Western Michigan's (6-10) loss to Ball State at home on Tuesday means the Broncos are 0-3 to start MAC play, and with red-hot Northern Illinois next up for the Broncos it doesn't appear to be getting any easier.
By now you know the story of star forward Connar Tava, red shirting with an injury he suffered pre season. Of course, that's great news for the 2016-2017 edition of Bronco basketball, but, well, pretty awful news in the interim. The Broncos had a rather rocky go of it in the non conference and looked to have a pretty high upside headed into MAC play, but nothing seems to be going right for the brown and gold.