Sunday 12/14
Kent State @ AR-Little Rock, 3:00pm
Miami @ Wright State, 5:30pm
Western Michigan @ Pacific, 8:00pm

Monday 12/15
No Games Scheduled

Tuesday 12/16
Drexel @ Buffalo, 7:00pm
Akron @ North Dakota St, 8:00pm
Miss Valley State @ Northern Illinois, 8:00pm

Wednesday 12/17
Robert Morris @ Toledo, 7:00pm ESPN3
James Madison @ Ball State, 7:00pm
Longwood @ Miami, 7:00pm
Central Michigan @ Northwestern, 8:00pm
Eastern Michigan @ Michigan State, 9:00pm BTN

Thursday 12/18
Ohio @ Evansville, 9:05pm

Friday 12/19
Niagara @ Buffalo, 7:00pm
N Carolina A&T @ Kent State, 7:00pm
Northern Illinois @ Dartmouth, 7:00pm
Concordia(NAIA) @ Central Michigan, 7:00pm

Saturday 12/20
Toledo @ McNeese State, 2:00pm
Western Michigan @ Northwestern, 3:00pm BTN
Bluffton(DIII) @ Akron, 7:00pm
Eastern Michigan @ Missouri State, 8:05pm
Ball State @ #18San Diego State, 10:00pm

KSU and WMU are road warriors on Sunday as the MAC goes 2-1.

Man, EMU folks have the MSU game Wednesday circled on their calendars.

My guess is that MSU is more like Dayton then UofM.

We played a hard fought game with Dayton and was tied with about 5 minutes to go in the 2nd half before wilting at the end.

A good game vs. State confirms that EMU could be for real.

BTW, our best newcomer, frosh Tim Bond, hasn't played a minute all season with a broken finger. Not due back until the MAC part of the schedule. Folks were raving about him before the season started.

He is a 6' 6" PG and supposedly an excellent passer.

Buffalo moves to 6-2 on the season with an 80-70 win over Drexel tonight. UB hosts Niagara on Friday

NDSU dominates another MAC team, still waiting for that invite!!

55-46 win with only 6 players! (2 out with flu, 1 knee, 1 shoulder)


Akron WAS #12 mid major team

(12-17-2014 10:18 AM)lakesbison Wrote:  NDSU dominates another MAC team, still waiting for that invite!!

55-46 win with only 6 players! (2 out with flu, 1 knee, 1 shoulder)


Akron WAS #12 mid major team

And you are an idiot. Soon as NDSU pays for us to send our womens tennis team to Fargo, I'll humor the idea.

Dominates? That was a pathetic exhibition of basketball by both teams. Akron was a good mid-major team until they lost their best player. They are really confused and struggling now and no one would confuse them with the better teams.

You'll get a better measure Sunday. Good luck.

(12-16-2014 09:52 PM)BullBoy Wrote:  Buffalo moves to 6-2 on the season with an 80-70 win over Drexel tonight. UB hosts Niagara on Friday

Five Bulls with 10+ points on the night..


My big worry for UB is that we don't have a deep bench right now... We lost against the Bonnies in part because two bench players were out leaving us with 7..

http://www.ubbullrun.com/2014/12/16/7403...sday-night

I may sound like I'm beating a drum (I am) for EMU but folks at EMU and the MAC do not realize how big tonight's game is for EMU.

For EMU to beat BOTH UofM and MSU in less than 10 days would be an absolutely stunning event something which has NEVER happened before (same season). In 1997/98, EMU beat nationally ranked UofM in December but lost to MSU in the opening round of the NCAAs.

We've beaten Duke (March Madness, 1996), Syracuse (Carrier Classic, December 1997), UofM (Dec 1997), etc.

I'm not sure that beating Syracuse and UofM would be equal to MSU and UofM (only because it is impossible for anyone in MI not to know EMU beat both UofM and MSU. The win over 'Cuse didn't get the same local coverage).

And, of course, television. Neither the win vs. UofM (Dec 1997) or the Carrier Classic (Dec. 1997) was on television.

Obviously both the UofM and MSU games will be out there for all to see.

(12-17-2014 11:15 AM)emu steve Wrote:  I may sound like I'm beating a drum (I am) for EMU but folks at EMU and the MAC do not realize how big tonight's game is for EMU.

For EMU to beat BOTH UofM and MSU in less than 10 days would be an absolutely stunning event something which has NEVER happened before (same season). In 1997/98, EMU beat nationally ranked UofM in December but lost to MSU in the opening round of the NCAAs.

We've beaten Duke (March Madness, 1996), Syracuse (Carrier Classic, December 1997), UofM (Dec 1997), etc.

