 |
| 6-Jan | at UAB | L 76-68 |
| 9-Jan | Marshall | L 83-65 |
| 13-Jan | at Memphis | L 77-57 |
| 16-Jan | Houston | L 74-55 |
| 23-Jan | at Southern Miss | L 68-53 |
| 24-Jan | at Tulane | W 61-46 |
| 30-Jan | Rice | L 69-58 |
| 2-Feb | UCF | L 67-56 |
| 6-Feb | at Marshall | L 100-49 |
| 10-Feb | Tulane | W 71-68 |
| 13-Feb | at UTEP | 9:05 PM ET |
| 20-Feb | at Rice | 3:00 PM ET |
| 24-Feb | Southern Methodist | 7:00 PM ET |
| 27-Feb | Tulsa | 7:00 PM ET |
| 2-Mar | at UCF | 7:00 PM ET |
| 6-Mar | Southern Miss | 7:00 PM ET |