MAC Basketball Season Preview: Eastern Michigan Eagles

by Matt Sussman on Nov 8, 2010 10:00 AM CST

An extensive if not comprehensive look at all 12 Mid-American Conference college basketball teams. The opening game is November 10, so we better get started.

Last year: 17-15 (8-8), T-2nd MAC West; lost to Akron in MAC tournament quarterfinal; no postseason tournament

This year: Picked 3rd in MAC West (2 of 24 first place votes)

Coach: Charles Ramsey, native Ypsilantian, entering his sixth season. His record: 42-71.

First Game: Friday, November 12 at Michigan State

Can an eagle dribble a basketball? Probably not. But it could grip it by the husk.

Eastern Michigan Eagles Basketball Roster

	#	Pos.	DOB	W	H	College
Matt Balkema	45	C	-	285	6-10	sophomore
Brandon Bowdry	33	F	-	230	6-6	senior
Adrian Burton	10	G	-	170	5-8	sophomore
William Cooper	15	G	-	180	6-6	senior
Quintin Dailey	21	G	-	175	6-3	junior
Jake Fosdick	5	G	-	170	6-2	sophomore
L.J. Frazier	12	G	-	160	5-10	junior
Antonio Green	13	G	-	190	6-3	junior
Jamell Harris	32	F	-	215	6-9	sophomore
Jay Higgins	1	F	-	195	6-6	senior
Kamil Janton	51	C	-	230	6-10	junior
Darrell Lampley	34	G	-	170	5-10	junior
J.R. Sims	2	G	-	180	6-3	sophomore
Kenny Stewart	22	F	-	205	6-8	sophomore
Derek Thompson	30	G	-	180	6-3	sophomore

Departures

Carlos Medlock (graduated)
Justin Dobbins (graduated)

Transfers (sitting out this year)

Derek Thompson (Southeast Missouri)

Returning Award-Winners

Brandon Bowdry (All-MAC Second Team)

Big Nonconference Games

11/12 @ Michigan State
12/8 vs. Drake

A Paragraph of Thought on Eastern Michigan Basketball

Last year they were a very scrappy three-headed monster with Medlock/Bowdry/Dobbins acting as the three leaders, but only Bowdry remains. Who's going to replace all those three-pointers, and who will guard the big men? They probably underwhelmed coach Ramsey last year with a .500 MAC record, and I don't know if they can be much better than that, but they look like a team that has a tournament run in them. Of course, I said that last year. Nevertheless, it's going to be Bowdry and friends who just might surprise everybody in the West.

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Nice...I'm loving the basketball preview

2 quesitons.

1) Will we be getting all 12 (the remaining 10…) before the 10th?

and 2) when you reference that say…Eastern Michigan is predicted 3rd with 2 of 24 1st place votes, what publication is that coming from? Who are the 24?

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- John Wayne

by Tackle Box on Nov 8, 2010 11:32 AM CST reply actions