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Eagles soak in Selection Sunday announcement

Halfway through Sunday’s NCAA selection show, coach Jim Hayford and his players watched as the name of Eastern Washington appeared on national television alongside Georgetown, the Eagles’ opponent in a second-round game Thursday in Portland.
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EWU-Montana notes: ‘Just like football’: Eagle fans let Griz hear it after Big Sky conquest

MISSOULA – As the confetti rained down Saturday night and Eagle Nation celebrated a Big Sky Conference championship, a few fans watched the fun – and had some of their own. “Just like football, just like football” they chanted in the middle of Dahlberg Arena after Eastern defeated host Montana 69-65. The final ledger in the two major sports: 4 to 1 in favor of the Eagles, including the two that mattered most: a 37-20 FCS playoff victory in November and Saturday’s dramatic win.
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Fly like an Eagle

MISSOULA – For the Eastern Washington players and fans, the Big Dance began Saturday night at center court in Dahlberg Arena. It’s the place where other Eagles teams had foundered under the pressure of Montana’s hard-nosed defense and its raucous crowd, which even booed the Eastern mascot during warm-ups.
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Physical Lady Griz eliminate Eagles from Big Sky tournament

MISSOULA – Confidence was a fragile commodity Friday afternoon for the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team. The Eagles had plenty of swagger entering their Big Sky Conference semifinal against host Montana, but it slipped away in a 55-51 defeat that was the product of poor long-range shooting, a hostile crowd and a physical game that seemed to favor the hosts.
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Rodgers buoyed by showing at EWU’s pro day

Jake Rodgers likes his chances of playing on Sundays. The former Eastern Washington offensive lineman from Spokane said he’s getting positive feedback from scouts, enough to give him hope of being a late-round selection in the upcoming National Football League draft.
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Von Hofe leads Eastern into Big Sky tourney title game

MISSOULA – Late in the game, during a timeout, Felix Von Hofe broke into a smile. It was as wide as the basket looked all night to the Eastern Washington sharpshooters in a 91-83 victory over Sacramento State on Friday in the semifinals of the Big Sky tournament.
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Women’s tourney staple in Missoula

MISSOULA – The University of Montana isn’t the permanent site for the Big Sky Conference women’s tournament. It only seems that way. The Grizzlies have hosted 21 of them, including this year’s event. That may change if the conference approves an official permanent site beginning next year.
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EWU men reach Big Sky title game

Late in the game, during a timeout, Felix Von Hofe broke into a smile. It was as wide as the basket looked all night to the Eastern Washington sharpshooters in a 91-83 victory over Sacramento State on Friday in the semifinals of the Big Sky tournament.
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EWU’s Rodgers hopeful when it comes to NFL

Jake Rodgers, the former Eastern Washington offensive lineman from Spokane, said he’s getting positive feedback from scouts, enough to give him hope of being a late-round selection in the upcoming National Football League draft.
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Eastern women fall short against Montana

The Eastern Washington Eagles had plenty of swagger entering their Big Sky Conference women's basketball semifinal against host Montana, but it slipped away in a 55-51 defeat that was the product of poor long-range shooting, a hostile crowd and a physical game that seemed to favor the hosts.
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Big Sky notes: Jim Hayford, Brian Katz friends to the end

MISSOULA – Their game plans will be tested tonight. Their friendship? Never. Eastern Washington coach Jim Hayford and Sacramento State’s Brian Katz go back more than two decades, but only one will take his team to Saturday night’s Big Sky Conference title game.
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Tyler Harvey pours in 42 points as EWU holds off Idaho

MISSOULA – It was almost unfair. The Idaho Vandals rose to the occasion of their Big Sky Conference quarterfinal game against Eastern Washington, but Tyler Harvey took his game to an even higher level in the second half of the Eagles’ 91-83 win Thursday afternoon.
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Big Sky tournament will open with Eastern Washington, Idaho

MISSOULA – Even after posting the best regular season in school history, the Eastern Washington players still have plenty to prove. So do the Idaho Vandals, who not only have a couple of scores to settle with the Eagles, but would see their season end with another loss.
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Eastern Washington women make semifinals after 20th win

MISSOULA – As Wendy Schuller sees it, her first 20-win season at Eastern Washington was earned years ago. Moments after the Eagles dispatched Northern Arizona 73-57 in the Big Sky Conference quarterfinals Wednesday night, “my phone was blowing up with texts,” Schuller said.
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EWU coach Jim Hayford takes time, builds Eagles from scratch

For those who didn’t start paying attention until the win over Indiana, basketball success didn’t happen overnight at Eastern Washington. That it happened at all is a story with enough drama to fill four basketball seasons, which is how long it took coach Jim Hayford to get the Eagles to what they are now: giant-killing, Big Sky Conference champions who’ve taken their preseason goal of 20 wins and left it in the dust.