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After winning the American Athletic Conference Tournament to punch their postseason ticket, East Carolina (33-25) has officially been placed in the Conway Regional, hosted by No. 13 national seed Coastal Carolina (48-11). The Pirates will face Florida (38-20) in their opening game of the NCAA Tournament, while host Coastal Carolina will take on Fairfield (39-17).
Braden Burress, a walk-on freshman from Snow Hill, led the AAC in batting average and became ECU’s most impactful player in a postseason run that’s just getting started.
Photo Cred: ECU Baseball from the AAC Tournament
"That's a tough pill to swallow," Godwin added. "You got to have pride in East Carolina and in this dag on transactional crappy world that we're in college athletics, you got to have pride in the uni, man.
"I've a lot of pride in this uniform. I freaking wore it as a player and I've worn it for a coach for a long time, and we've got to get a lot of guys to buy into that."