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Eastern Washington rebuilt a championship roster, once again it’s time to prove it at the Big Sky Tournament

UPDATED: Sat., March 4, 2023

In early January, Eastern Washington hosted – and beat – the Sacramento State Hornets, who are playing this year under first-year head coach David Patrick.

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Big Sky Tournament: How teams stack up before heading to Boise for chance at NCAA berth

UPDATED: Fri., March 3, 2023

The new Big Sky Tournament format means that it’s a good deal to be a top-two seed.

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Eastern Washington’s Steele Venters named Big Sky MVP, David Riley earns coach of the year honors

UPDATED: Fri., March 3, 2023

Following a regular season that included an 18-game winning streak and a 16-0 start to conference play, Eastern Washington redshirt sophomore Steele Venters was named Big Sky MVP and David Riley was named Big Sky Coach of the Year on Friday.

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Jordan brand: From QBing the pregame warmup to rooting on starters, Eastern Washington’s Veening finds his niche

UPDATED: Thu., March 2, 2023

At the end of their pregame routine on Monday, a handful of Eastern Washington men’s basketball players lined up in a football formation and prepared to snap the ball.

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Eastern Washington unable to rally in loss to Montana State 79-74

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 27, 2023

If the regular-season series between Eastern Washington and Montana State is to get a third act next week in Boise, it is going to be difficult to top the drama of the first two.

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More bang for the buckets: Tonight’s your last chance to catch the silky-shooting, rim-rattling, blue-collar Eastern Washington Eagles in person, but let’s keep that between us

Mon., Feb. 27, 2023

Monday night is your last chance to see one of the hottest team in hoops at home when EWU (winners of eighteen in a row before losing an afterthought game at Idaho State on Saturday) hosts the second-place team in the Big Sky Conference, the Montana State Displaced-By-Yellowstone-Wannabes-Buying-Overpriced-Real-Estate Bobcats.

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Eastern Washington turns attention toward Big Sky tournament ahead of tune-up vs. Montana State

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 26, 2023

With their record winning streak over, the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team is setting its focus on closing out the regular season against a team it may well meet again nine days later.

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Idaho State upsets Eastern Washington 71-63 to end Eagles’ 18-game win streak

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 25, 2023

From staff reports

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Eastern Washington outlasts Weber State 89-82 to extend win streak to 18, clinch outright Big Sky championship

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 23, 2023

The nation’s longest active Division I winning streak still belongs to the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team after it beat Weber State 89-82 on Thursday in Ogden, Utah.

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Trophy hunter: Eastern Washington’s Ellis Magnuson spends time off the basketball court as an avid outdoorsman

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 24, 2023

For much of the year, Ellis Magnuson practically lives at basketball arenas.

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Eastern Washington reserve Ellis Magnuson a ‘difference maker’ for the program

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 23, 2023

It is easy to boil down the contributions of an individual player to a statistic.

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Eastern Washington looks to contain Weber State’s Dillon Jones in second meeting with Wildcats

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 21, 2023

One victory away from clinching the top seed in the Big Sky Conference Tournament, Eastern Washington’s men’s basketball team launches a stretch of three games in five days with a game at Weber State on Thursday.