EMU Men’s Basketball: Eagles Win, No One Watches.
Last year Eastern Michigan men’s Basketball only won 8 games, A total they are already half way to reaching, in only their 6th game. With what appears to be a much lighter schedule, the Eagles have been picked to place as high as 3rd in the MAC West, and as of now sit atop the standings at 4-2.

Their early success is met with the usual skepticism of Eastern Michigan University students, who haven’t seen a winning season from either of their two college sports teams in quite some time. Their last successful seasons were in the mid-90s when the Football team was led by Charlie Batch, and Men’s basketball made an appearance in the NCAA tournament. Which shows when you attend a Basketball or football game at the school.

Their most recent home game was a clear indication of the teams recent struggles, playing in front of an official crowd of 434 against local college Davenport University. The convocation center, in the basketball configuration is capable of holding 8,824 fans, so you can imagine the sound of the 400 in attendance echoing off the empty seats of the Convocation center.
Davenport put fear into the Eagles in the first half, springing out to an 8 point lead about halfway through the first half, and going into half time with a 5 point lead over the Eagles squad.

The Second Half was a completely different story, the Eagles jumped on all of their opportunities in the second half, putting up 47 pts in the second half. Still down by 6 in the second half with about 3:30 to go, Eastern went on a 16 point run, and didn’t allow Davenport to score another point, and won by 10. Carlos Medlock scored a game high 32 points in the game, which is a very high point total for college basketball.

If Eastern can keep a winning record, and stay in the race for the MAC title, perhaps they can begin filling up the Convocation Center, and bring some much needed excitement to Eastern Michigan Eagles Sports.