Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) NHL history with many firsts and other notable achievements. The Pirates were the first team in Pittsburgh to use the black & gold color scheme, basing their colors around the Flag of Pittsburgh's colors. Decades after the team folded, the colors have become the team colors of all three of Pittsburgh's major sports teams. However, during the team's existence, they would be the only team in the city with the colors, as the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team, like all other baseball teams at the time, had a more patriotic red, white, and blue color scheme and wouldn't adopt black &
2018–19 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team 2018–19 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team The 2018–19 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team represents East Carolina University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates are led by first year head coach, fifth overall Joe Dooley which he previous coached from 1995–1999 and play their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum as fifth-year members of the American Athletic Conference. The Pirates finished the 2017–18 season 10–20, 4–14 in AAC play to finish in 11th place. They lost in the first round of the AAC Tournament to UCF. Following a 2–4 start to the