Eastern Michigan Athletics
EMU Basketball In Some Select Postseason Company
3/22/2014 8:50:00 PM | Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, General
EMU just one of two MAC schools to accomplish the feat this season
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — Eastern Michigan University is one of just 67 NCAA Division I universities nationwide to send both its men's and women's basketball teams to postseason play. EMU and the University of Akron were the only Mid-American Conference schools to accomplish the feat.
In total, 343 schools were eligible for the postseason in the NCAA Division I ranks this season.
After knocking off Norfolk State University in the first round of the 2014 CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT), the men's basketball team saw its season end with a 69-56 setback at Columbia University, March 22. The win over NSU was the first postseason victory since the 1995-96 campaign when the Eagles knocked off Duke University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Meanwhile, the women's basketball team notched the program's third postseason victory with a 78-65 decision over the University of Evansville in the opening game of the Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI), March 20. The squad remains at home for the second round of the WBI Monday, March 24, against No. 4 seeded University of Illinois-Chicago. Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the EMU Convocation Center.
Other Division I programs to send both programs to the postseason include: Albany, American, Baylor, BYU, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Creighton, Dayton, Delaware, Duke, East Carolina, Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Fresno State, George Washington, Georgia, Gonzaga, Green Bay, High Point, Indiana State, Iona, IPFW, Iowa, Iowa State, Kentucky, LSU, Louisville, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Missouri, Mount Saint Marys, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Old Dominion, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Oregon State, Pacific, Penn State, Princeton, Robert Morris, Southern Methodist, Southern Mississippi, St. John's, St. Joseph's, San Diego, Stanford, Stephen F. Austin, Stony Brook, Syracuse, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Southern, UTEP, VCU, Villanova, West Virginia, Wichita State and Wright State.
In total, 343 schools were eligible for the postseason in the NCAA Division I ranks this season.
After knocking off Norfolk State University in the first round of the 2014 CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT), the men's basketball team saw its season end with a 69-56 setback at Columbia University, March 22. The win over NSU was the first postseason victory since the 1995-96 campaign when the Eagles knocked off Duke University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Meanwhile, the women's basketball team notched the program's third postseason victory with a 78-65 decision over the University of Evansville in the opening game of the Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI), March 20. The squad remains at home for the second round of the WBI Monday, March 24, against No. 4 seeded University of Illinois-Chicago. Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the EMU Convocation Center.
Other Division I programs to send both programs to the postseason include: Albany, American, Baylor, BYU, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Creighton, Dayton, Delaware, Duke, East Carolina, Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Fresno State, George Washington, Georgia, Gonzaga, Green Bay, High Point, Indiana State, Iona, IPFW, Iowa, Iowa State, Kentucky, LSU, Louisville, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Missouri, Mount Saint Marys, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Old Dominion, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Oregon State, Pacific, Penn State, Princeton, Robert Morris, Southern Methodist, Southern Mississippi, St. John's, St. Joseph's, San Diego, Stanford, Stephen F. Austin, Stony Brook, Syracuse, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Southern, UTEP, VCU, Villanova, West Virginia, Wichita State and Wright State.
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