Thirteen games into the season and questions still abound from every angle concerning the Central Michigan University men’s basketball team.
After graduating only one contributing player from last season’s Mid-American Conference regular season title-winning roster, the Chippewas were chosen as the prohibitive favorites to win the regular season and conference tournament championships in 2015-16.
The sledding has been tougher than expected during the non-conference slate as CMU prepares for its MAC opener, a 7 p.m. showdown Wednesday night at McGuirk Arena versus Eastern Michigan.
Central Michigan enters with a pedestrian 7-6 record, a far cry from last year’s 10-1 non-conference start which amped up anticipation for the forthcoming MAC season.