Could the wild ending to the 2023-24 regular season, in which the Western Michigan University's men's basketball team won four of its final six games, including a final-game win over always-tough Akron to qualify for the Mid-American Conference tournament, be a momentum starter for this season?
Absolutely.
Add in a little disrespect from the 2024-25 preseason poll which picked WMU to finish 10th in the 12-team league and the Broncos (12-20 overall, 9-9 MAC) have a lot of juice to start the season, which begins with an exhibition game against Kalamazoo College on Wednesday.
The regular season begins on Monday, Nov.