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Post by motorcitysam on Jan 21, 2023 19:38:50 GMT -5
I finally got to see EMU live and in person this afternoon. They got beat up by Northern Illinois, 88-67. Lots of issues out there, but I will just say that they showed no chemistry on either end of the floor. It was disheartening.
I can't believe we lost to that team.
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Post by udballer on Jan 21, 2023 23:04:05 GMT -5
I finally got to see EMU live and in person this afternoon. They got beat up by Northern Illinois, 88-67. Lots of issues out there, but I will just say that they showed no chemistry on either end of the floor. It was disheartening. I can't believe we lost to that team. Me either. Their best 2 games this year were against UofM (by far) and us, in my opinion.
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Post by upbasketballfan on Jan 22, 2023 3:37:48 GMT -5
I finally got to see EMU live and in person this afternoon. They got beat up by Northern Illinois, 88-67. Lots of issues out there, but I will just say that they showed no chemistry on either end of the floor. It was disheartening. I can't believe we lost to that team. Me either. Their best 2 games this year were against UofM (by far) and us, in my opinion. If we were not there they still would have had 4717 there, decent crowd. Bates hit his head on the floor twice. They also played Oakland tight. Lost by 2 in OT in Rochester.
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Post by udballer on Jan 24, 2023 19:32:45 GMT -5
Bates going absolutely crazy right now. Has scored 27 straight for Eastern. On tv.
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Post by udballer on Jan 24, 2023 19:33:51 GMT -5
Still 5 minutes to go in first half.
Talk about Jekyl and Hyde.
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Post by upbasketballfan on Jan 31, 2023 22:20:42 GMT -5
Eastern beats Ohio tonite Acuff gets 29 hot from 3!
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Post by aaronaudm on Feb 2, 2023 8:50:31 GMT -5
Eastern beats Ohio tonite Acuff gets 29 hot from 3! Im a season ticket holder for EMU. That was a good much needed win for them ! Pushed them into 8th place in MAC. Career game for the Detroit Cass Tech product Acuff!
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Post by upbasketballfan on Feb 2, 2023 10:24:28 GMT -5
Eastern beats Ohio tonite Acuff gets 29 hot from 3! Im a season ticket holder for EMU. That was a good much needed win for them ! Pushed them into 8th place in MAC. Career game for the Detroit Cass Tech product Acuff! I think they have the right guy in Heath. He wasn’t good enough for Vowels. Our loss Eastern’s win. I am also a season ticket holder of Eastern and UD, but haven’t been to a game this year. We have some health issues in the family that have limited our travel this year.
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Post by aaronaudm on Feb 2, 2023 12:03:41 GMT -5
Im a season ticket holder for EMU. That was a good much needed win for them ! Pushed them into 8th place in MAC. Career game for the Detroit Cass Tech product Acuff! I think they have the right guy in Heath. He wasn’t good enough for Vowels. Our loss Eastern’s win. I am also a season ticket holder of Eastern and UD, but haven’t been to a game this year. We have some health issues in the family that have limited our travel this year. I'm a season ticket holder for both EMU and UDM as well. Been to every game for both programs so far this yr. EMU has gotten off go a pretty slow start. Naturally so many new players it'll take some time. But they need to find some consistency. Bates and Farrakhan have huge games and also lackluster performances. Hopefully we can tap into the portal and get some more bigs.
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Post by motorcitysam on Feb 2, 2023 13:39:10 GMT -5
I think they have the right guy in Heath. He wasn’t good enough for Vowels. Our loss Eastern’s win. I am also a season ticket holder of Eastern and UD, but haven’t been to a game this year. We have some health issues in the family that have limited our travel this year. I'm a season ticket holder for both EMU and UDM as well. Been to every game for both programs so far this yr. EMU has gotten off go a pretty slow start. Naturally so many new players it'll take some time. But they need to find some consistency. Bates and Farrakhan have huge games and also lackluster performances. Hopefully we can tap into the portal and get some more bigs. I think EMU has a good roster that is struggling to gel, but they will be good. I like Heath as a coach and I believe he will be successful at Eastern. Better times are ahead, I think. Over the past couple of years, I probably went to more EMU games than Titan games, due in part to my work schedule, as well as the pandemic. The first college basketball game I ever went to was at Bowen Field House. I've been a big Eastern fan since Marlow McClain was running the point.
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Post by motorcitysam on Feb 2, 2023 13:40:06 GMT -5
Im a season ticket holder for EMU. That was a good much needed win for them ! Pushed them into 8th place in MAC. Career game for the Detroit Cass Tech product Acuff! I think they have the right guy in Heath. He wasn’t good enough for Vowels. Our loss Eastern’s win. I am also a season ticket holder of Eastern and UD, but haven’t been to a game this year. We have some health issues in the family that have limited our travel this year. UP, I am saying a prayer and keeping a good thought for you and the family, for whatever health issues are going on. Take care, my friend.
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Post by aaronaudm on Feb 3, 2023 18:25:15 GMT -5
Eastern and Ball State about to tip off on CBSSN. Go Eagles.
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Post by motorcitysam on Mar 3, 2023 17:55:18 GMT -5
EMU lost to Northern Illinois today, 85-66. The Eagles fall to 8-23 overall, and 5-13 in conference play. It's been an ugly season, and I believe it it over; I think that the MAC only has the top 8 seeds play in the conference tournament.
Hard to remember the last time I was very excited about a season that turned out so bad. After a promising 1-1 start to the season (win over Wayne State, close loss to Michigan) things fell apart quickly. The loss to Bradley in game #3 was the first red flag, followed by the loss to Oakland in game #4. The Eagles didn't win back to back games until the end of January, but they followed that up with a 5 game losing streak. Eastern had a 6 game losing streak, and two 5 game losing streaks during the season.
Defense was an issue all season, although it got a little better at times later in the season. There is definitely offensive talent on the Eagles, but it always seemd to be more of a collection of individuals than a team.
Emoni Bates hit 30 points in his first game as an Eagle, and had some impressive performances along the year with games of 43 points against Toledo, 35 against Ball State, and 36 against South Carolina. But there were several unimpressive performances along the way, especially during the last part of the year. Emoni's shooting numbers over the past seven games, in overall field goal attemps and three pointers:
2-17/0-5 3-13/1-9 5-17/1-9 6-18/2-9 8-19/5-11 4-10/2-4 3-14/0-6
He had his worst stretch during the last part of the season with the Eagles trying to make a push for a top 8 seed.
Big East transfers like Geeter and Billingsley disappointed this season. Tyson Acuff had a very good season at one guard spot. Farrakhan had an inconsistent season, but showed the capability to have big games on the way to a 12 ppg average (down from 17 in 2021-22). Randle looks like he is still a work in progress. Jihad and Golson didn't progress as much as I thought they might. Orlando Lovejoy had a promising freshman season, and at times looked like the best defender on the team.
Lots of questions remain for EMU. Does Coach Heath come back? What is Emoni going to do? Which players might hit the portal? Going to be a long off season for the Eagles.
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Post by ptctitan on Mar 8, 2023 10:21:10 GMT -5
Emoni Bates news.
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Post by Rogobob77 on Mar 13, 2023 16:41:06 GMT -5
From an article:
EMU play by play voice Tom Helmer says the team success wasn’t there, but Bates showed that he has enough talent to play at the next level.
“I don’t see any scenario where he comes back to Eastern Michigan to play another year.
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