Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Call it Grand Canyon on steroids.
And that, in the long run, is a good thing for the Central Michigan men’s basketball team.
The Chippewas (5-4) will play Brigham Young (6-3) Friday (9 p.m.) at the Cougars’ Marriott Center, in which BYU draws an average of 14,777 per game.
For CMU, the atmosphere will be akin to Grand Canyon’s arena, where the Chippewas suffered a 75-72 setback to the Dan Majerle-coached Antelopes two weeks ago before a raucous crowd of 5,642.
“In developing the schedule, we knew the games against Grand Canyon and against BYU were about as tough of environments to go into as possible,” CMU coach Keno Davis said.