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Eastern Washington University teams, coaches and administrators face big budget cuts

UPDATED: Thu., June 25, 2020

As Eastern Washington faces major campuswide budget cuts due to a confluence of the coronavirus and declining enrollment that began years before the pandemic, its athletic department has been faced with several belt-tightening decisions.

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Former Gonzaga standouts Josh Perkins, Kyle Wiltjer expected to play in TBT

UPDATED: Sat., June 27, 2020

Perkins, former Zag Kyle Wiltjer, ex-Eastern Washington star Jacob Wiley and former Idaho Vandal Jeff Ledbetter are listed on TBT rosters.  Wiltjer, Wiley and Ledbetter are playing for seventh-seeded The Money Team.

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Eastern Washington associate head coach Nick Booker headed to UC San Diego

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020

In three seasons, Booker helped EWU to back-to-back Big Sky Tournament championship game appearances in 2018 and 2019, an outright Big Sky regular season title in 2020 before the conference tournament was canceled amid COVID-19 concerns, and a combined Big Sky record of 41-17.

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Big Sky men’s, women’s basketball to play shortened conference schedule

UPDATED: Fri., May 22, 2020

The Big Sky’s women’s and men’s basketball teams will compete in a 16-game conference schedule during the 2020-21 season, the conference office announced Friday.

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Big Sky men’s basketball: Eastern Washington, Idaho sign recruits

UPDATED: Wed., April 15, 2020

Big Sky Conference champion Eastern Washington bolstered its already young and talented on roster Wednesday and Idaho added a talented junior college guard.

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Former EWU standout Venky Jois enjoying his home away from home in America

UPDATED: Sun., March 29, 2020

Since his days at Eastern Washington University between 2012 and 2016, Venky Jois has seen much of the world. But the 26-year-old admits there’s no place like the States, which he calls his home away from home.

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Eastern Washington already hungry for another shot at NCAA Tournament

UPDATED: Sat., March 21, 2020

Eastern Washington coaches and players haven’t been able to avoid the slew of mock NCAA Tournament brackets that recently hit the Internet.

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‘The team is depressed, man’: Big Sky champion Eastern Washington reacts to cancellation of NCAA Tournament

UPDATED: Thu., March 12, 2020

There will be no Selection Sunday party at Reese Court, and no utterance of EWU by CBS broadcaster Greg Gumbel during a bracket reveal that annually captures the eyeballs of millions.

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Big Sky Conference cancels remainder of tournament

UPDATED: Thu., March 12, 2020

The Big Sky Conference canceled the remainder of its men’s women’s basketball tournaments at CenturyLink Arena today amid coronavirus concerns.

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Big Sky Tournament: Eastern Washington freshman point guard Ellis Magnuson returns to Boise with title in sights

Wed., March 11, 2020

Before the Boise native committed to EWU last February, he was weighing preferred walk-on offers from Washington State and Boise State – as a wide receiver.

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All-Big Sky Team: Eastern Washington’s Mason Peatling earns MVP honors, Shantay Legans named coach of the year

UPDATED: Tue., March 10, 2020

Big Sky Conference champion Eastern Washington earned a heap of honors on Tuesday

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Big Sky Tournament: EWU, Idaho women look to make noise in Boise

UPDATED: Mon., March 9, 2020

One of the best Big Sky Conference Tournament runs in Eastern Washington history was followed by one of its worst seasons.