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EMU Panicked in Bowling Green
Posted on 12 Jan 2013 by Mel Suiter.
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Well it smells like a new building! Eastern Michigan University men's basketball team stepped off of the team’s charter bus and into the new Stroh Center for the first time Saturday night with a basketball date against Bowling Green State University. Eastern Michigan University still stinging from the 60-58, defeat of the Mid-American Conference opener at the home ...
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Eastern Michigan University is Looking for a Middle Man
Posted on 11 Jan 2013 by Mel Suiter.
YPSLIANTI —- The hour grew late and inside the Convocation Center not too many souls were around just the hard working cleaning crew and deep within the seclusion of his office, Eastern Michigan University basketball coach Rob Murphy sits in front of a monitor studying the game film. The silence interrupted by the clicking sound of the remote control, Murphy continued to look for the answ...
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Not a Good Start for the Eagles
Posted on 10 Jan 2013 by Mel Suiter.
YPSILANTI — The wait is over so let start the party! The opening night of the 2013 Mid-American Conference arrived in style inside the friendliest basketball arena in the league-the Convocation Center which is the home of the Eastern Michigan University Eagles. With the doors open wide and the team bus pulling up to the front door and the Ball State University Cardinals departed the warm ...
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EMU is No Match for Kentucky
Posted on 2 Jan 2013 by Mel Suiter.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — It started out good! A three point shot by Eastern Michigan University’s forward Daylen Harrison found the mark but then it just got ugly for the Eagles. The University of Kentucky Wildcats took the Eastern Michigan University Eagles out behind the wood shed and spanked the Eagles 90-38, in front of a crowd of 22,135 inside Adolph Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. “W...
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Going to Church at Rupp Arena
Posted on 2 Jan 2013 by Mel Suiter.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Uncle Mel arrived in the city that is the proclaimed Horse Capital of the World and walking the city streets of this town under a great Kentucky blue sky and sunshine, your old Uncle Mel arrived at the historical Adolph Rupp Arena located in the middle of blue grass country and the city of Lexington, Kentucky. Uncle Mel expected to see a palace were basketball legends fro...
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Uncle Mel is Under a Blue Kentucky Moon
Posted on 31 Dec 2012 by Mel Suiter.
ROMULUS — Your old pal, Uncle Mel sat in his oversize chair behind his undersized desk with the itinerary in front of his eyes and then at the schedule. Looking up at the Editor-in-Chief of the News Gathering Compound which is located within an bird’s-eye view of the airport that welcomes visitors to the city of Detroit and just smiled. With keys in hand to the official News Gathering C...
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EMU Gives a Gift to Oakland University
Posted on 22 Dec 2012 by Mel Suiter.
YPISILANTI, Mich. — Oh the weather outside is frightful! The game that unfolded in front of the 830 fans inside the Convocation Center, it was that kind of basketball in which no body could sing about, the Eagles looked sluggish on defense and again struggled with the offense but at the end could have won the game. There might have been silver lanes glisten outside the Convocation Center ...
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Uncle Mel Wants to Continue the Celebration in Chicago!
Posted on 14 Dec 2012 by Mel Suiter.
YPSILANTI, Mich. —- The celebration lasted for a week and Uncle Mel also reveled and soaked up the feeling with Eastern Michigan University basketball coach Rob Murphy after the Eagle defeated Purdue University 47-44, Saturday December 8, 2012 at the Convocation Center. The Eagles and Murphy deployed the 2-3 zone defense and played it exceptional well in front of 1,077 fans and the Purdue...
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EMU Gets A Huge Win
Posted on 8 Dec 2012 by Mel Suiter.
YPSILANTI, Mich. —- Getting so close to the end of semester which only means one thing to the students at Eastern Michigan University – final exam and the end of the fall term. Eastern Michigan University basketball coach Rob Murphy and his team took the court for a huge test, Saturday afternoon, December 8, 2012, in front of a loud crowd of 1,790 at the friendliest basketball arena...
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EMU Is Pressed Into Submission
Posted on 4 Dec 2012 by Mel Suiter.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The first 12 minutes of the first half, Eastern Michigan University basketball team was living the dream. The dream ended and the nightmare began for the Eastern Michigan University on the floor of the Carrier Dome. The fourth ranked Syracuse University defeated the Eagles 84-48 and added one more victory on the road for 900 wins for Syracuse University basketball coach J...
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Murphy Signs Karrington Ward for 2013
Posted on 22 Nov 2012 by Mel Suiter.
YPSILANTI, Mich. — Eastern Michigan University basketball coach Rob Murphy is happy to announce that his basketball program is adding another pretty good player. A junior-college transfer from Moraine Valley Community College that is located in Palos Hills, Illinois. Karrington Ward is a 6-6 forward and he will be playing for Eastern Michigan University in the 2013 basketball season. Wa...
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EMU Slips Pass the Panthers
Posted on 17 Nov 2012 by Mel Suiter.
YPSILANTI, Mich. — Eastern Michigan University is hosting the first of many of what Eagle fans are hoping to become a staple of tournaments in the world of NCAA basketball. The Eastern Michigan University “Iceman” Classic, being played November 14-20, 2012 at the friendliest basketball arena in the Mid-American Conference-the Convocation Center. Eastern Michigan University basketball ...









