Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- Central Michigan is the defending Mid-American Conference regular-season men’s basketball champion.
Akron has long been one of the league’s premier programs.
The Chippewas and Zips will lock horns Tuesday (7 p.m.) at McGuirk Arena in an early season battle of the two teams picked to win their respective divisions – CMU the West, Akron the East.
Akron is 13-2, 2-0 MAC, comes in riding a 10-game win streak, and, at No. 11, is the highest-ranked MAC team in the collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Top 25. CMU is 8-7, 1-1, and coming off a 79-67 victory over Bowling Green.