Conference USA

Charlotte prepares to host Florida Atlantic in ninth meeting since 2015

October 26, 2023 Jesse Deal

Fresh off their first-ever American Athletic Conference win (in a 10-7 victory over ECU), coach Biff Poggi and the Charlotte 49ers will now host Florida Atlantic in a Friday night showdown between two former Conference […]

Bids await NC schools in conference tournaments

March 8, 2023 Ryan Henkel

The AAC, Atlantic 10, Conference USA and MEAC tournaments all take place this week. As teams start to punch their tickets to the NCAA Tournament, the remaining schools across the state are beginning their conference […]

Single-bid conferences offer 1 path to the NCAA Tournament

March 2, 2022 Brett Friedlander

The ACC Network is currently airing a documentary series about the league’s postseason basketball tournament, including rare footage of the event when only the winner was eligible to receive an NCAA bid and the opportunity […]

Charlotte hopes for stability after COVID chaos of 2020

August 12, 2021 Shawn Krest

The Charlotte 49ers released their 2020 schedule in January of last year, a month after the first bowl appearance in school history. The team would end up playing just three games on the dates and […]

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Charlotte’s season ends with 2nd-round loss in CUSA Tournament

March 11, 2021 The Associated Press

FRISCO, Texas — Keaton Wallace had 20 points as UTSA got past Charlotte 72-62 in the Conference USA Conference tournament second round on Wednesday. Jhivvan Jackson had 18 points, nine rebounds and six assists for […]

NCAA Tournament watch: Which NC teams will dance?

March 10, 2021 Shawn Krest

While the ACC Tournament gets most of the publicity in this state, the big event in Greensboro is just one of several conference tournaments involving North Carolina teams hoping for a bid in the NCAA […]

49ers finally return home, beat UTEP to even record

October 24, 2020 Cory Lavalette

The Pickaxe Logo Bowl went to Charlotte as the 49ers shook off a sluggish first half to defeat UTEP 38-28 and improve to 2-2 on the season with their second straight win. Victor Tucker had […]

March Madness not limited to ACC: North Carolina’s other tourney teams

March 11, 2020 Shawn Krest

North Carolina has 14 Division I teams that aren’t part of the ACC Tournament, and six of them are still in the running for an automatic bid in their respective conference tournaments. Here’s a roundup […]

49ers win second straight, beat MTSU 34-20

November 2, 2019 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — Chris Reynolds threw for a touchdown and ran for another as Charlotte scored 34-unanswered points to beat Middle Tennessee 34-20 on Saturday. Reynolds had 192 yards passing and 103 yards rushing for the […]