After a roller coaster season that saw key players and Pirates’ Head Coach Jeff Lebo miss some games, the East Carolina men’s basketball team prepares to bounce back after a loss in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Basketball Championship. But should it be done with Lebo still in charge? Has Lebo done enough to stay at the helm for the ECU men’s basketball team?
The Pirates started the 2016-17 season off hot by winning seven of their first 10 games under their coach, who is one of the most accomplished in program history. ECU easily handled the historic black colleges they faced in that stretch, defeating Grambling State, North Carolina A&T, Hampton University and North Carolina Central University, which went on to win the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.