More importantly, who is becoming the dreaded "team nobody wants to face," us or EMU? EMU had NIU all but beaten last night and managed to blow a 4 point lead in the final 15 seconds but they have gotten off the mat in the past few weeks.
If EMU ever learned to hit FTs they would be dangerous. In MAC play they've shot more FTs than any other by far -- 323; Toledo is second with 281. But they've hit only 62% of them, the worst percentage in the league. Last night they had 28 FTs to NIU's seven and hit 20 of them, which at least kept them in the game. But four of their misses were the front ends of one-and-ones, including one with just 34 seconds left when they had a four-point lead.