Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – The intensity, the urgency, the importance all ratchet up now.
It’s the Mid-American Conference opener for the Central Michigan men’s basketball team, and the opponent is a good Eastern Michigan team that features one of the best freshmen big men in the country in James Thompson along with one of the MAC’s top talents in Raven Lee.
Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at McGuirk Arena.
The Chippewas are 7-6, EMU is 8-5. CMU, which is coming off an 87-66 victory over NAIA Lourdes, was picked to win the league in a preseason poll of media who cover the conference.