Jeff Lebo takes on ECU challenge

Posted Mar 24, 2010
Jeff Lebo knows what he's walking into at East Carolina: A program that hasn't had a winning season in 13 years and hasn't been to the NCAA tournament in even longer. Yet Lebo also believes that he can reverse the Pirates' feeble basketball fortunes. "It can happen," the new coach said Tuesday. "I told our players, 'You watch Butler, you watch Northern Iowa play in the NCAA tournament. So why can't that be East Carolina?' " (Raleigh News & Observer)

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