I'm not sure that beating Syracuse and UofM would be equal to MSU and UofM (only because it is impossible for anyone in MI not to know EMU beat both UofM and MSU. The win over 'Cuse didn't get the same local coverage).

And, of course, television. Neither the win vs. UofM (Dec 1997) or the Carrier Classic (Dec. 1997) was on television.

Obviously both the UofM and MSU games will be out there for all to see.

I'll be rooting for you, pull it off tonight and you will easily be the best team in Michigan

(12-17-2014 11:31 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(12-17-2014 11:15 AM)emu steve Wrote:  I may sound like I'm beating a drum (I am) for EMU but folks at EMU and the MAC do not realize how big tonight's game is for EMU.

For EMU to beat BOTH UofM and MSU in less than 10 days would be an absolutely stunning event something which has NEVER happened before (same season). In 1997/98, EMU beat nationally ranked UofM in December but lost to MSU in the opening round of the NCAAs.

We've beaten Duke (March Madness, 1996), Syracuse (Carrier Classic, December 1997), UofM (Dec 1997), etc.

I'm not sure that beating Syracuse and UofM would be equal to MSU and UofM (only because it is impossible for anyone in MI not to know EMU beat both UofM and MSU. The win over 'Cuse didn't get the same local coverage).

And, of course, television. Neither the win vs. UofM (Dec 1997) or the Carrier Classic (Dec. 1997) was on television.

Obviously both the UofM and MSU games will be out there for all to see.

I'll be rooting for you, pull it off tonight and you will easily be the best team in Michigan

IF we win tonight, I'm writing the governor, offering money to pay for a "State of Michigan D-I Basketball Trophy" (okay, pay for part) for the team which has the most wins vs. other D-I basketball programs in MI (EMU would be at 3: Oakland, UofM, MSU and have four more to go - home and home vs. CMU and WMU).

It would encourage more games between programs which don't play each other every year.

I'd like to see EMU play UofM, MSU, Oakland and UDM every year.

Oakland and UDM could be home and home series.

UofM and MSU could be say 3:1 type series with at least one game vs. UofM or MSU each season.

So EMU would play Oakland, UDM and either UofM or MSU, each season.

RPI: About two weeks left in the non-conference schedule.

Once MAC play starts, teams will somewhat head toward the mean, but right now it's not pretty. MAC is currently 14th.

20. Buffalo
51. Eastern Michigan
110. Bowling Green
117. Kent State
151. Akron
157. Western Michigan
223. Toledo
228. Central Michigan
248. Ohio
264. Northern Illinois
313. Ball State
314. Miami (OH)

CMU pretty much led wire-to-wire; wins at Northwestern 80-67.

Nice win for CMU.

EMU getting handled by MSU. Down 15 at the half.

(12-17-2014 09:57 PM)Okie Chippewa Wrote:  CMU pretty much led wire-to-wire; wins at Northwestern 80-67.

Congrats on the win at Northwestern.. Nice start to the season for the Chippewas, but I have to ask this question... Why are you guys playing three non-D-I teams in non-conference?

(12-17-2014 10:06 PM)BullBoy Wrote:  

(12-17-2014 09:57 PM)Okie Chippewa Wrote:  CMU pretty much led wire-to-wire; wins at Northwestern 80-67.

Congrats on the win at Northwestern.. Nice start to the season for the Chippewas, but I have to ask this question... Why are you guys playing three non-D-I teams in non-conference?

EMU has played 3 non D1 teams and another on the way. WMU and NIU have played one. same with BSU.

My guess is you are allotted a certain maximum number of games to play. The non D1 teams CMU played are Alma (20 mins away), Concordia (1.5 hours away), and we have yet to play Central Pennsylvania. I have no idea why will play them. With the MI schools, I would simply think it's more of a favor for those schools to get better experience facing a D1 team and it's easy regarding traveling costs and what not. Just my guess. At the end of the day it wont matter because records in college basketball are meaningless, you need to look at RPI/BPI.

The only 2 teams worth mentioning on CMU schedules thus far are Bradley and Northwestern.

Central Penn isn't D1?

Our OOC sched is laughably bad.

Maybe Central Penn is trying to transition, they played 5 D1 teams this year.

Just ot give a note non-Div 1 schools do not count towards your RPI so in that way they will not hurt you. However 3 does seem a bit much.

(12-17-2014 11:48 PM)george14 Wrote:  EMU has played 3 non D1 teams and another on the way. WMU and NIU have played one. same with BSU.

FWIW, WMU now has two on the schedule. Rochester College was a late addition (couldn't find another team willing to come to Kalamazoo).

Good win, Chips, good win for the MAC - hope we can follow your lead and make it a MAC sweep of Northwestern on Saturday.